Mike's solo CD (from what I know)

[cmlp]

Yes, my sis just told me that on MTV2, they said Mike would be coming out with a hip-hop CD. When, I don't know. But if ya all have info post it here. :D

[misery]

the only info i have is the same as urs.. as for my opinion, i think its a bad thing for lp

[valsihnoda2424]

honestly, i think it would really suck. i love mike shinoda but lp needs 2 step away from the rap n hip hip or whatevr n go back to rock... no more hip hop!!!

[[LP]GotLinkinPark?]

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/linkin_park/artist.jhtml
Go there and click on any LP video because it's not on that page. Once on the MTV player, you can find a short interview with Mike about his solo album.

[LfaintP14]

i think its a bad thing for lp to i think that they should stick together cause if they like it to much it might be the end of LP

[[LP]GotLinkinPark?]

Supposedly, it's just a side project. But it's definately going to delay a new LP album, which I've been waiting for a long time now.

[Allied]

It'll add cred to LP among Hip Hop and Rap circles. There's no reason to think chester and the rest of the band can't get started on a new album.

[Hahninator]

Sounds like a cool thing, but I'm ready for a new LP album with all new songs.
Some sources say his solo album is being worked on, while others say that LP is back in LA working on the album :mad: Who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.

[[LP]GotLinkinPark?]

There's no reason to think chester and the rest of the band can't get started on a new album.
Well without Mike's input (or his full input) maybe they aren't as good. He is The Glue.

[LfaintP14]

yeah linkinpark.com says they are working on a new album. If they saty together and mike makes his own album more power to him but they should stay together they have something to good.

[Dark Collision]

I think this is going to be a good thing because I've always wanted rap fans to get into Linkin Park. Most people would probably say Mike's new album sucks, because Mike's style of rap isn't gangsta-related. But I like Mike's rap style because it's different from the regular rap you always hear on TV.

[[LP]GotLinkinPark?]

I don't know. If it's too hip-hop I won't be able to stand it. I hope he keeps the rock element in his new album.

[Dark Collision]

GotLinkinPark?']I don't know. If it's too hip-hop I won't be able to stand it. I hope he keeps the rock element in his new album.

Yeah, some of his songs better have rock beats like Step Up.

[cmlp]

Well, I've also heard, ther WILL STILL be a Linkin Park CD to come too. And I think'd it be pretty cool, I mean, for huge hip-hop fans. Also to point it out, it's his life, he can do what he wants. I't not like "OH THIS SUX! Mike has a CD! ON HIS ON! Now LP is over! GONE! BYE!" Don't panic, guys.

[Dark Collision]

I't not like "OH THIS SUX! Mike has a CD! ON HIS ON! Now LP is over! GONE! BYE!" Don't panic, guys.

Yeah, I know. I don't know why people freak out about the band splitting up once the news comes up about Chester and Mike going solo. If the band is going to break up, then you would know cause it would tell you on the news. If it doesn't mention anything about the band splitting up, then it won't happen.

[cindy_lp_numb]

Ok. Mike is working with Black Thought on his solo album which I hear he's in the studio now. On a side note, I also heard Chester is doing something with DJ ZTrip.

[Ravynlee]

I don't think solo projects are a bad idea by any extreme. If anything I think they might actually help LP to some degree. I can't think it would be easy trying to continually come up with lyrics and beats etc, they might need some outside influences to trigger creative juices again, who knows? Having said that, as long as they remain happy and productive in LP more power to them, staying together, like a marriage, for the wrong reasons will kill them anyway, and I wouldn't wanna see that happen.
I d/l Dj Z-trip and Chas' 'Walking Dead' yesterday and I have to say it totally rocks. I love it. If Mike's side project is as good I'm eagerly awaiting its release, too. Go boys, go! Keep expanding your horizons and my mind... I'm lovin it! :thumbsup:

[sum1]

Oh man are we gonna discus this all over again!!! ok i think we should shut up! 'till the album comes out!! :)
But i gotta admit the opinions here are MUCH better than the old "mike solo" thread!

[Mikes_Shadow]

The only thing i know is he is

[Stenners]

Most people seem to forget LP have always had a hip hop past. Go back to rock? they never where rock, they have always been rap metal END OF STORY =).

[VinnyTheory]

honestly, i think it would really suck. i love mike shinoda but lp needs 2 step away from the rap n hip hip or whatevr n go back to rock... no more hip hop!!!
i pretty much agree..

[cmlp]

Most people seem to forget LP have always had a hip hop past. Go back to rock? they never where rock, they have always been rap metal END OF STORY =).

I agree with ya.

[Crawling]

thats not nice newz :(

[LPpinkfreak821]

ok these guys work really hard!.. they came out with 3 CD's this past year.. and some of you are waiting for just a new CD.. that bull.. i mean seriously its hard to write songs and produce them sometimes they have to rewrite the songs... you can't just expect them to write and sell it.. also Hip hop has ALWAYS been in the music.. so sit down and listen to your cd's cuz its there.. all because he is working on a solo album doesn't mean he is leaving LP.. so chill out.. cuz THE GLUE aka MIKE will always be with LP... i support them no matter what they do.. cuz i know its gonna be good.. no it'll be great... plus with Mike making a solo album would attract more people to LP.. cuz then they would see that its not just metal its rap and metal.. so what ever they do wether its just a solo album, LP album, or both.. im gonna support it and buy cuz no matter what.. they really f*ckin ROCK...

[linkinpark-1]

as for my opinion, i think its a bad thing for lp
I agree, they should stick together.

[i_love_mike_shinoda2]

ok these guys work really hard!.. they came out with 3 CD's this past year.. and some of you are waiting for just a new CD.. that bull.. i mean seriously its hard to write songs and produce them sometimes they have to rewrite the songs... you can't just expect them to write and sell it.. also Hip hop has ALWAYS been in the music.. so sit down and listen to your cd's cuz its there.. all because he is working on a solo album doesn't mean he is leaving LP.. so chill out.. cuz THE GLUE aka MIKE will always be with LP... i support them no matter what they do.. cuz i know its gonna be good.. no it'll be great... plus with Mike making a solo album would attract more people to LP.. cuz then they would see that its not just metal its rap and metal.. so what ever they do wether its just a solo album, LP album, or both.. im gonna support it and buy cuz no matter what.. they really f*ckin ROCK...

And everybody says.. AMEN!
That is so right.
ROCK ON!

[Mad4lp]

WEll that should be interesting!

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Yes, my sis just told me that on MTV2, they said Mike would be coming out with a hip-hop CD. When, I don't know. But if ya all have info post it here. :D
I was going to make a thread about this but beat me lol.So here´s the vid where Mike talks about working on his project with another MCs,so enjoy it:
Here´s the link for all of u to download:

http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1021HLXE4TVAP3OZAYIND6ODA6

P.S.:Probably watching Mike working on his solo CD sounds good tho although these doesn´t mean LP splitting up cuz I know there were a lot of rumors about it.LP is taking a break for a while cuz they have been touring a lot plus while they are on their break,they are going to work on their new cd(I hope so)also they have been helping a lot with the Music for Relief Project which is great and sweet from the guys.
Ok I´m gonna shut up now so,watch the vid and enjoy it^^.

[VinnyTheory]

I was going to make a thread about this but beat me lol.So here´s the vid where Mike talks about working on his project with another MCs,so enjoy it:
Here´s the link for all of u to download:

http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1021HLXE4TVAP3OZAYIND6ODA6

P.S.:Probably watching Mike working on his solo CD sounds good tho although these doesn´t mean LP splitting up cuz I know there were a lot of rumors about it.LP is taking a break for a while cuz they have been touring a lot plus while they are on their break,they are going to work on their new cd(I hope so)also they have been helping a lot with the Music for Relief Project which is great and sweet from the guys.
Ok I´m gonna shut up now so,watch the vid and enjoy it^^.

Nice..Thankyou!

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Nice..Thankyou!
Yw!Not a prob^^,btw nice sig :thumbsup:

[misery]

thanks for the link vero, ill watch it soon :D

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Sure no prob Misery;).

[th3ory]

From MTV:
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — On Saturday night at the Key Club, the Roots held their annual Grammy all-star jam session. And while in previous years a plethora of well-known performers like Common and Erykah Badu got down with the group,



"I do not envy Kanye West. You know how vocal he is about his work — if he loses, that's all we gonna hear for the next year." — The Roots' ?uestlove this time around the Illy Philly funksters had the star in attendance — Tom Cruise.
Hollywood's Top Gun didn't get onstage, but he did take in the sounds of hip-hop's top band and of his friend Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Smith, dressed in a Baltimore thug-style black hoodie and jeans that surely made Tupac look down from heaven and crack a smile, started the night off early by leading her band, Wicked Wisdom, in a rowdy punk-rock-flavored set.
Either Jada really loves rocking the mic, or she had her acting skills working for her, because she bobbed her head and flailed her arms like a seasoned rock star. After her show, the petite performer chilled with Tommy C.
When the Roots took the stage, they kept the night moving with a medley of covers of old-school jams and their own ditties, like "Star."
"Introducin' the band you gotta see to believe," rapped Black Thought. "He got the mic in his hand, so keep the heat up your sleeve/ It's Black Thought, he rockin' sharp so the speakers'll bleed/ I run a triathlon, you wouldn't see me * Check out everything we've got on the Grammys. me fatigued."
But the Roots' all-star jam isn't about them hogging the spotlight; they love to hand the reigns over. While they brought up a slew of local Los Angeles artists, they ended the night with the pro-fess-sho-nals. Mos Def came out to drop a few lyrical gems with the backing of R&B soul children Anthony Hamilton and Musiq. Not to be outdone, Canibus was out to prove he can never be lyrically busted on the mic. The rapper, who's returning to the music scene, came out by himself for a freestyle. As the jamming neared its end, Fiona Apple even popped up for some time under the spotlight (see "Whatever Happened To Fiona Apple? Online Campaign Tries To Find Out").
For the Roots' drummer/spokesperson, ?uestlove, rubbing shoulders isn't happening only on the stage this week. A bevy of artists out here for the ceremony have been hollering at him to produce their albums.
"Hey man," ?uest said on Friday, "that's my bread and butter. I network, I shake hands, I kiss babies. I'm a musical politician."
So far, he says, his dance card is filled with Common, Musiq and Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, who's working on a solo album. With all his hobnobbing, the Grammys are the last thing on his mind.
"We got two nominations, that's cool," ?uestlove said on Friday, "but I'm more concerned with what I'm gonna wear to the Jill Scott concert on Valentine's Day. Nominations are the best things about the Grammys. Losing ain't fun. I do not envy Kanye West. You know how vocal he is about his work — if he loses, that's all we gonna hear for the next year. I don't even wanna go through that. If we win or lose on Sunday, it's cool."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496907/20050213/roots.jhtml?headlines=true

[VinnyTheory]

Yw!Not a prob^^,btw nice sig :thumbsup:
thanks!! i love it too

[EnilkLibb]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Howdy. Anyways...

I just thought of something. What if, instead of Mike's album being released separately from the next album, what if they did a double album sort of thing? Basically have a mainly rap-oriented album on the Shinoda side of the album, and then a more rock sound on the LP disc.

For an example of recent double albums, look at Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below or Nelly's double release of Sweat and Suit. This way you have both types of fans satisfied, and we end up with more music :) Just a thought.

-Enilk

[LPpinkfreak821]

here. this is an artical i just found for you guys.. for those of you who still are worried about this whole thing

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Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda has spent the last six months raising funds for tsunami victims, designing a line of DC shoes, co-authoring a book and establishing a scholarship at his alma mater, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. And what did he do in his off time? Not much. He only recorded a solo album.

While backstage at last month's Music for Relief: Rebuilding South Asia concert (see "Linkin Park, Jay-Z, No Doubt Rock The House To Rebuild South Asia"), the workhorse MC/producer told MTV News that he's been keeping busy with a hip-hop-tinged side project that he hopes won't offend Linkin Park's guitar-lovin' fanbase.

"It's not straight hip-hop, but it's not rock at all. For our fans who only like the rock side of Linkin Park, I hope you enjoy it, but you never know," he said. "I am playing every instrument on there, but it's not really about me. I'm featuring a lot of great MCs that are friends of mine. I want to work with people that I'm friends with, that I get along with. I'm not just going to go out there and grab whoever's hot at the moment."

Shinoda said that Common and the Roots' Black Thought are just two of the MCs on the album, which at the moment has no release date or working title. But he did explain that he is producing every track on the disc, and to complement the A-list talent he's lined up, he's been burning the midnight oil to make sure the beats are up to snuff.

"I'm trying to get the music up to what we want it to be. It's pressure, because I'm producing it," he laughed. "I want to connect with people I see eye-to-eye with, and make great music. Like I said, it's not really about me."

[lpp]

here. this is an artical i just found for you guys.. for those of you who still are worried about this whole thing

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Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda has spent the last six months raising funds for tsunami victims, designing a line of DC shoes, co-authoring a book and establishing a scholarship at his alma mater, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. And what did he do in his off time? Not much. He only recorded a solo album.

While backstage at last month's Music for Relief: Rebuilding South Asia concert (see "Linkin Park, Jay-Z, No Doubt Rock The House To Rebuild South Asia"), the workhorse MC/producer told MTV News that he's been keeping busy with a hip-hop-tinged side project that he hopes won't offend Linkin Park's guitar-lovin' fanbase.

"It's not straight hip-hop, but it's not rock at all. For our fans who only like the rock side of Linkin Park, I hope you enjoy it, but you never know," he said. "I am playing every instrument on there, but it's not really about me. I'm featuring a lot of great MCs that are friends of mine. I want to work with people that I'm friends with, that I get along with. I'm not just going to go out there and grab whoever's hot at the moment."

Shinoda said that Common and the Roots' Black Thought are just two of the MCs on the album, which at the moment has no release date or working title. But he did explain that he is producing every track on the disc, and to complement the A-list talent he's lined up, he's been burning the midnight oil to make sure the beats are up to snuff.

"I'm trying to get the music up to what we want it to be. It's pressure, because I'm producing it," he laughed. "I want to connect with people I see eye-to-eye with, and make great music. Like I said, it's not really about me."

alright lucky

*give around of cheering to lucky*

[LPpinkfreak821]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Howdy. Anyways...

I just thought of something. What if, instead of Mike's album being released separately from the next album, what if they did a double album sort of thing? Basically have a mainly rap-oriented album on the Shinoda side of the album, and then a more rock sound on the LP disc.

For an example of recent double albums, look at Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below or Nelly's double release of Sweat and Suit. This way you have both types of fans satisfied, and we end up with more music :) Just a thought.

-Enilk
wow i like that idea.. ur pretty smart.. that would be cool if they did that.. that way everyone is happy.. but what ever they do i'll support it.. im sure it will be good

[Friðbjörn]

Hey guys, I'm new here. Howdy. Anyways...

I just thought of something. What if, instead of Mike's album being released separately from the next album, what if they did a double album sort of thing? Basically have a mainly rap-oriented album on the Shinoda side of the album, and then a more rock sound on the LP disc.

For an example of recent double albums, look at Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below or Nelly's double release of Sweat and Suit. This way you have both types of fans satisfied, and we end up with more music :) Just a thought.

-Enilk
The rest of the band would never agree to that, they are six, not only one or two. You can release a double album if you go solo, and release a double separated album if you're in a duet but not if you'll have the whole band do one half and then just one of the six guys do his own music on the other.
LPpinkfreak821, I don't think everyone would be happy. Plus, WB would never let them have the next album that way, so that's not even an option.

[FireHawk]

i think mike will stay with LP and i think if chester and mike did go solo (hope that dosen't happen) i personally think mike would be more succeful i just think he has what it takes but i think they are both great

[cecilia]

mmmm yummy thats hot....i tink it would be great

[Darkk]

i think mike will stay with LP and i think if chester and mike did go solo (hope that dosen't happen) i personally think mike would be more succeful i just think he has what it takes but i think they are both great
:thumbsup: Lol. I actallualy think different, i think Chester would be more successful. I say this because a lot of the comments about Collision Course CD said it was a bad idea and it would affect Linkin Park because Mike at the side of Jay-z, was terrible (of course we all know Mike is a great MC) I love Chester´s voice... he did a great job with DjZ-trip "Walking Dead" plus i love the song "System", there is also a song with Dj-Lethal called "state of art" great song too! i don´t know if you have heard it...
Anyway, i think Mike without Linkin Park would sound... weird... I don´t know, i can´t give any good or bad opinion about the Cd till´ it is realeased.

[VinnyTheory]

if you listen to the song "step up" that is just mike raping, and i love it
therefore i know i will like his CD

[Friðbjörn]

if you listen to the song "step up" that is just mike raping, and i love it
therefore i know i will like his CD
Yeah Mike is a great MC, he's shown that, especially in the Xero days. But after that he's had classic lines like:
Braking a part of my heart to find release
taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
and the Crawling demo bridge, that's awesome.
He's gonna make a good album, that's for sure.

[i_love_mike_shinoda2]

Im gonna be the first in my town to buy it. Im gonna be camping out at Wal-Mart :D

[LP186]

Mike is been really unselfish and saying the CD is not going to be all about him
theres gonna be heaps of other ppl on it
i think Ice Cube is one of them

[podlpfan]

if you listen to the song "step up" that is just mike raping
omg bad typo :o but yeah I'll buy his CD as soon as its released....

[Shinoda84R]

Im More of a Rap guy n Thats how i got into LP and Tehn i just realized that there was other music LP is sick all out. Im deff. gonna but Mikes Solo CD but hes not staying solo he just doing a rap record for the people like me who like that aspect of LP more dont get me wrong the rest of LP is great.