Intro

"Intro"
Song by Fort Minor
from the album Sampler Mixtape
Recorded:	2005
Released:	October 2005
Length:	0:57
Samples:	Fat Joe - 1, 2 Pass It Ali Vegas - Brothers Respect Mine Styles Of Beyond - Killer Instinct Westside Connection - Westside Slaughterhouse Linkin Park - H! Vltg3 (Evidence featuring Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu) Mobb Deep - Adrenaline Fort Minor - Remember The Name Jay-Z - Takeover EPMD - You Gots To Chill Gang Starr - DWYCK Pharoahe Monch - Simons Says
Producer:	Colton Fisher, Mike Shinoda
Sampler Mixtape tracklist
Intro Remember The Name Dolla Get It Petrified

"Intro" is the first track on Fort Minor's Sampler Mixtape.

Background

Fort Minor's Sampler Mixtape CD was sent to street team members beginning October 19, 2005 in order to promote the upcoming album The Rising Tied.

"Intro" is 57 seconds long and is the extended instrumental used by Fort Minor before performances of "Remember The Name". "Remember The Name" opened every Fort Minor concert, meaning the instrumental was the show intro in 2005 and 2006 while Fort Minor was touring.

The track begins with a robotic female voice saying, "Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, Album Sampler, For Promotional Use Only" before Mike says, "Cheapshot, go get 'em!" referencing DJ Cheapshot from Styles Of Beyond who "cut" the Sampler Mixtape and mixed all of the samples on the intro in.

Many samples are used on the intro, including Fat Joe's "1, 2 Pass It", Ali Vegas' "Brothers Respect Mine", Styles Of Beyond's "Killer Instinct", Westside Connection's "Westside Slaughterhouse", Linkin Park's "H! Vltg3 (Evidence featuring Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu)", Mobb Deep's "Adrenaline", Fort Minor's "Remember The Name", Jay-Z's "Takeover", EPMD's "You Gots To Chill", Gang Starr's "DWYCK", and Pharoahe Monch's "Simons Says".

Versions

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

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Intro	Sampler Mixtape	0:57	2005	October 2005	Samples Fat Joe's "1, 2 Pass It", Ali Vegas' "Brothers Respect Mine", Styles Of Beyond's "Killer Instinct", Westside Connection's "Westside Slaughterhouse", Linkin Park's "H! Vltg3 (Evidence featuring Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu)", Mobb Deep's "Adrenaline", Fort Minor's "Remember The Name", Jay-Z's "Takeover", EPMD's "You Gots To Chill", Gang Starr's "DWYCK", and Pharoahe Monch's "Simons Says".

Live

"Intro" from Sampler Mixtape opened every show in The Rising Tied touring cycle in 2005 and 2006 that opened with "Remember The Name" and wasn't a promo appearance. While the underlying beat/synth is the same as the studio recording, the instrumental featured Beatdown drumming over it and had different scratches and samples.

Lyrics

Album Version

Fort Minor
The Rising Tied
Album sampler (Yeah)
For promotional use only (Cheapshot, go and get 'em)