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Reanimation is a big change from Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory debut in 2000. Reanimation involve's less of the rock music, and more of the techno/rap that was always a factor in Linkin Park's music, it was just never showed as much. But dont get me wrong, there is still plenty of rock on this album for all you rock fans out there.
With huge stars in the rock world such as Johnathon Davis(from KoRn), Aaron Lewis(from Staind), and Jay Gordon(from Orgy) you can tell this album is not all rap/techno, Linkin Park still induce's plenty of rock for their fans that like them mostly for their rock influence.
But yet again, with huge rap stars such as The X-Ecutioners, Motion Man, and Black Thought, this album is also full of rap beats, and rapping for all the rap fans out there.
With it all summed up, I absolutly love this album. I am not much of a rap person, but when the rap sounds like it does on this album, its ok. And the rock on the album is amazing.
Trust me, if you get this album(which I highly reccomend) you will not be dissapoited, whether you be a rock or a rap fan.
And a little extra info...Reanimation is enhanced, which means you can put it in your computer, and get extra features. *wink wink*
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UK Press Release
Linkin Park
'Reanimation'
UK release: July 29th
Multi-platinum selling artists, Linkin Park return to the music world with the release of Reanimation-a hip-hop and industrial rock-inspired interpretation of their Grammy Award winning debut, Hybrid Theory.
With appearances by rappers Pharoahe Monch, Aceyalone, Zion (of Zion I), and the Cali Agents along with rock artists Jonathan Davis, Stephen Carpenter and Jay Gordon (Orgy), the group's second album is an experimental sonic fusion which defies the creative borders imposed by today's commercial culture. And with production by such underground, beat-making legends as Alchemist, Kutmasta Kurt, Evidence, Linkin Park has brought together an eclectic cross-section of talent for what's certain to redefine the way heads view the rock-rap phenomenon.
"I think this album offers up an element that's so seamlessly mixed and different that many people will find themselves enjoying something they wouldn't normally listen to," comments Linkin Park's lead MC, Mike Shinoda.
The track "High Voltage" features Shinoda and Pharoahe Monch hurling hardcore, intricately woven rhyme patterns over Evidence's gritty piano loop and visceral bass thumps. While "Crawling," showcases an emotionally riveting duet from Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Aaron Lewis (Staind) underlined by melancholy strings and an ethereal sensibility compliments of Shinoda.
"We went out and got artists whom we've always admired and whom we feel are at the absolute top level of what they do creatively," adds LP's dj, Joe Hahn. "As a result, what you hear represents the kind of music we've always wanted to make our entire lives. The whole reason why we're musicians in the first place."
And whether it's the mega-hitting Zion I collabo "A Place For My Head," or the melodic, Kutmasta Kurt-produced version of "In The End," (featuring Motion Man), Reanimation's varied sounds and energies make this album more than a standard remix record. "It's almost a new record," says Shinoda, who oversaw the project. "We didn't plan for it to be this way," he continues, "but once we got folks like Chali 2na laying down verses over beats, it became a much more involved project. We really recreated the sound of Hybrid Theory."
No doubt, in the spirit of such risk-taking pioneers as Aerosmith, Run DMC, Rage Against The Machine, Outkast and The Roots, Linkin Park's Reanimation is powerful enough to remind us that music, much like life, knows no bounds.
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The Pts.Of.Athrty single was released today. It features Pts.Of.Athrty, H! Vltg3, and a special By_Myslf(featuring Marilyn Manson) which will not be on Reanimation. It is not available in most stores, so if you want it, you'll have to order it off the internet.
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There are now 7 songs available from Reanimation for download. Pts.Of.Athrty, By_Myslf, Frgt/10, H! Vltg3(these 4 songs were officially released by Linkin Park), Enth E Nd(Ripped from the radio), P5hng Me A*wy, and Wth>You(These songs were leaked) Be sure to check them out.
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Linkin Park's Reanimation is one step closer to coming to life.
The album, consisting mainly of new versions of tracks from the group's multiplatinum 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, has gone through the mastering stage, and a final track list has been settled upon, according to the band's manager. The 20-track LP is due July 30.
Linkin Park are the prototypical rap-rock hybrid (in fact, the group was previously called Hybrid Theory), and Reanimation doesn't do anything to change their stance on crossbreeding genres. While Hybrid Theory employed looped beats, scratching and other DJ techniques, courtesy of Joseph Hahn, Reanimation puts a heavier emphasis on the hip-hop, with contributions from Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, the Roots' Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, and Dilated Peoples' Evidence and DJ Babu, among others.
That's not to say Linkin Park have dropped the rock completely, however Taproot's Stephen Richards, Deftones' Stephen Carpenter, Korn's Jonathan Davis and Staind's Aaron Lewis see to that.
"There's a lot of strong hip-hop elements, but there's also rock elements and there's also different electronic elements too," guitarist Brad Delson explained. "Everything we do we want to try to make the whole thing as seamless and cohesive as possible. ... Even with groups being as experimental as they are today, people still try to categorize everything. We want to just keep breaking down those walls with everything we do."
The band prefers to call the tracks that comprise Reanimation reinterpretations rather than remixes, since it's not just the backbeat that gets a makeover. Changed melodies, guest singers and even new lyrics to some songs combine to give Linkin Park's tried and true tunes a new spin, not to mention an innovative spelling.
The reworked "Crawling," re-titled "KRWLING," replaces the emotional roller coaster of the original with a more straightforward trajectory.
"I usually like to make really dramatic songs [that are] dynamic from part to part a lot of jumping from really quiet to really loud," MC Mike Shinoda said. "And this song is pretty much a five-minute build to a crescendo and then it ends. It's really smooth. There's a lot of dark soundscapes created by the samples and the strings together."
Staind's Lewis, judging by his own band's emotionally wrought songs, had no problem relating to "Crawling"'s anguished theme. But when it came to recording his vocal parts, which he did in the back of Linkin Park's tour bus on last year's Family Values tour, the swiftness with which the tracking was done surprised even Shinoda.
"It was ridiculously easy because he liked the vibe," Shinoda said. "His voice is just amazing. Aaron came in and heard it and sat down and recorded his vocals in probably a half-hour. He comes to our bus, records it and leaves. I felt like it should have taken longer. I'm like, "Aaron, come back ..."
Another track, "1STP KLOSR" a retooled version of the group's breakthrough single, was remixed by the Humble Brothers, a relatively unknown production duo who have remixed tracks by Deftones ("My Own Summer [Shove It]"), Filter ("Best Things") and Static-X ("Black and White").
"[The Humble Brothers] are from Canada, and they're these amazing guys," Delson enthused. "We heard a remix they did of a Deftones song and we were like, 'This is the sickest thing we've ever heard.' They're just one of those groups people haven't found out about yet."
And as if the original version of "One Step Closer" wasn't disturbed enough, bolstered with a new verse by Korn's Davis, "1STP KLOSR" has an even darker, more morose vibe to it, Shinoda said.
Not all the songs on Reanimation will be familiar to fans who only know Hybrid Theory. Those privy to last year's "Frat Party at the Pankake Festival" home video will recognize "X-ECUTIONER STYLE," "MY <DSMBR" and "H! VLTG3" (and original versions of the last two were B-sides on the U.K. single for "One Step Closer").
Although there are no official singles to the album, per se, "PTS.OF.ATHRTY," remixed by Orgy's Jay Gordon, and "H! VLTG3," featuring Pharoahe Monch, will be the tracks radio programmers will be encouraged to play.
-Taken from www.mtv.com
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The first single off of REANIMATION is Pts.Of.Athrty
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6/15/02- The proposed track listing for Linkin Park's new remix album "Reanimation"(due out in stores July 30th) is as follows...
1. Opening
2. Pts.Of.Athrty - Jay Gordon of Orgy
3. Enth E Nd -Kutmasta Kurt featuring Motion Man
4. [Chali]
5. Frgt/10 - Alchemist featuring Chali 2na
6. P5hng Me A*wy - Mike Shinoda featuring Stephen Richards of Taproot
7. Plc.4 Mie Haed - Amp Live featuring Zion of Zion I
8. X-ecutioner Style X-Ecutioners featuring Black Thought of The Roots
9. H! Vltg3 - Evidence and DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples featuring Pharoahe Monch
10. [Riff Raff]
11. Wth>You - Chairman Hahn featuring Aceyalone
12. Ntr\Mssion
13. PPr:Kut - Cheapshot and Jubacca featuring Rasco and Planet Asia of Cali Agents
14. Rnway - Backyard Bangers featuring Phoenix Orion
15. My{Dsmbr - Mickey P. featuring Kelli Ali
16. [Stef]
17. By_Myslf - Josh Abraham and Mike Shinoda featuring Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
18. Kyur4 Th Ich - Chairman Hahn
19. 1stp Klosr - The Humble Brothers featuring Jonathan Davis of KORN
20. Krwlng - Mike Shinoda featuring Aaron Lewis of Staind.
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