Riff Raff

Background

"[Riff Raff]" is a voicemail left on Mike Shinoda's answering machine by the DJ Riff Raff, who had previously joined the band on stage to perform "It's Goin' Down" on February 8, 2002 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Even though Riff Raff didn't work on any remixes for Reanimation, the recording was used as an interlude on the album.

Music Video

The music video for "[Riff Raff]" was directed for MTV2's "MTV:Playback" by Joe Hahn.

MTV: Playback was originally aired on July 27, 2002 at 2:00pm, with a rerun on July 28, 2002 at 8:00pm.

Versions

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

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
[Riff Raff]	Reanimation	0:21	2001	July 30, 2002	Features vocals by Riff Raff.

Personnel

• Riff Raff - vocals

Production (Album)

• Mike Shinoda - producer
• Mark "Spike" Stent - mixing
• David Treahearn - mixing assistant
• Paul "P-Dub" Walton - ProTools enginer
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner - mastering, digital editing
• Nancie Stern - sample clearance

Lyrics

Next message:
Hey Mike, what's up?
This is Ron, just asking to see what's happenin'
Uh just touchin' base, see how your Easter went.
Umm, Just seein' if you gonna see Joe sometime soon too,
Cuz he's got my keyboard that I've been trying to get back.
I've been trying to call him, and he hasn't returned any messages.
So I'm seeing what's the best angle to, uh get it back.