![]() Its interlude-laden tracklist most resembles the big-scale hip-hop releases of that era, like The Eminem Show and Stankonia. Keep listening to experience Shinoda flex and talk s–it over the crackling, vinyl crate-born backbeat of “H! Vltg3.” By the time Chali 2na enters “Frgt/10,” it’s easy to forget this is a Linkin Park album at all. Hear how Motion Man’s rhymes nearly make Bennington’s essential hook an afterthought. Hear KutMasta Kurt’s reworked stuttering beat on “Enth E Nd” (for this album, even track titles get remixed). Then listen to how it’s transformed on Reanimation. Behind the boards, Shinoda immediately proved himself a mechanic who understood and respected hip-hop: Listen to “In the End” for proof. ![]() He opted for pensive menace (“Things aren’t the way they were before/ You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore”) instead of Fred Durst-style misanthropic party-starting. From the beginning, Shinoda’s cerebral rhymes separated Linkin Park from their nu-metal peers.
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