Evo što Mike kaže (intervju za MTV) o nekim pjesmama s 'The Rising Tied-a':
'Cigarettes'
To je Jay-Z-eva omiljena pjesma na albumu. U njoj govorim o hip-hop-u i o tome gdje se on danas nalazi. Pitao sa Jay-a 'Misliš li da je čudno da kritiziram hip-hop, jer ipak većina me ljudi doživljava kao tipa iz rock banda'? Njegov odgovor je bio – da nitko tko čuje pjesmu neće krivo shvatiit (moju) ljubav za hip-hop. Nije upitno da volim hip-hop, a budući da ga radim imam ga pravo kritizirati.
Postoji puno povezanosti između tabacco industrije i hip-hop-a: kažeš da im pušenje šteti a njih nije baš ni najmanje briga. To je otprilike kao da kupim nekakav uzbudljivi gansterski cd i volim ga iako znam da govori o onome što se moralno protivi onome tko ja jesam. Vidio sam Ludacris-a u 'Oprah-i' neki dan i primjetio sam istu tu proturiječnost. Neprestano ih je kritizirala 'ne slažem se s vašim tekstovima' i stvarno mogu reči da se htio obraniti ali joj nije htio uzvračati istom mjerom u njenom vlastitim showu. Mislim da je to danas velika stvar u hip-hop-u!
'Belive Me'
To će biti sljedeći singl. Na njoj se pojavljuje Styles Of Beyond – poznajem te dečke otprilike 8 godina. Mi smo iz istog područja u L.A.-u. Pojavljuju se na otprilike pola albuma.
'definitivno sam želi izdati nešto što sadrži različite elemente i tu su bile neke stvari koje sam želio a nisam mogao svirati. Postoji jedan uistinu poznati latino bubnjar (percussionist) koji se zove Willie Bobo i to je njegov sin, Eric (na pjesmi). On je svirao sa Beastie Boys i Cypress Hill. Imao je cijele svoje lude latino bubnjarske dionice.
'Kenji'
'Kenji' se odnosi na vrijeme drugogo svjetskog rata, nakon što je Pearl Harbor bio bombardiran. U.S. vlada je odvela tisuće japanaca u West Coast zatvorske kampove. Mnogo djece to niti nezna – vaše su srednjoškolske knjige za povijest posvetile možda 2 odlomka tome. Ja sam polujapanac i moja je obitelj prošla kroz sve to, stoga sam htijeo preuzeti priču i staviti je u pjesmu. Osjećem se stvarno ponosno što sam stavio na album nešto što je posve jedinstveno moje.
'Napravio sam jedan intervju sa svojim tatom i tetom, kojoj je gotovo 90 godina, stoga su mi oni rekli o čemu je doista tu bila riječ. Uključio sam to u pjesmu. Ona je bila tamo kad su isčupali ljude iz njihovih kuća i oni su uistinu bili bespomoćni. To je kao da je netko iz tvoje blizine – ili ti – isčupan iz vlastite kuće jer je etiketiran kao netko opasan'.
'Right now'
'Right now' se temelji na ideji iz (Robert Altman – ovog film iz 1993.) 'Short Cuts-a' koji priča o različitim životnim putevima. Takva je otprilike i pjesma. Na njoj smo ja, S.O.B i Black Trught, i svi imamo različita životna iskustva. Nešto od toga je zabluda, a nešto nije. Black Trught i Common su bili prvi ljudi s kojima sam se dogovorio da ću radit na albumu'.
'Where'd You Go'
Razmišljali smo da ga objavimo kao singl. Na njemu se pojavljuje pjevačica (potpisala za Linkin Parkov Machine Shop Records) a zove se Holly Brook. Njen glas je uistinu nevjerojatan.
(Shinoda slušajući sa zatvorenim očima, samo što ne zaplače) 'za samo sam 2 pjesme rekao Jay-u i Brad-u D. da ih nemogu izbaciti s albuma: 'Kenji' jer govori o mojoj obitelji i 'Were'd You Go' jer moja žena plače svaki put kada je čuje (pjesma je pisana iz perspektive nekoga kome voljena osoba neprestano putuje)'.
'Kada razmišljam o tim stvarima (o pjesmama) shvatim da ih moram raditi na svoj način. Ne mogu tako raditi u Linkin Parku, zbog poštovanja prema ostalim dečkima. To je kao da tražim previše pažnje. Također ne bih uopće napravio ovaj album da me dečki iz banda nisu podržali – ne bih nikad jednostavno otišao i napravio ga. Ali njima se jako sviđala ta ideja i drago mi je zbog toga'.
Ova obavijest nije striktno vezana uz FM, ali kao veliki fan LP-a jednostavno sam je morala objaviti! Pa evo...
Na internet je 'iscurila' vijest kako Linkin Park rade na novoj stvari. Evo što Phoenix kaže o tome: ''Prošle su dvije godine otkako smo bili u studiju snimajući Meteoru, stoga smo zaključili kako je došlo vrijeme da svi čuju nešto novo. Zato smo odvojili 3 dana da u studiju napišemo i snimimo novu pjesmu. Za one koji su donekle upoznati s našim uobičajenim procesom pisanja pjesama, znaju da je ta odluka suprotna od naših standardnih procesa. Obično smo radili na pjesmi zasebno, ili u djelovima, više od mjesec dana. Za ovu novu pjesmu željeli smo izazvati sami sebe i završiti pjesmu u samo 3 dana. Svi šestorica ćemo zajedno raditi na njoj.
Stoga, vežite pojaseve i pripremite se za novu LP pjesmu kakvu još nikada niste čuli, u nadolazećim mjesecima. Biti će ekskluzivno dostupna na Machine Shop Mixtape, zato ostanite u kontaktu za više informacija.'
Update: 01.12. prije točno 28 godina rođen je jedan nevjerojatan gitarist, naravno...
BRAD DELSON!!!
Sretan mu Rođendan!!!
Update2: proradio je moj 2. blog hybridtheory koji je posvećen mojem najdražem bandu - LINKIN PARK-u!!!
Naravno, možete posjetiti i moj/ sestrin 3. blog darklabel...(tema: razno)
Evo, 'The Rising Tied' album možete pronaći ako kliknete ovdje . Otvorit će vam se fortminor.com/merch ( www.bandmerch.com) na kojem možete odabrati 4 verzije albuma (svaka uključuje majicu). Što se tiće Hrvatske i naših music shopova vjerovatno ćemo dobit samo običnu verziju albuma, ...ako je uopće i dobimo.
Cijene su razmjerno prihvatljive, s obzirom na to koliko ste spremni potrošiti...
Svima se ispričavam radi tako dugog posta, ali stvarno bi mi mnogo značilo kada biste ga pročitali. I zahvaljujem se svojoj sestri koja mi je na njemu puno pomogla...
Ej ljudi, napokon sam poslušala cijeli 'The Rising Tied'!!!
Doduše, sestra me uvjeravala da to ne bih trebala učiniti, jer da mi onda neće biti iznenađenje kada kupim album. No ja jednostavno nisam takva!
I tako sam, puna entuzijazma, malo po malo, poslušala cijeli album. Baš sam maločas razmišljala kako bih vam ga predstavila, ali uistinu ne mogu pronaći dovoljno dobre riječi za to. Možda zvuči pretjerano, ali stvarno je tako. Mike je uspio u svom naumu – napravio je nešto drugačije! I ne samo to, napravio je nešto doista vrijedno. Kao što mu je i bio cilj udahnuo je novi život u monotonu hip-hop scenu. I znate što, shvatila sam još nešto!
Razmišljala sam o svoj toj priči i Fort Minoru i Linkin Parku, i zapravo koliko god bili drugačiji temeljna mu je ideja jednaka. A to je spajanje dvije naoko sasvim nespojive stvari. Kao što su Linkin Park povezali rock i hip-hop, tako je Mike povezao hip-hop i tematiku pjesama koja je u tom muzičkom području prilično netipična. No to zapravo i nije toliko čudno. Ipak, kad se sve zbroji i oduzme iza svega, i iza Linkin Parka i iza Fort Minora, stoji Mike, pa i nije toliko čudno da je i u jednom i u drugom bandu težio k istom krajnjem cilju – od dvije doista vrijedne stvari, s mnogo potencijala, stvoriti jednu još mnogo vrijedniju stvar koja je u svojim raznolikostima izrodila nevjerojatan spoj krajnosti, koji iznenađujuće dobro funkcionira i pruža nam mnogo više nego bismo pomislili da je moguće. Neznam, možda je sve to samo moja zabluda..? Mikeu takve stvari vjerojatno nisu bile niti na kraju pameti kada je radio na albumu, ali takva vrsta zablude i nije toliko loša. Osobno smatram da je baš u tome draž svakog albuma. Nije važno ako ga 'krivo' protumačimo, mnogo je važnije da ga 'osjetimo' i da se naježimo pri svakoj novoj noti koja doplovi do našeg uha. Osobno sam mišljenja da su pjesme u koje se zaljubite kada ih prvi put čujete uistinu one prave. Naravno, one stvari koje ste zavoljeli nakon što ste ih više puta čuli također su vrijedne, ali ipak one koje su vam se svidjele od prvog trenutka uvijek su vam draže i vjećno barem malo iznad ostalih. Što se tiće 'The Rising Tieda' gotovo je svaka stvar bila jedna od onih u koje se odmah zaljubite! Stvarno su predivne i sadrže u sebi sve ono što volim – hip-hop, ali isto tako i vrlo lijepe, osjećajne tekstove koji ne pričaju o bogatstvu, curama i razmetničkom životu, nego o ovozemaljskim problemima, jer činjenica je da onakav život kakav današnji raperi promoviraju praktički ne postoji. Svi oni u svojim pjesmama i spotovima imaju skupe aute, raskošan nakit (uglavnom u obliku zlatnih lanaca i trometarskih križeva od kojih ih nesumljivo boli vrat) i gomilu polugolih cura koje plaze po njima. No žive li oni i u privatnom životu tako? Čisto sumnjam. Ali Mike je u album unio sebe, pravoga sebe sa svim svojim vrlinama i manama. Na albumu nema ničaga lažnog, ničega izvještačenog, napuhanog i pretjeranog samo radi komercijalnih razloga. Mike je napravio nevjerojatnu stvar i mislim da mi, kao njegovi fanovi, moramo biti ponosni na činjenicu da volimo i cijenimo nešto što to uistinu zasluži, jer kao što je teško učiniti pravu stvar, gotovo je jednako teško izabrati pravu stvar. No bez brige, nama je to uspijelo! I baš te male, prirodne nesavršenosti 'The Rising Tied' čine savršenim!
Posebnu bih pažnju posvetila pjesmi 'Kenji' koju je Mike napisao za svog oca. On je bio u jenom od logora za Japance i doista se napatio, o čemu se u pjesmi govori. Divno je što je Mike jednu takvu pjesmu posvetio baš svom ocu, a pjesma je stvarno fenomenalna! I priznajem, natjerala mi je suze na oči...
I kao što je i sam Mike rekao – 'I like what i do, I do what i like' to je spoj s kojim jednostavno ne možete pogriješiti, a nije niti on...
Pogledala sam 'AOLSession' na kojem su Mike i njegova ekipa otpjevali pet pjesama ('Belive Me', 'High Road', 'Petrefied', 'Remember The Name', 'There They Go').
Isplati se pogledati, pa ako imate priliku svakako to učinite!
Ove slike sam slikala s Windows Media Playera tako da nisu neke bogzna kakve kvalitete, objavila bi slike s Fort Minor Militie (koje su puno bolje, a i exkluzivne), ali ne vjerujem da bi to bilo u redu, budući da su slike dostupne samo fanovima koji su učlanjenu u club...
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Pogledala sam i Fort Minor 'Making An Album' koji me, pogađate, oduševio...! (inaće, naći će se na Special Edition dvd-u)
Pod 'Intro' i 'In The Studio' možete pogledati i poslušati Mikea kako govori o svemu po malo, dakako, sve u granicama Fort Minor projekta (uz jako ugodnu muzičku podlogu). Također pokazuje svoj studio i radnu atmosferu koja u njemu vlada.
'Artwork', pak predstavlja Mikeove radove na albumu, koji su svi do jednog prava mala umjetnička dijela.
U 'Meeting Jay-Z part1 i part2' pojavljuje se Jay-Z, kao što i sam naslov kaže. U njemu razgovaraju o produkciji, odabiru pjesama i sličnim stvarima, a pojavljuje se i Brad.
Pod 'Petrefied Video Shoots' ćete pronaći isječke videa i pogledati kako je sniman.
Obavezno posjetite lptimes.com na kojem se sve to nalazi i jedino što vam još mogu reći je da uživate...!!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Iskreno se nadam da ste imali priliku pogledati Mikea na njemačkom TRL-u, jer je bilo PREDIVNO!!! Bio je baš simpatičan pogotovo onako sav zbunjen dok su svi oko njega pričali njemački, ali naravno to je Mike, pa se baš lijepo snašao! Bilo bi puno bolje da razumijem njemački, ali šta je tu je...i ovako je bilo super!!!
'Belive Me' se popeo na 6. mjesto, što je odlično ali ne mora značit da ne može biti bolje...nadam se da sam ja utjecala na to 6. mjesto sa svojih oko 200 glasova (da, 200 vjerovali ili ne!) pa, očekujem da bi na MTV-u mogli biti i live, pošto imaju kratku turneju po Njemačkoj. Ako išta saznam svakako vam javim! :)
Slike su slikane sa digitalnim, sa tv-a, tako da kvaliteta i nije baš neka...čim stignu bolje na net objavit ću ih...
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Jučer sam poslušala 30 sekundi od svake pjesme s 'The Rising Tied-a'! Ne moram govorit da su me sve oduševile, a pogotovo Where'd You Go (koju je, kao što sam već objavila, Mike napisao za Annu) i sigurno nije samo ona plakala, i meni je malo falilo... refren pjeva Holly Brook i stvarno moram priznati da je odlična. Na pjesmi pjeva i Jonah Matranga. On također ima prekrasan glas (podsjeća me na Jonathana Davisa [Korn]), pjeva još na 'Red To Black'...
Album će se SVAKAKO isplatit kupitit, i vjerujem da nitko neće požalit kupi li ga!
Prije svega još se jednom moram zahvaliti svima vam koji ste mi pohvalili blog. Jako cijenim što podržavate ono što radim :)
Oni od vas koji vide njemački MTV i koji redovito gledaju TRL zasigurno su primjetili da je Fort Minor 'Belive Me' video neizostavan dio svake emisije. Na TRL-ovoj ljestvici trenutno su na 7. mjestu (informacija je od petka – 11.11.05.), ali uz uporno glasovanje (u čemu i vi možete pomoći) nadam se da će se popeti i više...! Inaće, Mike i njegov Fort Minor će se u utorak 15.11.05. u 16.00h pojaviti u TRL-ovom studiju povodom svojih koncerata u Njemačkoj. Svi koji imate priliku gledati njemački MTV nipošto to nemojte propustiti, pa bi samim time bilo dobro da ih 'Belive Me' dočeka na prvom mjestu (ili barem blizu toga)...
Glasati se može koliko god želite (nisu potrebni nikakvi osobni podaci kao na mtv.com), a net stranica je Mtv.de
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Yam: Kaži mi, tko je Fort Minor?
Mike: To sam ja! Samo nisam htjeo izdati album pod svojim imenom jer bi onda svi rekli ''Gle, to je onaj tip iz LP-a''. Osim toga veliku važnost pridajem svojoj privatnosti. Kada bi po svugdje bilo moje ime to bi me plašilo. Ne želim biti nikakva zvijezda i neću biti faca ako me paparazzi neprestano slijede.
Y: Ali na koncertima sviraš s mnogo ljudi?
M: To je ekipa iz S.O.B.-a, hip-hop banda iz LA-a, podržavali su me pa su također samnom na stageu.
Y: Je li ti čudno djelovati bez svojih LP kolega?
M: Da, osobito na stageu! I moram davati intervjue sam. Ali u drugu ruku prilično je cool biti odgovoran za samoga sebe. Sam sam napisao svaku pjesmu i zapravo odsvirao svaki instrument. Sa bassom, gitarom, bubnjevima, klaviaturama i orguljama to je moglo funkcionirati, ali kod gudačkih dijelova sam morao odustati.
Y: Poprilično si radoholičar, ili?
M: Da, to sam ja. LP gitarist Brad se boji da radim previše. Baš kao i moja žena! Ali radim kod kuće tako da mogu spavati u svom krevetu i jesti sa svojom obitelji.
Y: Je li istina da si napisao pjesmu za svoju ženu na albumu?
M: Istina! "Where´d you go" -ona opisuje kada sjedi sama doma, a njen partner je na turneji. To je prilično luda ljubavna pjesma.
Y: Kako joj se sviđala pjesma?
M: Svaki put kada Anna čuje pjesmu zaplače. Nadam se da "Where´d you go" neće biti hit jer će onda plakati svaki put kada je čuje na radiju.
Y: Je su li dečki iz LP-a čuli album?
M: Naravno! Ne bi izdao album bez njihovog mišljenja. Brad mi je uistinu pomogao kod biranja pravih pjesama i da odlučim za sve muzičke odluke.
Y: Da li se i privatno družite?
M: Često se viđamo. Zajedno se bavimo sportom i idemo u kino. Dosta se družim sa Joe-om, našim DJ-om.
Y: Šta je sljedeće?
M: Na kratko ću ići na turneju sa FM-om i izdat ću mixtape od 'The RisingTied-a', a onda će LINKIN PARK biti prvi prioritet, obećajem!!!
Danas sam napokon čula cijeli Fort Minor 'We Major' mixtape!
Ne bih opet hvalila Mike-a, jer vjerujem da sam već i najvećim fanovim dosadila, ali jednostavno ne mogu izdržati...album je stvarno FENOMENALAN!!! (neću reći ništa više od toga da me ne zamrzite :)
Posebno me oduševila pjesma '100 Degrees'!
Inače, instrumental je uzet s Mike-ovog score sa MTV Vide Music Award-a.
Izdvojila bi još: remix 'Nobody Listening', 'Spray Paint', 'There They Go', 'Bloc Party'...
Evo i lyricsa:
''100 Degrees''
Mike:
Yo, you ready do this? Ok
Come on! Let's go!
Green Lantern:
This is an invasion
Evil genius Green Lantern
Mike Shinoda
Mike:
Ladies and gentlemen
I would like to welcome you to a Fort Minor event
The countdown has begun
The Rising Tied is almost here
But for now...
Green Lantern:
Come on, Mike!
Mike:
Yo, let's get it going in front of every man, anybody
You gotta be ready, it's heavy when we get it rowdy
We won't apologize or even think of saying sorry
This is the way we rock steady over everybody
You probably shocked, probably ready to stop this already
You probably can't hang with the way we attack it so steady
We let it rock the room and bang the Benz, shake the Chevy
'Til everybody feels it in the chest, say it with me
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Wait a second, you know the program, this is not a slow jam
This is not a love song, unless you love tearing shit down
Take a look around, you're not running this
The bluff in your nothing will hit you like a ton of bricks
Hit you together with pressure you can never stand
The softest leather just a featherweight, never man
We're not your competitors setting you straight
You never compete, forget it, it's already too late, go!
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Yo, if you don't see, I'm a make you see this
If you don't roll, I'm a make you believe it
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Shh, give me a second, I'm collecting my thoughts
And setting plots, all right y'all ready or not?!
I've listened and watched and waited for an opening spot
And now that I got it, nobody can pay me to stop
I'm sick of that same thing I've been forced to hear
Over and over again, let me make this clear
If anybody pretends that we're nothing to fear
I solemnly swear it's over, you can tell 'em we're here
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Yo, if you don't see, I'm a make you see this
If you don't roll, I'm a make you believe it
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody owes, everybody pays
Because...
...that's how you stand up against the rising of the tied.
(Radio na pjesmama 'In Stereo', 'Be Somebody' i 'Spraypaint & Ink Pens')
Pitanje: Kako ste zapravo ti i Mike počeli surađivati?
Lupe: Zapravo...sreo sam Mike-a na MTV VMA after party-ju...upoznao nas je zajednički prijatelj...rekao sam mu da sam veliki LP fan...ispalo je da u torbi imam svoj mixtape...sad kada razmislim to se čini pomalo čudno...dao sam mu jedan i onda smo izmjenili informacije i ostali u oskudnom kontaktu nakon toga...saznao sam od Jay-z-a, još jednog zajedničkog prijatelja, da Mike radi na solo albumu i da će on biti koproducent na njemu baš kao što je bio i na mojem. Jay je mislio da bi bilo super da se ja pojavim na projektu, to je dogovorio i to je to...
P: Koji su bili tvoji prvi dojmovi kad si radio s njim?
L: U početku sam bio malo zaplašen, jer sam mislio ''Pa ovo je Mike Shinoda!'' koji je odgovoran za milijune i milijune prodanih cd-a i koji je član jedne od mojih omiljenih grupa, nisam želio da ispadne kako sam neprofesionalan ili ništa slično...zato sam uvijek razmišljao o tome da ostanem pribran jer ipak prije svega ja sam fan i mogao sam doći u napast da ga pitam za autogram ili nešto slično...ali s vremenom sam shvatio da je sasvim običan tip pa sam se počeo ponašati kao inače...radna atmosfera je bila odlična...stvarno otmjena ha,ha...zbog njega sam se osjećao kao da sam uistinu zaseban dio projekta...otmjena, zbilja otmjena...ha,ha
P: Mike je opće poznat kao perfekcionist kada je riječ o njegovu radu, je li to pokazivao tokom snimanja albuma?
L: Oh da...stalno se vračao na različite dijelove albuma...mjenjao ih, namještao ih i provjeravao da li je sve onako kako bi trebalo biti...
P: Mike je većini uglavnom poznat kao ''onaj tip iz Linkin Parka''. Što misliš kako će ljudi reagirati kada čuju njegov solo?
L: Mislim da će uvijek biti 'taj tip iz LP-a'. Mislim, to je njegovo temelje. Ali sa svojim solo projektom mislim da će pokazati ljudima da je uistinu sjajan MC i da je sposoban hip-hop producent i da je stvorio odličan hip-hop album...mislim da će uistinu biti impresionirani
P: Šta misliš kako će muzički svijet i novinari reagirati kada čuju Mike-ov novi album?
L: Morat će ga još više poštovati i to ne samo kao solo glazbenika i MC-a nego kao i značajnog hip-hop producenta...
P: Koja je bila stvar u kojoj si najviše uživao dok si radio s njim?
L: I sama činjenica da sam u studiju s nekim tako potpunim kao što je on, za mene je luda...nisam morao čak niti snimati s njima, i da sam bio nekakav dostavljač hrane bio bih oduševljen...
Ovo još jednom dokazuje da Mike kvalitetno radi svega čega se dohvati. On ne samo što je odličan producent, tekstopisac, rap-er i umjetnik neko i talentirani dizajner što je još jednom dokazao ovim simpatičnim Munny-em! (on je dio L.A. Munny Show-a koji je otvoren i u New York-a i San Francisku) za dodatne informacije pogledajte Munny Show i Munny
Fort Minor Player od sada ima novi izgled što uključuje DVD clip s 'The Rising Tied-a', a 6 će iz biti objavljivano jedan po jedan sve do 22.11.
Na Player-u se mogu poslušati pjesme 'Petrefied', 'Remember The Name' i 'Belive Me', i pogledati spotovi 'Petrefied' i 'Remember The Name', te se može glasati za 'Petrefied' za Mtv-ev TRL!
''Kupnjom ovih patika nećete pokazati samo svoj nepogrešivi ukus nego ćete i moći nositi nešto što je po mom mišljenju uistinu posebno'' - kažu na Dcshoescousa.com!
I samim je time mnogo rečeno o ovom jedinstvenom proizvodu. Radi se, naime, o patikama koje je osmislio i dizajnirao Mike Shinoda, što samo po sebi dokazuje njegov neiscrpan talent. Vlastoručno je oslikao kutiju baš kao i ostale popratne sadržaje uz same patike. U prodaji su od 4.11. prošle godine, a i danas se mogu nabaviti po cijeni od 89.95$, iako je nama iz Hrvatske to naravno teže (i skuplje), no svejedno možete pogledati bendmerch.com. No jedno je sigurno – ako ih kupite zasigurno nećete požaliti. Dizajn je na vrlo visokoj razini što je razumljivo kada je Mike u pitanju. Tako je i na samoj dcshoecousa.com dobio gomilu pohvala što puno govori o njemu i njegovom fenomenalnom talentu!
Također su u prodaji LINKIN PARK dizajnerske patike.
Tu je opet riječ o Mike-u (i ekipi iz LP-a) i njegovom smislu za dizajn. Njih je baš kao i prethodne napravio za Dcshoes, no one spadaju u Axel (skate) modele, a izdane su pod projektom DOUBLE LABEL. Ove će se patike zasigurno svidjeti svakom LP fanu, ali i onima koji to nisu. I ovaj je proizvod jedinstven i poseban, te još jednom dokazuje nevjerojatan i nepobitan Mike-ov talent. :)
Za sada nije izdan niti jedan official Fort Minor album. Prvi official album 'The Rising Tied' bit će izdan 22.11. za Machine Shop Records. Slijedi spisak svih izdanja koja će popratiti 'The Rising Tied'.
The Rising Tied
Datum izlaska: 21/22.11.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: svugdje
Broj Cd-a: 1
Popis pjesama:
01. Introduction
02. Remember The Name
03. Right Now
04. Petrified
05. Feel Like Home
06. Where'd You Go
07. In Stereo
08. Back Home
09. Cigarettes
10. Believe Me
11. Get me Gone
12. High Road
13. Kenji
14. Red To Black
15. The Battle
16. Slip Out The Back
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The Rising Tied – Special Edition
Datum izlaska: 21/22.11.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: svugdje
Broj Cd-a: 2
Popis pjesama:
01. Introduction
02. Remember The Name
03. Right Now
04. Petrified
05. Feel Like Home
06. Where'd You Go
07. In Stereo
08. Back Home
09. Cigarettes
10. Believe Me
11. Get me Gone
12. High Road
13. Kenji
14. Red To Black
15. The Battle
16. Slip Out The Back
17. Be Sombody
18. There They Go
19. The Hard Way
- uključuje DVD
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Belive Me - cd single (1. verzija)
Datum izlaska: 14.11.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: UK
Kataloški broj: W696CD1
Broj Cd-a: 1
Popis pjesama:
01. Believe Me
02. There They Go
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Belive Me – UK promotivni cd s jednom pjesmom
Datum izlaska: 16.10.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: UK
Kataloški broj: PRO15613
Broj Cd-a: 1
Popis pjesama:
01. Belive me
- izašao je kako bi promovirao Belive me singl na UK radio stanicama
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Street Team Mixtape Sampler (uzorak)
Datum izlaska: 13.10.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: USA
Broj Cd-a: 1
Popis pjesama:
01. Intro
02. Remember The Name
03. Dolla
04. Get It
05. Petrefied
- cd je dan izabranim članovima FM Street Team-a kako bi promovirali nadolazeći
Mixtape i The Rising Tied. 'Dolla' i 'Get It' su pjesme od Stiles Of Beyond-a,
a 'Dolla' je s Mike-ovim vokalom.
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Petrefied/Remember The Name promotivni vinyl (ploča)
Datum izlaska: sredinom 09.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: USA
Broj vinyla: 1
Popis pjesama:
Side A: Petrified
Clean/ Radio Edit [3:43]
Album Version [3:41]
Instrumental [3:42] Side B: Remember The Name (Featring Styles of Beyond)
Clean/Radio Edit [3:47]
Album Version [3:47]
Instrumental [3:48]
- cd je dan DJ-evima da promoviraju 2 od pjesama
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Petrefied/Remember The Name US Radio CD
Datum izlaska: sredinom 09.05.
Producent: Mike Shinoda
Izdavačka kuća: Machine Shop Recordings
Dostupnost albuma: USA
Kataloški broj: PRO-CDR-101579
Broj Cd-a: 1
Popis pjesama:
Petrified (Clean/ Radio Edit) [3:43]
Petrified (Album Version) [3:41]
Petrified (Instrumental) [3:42]
Remember The Name (Clean/Radio Edit) [3:47]
Remember The Name (Album Version) [3:47]
Remember The Name (Instrumental) [3:48]
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5-Track Sampler Cd
Popis pjesama:
Remember The Name
Petrified
Where'd You Go
Right Now (Featuring Black Thought)
Belive Me
- koliko je poznato postoji samo jedna kopija ovog cd-a koju posjeduje Mike.
Kao prvo puno hvala na komentarima za blog!
evo odgovora na neka pitanja:
-Linkin Park se NE rapadaju!!! Fort Minor je Mikeov sporedni projekt i napravljen je samo zato, jer je Mike oduvijek želio raditi hip hop stvari a u LP-u mu to nije mogao u tolikoj mjeri.
-Linkin Park album je u izradi samo što će to malo duže potrajati, jer su Mike i Chester zaokupljeni svojim solo projektima.
-Inače sam VELIKI fan LINKIN PARKA, samim time i Mike, pa tako i Fort Minor-a. A budući da u LP-u nema prevelikih novosti, trenutno pišem o Fort Minoru, ali u pripremi je blog i za Linkin Park! :)
Imala sam malo problema s blogom, pa se nadam da će se to popravit...
Zamolila bih vas da ne zaboravite glasati za 'Petrefied', (TRL ljestvica) na www.mtv.com! Trenutno su #10., ali se nadam da će se to promijeniti...
I ako ste u mogućnosti, učlanite se u FORTMINORMILITIA jer je sramotno da su učlanjena sam 2 hrvatska fana.
Još jednom puno hvala!!!
Chester je iznenadio Fort Minor pojavivši se na Myspace show-u, evo što Mike kaže na to:
Mike: Svirali smo na Myspace show prošle noći – odličan show. Hvala svima koji su došli i podržali nas. Najteži dio u showu poput ovog je to što nitko nije čuo pjesme s albuma, stoga ekipa nije mogla skakati i pjevati kao da su im muzika i riječi poznate; no unatoč tome čini se da su se svima uistinu sviđale pjesme i svejedno su bili prilično glasni. Zapravo sam vidio kako su ljudi skužili riječi i svejedno smo pjevali zajedno pjesme koje do tada nisu čuli! Odlično.
Za one koje nisu uspijeli doći, započeli smo sa 'Remember The Name' i prešli na nekoliko starijih pjesama, 'It's Going Down' i 'In The End' (remix sa Reanimationa). Došao je i Chester i pjevao na 'In The End-u'. To je bilo zabavno.
Nakon toga prešli smo na novi materijal (6 pjesama) i završili set sa 'Petrefied-om'. Imali smo tri gudača i 3 prateča vokala na stageu, S.O.B. i beatdown (bubnjevi) u pozadini. Nadam se da ću uskoro moći dovesti taj show negdje bliže vama – jako je zabavno!
Do sada su izdana 3 promotivna Fort Minor videa, evo nekoliko informacija o njima.
Petrefied
Datum puštanja: 06.10.05
Snimljen: 14.9.05
Režiser: Robert Hales
Produkcijska kompanija: HSI Productions
Label: Machine Shop/Warner Brothers
U videu: Mike, Ryu, Takbir, Cheapshot, Vin Skully
Mjesto snimanja: Los Angeles
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Belive Me
Datum puštanja: 07.10.05
Snimljen: 8.9.05
Režiser: Laurent Briet
Produkcijska kompanija: Black Dog Films
Label: Machine Shop/Warner Brothers
U videu: Mike, Ryu, Takbir, Cheapshot, Bobo
Mjesto snimanja: nepoznato
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Remember The Name
Datum puštanja: 20.10.05
Snimljen: 26.9.05
Režiser: nepoznat
Produkcijska kompanija: nepoznata
Label: Machine Shop/Warner Brothers
U videu: Mike, Ryu, Takbir (Chester, Brad, Rob)
Mjesto snimanja: Spytech Studios, Los Angeles
Pitanje: Kako ste zapravo ti i Mike počeli surađivati?
Holly: Nekoliko mjeseci prije potpisala sam ugovor s Machine Shop, on me pitao bih li otpjevala pjasmu za njegov album.
P: Koji su bili tvoji prvi dojmovi kad si radila s njim?
H: Mike je nevjerovatan talent i divna osoba za surađivanje.
P: Mike je opće poznat kao perfekcionist kada je riječ o njegovu radu, je li to pokazivao tokom snimanja albuma?
H: Ja doista ne primječujem kada je netko perfekcionist, jer sam to i ja.
P: Mike je većini uglavnom poznat kao ''onaj tip iz Linkin Parka''. Što misliš kako će ljudi reagirati kada čuju njegov solo?
H: Kad ljudi čuju Fort Minor album, mislim da će prepoznati i poštovati Mike-a i kao individualnog umjetnika.
P: Koja je bila stvar u kojoj si najviše uživala dok si radila s njim?
H: Njegovo nasmiješeno lice. Ha, ha!
P: Kako napreduje tvoj solo album i jesi li već dogovrila datum izlaska?
H: Moj solo album "Like Blood Like Honey" je napokon završen. Jedva čekam da krenem na turneje i da ga počnem promovirat. Još nije određen točan datum izlaska,......
P: Kakvi su tvoji muzički planovi za ovu godinu?
H: Dogovoriti ćemo nekoliko turneja i izdati ću cd s 5 pjesama koje će poslužiti kao primjeri s mog albuma. Prodavati će se po raznim nastupima i na internetu.
P: Kako si se počela baviti muzikom i tko je ili što bio inspiracija za tvoju karjeru?
H: Počela sam se baviti muzikom jer je moja mama uvijek bila po raznim grupama u WI. Dok sam bila još jako mala zapamtil sam sve pjesme koje je pjevala, tako me odlučila staviti na pozornicu da vidi da li mi se sviđa i zaljubila sam se u taj osjećaj.
P: Je li Machine Shop Records uistinu tako dobar kako ljudi kažu, kako je to biti na tržištu?
H: Machine Shop Records je odličan, stvarno ne postoji niti jedno mjesto na kojem bih radije bila. Brad je sjajan A&R tip sa super ideama.
...
Holly Brook gostuje na pjesmama:
Where'd You Go (The Rising Tied)
Be Somebody (The Rising Tied Special Edition)
Za više informacija o Holly Brook pogledajte njenu official stranicu:Holly Brook.com
Prije nekoliko dana proradio je FORT MINOR MILITIA fan club! Učlanjenjem (full package membership) dobivate sljedeće:
- DVD of Fort Minor Videos (prvih 100 dobit će dvd sa Mike-ovim autogramom)
- Fort Minor Stickers
- Fort Minor Marker Pen
- Fort Minor Membership Card
- Letter From Mike Shinoda
- Access to members only website www.fortminormilitia.com
- Digital downloads of exclusive Fort Minor tracks and remixes
- Chances at Fort Minor presale tickets
- Chances to meet Fort Minor at exclusive Meet & Greets
- Exclusive contests
- Exclusive video content
- Access to exclusive Fort Minor Militia merchandise
- Discounts on most Fort Minor merchandise online
Cijena je 15.00$ + poštarina (za hrvatsku 8.00$)
Članstvo traje godinu dana nakon čega se mora obnovit (kao i LPU).
Čim se učlanite dobivate pristup (uz mail i password) stranici www.fortminormilitia.com na kojoj možete naći ekskluzivne slike, wallpapere, videe, pjesme...
Ekskluzivni Fort Minor Brazil intervju s Cheapshot-om
Pitanje: Kako si se osijećao svirati pred tisućama ljudi tijekom europske turneje?
Cheapshot: Nema boljeg osjećaja na svijetu kao što je sviranje pred gomilom ljudi i gledanja kako svi polude! To je mješavina adrenalina, nervoze, uzbuđenja i euforije.
P: Vjerojatno si već poslušao The Rising Tied. Koje je tvoje mišljenje o njemu?
C: Po mom mišljenju to je savršen album. Svaka pjesma pruža drugačiji osjećaj. Mike je talentiran za puno toga. Također je i pameta. Ljude koje je izabrao da budu na albumu su nevjerojatni, i svi su odlični glazbenici. Nema ničega lažnog na tom albumu.
P: Koja je tvoja omiljena Linkin Park pjesma?
C: Preferiram hip-hop. Moja omiljena pjesma bi bio remix 'In The End-a' s Reanimationa.
P: Postoji li još koji instrument koji si svirao osim turnlables-a? (Dj mixer)
C: Zapravo svirao sam mnogo instrumenata. Započeo sam s klavirom i svirao ga 6 godina, onda 2 godine bubnjeve i također 4 godine saxofon sve dok nisam dobio svoj prvi par turntable-sa. I dalje sviram klaviature, ali ne onoliko koliko bi želio.
P: Kad si surađivao s Linkin Parkom na Reanimationu, da li ste ti i Mike snimili neku pjesmu osim 'Papercuta-a' kao što je Mike učinio sa Motion Man-om i Kumast Kurt-om na 'Standing In The Middle'? Kako se sve to sa Reanimationom dogodilo?
C: Svojevremeno Mike je to predložio meni i Vin Skully. Mike je već imao cijeli raspored (ideju) za album... jednostavno mi je prišao i rekao ''Papercut remix''! Mike je poznavao i družio se sa Styles Of Beyond još od svojih Xero i Hybrid Theory dana. Prije Reanimationa on je zapravo dopustio Styles Of Beyond-u otvorenost prema Linkin Parku, i onda kada su bili spremni da surađuju na remix albumu došli su k nama.
P: Styles Of Beyond gostuje na pjesmi 'Remember The Name' s The Rising Tied-a. Je li to jedina pjesma koju ste vi dečki napravili za album?
C: Ne, zapravo Styles Of Beyond je napravio 14 pjesama s Mikeom tijekom snimanja albuma. Nakon biranja završnih pjesama S. O. B. se pojavio na 6 pjesama s albuma.
P: Postoji li nešto što nam možeš reči o The Rising Tied-u a da do sada nije objavljeno?
C: Iskreno tu je puno toga što bih mogao reći, ali poštujem Mikea i njegovu tajnovitost glede T. R. T. Ne bi se osjećao dobro da govorim o nečemu bez njegova dopuštenja.
P: Ti si DJ, ali isto i producent. Jesi li pomogao Mikeu i Jay-u pri produkciji albuma?
C: Ne, zapravo sam rekao Mikeu da bih volio napraviti pjesmu. To je bilo prije nego sam doznao da on želi biti samostalni producent na albumu. Moram podržati čovjeka na dijelu. Ali ćuti ćete više o mojoj produkciji na predstojećem albumu S. O. B.-a
P: Da li je Mike tijekom europske Fort Minor turneje spominjao da je T. R. T. ono što je očekivao da će biti?
C: Da, Mike nikad ne bi izdao nešto s čim nije 100% zadovoljan. On je radoholičar i mora biti siguran da je sve što izdaje na razini njegova standarda.
P: Tokom jednog intervjua za ''The Rolling Stone'' magazin, Mike je izjavio da želi napraviti nešto drugačije od stare monotone hip-hop scene. Da li je Fort Minor uspio u tome?
C: Naravno, ovih godina najveći dio hip-hop-a uglavnom govori o curama, autima i nakitu... to je stvarno jednodimenzionalno (monotono). Ništa od toga nije poput T. R. T. Teme o kojima on priča nije ništa od onoga što u današnje vrijeme možete čuti na radiju... i ti ritmovi koje je on producirao ne zvuče kao ništa što je dosada bilo izvođeno.
P: Bio si na turneji s Mikeom i on je spomenu da će svirati na još nekoliko mjesta. Što misliš, postoji li neka šansa da će te doći u Brazil?
C: Ne bih to mogao reći. Obično nisu izvođači oni koji odlućuju gdje će svirati. To obično ovisi o vremenu i potražnji određene zemlje... ako sve dobro ispadne znam da bi svi volili doći ondje.
P: Na Linkin Park-ovom albumu Hybrid Theory su zahvale za tebe. Da li si im pomogao na tom albumu? Ako jesi, zašto?
C: Nisam radio na niti jednom Linkin Park albumu (osim Reanimationa)... ali podržavali smo ih od prvog dana. Što bi značilo da će te mnoga naša imena vidjeti na njihovim zahvalama.
01) Introduction
02) Remember The Name (featuring Styles Of Beyond)
03) Right Now (featuring Black Thought and Styles Of Beyond)
04) Petrified
05) Feel Like Home (featuring Styles Of Beyond)
06) Where'd You Go? (featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga)
07) In Stereo (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
08) Back Home (featuring Common and Styles Of Beyond)
09) Cigarettes
10) Believe Me (featuring Bobo and Styles Of Beyond)
11) Get Me Gone
12) High Road (featuring John Legend)
13) Kenji
14) Red To Black (featuring Kenna, Jonah Matranga and Styles Of Beyond)
15) The Battle (featuring DJ Cheapshot)
16) Slip Out The Back (featuring Celph Titled and DJ Joseph Hahn)
Limited edicion sadrži sve gore navedena pjesme plus 3 dodatne pjesme:
17) Be Somebody (featuring Lupe Fiasco, Holly Brook and Tak of Styles of Beyond)
18) There They Go (featuring Sixx John)
19) The Hard Way (featuring Kenna)
Na poboljšanoj verziji cd-a će se naći 3 dodatne pjesme,
making of 'Petrefide' video,
'Petrefide' video, slike sa 'Petrefide' i video izvatci 'Belive me' videa.
Dvd sa limited ediciona sadrži making the album footage
(in-studio, sastanak sa Jay-zem, stvaranje artwork-a, cover, tour footage)
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Fort Minor:We Major MIXTAPE
Popis pjesama od Fort Minor-ovog Dj-a Green Lantern-a, mixtape je izdan.
Mixtape će sadržati 19 pjesama, uključujući album verziju
''Remember The Name'' i ''Petrefide'', sa remixevima i b-side sa ''The Rising Tied-a''
01) Green Lantern Intro
02) 100 Degrees
03) Dolla (feat. Styles of Beyond)
04) Bloc Party (feat. Apathy and Tak of S.O.B.)
05) S.C.O.M. (feat. Ryu of S.O.B., Juelz Santana and Celph Titled)
06) Remember the Name (Funkadelic Remix) (feat. Styles of Beyond)
07) Bleach (Jimi Remix)
08) Spraypaint & Ink Pens (feat. Ghostface and Lupe Fiasco)
09) Petrified (Doors remix)
10) Get It
11) Be Somebody (feat. Lupe Fiasco and Holly Brook)
12) Respect 4 Grandma (feat. S.O.B. and Celph Titled)
13) There They Go (Green Lantern Remix) (feat. Sixx John)
14) All Night (feat. Apathy, Tak of S.O.B. and Celph Titled)
15) Nobody's Listening (Green Lantern Remix)
16) Cover and Duck (feat. SOB)
17) Remember the Name (Album Version) (Bonus Track)
18) Petrified (Album Version) (Bonus Track)
19) Outro
Multi talantiran, Mike Shinoda objavit će svoj dugo očakivani side projekt Fort Minor 22. 11. ove godine! Shinoda, producent i beat – maker koji stoji iza Jay – Z-evog i Linkin Park-ovog "Collision Course'', vidi Fort Minor kao produžetak samoga sebe kao producenta, glazbenika i vizualnog umjetnika: ''Prije Linkin Parka nisam stvarao nikakvu muziku osim hip – hop-a i nisam dobio priliku vratiti se tome sve do danas. Započeo sam opušteno raditi na projektu prije dvije godine, i osjetio sam kad je bujica krenula – nisam mogao prestati pisati. Jednom sam počeo svirati pjesme za ljude, svi su mi uporno govorili, 'trebaš napraviti album od ovog!'
A tako je i učinio. Nazvao ga je "The Rising Tied", i izaći će za izdavačku kuću Machine Shop. Iako ga je Shinoda cijelog producirao njegov Fort Minor plod je mnogobrojnih važnih suradnji. Za početak, tu je Jay-Z, koproducent, te je pomagao u kreiranju albuma. ''Imali smo odličan radni odnos, tokom procesa bilo je neprocjenjivo imati njegovo mišljenje. ''Kaže Shinoda'' Jay ima odličan način na koji daje prijedloge, a da pritom umjetniku ostavlja njegovu kreativnu slobodu''.
Dodatnu je pomoć dobio od snažnog kolektiva vokalnog doprinosa. ''Tjekom stvaranja ovog procesa, bio sam sretan što ekskluzivno mogu surađivati s prijateljima – ostalim umjetnicima čiji talent cijenim i koji su podjelili (samnom) svoju kreativnu viziju''. Kaže Shinoda. Jedan od prvih MC-a s kojim je razgovarao bio je Common. ''Sijećam se da sam ga pitao o rađenju pjesme za cd – počeo sam svirati ono što sam do tada namjeravao napraviti, i nakon svake pjesme, rekao bi 'želim se pojaviti i na ovoj''! uzbuđenje oko rezultata suradnji konačno je inspirirala ime albuma. Shinoda dodaje ''od dobro poznatih umjetnika, kao što su Black Thought i John Legend, sve do up-and-comers, svima je izvedba bila na vrlo visokoj razini. Oni su također bili uzbuđeni oko budućnosti koju donosi album. Zato sam ga odlučio nazvati ''The Rising Tied''.
Kao što je ranije navedeno projekt je slikovito nazvan Fort Minor ''Mislim da je to djelomično povezano s onime što radim u umjetnosti;'' pojašnjava Shinoda ''na prvom LP albumu je vojnik s krilima vretenca. To je povezano s dinamikom u muzici. ''Fort'' predstavlja veći dio albuma, a ''minor'' predstavlja manji mračniji dio.
Napokon, 16 je pjesama završeno u Los Angeles-u, gdje je tekstualna raznolikost spojena s instrumentalnim inovacijama. ''Želio sam biti siguran da će ovaj album imati jedinstven identitet''. Objašnjava Shinoda ''dio tog identiteta je i životni zvuk – manje klaviatura, više instrumentala'' na kraju, Shinoda je odsvirao i napisao uistinu svaku notu s albuma, dao mu je težinu i ritmički zvuk, to je vodilo muziku od prvog dana.
Nakon gotovo godinu dana rađenja na albumu, Shinoda je čeznutljiv da oslobodi rezultate svog rada. ''Moji prijatelji iz banda (Linkin Park) su me poticali da podjelim ovu muziku sa svijetom ''kaže Shinoda'' i sada kada je cd završen, više ne mogu čekati''.
"Belive Me"
Yeah, see that
I guess that this is where we’ve come to
If you don’t want to
Then you don’t have to
Believe me
But I won’t be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You’re on your own now
Believe me
Yeah , I don’t want to be the one to blame
You like fun and games
Keep playing ‘em, I’m just saying
Think back then you was like one of the same
On the right track, but I was on the wrong train
‘S like that, now you gotta face the pain
And the devil’s got a fresh new place to play
In your brain, like a mange you can never escape
The rain every damn day’s the same shade of grey
Ey, I used to have a little bit of a plan
Used to have a concept to where I stand
But that concept slipped right out of my hand
Now, I don’t even really know who I am
Yo, what do I have to say?
Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free
’n whatever’s gonna happen to you
We’ll see
But it’s not gonna happen to me
I guess that this is where we’ve come to
If you don’t want to
Then you don’t have to
Believe me
But I won’t be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You’re on your own now
Believe me
Well back then I thought you were just like me
Somebody who could see all the pain I see
But you proved to me, unintentionally
That you would selfdestruct eventually
Now I’m thinking like the mistake
A m- doesn’t hurt
But it’s not gonna work ‘cause it’s really much worse than I thought
I wished that you were something you were not
And now this guilt is really all that I got
Oh, you turn your back and walk away in shame
All you got is a memory and pain
Nothing makes sense, you just stare at the ground
You hear my voice in your head when no one else is around
What do I have to say?
Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free
’n whatever’s gonna happen to you
We’ll see
But it’s not gonna happen to me
I guess that this is where we’ve come to
If you don’t want to
Then you don’t have to
Believe me
But I won’t be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You’re on your own now
Believe me
I’ll do what I have to do
You’re on your own now believe me
Whatever happen to you
You’re on your own now believe me
What do I have to say
You’re on your own now believe me
It’s not gonna happen to me
You’re on your own now believe me
Yeah, what, woo, that’s right
Here’s the thing
"Petrefied"
No-no-no-not not re-re-ready yo!
Not re-re-ready yo!
We 'bout to drop it steady, yo!
So do it like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that
Now why is everybody so petrified?
(What!)
Petrified?
(What!)
Step aside
And just drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!) x2
Yeah
How you doin', y'all?
My name's Mike
I'm fooling with the new shit
I'm doing it all night
I like what i do
I do what i like
I could quit and get it back like i'm riding a bike
Like stop
Bring it back
Bring it back
We got that balance keeping us on track
That ya' get when 'ya movin quick, with no slow
You stare like you don't care
But you do it though I know
I know
You really must be so lonely
Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony
You and your boys, you don't know me
You really wanna hole me? Show me, homie
Lets get it over with for good
I got a friction addiction i wish you would
Machine shop rockin' when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrefied
Now why is everybody so petrified?
(What!)
Petrified?
(What!)
Step aside
And just drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Listen you are not ready
Like children in a building you can't stand steady
It must be the beat so heavy
Cos I'm panic attacks like a crack in the levy
Give you that Robert Plant
Dancing days are back
Feeling all in the track an' in fact
For those knowing the name
I'm back with some brand new crack
You can do it like that
You really must be so lonely
Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony
You and your boys, you don't know me
You really wanna hole me?
Showe me, homie
Tough talk doesn't mean a thing
you know yourself you know when we're up in a scene
Its machine shop rockin' when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrefied
Now why is everybody so petrified?
(What!)
Petrified?
(What!)
Step aside
And just drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!) x2
No-no-no-not not re-re-ready yo!
Not re-re-ready yo!
We 'bout to drop it steady, yo!
So do it like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that
No-no-no-not not re-re-ready yo!
Not re-re-ready yo!
We 'bout to drop it steady, yo!
So do it like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that
Now why is everybody so petrified?
(What!)
Petrified?
(What!)
Step aside
And just drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!)
Drop that
(Come on!) x2
Like stop
Bring it back
We got that balance keeping us on track x4
Like stop...stop...stop...stop...stop
'Chine shop!
"Remember The Name"
You ready? Lets go!
Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we're all about
It's like this y'all c'mon
It's just ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
Mike
He doesn't need his name up in lights
He just wants to be heard whether it's the beat or the mic
He feels so unlike everybody else, alone
In spite of the fact that some people still think that they know him
But fuck em'
He knows the code
It's not about the salary
It's about reality and makin' some noise
Makin' the story
Makin' sure his clique stays up
That means when he puts it down Tak's pickin' it up
Who the hell is he anyway?
He never really talks much
Never concerned with status but still leavin' them star struck
Humbled through opportunities given to him despite the fact
That many misjudge him because he makes a livin' from writin raps
Put it together himself, now the picture connects
Never askin for someone's help, to get some respect
He's only focused on what he wrote, his will is beyond reach
And now when it all unfolds, the skill of an artist
It's just twenty percent skill
Eighty percent fear
Be one hundred percent clear 'cause Ryu is ill
Who would've thought that he'd be the one to set the west in flames
And I heard him wreckin' with The Crystal Method, Name Of The Game
Came back dropped Megadef, took 'em to church
I'm like 'bleach, man, why you have the stupidest verse?'
This dude is the truth, now everybody be givin' him guest spots
His stock's through the roof I heard he fuckin' with S-Dot!
It's just ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
They call him Ryu the sick
And he's spittin fire at Mike
Got him out the dryer he's hot
Found him in Fort Minor with Tak
Been a fuckin' annihilist porcupine
He's a prick, he's a cock
The type woman want to be with
And rappers hope he get shot
Eight years in the makin'
Patiently waitin to blow
Now the record with Shinoda's takin' over the globe
He's got a partner in crime his shit is equally dope
You wont believe the kind of shit that comes out of this kid's throat
Tak
He's not your everyday on the block
He knows how to work with what he's got
Makin' his way to the top
People think its a common owners name
People keep askin him was it given at birth
Or does it stand for an acronym?
No he's livin' proof
Got him rockin' the booth
He'll get you buzzin' quicker than a shot of vodka with juice
Him and his crew are known around as one of the best
Dedicated to what they doin give a hundred percent
Forget Mike
Nobody really knows how or why he works so hard
It seems like he's never got time
Because he writes every note and he writes every line
And I've seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind
It's like a design is written in his head every time
Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme
And those motherfuckers he runs with, those kids that he signed
Ridiculous, without even tryin', how do they do it?
It's just ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name x2
Yeah
Fort Minor, M. Shinoda
Styles of Beyond, Ryu, Takbir
Machine Shop
"Right Now"
Someone right now is leaving their apartment
looking down at the street wondering where there car went
Someone in the car sitting at a signal in
front of a restaraunt staring through the window
at someone right now with their finger in their
teeth who could use a little floss Right across the street
theres somebody on the curb
who really needs a jacket spent half a grand at a
bar getting plastered now hes gotta walk
fourteen blocks to work at a shop where hes about to get fired.
Someone right now is looking pretty tired
staring at a laptop trying to get inspired
Somebody living right across the street
shes wrote the best things
shes written all week but her best friends coughing up blood in the sink
cant even think what
happened feeling so confused and he knows it looks bad but there
nothing he can do I wonder what its like to be right there in his shoes but
[Chorus]
No im just taking it in out the window of a hotel bedroom again
tommorrow ill be gone I dont know when ill be back and this world
everything can change just
like that, that, just like that, just like that
that, just like that, just like that
Yo somebody right now is dropping his vote
inside a box and trying not to get shot in his throat
For the act of freedom right now somebody is stuck in Iraq
hoping that he gets shipped back breathing
in a war that hes not really sure of the reasons
so we show our support when the press mislead
them though we more then remain proud and salute the troops get some
I know you boys got some work to do
Meanwhile right now someones 25 to life and is stading on the corner with their thumb up hitchiking
stratching off a lotto ticket hoping for a real
winner sneaking through the water just to work and to eat a real dinner
Right now someone wishes they were you were not instead of second guessing freedom thoughts of quiet suicide
But right now im staring at the window at a frame
with holes in his arm and holes in his jeans
he pulled out his siger and sparked the light and walked right around the corner just outta my sight but
Yo im just taking it in from the second story hotel window again,
the TV's on, and my bags are packed, but in this world
everything can change just
like that, like that, like that, like that,
[Repeat]
Ya right now somebody sitting in the darkness trying to figure out how to put some heat in their
apartment but they got a little matress and a little carpet and they appreciate it cause some people own
apartments
You seem them when you rushing to get to the office wife robbed blind when she coming from the market
right now somebody coming out from the pocket trying to dump that rock they run around the block with at
the same time the cops is raising the block with aint for your legs and back with some hot shit
Right now somebody struggling to stop this man whos kick and punching and cussing at the doctors
Down the hall the child taking his first breath the doctors aint even passed him to the nurse yet yo I
wonder if he understands what its worth yet like the time spent while we here on the earth yet the answer
to the question that we all seek to be found at the general how all free your fate
Right now its somebody who aint eat all week that would kill for the shit that you throw away in the
street I guess ones mans trash is the next mans treaure one mans pain is the next mans pleasure one say
infinity the next say forever right now erbody got to get it together man
Im just taking it in another strange hotel lobby again put my luggage on my back i dont know where im at
im in world where we all change just like that, like that, like that, just like that, like that, just like that
Just like that, Just like that
[repeat]
"Slip Out The Back"
You know me, I used to get caught up in everyday life
Tried to make it through my day so I could sleep at night
Tried to figure out my way through the maze
Of rights and wrongs, but like you used to say
Nothing feels like it's really worth it
Forget perfect, I'm trying not to be worthless
Since I last saw you I been lookin for a purpose
Well I met this kid who thought like I did
He had a weird way of lookin at it
This is what he said
Slip out the back before they know you were there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you dont wana be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you dont wana be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
I dont remember where I met him or remember his name
But he walked funny like he was too big for his frame
Just over five foot but he weighed a buck fifty
And what he said just seemed so right it stuck with me
Listen its like poker you can play your best
But you got to know when to fold your cards and take a rest
And know when to hold your cards and hold your breath
And hope that nobody else is stacking the deck because
I dont need to tell you that life isnt fair, it doesnt care
It momentarily cuts off your air, and like you I want someone to say its okay
But in the truest parts of our hearts everybody's afraid
But just underappreciated and overwhelmed
Fighting so hard to hide our fear that were scaring ourselves
You understand when im saying that you always did
But its different in the words of a cowardly kid
Slip out the back before they know you were there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you dont wana be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were there
And at the worst you'll see nobody cares
Cos you dont wana be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Im no hero, you remember how I was, you know
All I ever did was worry, feeling out of control
To the point where everything was going end over end
Im spinning around in circles again
This is where you come in
All of this to explain to you why
I had to separate myself away from yesterday's life
Please remember this isn't how I hoped it would be
But I had to protect you from me
Thats why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there
I know you felt unprepared
But every single time I was around i just bring you down
And I could tell that it was time to be scared
Thats why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there
And I know the way I left wasnt fair
I didnt want to be around just to bring you down
I'm not a hero but dont think I didnt care
"Where'd You Go?"
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
She said "Some days I feel like shit,
Some days I wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,"
I don't understand why you have to always be gone,
I get along but the trips always feel so long,
And, I find myself tryna stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,
But when I pick up I don't have much to say,
So, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...
You know the place where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers and ribs,
Used to have a little party every Hallowe'en with candy by the pile,
But now, you only stop by every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine, I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...
I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around, and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been true all along,
You don't really know what you got 'til it's gone,
I guess I've had it with you and your career,
When you come back I won't be here and you'll can sing it...
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
"Red To Black"
I had a friend named Victor
The two of us used to hang every single day
And it seemed like overnight
That his whole life just changed
I know when his mom and dad broke up
It didn't make sense
But i know that his dad was a drunk
And he gambled away the rent
Pretty soon Vic was seeing red
Pissed off and instead
Hed drink every night until he passed out
And then hed do it all again
The whole time spelling on the outside
To cover the pain
But on the inside
All he was trying to do was get away
Dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks
Yo, Funny how things change color
Than fade to another shade
When you had it made it was all good
But now look just another day
It was so fresh
It was so clean
Never saw it gone
One, two, three
Lights out, which way to turn
Can't get a grip
All alone in a big white house
Every day gets worse
And you just curse until your head bursts
And it hurts so bad she left
You think to yourself
I shoulda thought of that one first
No family, no kids
Cant accept what you did
Now you wanna run away
But you can't
Cause the past comes back again
Slippin through the cracks
Have a little shack
Go to bed half dead
What about rent
Why does every cent gotta be a bet
Whens it gonna end
Oh my god we dont got a penny left
My moms gotta find a way
To get a job, out of debt, out of dodge
Out of breath, out of this big problem
My pops wanna get away from the pain
In a better place in his brain
But the medication he takes
Makes him wasted
So sick if hes gonna faint
The good lord would come take him
Im shaking now wake up
You son of a bitch!
He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks
Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away
From red to black
He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks
Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away
From red to black
Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks
"Feel Like Home"
These days are dark and the nights are cold
People acting like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go I see another person like me
Trying to make it all feel like home
[Mike:]
Standing on the bridge in teh dark and I'm seeing my breath
Trying to make it home without freezing to death
And my grandfather's face is
stuck in my mind mind and how
Seeing him tonight's gonna be the last time I should've brought a jacket
Blowing in my hands like it's really gonna stop the chill
I buy a cup of coffee with a five dollar bill
thinking
Laying in that box people look so still
At times like these you start thinking
Your first breath in and the clock starts ticking
I'm not trying to bum anyone out
Not trying to be dramatic
just thinking out loud
I'm just trying to make some sense in my mind
Some defense from the cold that I'm feeling outside and for a minute
Escape with some rhythm and rhyme and
Get away from the grey
Just a bit at a time
[Ryu:]
Kinda funny how this world can treat you
Like a freak in a sideshow
a carnival creature
Climbing outta cans
I'm a diamond in the sand
But you cant tell the difference on a beach full of rhinestones
My life's like trying to swallow a pinecone
It's tough when you live fast
just to die slow
Talk to dial tones
my dreams are far-fetched
It seems
so I sleep underneath this park bench
I know it don't make sense
And I don't expect you to know what it's like
Smoke
drink
piss
sniffing everything in my sight
Push rocks in a pipe
Liftoff
I keep puffin 'til my lips turn white
And my chest gets tight
But who the fuck really cares
when you're
So far left behind that even death looks right
All I can do is hope for teh best and pray
That it gets a little better than yesterday
[Tak:]
Pardon me
I think I'm nect to url
Too many problems going on
that's why i left my girl
Packed my bags and traveled with a pen and a notepad
Pissed that i was broke and all the things that I dont have
But still
I try toi find a way to escape
From all teh hate planted in my head which lead to mistakes
But now I'm breaking the mold
see I was patient and calm
Many sleep in the rain
but I'm awake in the storm
Writing my life in a short film
The Rise and Fall
How I managed to scorch hills
and climb the walls
Pound pavement
aimless in the cold existence
Even thought thangs are changing
I'm going the distance
Overcoming the doubt that had controlled for so long
And put it all behind me
'cause life still goes on
Now I'm much stronger and know where I stand
While lost souls search over and over again
[Mike:]
These days are dark and the nights are cold
People acting like they lost their soul
And everybody's trying not to cry
trying to get by
And trying not to feel out of control
And if you look hard enough
Sometimes you'll find a place that might just remind you of home
But if it doesn't feel like home
You can do what I do
Just pretend you don't feel so alone
"In Stereo"
(That beat is hard)
This is how it goes
Welcome one and all to the show
We're wired up
fired up
fucking ready to go
In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar
Twenty deep
twenty feet from the boulevard
Black hoodies
Black caps
Black label in glasses
Previewing the new shit before the masses
'Cause the first thing I need when i've got a new beat
Is to see how it sounds
echoing off the street
I just take it for a spin
Pop the CD in
Slide it up to ten and get that rearview shaking
Then play it again so there's no mistaking
San Andreas the block
Get this bitch earthquaking live
Oh
ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go
You're not ready
I got plenty cuts for twenty months dropped steadily
Plenty tracks to empty on your wack pedigree
I'm backed heavily while you're back peddling
Forget the chitchat on me homie
kick back
I'm on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped
So zip your lip back
listen and watch
We got the whole block rockin' off the way the beat knocks
You don't have to warn the people on the corner
they know
That if you're standing on that corner then you're getting that show
World premiering you're hearing that Machine Shop flow
San Andreas the block
Get this bitch earthquaking like
Turn the key
turn the volume up to loud
Roll right
roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up y'all
burn that system out
"The Hard Way"
Come with me
Let me walk in through the world that I currently stay in
You can take a look around and tell me if I’m mistaken
You can even talk to everybody that I live with
Maybe you could tell me why everybody’s so distant
Is it me or maybe, when I look around daily
I don’t even know the people I can put my trust in lately
People that I used to hang with now their actin’ to different
I’m still the same person why doesn’t anybody listen
Can somebody please just explain to me
What happened to the way that we always said we’d be
Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through
And I’m losin’ hope
Deafening voices
That frequency inside my head that says
I’m going at it the hard way I focus
Get everything inside out of my brain that claims
I’m going at it the hard way
Come with me
Let me walk in through the world that I currently live in
Not a thing is forgotten, not a thing is forgiven
Nobody can hold their own underneath the weight but
Nobody can take the blame for their own mistakes so
What do you do when somebody lets you down
And you wanna say something but you can’t cause their not around
Inside you think they know the extent of the pain
But they won’t even admit that they were the one to blame
Can somebody please just explain to me
What happened to the way that we always said we’d be
Cause right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through
And I’m losin’ hope
Deafening voices
That frequency inside my head that says
I’m going at it the hard way I focus
Get everything inside out of my brain that claims
I’m going at it the hard way
Voices in my head
Can somebody please just explain to me
What happened to the way that we always said we’d be
Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through
And I’m losin’ hope, give me one reason not to
Voices
That frequency inside my head that says
I’m going at it the hard way I focus
Get everything inside out of my brain that claims
I’m going at it the hard way
"Back Home"
Back home
Everybody's searching for somethin'
But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin'
Back home
Ain't nobody hoping and praying
'Cause they feel like nothing can save 'em
And they try to hold out but they can't fight the fact that
Life goes black when those lights go out
But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
'Cause ain't a damn thing free
Back home
[Common:]
Back home
they holler "disciple" and "blackstone"
Same block they freebase yo we trapped on
Where our grandmothers marched
The guns clap on
There's liquor stores, beauty supplies, and rap songs
I travel the world just to come back to it
The crib got a lot of soul like black music
I'm attached to it
In many ways the city raised me
and gave me
The drama, honor, and bravery
The streets seem hollow
when I go to Chicago
It's cheap wine and sorrow
Times is hard to swallow
In search of God's tomorrow
I borrow words from the
Bible
and use them for survival
gangs rival
Signs painted on walls like hieroglyphics
I tell 'em that this is all tribal
Used to do dirt
shorty's goin' through the same cycle
And trials like Michael
tryin' not to stay idle
[Ryu:]
Back home it's not Compton but close
The same problems exist and the pain throbbin'
And folks are so common
It don't
really bother us much we just swallow it
uh
Crack the bottle and smoke
hope tomorrow something
Magical happens that'll put me back in the biz
But the chances of it actually happening's kinda slim
Back home
we get the good life at a glimpse
In the form of a rap star, drug dealers, and pimps
I'm back home
[Tak:]
Back home
I try my best to keep it together it's cold
Like the Windy City streets of December
I pace back and forth
looking for the courage to shine
But can't tap the source
need something to nourish my mind
I know we all lose quite a bit in life
Only to gain some
Life of the dark winding roads we came from
But I move with the night
so I'm used to the shade
And never lose sight
bringing truth back to the game
[Mike:]
Back home
we've got a lot of shit on our minds
We're always behind on something cause there's not enough time
And we're non-stop
bottom line
doing what we gotta do to get some food in the fridge and stay out of the hosptial
Back home there's people calling us hopeless
People trying to tell us all we need is some focus
But focus
Focus is overrated
Cause you see every blemish and mistake and can't change it
Back home is Alvarado
K-Town and J-Town
Or Little Tokyo for those that don't know
Where figures shiver
living right inside the LA river
On the concrete
a symbol of our everyday way
Its that color and concentration over the heavy and grey
And by the time the ink dries on this page
I'll be half a day away from the place where I stay
"Kenji"
My father came from Japan in 1905
He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan
He, he... he worked until he was able to buy this patch
And build a store
Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream,
I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means,
Close your eyes, just picture the scene,
As I paint it for you, it was World War II,
When this man named Kenji woke up,
Ken was not a soldier,
He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA,
That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did,
Bacon and eggs with wife and kids,
He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran,
He moved to LA from Japan,
They called him 'Immigrant,'
In Japanese, he'd say he was called "Esay,"
That meant 'First Generation In The United States,'
When everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs,
But most of all afraid of a homeland attack,
And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat,
His world went black 'cause,
Right there; front page news,
Three weeks before 1942,
"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin',"
Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin',
Ken knew what it would lead to,
Just like he guessed, the President said,
"The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away,"
They gave Ken, a couple of days,
To get his whole life packed in two bags,
Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes,
Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in,
So two trash bags was all they gave them,
When the kids asked mum "Where are we goin'?"
Nobody even knew what to say to them,
Ken didn't wanna lie, he said "The US is lookin' for spies,
So we have to live in a place called Mandinar,
Where a lot of Japanese people are,"
Stop it don't look at the gunmen,
You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin',
If you gonna run or not,
'Cause if you run then you might get shot,
Other than that try not to think about it,
Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded,
Someday we'll get out, someday, someday.
As soon as war broke out
The G.I came and they just come to the house and
"You have to come"
"All the Japanese have to go"
They took Mr. Ni
People didn't understand
Why did they have to take him?
Because he's an innocent labourer?
So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them,
Every day, every night look down at them,
From watch towers up on the wall,
Ken couldn't really hate them at all;
They were just doin' their job and,
He wasn't gonna make any problems,
He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that,
He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made,
But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families life saved,
Prisoners of war in their own damn country,
What for?
Time passed in the prison town,
He wanted them to live it down when they were free,
The only way out was joinin' the army,
And supposedly, some men went out for the army, signed on,
And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb,
That 15 kilotonne blast, put an end to the war pretty fast,
Two cities were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick,
Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his kids and his wife,
But, when they got back to their home,
What they saw made them feel so alone,
These people had trashed every room,
Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors,
Written on the walls and the floor,
"Japs not welcome anymore."
And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside,
He, looked at his wife without words to say,
She looked back at him wiped the tears away,
And, said "Someday we'll be okay, someday,"
Now the names have been changed, but the story's true,
My family was locked up back in '42,
My family was there it was dark and damp,
And they called it an internment camp
When we first got back from camp... uhh
It was... pretty... pretty bad
I, I remember my husband said
"Are we gonna stay 'til last?"
Then my husband died before they close the camp.
"High Road"
Lets go ya'll
These people are running off at the mouth
Tryin to convince me that I'm running on empty
Tryin to convince themselves that the record with Jay was a fluke
That the record that I'm makin is a mistake
and I cant take this
Lemme tell you where I'm at with this
You bastards are gonna have to take back that shit
I'm not plastic and fake
When I make tracks I take facts and lay them out for the masses
You assholes are gonna see soon that I'm not playin
Start askin me the names that I'm not sayin
But I'm tryin to be bigger than the bickerin
bigger than the petty name callin
under the breath talkin
rumors and labels and categorization
I'm like a struggling doctor, No patients
But you can say what you want about me
keep talkin while I'm walkin away
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today
You people are running off at the mouth
Tryin to make me take myself off safety
Tryin to make my friends turn their backs on the team we built
buildin up some mistaken information
and I cant take this
lemme spell it out plain for you
angry groups complain about the things we do
im not changing direction, I'm stepping my game up
Maintainin my name, the same way I came up
You're gonna see that I'm not playin
start asking the names that I'm not sayin
but im tryin not to mention the names of people who wanna sight and attention
You like the hype but pretendin you're part of the picture wont pass
You're like a high school dropout, no class
You can say what you want about me
keep talkin while i'm walkin away bitch
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today
Why does it always have to be
Somebody's always watching me
All I really need is some room to breathe
Is anybody out there listening?
Cuz I cant stand to keep this in
All I really want, I'll say it again
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today
"Get Me Gone"
The dude, he said that, like, when we were making the first Linkin Park record
He was like,
"Yeah you know, I don't know about the rapping like, I don't know... maybe you should just be a rock band."
You know what I mean, like, trying to change us
like they signed us as an act like what we sound like and then he's like
"Oh I don't know maybe you should just play keyboard"
Before the first song that you heard me on
There were people already tryin' to get me gone
Tellin' me to quit rapping
"Just play the keys"
That my band had a singer
They didn't need me
But my band had my back
So we did the tracks
Put out the album and the talk went flat
It was funny at first but then the humour faded
When some magazines printed that our label made us
We were to be good to be true
Some were saying ghost writers were writin' all that we do
So we had to disprove it
We spelled it out to the detail how we do it when we're making this music
After that I made it a rule
I only do e-mail responses to print interviews
Because these people love to put a twist to your words
To infer that you said something fucking absurd
Oh, did I lose you at infer?
Not used to hearing a verse that uses over first grade vocabulary words?
People used to infer that we were manufactured
Now I've got the interviews on file
Which people said what
Which number to dial
So now every enemy screaming insanity
All they're ever gonna be's another big fan of me
Bitch
"Cigarettes"
Man I love this rap game/ Mainly cuz its cool
To add a little spice to the life you've been through/ Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bit
To make that shit sound more gangster than it really is/ You cant appear weak man
We wanna hear street/ Wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat
Dont take it as sarcastic/ I can't get enough/ Im telling you/ You can call my bluff
If it's not rough, then I really don't need it/ I'm not even ashamed
I got too much reality thats filling up my brain/ so sell me on that chronic, I'm addicted to the game
Suck it up like a cigarette, light it up
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Let me tell you something that I realized tonight/ My hip hop radio is like marlboro lights
They're both selling stories and they sound about the same
Cigarettes say their safe, wrappers claim they really bang
We dont care if it's true when we lay the money down
We don't believe the words, we just love the way they sound
They're acting like we're idiots, They're lying to our face/ Maybe we are idiots, we buy it anyway
I'm runnin out to get the next rapper's CD/ Just suckin up the guns, drugs, and misogyny
The same way that I suck up all the stories
When I breathe that little bit of death supposedly cancer-free and
Everything they say's got the truth twisted up/ But twisted up's what I want man, I can't get enough
Cuz even though we know it's all just a big bluff/ We just light another up, what
We don't give a fuck
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Over and over but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Listen to the words, Listen for awhile/ Lip Service radio, dont touch the dial
If you're in the car/ Turn up the track man
Give the whole neighborhood some second hand rap
Matter of fact/ Listen to the words, Listen for awhile
Lip Service radio, dont touch the dial/ If you're in the car man
Turn up the track / Give the whole neighborhood some second hand rap
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Over and over but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
''100 Degrees''
Mike:
Yo, you ready do this? Ok
Come on! Let's go!
Green Lantern:
This is an invasion
Evil genius Green Lantern
Mike Shinoda
Mike:
Ladies and gentlemen
I would like to welcome you to a Fort Minor event
The countdown has begun
The Rising Tied is almost here
But for now...
Green Lantern:
Come on, Mike!
Mike:
Yo, let's get it going in front of every man, anybody
You gotta be ready, it's heavy when we get it rowdy
We won't apologize or even think of saying sorry
This is the way we rock steady over everybody
Yo, let's get it going in front of every man, anybody
You gotta be ready, it's heavy when we get it rowdy
We won't apologize or even think of saying sorry
This is the way we rock steady over everybody
You probably shocked, probably ready to stop this already
You probably can't hang with the way we attack it so steady
We let it rock the room and bang the Benz, shake the Chevy
'Til everybody feels it in the chest, say it with me
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Wait a second, you know the program, this is not a slow jam
This is not a love song, unless you love tearing shit down
Take a look around, you're not running this
The bluff in your nothing will hit you like a ton of bricks
Hit you together with pressure you can never stand
The softest leather just a featherweight, never man
We're not your competitors setting you straight
You never compete, forget it, it's already too late, go!
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Yo, if you don't see, I'm a make you see this
If you don't roll, I'm a make you believe it
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Shh, give me a second, I'm collecting my thoughts
And setting plots, all right y'all ready or not?!
I've listened and watched and waited for an opening spot
And now that I got it, nobody can pay me to stop
I'm sick of that same thing I've been forced to hear
Over and over again, let me make this clear
If anybody pretends that we're nothing to fear
I solemnly swear it's over, you can tell 'em we're here
This is the time so just follow me
It's already heated to 100 degrees so
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Yo, if you don't see, I'm a make you see this
If you don't roll, I'm a make you believe it
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody owes, everybody pays
Because...
...that's how you stand up against the rising of the tied
''Cover And Duck''
Mike:
Gentlemen and ladies
Please put down your expensive champange
It’s about to get ugly in here
Let’s go! [Set it off motherfuckers!]
My name is Mike Shinoda
And with some help
From my man Celph Titled [You goddamned right!]
I would like to introduce to you from Styles of Beyond: Takbir!
Tak:
Yo, I’m here, put a sock in your mouth, you now rockin’ with Styles
That’s how we knockin ’em down, no other option around
Cause I’m just cockin’ a plow, me and my popular pals
Don’t make me hop in the crowd, stop joking about
We taking over and stomping all of your sports spiders
Cover and duck, a machine straight out of Fort Minor
Roll with a pack of fifty so when they get they shifty
I put a stamp on it and slap ’em with a flask of whiskey
You got your hopes a blazin’, buzzin’ with no sedation
I got a (gun cocks) and a party cap for both occasions
With something terrible seeping into your stadium
Never perform solo, I’m freakin’ sick in the cranium
Packin’ a man, yeah, the ruler gets back
Quick to crackin’ ya shins with aluminum bats
Got the place going bananas and they pumpin they fists
I’m telling my grim in Los Angeles to jump in the pit
What the fuck are you doing, man? You spilled my Crystal all over me
So buff, so rugged, so rough
Like a runaway train we’re tearing the track up
We’re at it again, we’re ready to act up
So cover and duck, show us you’re rocking with us
Let’s see a fist if you’re rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you’re rocking with this
Mike:
From the start ’til the end, night until the dawn
It’s that fight music cause right when it comes on
You just lose control of your elbows and fists
Fuckin’ other disregard for your body in the pit
People are swinging limbs, swinging bottles and chairs
Throwin’ lime, backin’ motherfuckers up in the air
So back up, we got you wearing that Fight Club glare
Steady, tearing down the club cause you just don’t care
It’s the realest way to feel it when the speakers pop poppin’
You with it if you get it when that beat starts knockin’
And we kill it when get up on that mic, start rockin’
And you feel it when you hear it cause we’re on nonstoppin’
So ask a buddy or a friend if they know, no
We do it daily, never maybe, every show, show
Ya’ll want to get down? I’m ready to roll
Right now, y’all ready? let’s get it, let’s go!
So buff, so rugged, so rough
Like a runaway train we’re tearing the track up
We’re at it again, we’re ready to act up
So cover and duck, show us you’re rocking with us
Let’s see a fist if you’re rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you’re rocking with this
Let’s see a fist if you’re rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you’re rocking with this
Ryu!
Ryu:
Yo, so now they notice me rockin’ over Shinoda beats
Makin’ a crack like the extract in cocoa leaves
Hopefully labels love it, if not then fuck ’em
I’m cutting to break cables, ain’t stoppin’ at nothing
My hype is coming, murder for the price of a muffin
You think twice with a steak knife stuck in your stomach
I’m like «Who ever wanted whistle? I’ll let you bring a pistol»
I’ll put a verse on both wings like a stinger missile
Provoking people to bring it, I keep the weapons stable
I’ll blow a fucking hole through like a western bagel
Yeah, I talk tough and I rap ignorant too
Sick of me kicking knowledge, getting crap on my shoes
I’m off my rocker, a psycho stalker
The girl called me David Beckem, she thought I was going to sock her
Nah, I’m the one to get it crackin’, the plan works
Before I rock a show you gotta fax in the fans first
Ready? Let’s go!
So buff, so rugged, so rough
Like a runaway train we’re tearing the track up
We’re at it again, we’re ready to act up
So cover and duck, show us you’re rocking with us
Let’s see a fist if you’re rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you’re rocking with this
Let’s see a fist if you’re rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you’re rocking with this
Come on, Celph Titled!
Celph:
If it ain’t raw, it ain’t right, so get it right
We at it again, now to act up and start a fight
So cover and duck cause we runnin’ a muck
No, cover and duck cause we about to erupt
Throw your motherfuckin’ hands to the sky, sky
And make a fist if you want to get live, live
Throw your motherfuckin’ hands to the sky, sky
And make a fist if you want to get live, live
Mike:
Come on y’all! Yeah!
You like that shit?
Celph:
We had to get real Godzilla on ’em this time
Talkin’ Ryu, S.O.B., Celph Titled M. Shinoda the Cobra Holder, Demigodz
That’s how my crew do, shut the fuck up when Fort Minor’s talking!
''Get it''
Ryu:
Ryu and Tak, Demigodz
Green Lantern, Scoop DeVille
This kid is only seventeen, man
He’s about to be a problem
Tak:
So let’s get right to it and groove
Ain’t nothin’ but a thing to getcha grippin’ the move
Gotta lovin’ the way we swing when we step on the scene
You know we kill it, goin’ all out, we about to get it
Ryu:
Yo, it’s in my blood, I was born to spit it
The coroner has kept me warm through the storms of winter
Ignored the pain and struggle when it’s time for dinner
We huddle together and grind, rain or shine
Survive the weather, forget about changing spinners
Throw me a bone, I’m just tryin’ to raise my litter
It made me bitter, eventually made me sicker
So when the heat’s on we don’t get pre-game jitters, uh-uh
We go to work man, diggin’ in dirt, we took ’em to church
We’re checkin’ in some teenage strippers
Livin’ life by the seat of my pants and threepeated, we champs
Undefeated we can’t lose ever whoever wanted with us
Better roll with a camp you trust to cover your ass when your asses can’t
Huh, so bottom’s up, here’s one for the crew
Put some liquor in your gut and tell me what you wanna do, sing it
S, for every sucker left behind
O, what they were yellin’ when I bust a rhyme
B, best believe when it’s time to get it
We grind and jet cause we ain’t got time to kick it
No
S, for the drunk sexy women
O, sippin’ Jack with some Pepsi in it
B, best believe when it’s time to get it
We grind and jet cause we ain’t got time to kick it
Tak:
So let’s get right to it and groove
Ain’t nothin’ but a thing to getcha grippin’ the move
Gotta lovin’ the way we swing when we step on the scene
You know we kill it, goin’ all out, we about to get it
Wow, look at ’em now, their mouths are closed
We done came a long way since 2004
Spilled «Bleach», got the whole entire crowd exposed
The fumes leakin’ in the street, throwin’ down them bowls
Whoa, we on the job, the one with the mob
The fake facades to get it just to make new large
I roll a seven to nine just to break the yards
And step in your mind and unfold the great bizarre
Hit the kill switch, yeah, found my hitch
I’m on the pitcher’s mound for now, it’s me and Will Smith
Finally overseas, I sneak in the mattress
Ain’t nothin’ like a sweet club freak with an accent
We out gettin’ bent makin’ dollar amounts
So if you with me let me see you raise your bottom with shots, say it
S, for every sucker left behind
O, what they were yellin’ when I bust a rhyme
B, best believe when it’s time to get it
We grind and jet cause we ain’t got time to kick it
No
S, for the drunk sexy women
O, sippin’ Jack with some Pepsi in it
B, best believe when it’s time to get it
We grind and jet cause we ain’t got time to kick it
Tak:
So let’s get right to it and groove
Ain’t nothin’ but a thing to getcha grippin’ the move
Gotta lovin’ the way we swing when we step on the scene
You know we kill it, goin’ all out, we about to get it
''Dolla''
Mike:
Yeah, like that Y'all
Uh huh, whoo, like that
Fort Minor, S.O.B.
Yeah, like this, listen
Attention please, I only need a second
To make a mental impression directly on any record so
Give me space to move, room to prove I'm stupid with the P's and Q's
Ladies and gentlemen I'm sending you bending
Pretending the pen is a needle, I'm injecting the venom
And I'll be damned if I let another man get to me
I'll bruise you with a shoe to the family jewelry
I'm back with fury, attack quickly
Sick with a BIC pen, all up in your shit man
You never knew the flow was sick as this
Bitch, listen when I'm letting you know
Got a grip on these tracks that you wish you got
Got a clique full of assholes, I kid you not
So when that mixtape's done and that album drops
Ryu and Tak and me got it loaded and locked, believe it
Ryu:
You still breathing? I'm cocking and squeezing
Tucked still? Nope, I don't give a fuck who sees it
Broad days sitting sideways, stuffed in a small cave
For three fucking weeks 'til you reek like dog waste
Ugh, really, I put a punk in his place
Let's see if he freestyles with a pump in his face
Got something to say? Please, better keep it a secret
The streets got hideous ways of handling beef, bitch
So eat shit, hate it or love it, the underdogs on top
Getting faded telling people to suck it
Bucking 'em down for real while you fucking around
I'm stuck in the house for months tryin to sharpen my skills
So how does it feel? You lames want to claim my throne
You got a better chance getting Danny Hayes on the phone
Good luck, I flame suckers 'til they're black and crispy
Sneaking heat up in the club like a flask of whisky
Tak:
Yeah, I'm here to crack the roof in
You got a nice watch but your raps are useless
You better cut the crap 'fore i snap some nooses
And leave you all snoozing' on some afternoon shit
I hit the streets with a cake and batter for fun
Just to spit bleach in his face
It's lunchtime punk, open the face
Hit you with a punchline 'til you choke on your teeth
Catch me at the show rockin' in that tipsy mode
Like Angels and Demons unlocking DaVinci's Code
One drop in the cannister, people split the globe
Blowing every planet to shit once I hit the road
You in the tight bitch, cut you with apathy
I'm on the night shift see I hustle like cassidy
So kick that shit sound and let the west coast see
One of the illest names, Ribkat from S.O.B.
Green Lantern:
That's right, Fort Minor
We Major, Mike Shinoda, S.O.B.
Heavy Guard, Machine Shop, Linkin Park
You know, man, this is an...