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{{Infobox song
{{Release
| Name         = Closing
| Name=Closing
| Artist       = [[Xero]]
| Artist=Xero
| Cover     = Album-Rapology 12.jpg
| Type=song
| Album        = Rapology 12
| Cover=Album-Rapology 12.jpg
| Working title     =  
| Release=Rapology 12
| Recorded     =  
| Working title=
| Released     = 1998
| Recorded=
| Format     = CD
| Released=1998
| Length       = 1:43
| Format=CD
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| Length=1:43
| Time signature     =  
| Stems=
| Tempo     =  
| Time signature=
| Key     =  
| Tempo=
| Samples     =  
| Key=
| References     =  
| Samples=Deftones - Root
| Live debut     =  
| References=
| Last played     =  
| Live debut=
| Writer       =  
| Last played=
| Producer     = Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn
| Writer=
| Label         = The Urban Network
| Producer=Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn
| Misc      = {{Extra track listing
| Label=The Urban Network
| Album  = Rapology 12
| Tracklist=
| Type      = compilation
| Tracks    =  
# Cali Kings - Drop
# Cali Kings - Drop
# John Forte' - Ninety Nine (Flash The Message)
# John Forte' - Ninety Nine (Flash The Message)
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# Adina Howard featuring Jamie Foxx - T-Shirts And Panties
# Adina Howard featuring Jamie Foxx - T-Shirts And Panties
# [[Closing|Xero - Closing]]
# [[Closing|Xero - Closing]]
}}
}}
}}


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==Background==
==Background==
''Rapology'' was a series of promotional / industry-only hip-hip compilation CDs issued by Urban Network Magazine<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593#entry271962 Xero Scavenger Hunt for &#34;Closing&#34; - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 11, 2017</ref> from 1992 to 2001. Lee Cadena, Rap Editor at Urban Network and creator of the ''Rapology'' series, started an artist management and development company in 1998 called LCM which worked with Xero.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/lcm337 LEE CADENA | Free Listening on SoundCloud]</ref> At the time, Joe Hahn was working for the magazine as Cadena's assistant<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593&page=3#entry272233 The Search for &#34;Closing&#34; by Xero - Page 3 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live - Page 3], March 15, 2017</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355547081662465 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: &quot;...Joe was working with Urban Network, a rap / r&amp;b industry magazine &amp; I was trying out the stage-name &quot;Kenji.&quot; cc:@LPLive (2/2) https://t.co/OAUmXNETuX&quot; .], March 10, 2017</ref> and used to write reviews for them.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19981205192820/http://www.bilawnrecords.com/bilawnrecords/bio.html Bilawn Records - Styles Of Beyond], 1998</ref> Xero contributed to ''Rapology 12'' with an original track named "Closing" and Mike Shinoda also created artwork for the album. Although the song starts with "Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero" (Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively), Mark Wakefield can be heard doing backing vocals throughout the track. According to Mike, he decided to stop using the name Kenji because too many people heard it as "Ken G".<ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355987898826753 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: &quot;Side note, I didn&#39;t end up going by &quot;Kenji&quot; because too many people thought I was saying &quot;Ken G.&quot; &#10;&#10;Kenji &gt; Ken G&quot; .], March 10, 2017</ref>
''Rapology'' was a series of promotional / industry-only hip-hop compilation CDs issued by Urban Network Magazine<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593#entry271962 Xero Scavenger Hunt for &#34;Closing&#34; - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 11, 2017</ref> from 1992 to 2001. Lee Cadena, Rap Editor at Urban Network and creator of the ''Rapology'' series, started an artist management and development company in 1998 called LCM which worked with Xero.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/lcm337 LEE CADENA | Free Listening on SoundCloud]</ref> At the time, Joe Hahn was working for the magazine as Cadena's assistant<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12593&page=3#entry272233 The Search for &#34;Closing&#34; by Xero - Page 3 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live - Page 3], March 15, 2017</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355547081662465 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: &quot;...Joe was working with Urban Network, a rap / r&amp;b industry magazine &amp; I was trying out the stage-name &quot;Kenji.&quot; cc:@LPLive (2/2) https://t.co/OAUmXNETuX&quot; .], March 10, 2017</ref> and used to write reviews for them.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19981205192820/http://www.bilawnrecords.com/bilawnrecords/bio.html Bilawn Records - Styles Of Beyond], 1998</ref> Xero contributed to ''Rapology 12'' with an original track named "Closing" and Mike Shinoda also created artwork for the album. Although the song starts with "Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero" (Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively), Mark Wakefield can be heard doing backing vocals throughout the track. According to Mike, he decided to stop using the name Kenji because too many people heard it as "Ken G".<ref>[https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/840355987898826753 Mike Shinoda on Twitter: &quot;Side note, I didn&#39;t end up going by &quot;Kenji&quot; because too many people thought I was saying &quot;Ken G.&quot; &#10;&#10;Kenji &gt; Ken G&quot; .], March 10, 2017</ref>
 
Back in the day, Mike Shinoda rapped with Styles Of Beyond members using the name [[Junkyard Scientific]],<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12588#entry271790 Download: 2 New Xero Tracks &#34;Fiends&#34; and &#34;Drop&#34; - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 10, 2017</ref> hence the shoutout to the group during the intro. This is one of three known songs in which the project is mentioned, the other ones being "[[Fuse]]" and "[[Fiends]]".
 
The guitar riff on "Closing" is sampled from the song "Root" by Deftones. The order of the notes and which ones are repeated was changed slightly. They were one of Mark's favorite bands in high school<ref>[https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14219-mike-qa-summary-6192020/ Mike Q&amp;A Summary 6/19/2020 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], June 21, 2020</ref> and a big influence on Linkin Park's music as explained by Mike, ''"There was a bounce to their music that reminded me of my favorite hip-hop songs. And even though the guitars were super heavy, oftentimes they felt smooth like a keyboard, as if the distortion had flattened it so much it was just a wash of chords."''<ref>[https://www.spin.com/2020/06/white-pony-turns-20-musicians-actors-pay-tribute-to-deftones-dream-metal-classic/ Deftones' 'White Pony' Turns 20 | SPIN], June 18, 2020</ref>


Back in the day, Mike Shinoda rapped with Styles Of Beyond members using the name Junkyard Scientific,<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12588#entry271790 Download: 2 New Xero Tracks &#34;Fiends&#34; and &#34;Drop&#34; - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], March 10, 2017</ref> hence the shoutout to the group during the intro. This is one of three known songs in which the project is mentioned, the other ones being "[[Fuse]]" and "[[Fiends]]".
The use of the sample was addressed in a 2019 interview with Kerrang! to which Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno said, ''“I didn’t know that. And what’s crazy is that I didn’t know that one of our managers, Mark Wakefield, was in Xero as well. I didn’t know the history of that, but his nickname has since become ‘Linkin Mark’!”''<ref>[https://www.kerrang.com/deftones-chino-moreno-its-kind-of-a-weird-thing-to-say-but-a-lot-of-the-time-id-just-rather-not-talk-to-people Deftones’ Chino Moreno: “It’s kind of a weird thing to… | Kerrang!], December 03, 2019</ref>


==Versions==
==Versions==
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| 1998
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| 1998
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*Samples Deftones' "Root".
*Released on [https://lplive.net/forums/topic/12684-download-xero-closing-rapology-12/ LPLive] for free download on April 21, 2017.
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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{{hidden begin|title=Album Version}}
<poem>
<poem>
Rapology Twelve
Rapology Twelve
This the Lee Cadena
Disc of Lee Cadena
The whole Urban Network family
The whole Urban Network family
And your fatass mama
And your fatass mama
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Junkyard Scientific
Junkyard Scientific
Rhetoric
Rhetoric
???
Ashkon
???
And Usher


Let’s give a hand for my man
Let's give a hand for my man
Now it’s my turn to spit shit
Now it's my turn to spit shit
These syllabolic ballistics spending rhythmic existence
These syllabolic ballistics spending rhythmic existence
It’s twisted
It's twisted
(That when?) my pens passively takes this down
That when my pens passively takes this down
Systematically smashing and hammering one category of sound
Systematically smashing and hammering one category of sound
Into the next
Into the next
Can you and I see in a defensive fashion
Can you and I see in a defensive fashion
Attacking emcees and back and neck muscle contraction whiplashes
Attacking emcees and back and neck muscle contraction whiplashes
It’s synchronization with the tempo created when rhythms meet
It's synchronization with the tempo created when rhythms meet
This musical fitness workout, rhyme and beat moving your feet
This musical fitness workout, rhyme and beat moving your feet
Packing trash bags with action making every fraction of a sentence hectic
Packing trash bags with action making every fraction of a sentence hectic
With the IMAX armed division letterbox widescreen perspective
With the IMAX armed division letterbox widescreen perspective
Lee Cadena’s Urban Network Rapology Twelve collective
Lee Cadena's Urban Network Rapology Twelve collective
Kenji and Artofficial and Xero keeping you pop progressive
Kenji and Artofficial and Xero keeping hip-hop progressive
</poem>
</poem>
{{collapse bottom}}
{{hidden end}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Rapology 12 scan0001.jpg|Front Cover, Outter side
File:Rapology 12 scan0001.jpg|Front Cover, Outter side. Scans by Hahninator
File:Rapology 12 scan0002.jpg|Front Cover, Inner side
File:Rapology 12 scan0002.jpg|Front Cover, Inner side. Scans by Hahninator
File:Rapology 12 scan0003.jpg|Back cover, Outter side
File:Rapology 12 scan0003.jpg|Back cover, Outter side. Scans by Hahninator
File:Rapology 12 scan0004.jpg|Disc
File:Rapology 12 scan0004.jpg|Disc. Scans by Hahninator
File:Album-Rapology Sixteen.jpeg|The MC from Rapology 12 was reused on the Rapology Sixteen artwork
File:Album-Rapology Sixteen.jpeg|The MC from Rapology 12 was reused on the Rapology Sixteen artwork
</gallery>
</gallery>


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://mega.nz/#!I1kSlDBL!VOtawh2W4-21NJgF-7-Xhjc63f_NIQ2iSIOJSVXhLYs Download (MP3)]
*[https://mega.nz/#!098xzQwJ!IzPjHuoNH4asNrHlKifvembnQNGowvxKS7q_9OaXOGE Download (FLAC)]
==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />


[[Category:Linkin Park Discography]][[Category:Linkin Park Songs]][[Category:Xero Songs]]
[[Category:Linkin Park Discography]][[Category:Linkin Park Songs]][[Category:Xero Songs]]

Latest revision as of 22:07, 21 February 2024

"Closing"
Song by Xero
from the album Rapology 12
Released:1998
Format:CD
Length:1:43
Samples:Deftones - Root
Producer:Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn
Label:The Urban Network
Rapology 12 tracklist
  1. Cali Kings - Drop
  2. John Forte' - Ninety Nine (Flash The Message)
  3. Sporty Thieves - Cheap Scate
  4. Krondon - Drop
  5. KRS One, Zack De La Rocha, & The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)
  6. Royal Flush - Can't Help It (Remix)
  7. Cam'Ron - 357 (Magnum P.I.)
  8. Rah Sun - What?
  9. Woodwellas - Drop
  10. Charli Baltimore - Money
  11. Mood - Karma
  12. Sunz Of Man - Shining Star
  13. Lynn Gonzales - Drop
  14. A+, feat. Canibus & The Lost Boyz - Boyz 2 Men
  15. Adina Howard featuring Jamie Foxx - T-Shirts And Panties
  16. Xero - Closing

"Closing" is the sixteenth and final track on Urban Network Magazine's 1998 hip-hop compilation Rapology 12. It's a short rap rock verse taking its title from the fact that it is the closing track on the compilation.

Background

Rapology was a series of promotional / industry-only hip-hop compilation CDs issued by Urban Network Magazine[1] from 1992 to 2001. Lee Cadena, Rap Editor at Urban Network and creator of the Rapology series, started an artist management and development company in 1998 called LCM which worked with Xero.[2] At the time, Joe Hahn was working for the magazine as Cadena's assistant[3][4] and used to write reviews for them.[5] Xero contributed to Rapology 12 with an original track named "Closing" and Mike Shinoda also created artwork for the album. Although the song starts with "Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero" (Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively), Mark Wakefield can be heard doing backing vocals throughout the track. According to Mike, he decided to stop using the name Kenji because too many people heard it as "Ken G".[6]

Back in the day, Mike Shinoda rapped with Styles Of Beyond members using the name Junkyard Scientific,[7] hence the shoutout to the group during the intro. This is one of three known songs in which the project is mentioned, the other ones being "Fuse" and "Fiends".

The guitar riff on "Closing" is sampled from the song "Root" by Deftones. The order of the notes and which ones are repeated was changed slightly. They were one of Mark's favorite bands in high school[8] and a big influence on Linkin Park's music as explained by Mike, "There was a bounce to their music that reminded me of my favorite hip-hop songs. And even though the guitars were super heavy, oftentimes they felt smooth like a keyboard, as if the distortion had flattened it so much it was just a wash of chords."[9]

The use of the sample was addressed in a 2019 interview with Kerrang! to which Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno said, “I didn’t know that. And what’s crazy is that I didn’t know that one of our managers, Mark Wakefield, was in Xero as well. I didn’t know the history of that, but his nickname has since become ‘Linkin Mark’!”[10]

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
Closing Rapology 12 1:43 1998 1998
  • Samples Deftones' "Root".
  • Released on LPLive for free download on April 21, 2017.

Personnel

Xero is:

  • Mike Shinoda
  • Mark Wakefield
  • Brad Delson
  • Rob Bourdon
  • Dave Farrell
  • Joe Hahn

Production

  • Executive producer: Lee "The Crusher" Cadena
  • Mastering: Stu Jacobs, Mr. Master
  • Manufactured by: Disctronics

Artwork

  • Art direction: Marisa Domizio
  • Cover illustration and graphic design: Mike Shinoda
  • Concept: Lee Cadena and Mike Shinoda
  • Production director: David A. Mitchell
  • Imaging Center Manager: Alden Keith Stubblefield

Lyrics

Album Version

Rapology Twelve
Disc of Lee Cadena
The whole Urban Network family
And your fatass mama
Kenji and DJ Artofficial representing Xero
Cash double oh
Styles Of Beyond
Junkyard Scientific
Rhetoric
Ashkon
And Usher

Let's give a hand for my man
Now it's my turn to spit shit
These syllabolic ballistics spending rhythmic existence
It's twisted
That when my pens passively takes this down
Systematically smashing and hammering one category of sound
Into the next
Can you and I see in a defensive fashion
Attacking emcees and back and neck muscle contraction whiplashes
It's synchronization with the tempo created when rhythms meet
This musical fitness workout, rhyme and beat moving your feet
Packing trash bags with action making every fraction of a sentence hectic
With the IMAX armed division letterbox widescreen perspective
Lee Cadena's Urban Network Rapology Twelve collective
Kenji and Artofficial and Xero keeping hip-hop progressive

Gallery

External Links

References