Background
In late 2006, Clear Channel Music posted the entire The Rising Tied album complete with commentaries from Mike Shinoda before each song.[1] On "Introduction", he said, "This album basically started as an idea to get back to my roots and the type of music that I used to make before Linkin Park. Back then I was listening to things like Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Rakim, NWA, Boogie Down Productions. Uhm, and a lot of that was sample based, that used to go back to old, you know, 70’s, 60’s rock and funk and blues records and sample those things. I wanted to make an album that had that feel, but instead of sampling from those old records, I made the samples myself, by playing the instruments by hand. Anyway, here we go! Fort Minor – The Rising Tied. I produced and mixed every track. Overseen by Jay-Z, and I had a lot of great friends on the record. Check it out."
"Introduction" features a sampled speech by Jay-Z.
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction | The Rising Tied | 0:43 | 2005 | November 22, 2005 |
Live
While the studio version of "Introduction" has never been played, a remix of the song debuted at the first full show after Fort Minor's hiatus to open the show, and has been played at every show since then in that position.
Personnel
Lyrics
"The record that you made,
That's underground hip-hop, ("Okay.")
But with big...with big sounds,
But with big...with big sounds,
That's what takes it over 'cause the sounds are so big,
It's an underground...that's an underground hip-hop record,
The richness of the music and everything, I knew it was going to be somethin' serious."
External Links
References
- ↑ Mike Walks Us Through 'The Rising Tied' | LP Association Forums, October 27, 2006