H! Vltg3

Background

The remix was created by Evidence and cut by DJ Babu, both from the hip hop group Dilated Peoples, with additional production by Porse 1. The track was edited by DJ Revolution and mixed by Troy Staton. Pharoahe Monch guests with a rap verse on the track.

By working with Pharaohe Monch, the band was hoping to get the fans interested in his work. Mike Shinoda told MTV: "He’s just a real mellow [guy], soft-spoken, [but] there’s a lot of hunger there. There’s a lot of intensity even though he’s been doing it for a really long time and he’s really successful in those genres of music [underground hip-hop]. But with a larger, mainstream audience, they don’t know him and that’s where we wanted to make that little connection — just bridge that gap. Hopefully, we could say to [our fans], ‘Well, we like this guy. We’ve been listening for a long time. Hopefully you’ll dig it, too.’"^[1]

About Dilated Peoples' presence on the track, Brad Delson said during a linkinpark.com chat on July 3, 2002: "we are big fans of evidence and dialated so we were very honored for him to lace that track so to speak"

The remix contains a vocal sample of the song "All For One" by hip hop group Brand Nubian. Because of this, members of the group, Derek Murphy (Sadat X), Lorenzo Dechalus (Lord Jamar), and Maxwell Dixon (Grand Puba), were also credited for the track.

The instrumental samples the song "Family" by Lamont Dozier.

The remix can be heard during the Frat Party At The Pankake Festival documentary.^[2]

Tracklist

Vinyl Single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	H! Vltg3 (Evidence ft. Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu)	Babu Melvin, Bennington Chester Charles, Bourdon Robert G, Delson Brad, Hahn Joseph, Jamerson Troy Donald, Peretta Michael Taylor, Shinoda Mike	3:32
2	H! Vltg3 (Evidence ft. Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu) (Instrumental)	Babu, Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Jamerson, Peretta, Shinoda	3:23
3	H! Vltg3 (Evidence ft. Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu) (Acapella)	Babu, Bennington, Bourdon, Delson, Hahn, Jamerson, Peretta, Shinoda	3:23

Music Video

The music video for "H! Vltg3" was directed by Estevan Oriol^[3] for MTV2's "MTV:Playback".

MTV: Playback was originally aired on July 27, 2002 at 2:00pm, with a rerun on July 28, 2002 at 8:00pm.^[4]

Versions

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

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
H! Vltg3	Reanimation	3:30	2001	July 30, 2002	Censored. Remixed by Evidence. Features vocals by Pharoahe Monch and cuts by DJ Babu.
H! Vltg3	Pts.Of.Athrty Pts.Of.Athrty / H! Vltg3 H! Vltg3	3:32	2001	July 19, 2002	Censored. Lacks the transition to "Riff Raff" at the end. Listed as "Album Vocal" on the vinyl single.
H! Vltg3	"Reanimation" Internal Demo	3:14	2001		Censored. The CD dates from late January or February 2002. Remixed by Evidence. The intro includes the speech from Mike Shinoda's remix. Bridge vocals from the original version were used in place of Pharaohe Monch's verse. Completely different outro, lacking DJ Babu's scratching. Some of the sound effects throughout the song are missing. Released on LPLive for free download on March 21, 2013.
H! Vltg3 (Instrumental)	H! Vltg3 Reanimation - Instrumentals	3:23	2001	2002	Official instrumental version.
H! Vltg3 (Acapella)	H! Vltg3	3:23	2001	2002	Censored. Official acapella version.

Personnel

Evidence - interpretation
Pharoahe Monch - vocals
DJ Babu - cut
Porse 1 - additional production
DJ Revolution - editing
Troy Staton - mixing

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

Album Version

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes…

Hybrid
Linkin Park
I've been digging in the crates ever since I was living in space
Before the rat race, before monkeys had human traits
I mastered numerology, big band theology, performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic so I can start blessing it
Chin-checkin' kids to make my point like an impressionist
Many men have tried to shake us
But I twist mic chords to double helixes to show them what I'm made of
I buckle knees like leg braces
Cast a spell of instrumental-ness on all of you emcees who hate us
So you can try on, leave you without a shoulder to cry on
From now to infinity, let icon be bygones
I fire bombs, ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats, but moved on to a promise
I stomp shit with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Akira
I've put a kink in the backbones, of clones, with microphones
Never satisfied my rhymes jones
Spraying bright day over what you might say
My blood types krylon, technicolor type-A
On highways write with road rage
pages of wind, in cages a tin, that bounce all around
Surround sound
Devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings, over all the same-thing
Sing-songs karaoke copy bullshit
Break bones verbally with sticks and stones tactics
Forth dimension, combat convention
Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away, with the pencil
Pistol, official, sixteen line rhyme missile
While you risk your all
I pick out at your flaws
Spitting raw blah, blah, blah you can say you saw

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Who's the man, demandin' your hand over your land rover?
no mans bolder when he jams your plans over
I inflict sclerosis, the most ferocious
When I spy my third eye's extremely high voltage
That's why I need ruby-quartz glasses, cause when I glance
There's a chance, then I might blast the masses
Subliminals transmitted through piano
Integrated in flow, calculated in nano
I use skills when I need, please heed the rhyme
I heal when I bleed when I proceed through time
I walk through walls and the inanimate obstacles
By inducing the reduction of cells and molecules
I bring the knowledge you swallow a steak that's a hologram
I box your head, fatten your lip like collagen
The telepath deliver verses with no postage
Pharoah Monch, Mike Shinoda, we high voltage

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Linkin Park {being scratched over and over again}

Demo

You know what I mean
You could put a label on a life
Put a label on a lifestyle

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes…

You know
Put a label on how you wake up every morning
And go to bed at night

Hybrid
I've been digging in the crates ever since I was living in space
Before the rat race, before monkeys had human traits
I mastered numerology, big bang theology, performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic so I can start blessing it
Chin-checkin' kids to make my point like an impressionist
Many men have tried to shake us
But I twist mic chords in double helixes to show them what I'm made of
I buckle knees like leg braces
Cast a spell of instrumental-ness on all of you emcees who hate us
So you can try on, leave you without a shoulder to cry on
From now to infinity, let icon be bygones
I fire bombs, ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats, but moved on to a promise
I stomp shit with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin you up and takin you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Akira
I've put a kink in the backbones, of clones, with microphones
Never satisfied my rhymes jones
Spraying bright day over what you might say
My blood types krylon, technicolor type-A
On highways right with road rage
pages of wind, in cages a tin, that bounce all around
Surround sound
Devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings, over all the same-thing
Sing-songs karaoke copy bullshit
Break bones verbally with sticks and stones tactics
Fourth dimension, combat convention
Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away, with the pencil
Pistol, official, sixteen line rhyme missile
While you risk your all
I pick out at your flaws
Spitting raw blah, blah, blah
You can say you saw

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin you up and takin you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin you up and takin you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

And, like, the rock and rap
You know what I mean
People acting like, you know
'Wow, that's a new invention'
That shit ain't new
It's constantly evolving
We're constantly changing

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes…

There's a lot of change
Everybody's always up with the labels
There ain't no label for this shit
They're always going to try
To put a label on it
To try to create something
So they can water it down

Sometimes I feel like a prophet
Misunderstood, under the gun like a new disease
Sometimes I feel like a prophet
Misunderstood, under the gun like a new disease

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin you up and takin you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High voltage