Linkin Park: Working On New Album

The rap-metal sextet Linkin Park has started the pre-production on the follow-up to their massively successful 2003 album "Meteora," reports ChartAttack.

The new album, expected to be released in late summer, will be produced by the legendary Rick Rubin, who has worked recently with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slipknot and Neil Diamond among others.

Although the band hasn't started recording yet, singer Chester Bennington told Launch Radio Networks that he's already gotten some good advice from Rubin.

"He's suggested that we start working from melodies. Like, usually, we write music first and then I kind of, like, work with the music and develop the melodies with Mike [Shinoda] and stuff like that. Now he's saying to just start working and developing from the very earliest stages the songs, even before they're even really songs. It's been interesting to work in that way, 'cause it's different for me."

"Rick Rubin has produced everything from Run-DMC to System Of A Down to Johnny Cash, and our whole style is based on the seamless mixing of styles. So who better to produce the next Linkin Park album?" Mike Shinoda told Rolling Stone magazine.

Linkin Park is currently writing and demoing material for its new effort. Though they haven't technically released new material in three years, LP haven't been lazy.

Mike Shinoda is currently on the road with his side hip-hop project, Fort Minor. Although Chester Bennington had announced plans earlier this year to work on his first solo album, the vocalist told MTV.com that he has delayed that project until 2007 or later to work on the new LP's album.

Linkin Park also won a Grammy for best rap/sung collaboration for their work with Jay-Z, who joined them and Sir Paul McCartney onstage for a performance at the awards show last week.

Thank ChartAttack for this info.

Comments

[GnRrelease_it]

Jay-Z, who joined them and Sir Paul McCartney onstage for a performance at the awards show last week.

yeah...that forever shook my faith in Paul McCartney.
*shudder*

[mustiebalzak]

the grammies probible forced mccartney to do it, or he needed to look hip with all the 14 year olds watching.

[Black_Widow2005]

finally they're making a new album, its been like 4 years since they made a NEW one, sick to death of the remixes and the whole jay-z thing!

[dougi333]

i think that jay z thing didnt go well with linkin park, they were class before all that, i think chester and the guys will bring another kikass album. cool picture by the way.

[ToesKa]

i really hope it is a better and thicker album than the old stuff

[wake_up_1989]

oooo looks lyk we r goin to get lots of comments frm ppl who are affraid of anything mildly hip-hop on here.I lyk linken park because thy have there lil rap thing going on. Fort Minor totaly owns linkin tho

[Polx666]

Linkin Park are good I like em a lot, Id like to see Brad show what he can really do as hes actually a mint Soloist.

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[washingmachine]

looking forward to it! Rick Rubin hasnt made a bad album yet (Make believe wasnt very good, but not bad!)

[tk427]

It looked like Paul McCartney and K.D. Lang on stage.

[f1sk]

ah here comes the usual love hate linkin park

ill be looking forward to it

[prsfloyd]

Great so I get to hear new crap music from LP played every 30 minutes in addition to their old crap music.
Fantastic
LP, sending people to satellite radio in droves

[Smokey Amp]

Polx666 wrote:

Linkin Park are good I like em a lot, Id like to see Brad show what he can really do as hes actually a mint Soloist.

Brad has problems playing the Sweet Child O' Mine intro (I heard a live perfomance). I could bet money that he can't solo...

As for Linkin park, I used to enjoy their music, when I was younger, but they've totally changed, as have my preferences. So, I'm not too interested in any new material they'll be bringing out...

[edibledevilboy]

I think it'll be kickass. Can't wait. And Rick Rubin is undoubtedly one of the best there is, Linking Park are lucky as hell to be working with him

[DoctorFu]

It's about time, and it better not be a like Reanimation.. Yuck.

[Doubleday]

I hope it's more free and less restricted than Meteora. That album felt too proccessed. Hybrid Theory is really good, so I hope they do something like that. Compare Papercut to Numb; it's like a totally different band.

[sadistic_monkey]

Cool, I spose. Used to like them quite a bit. Hybrid Theory was a solid album.

[Scratchsniff]

I thk it'll b interesting to see what they come up with, im not rly bothered by genre, i either like it or don't an don't make a big fuss if i don't.
As for Brad an his guitar ability...well, from most of the guitar parts in their stuff its not very technical, just distorted power chords an octaves mainly, an he doesnt really solo that much, so from linkin parks stuff he's no eddie van halen or brian may, but that isnt their style so i dunno what he can do. Having said that his writing ability is far better than mine from sum of the riffs (E.g 1 step closer) that lp has.

[epy]

DID THEY NOT BREAK UP!? but either way, I haven't over indulged in their music but i think it's kinda cool. I will give it a listen.

[knuckle1]

i cant wait because lp are 1 of my favourite bands

[Portuguese_boy]

but i must admit i liked them.....when i was 8

[Undead Centaur]

Yeh he does good spot lol.I think linkin park r pretty good n this album could rule.

[bassman182]

cool linkin park were one of my fave bands 2 or 3 years ago but i gone off them a bit cause of lack of new material!!! hopefully with new stuff coming up soon i should get bak into my crazy LP listening obsession again!! yeyyyyy!!!

[ZeRoGuY]

Linkin Park is the reason i got into the music i am today. Where i live rap controls everything, and i had no idea rock even existed to a point. It was Linkin Park with their unique style that transitioned me over, and i owe my life to them. They are amazing musicians, and the reason they have so many remix CDs and stuff is because they are always staying busy with things, and they are always looking for ways to improve. Yeah, and they are awesome live and i expect this album is going to be a great.

[sithian476]

ewakio:
lame...

jesus, isn't there any good music in the mainstream these days?

Lame...

aren't there any intelligent posts nowadays?

Should be interesting to hear the new way they make music they're going to release.

[RedBull91]

cant wait till new album!!! maybe some juicy solos?????

[Lambfat]

Zach that was pretty rotten of u but i tend to have to agree with everyone else I am a huge Linkin Park fan myself. I mean those killer riffs that that guy busts out are amazing and the great dual singers. I mean it is just simply music sent from heaven to my ears. Who the hell is Stuck Mojo, they probably blow cuz i have never heard of them. I only listen to music I hear on the radio or TV you retard

[PT 2 DOOR RULE]

Lambfat wrote:
Zach that was pretty rotten of u but i tend to have to agree with everyone else I am a huge Linkin Park fan myself. I mean those killer riffs that that guy busts out are amazing and the great dual singers. I mean it is just simply music sent from heaven to my ears. Who the hell is Stuck Mojo, they probably blow cuz i have never heard of them. I only listen to music I hear on the radio or TV you retard

(Sorry for the possible double post)
Killer, amazing riffs? Give me an example. This'll be good
Jesus, it's like saying "Slipknot invented metal because I've not heard of Black Sabbath"

[jake02]

it should be interesting im a big fan but i only really like hybrid theory and some of meteora so i hope its good

[A Warm Place]

UG, will you please delete Z.A.C.'s bullshit? He has nothing positive to say on any of these posts.

[stumaster18]

it's about time. what's it been, 3 years?

blaffman wrote:
Yeah delete it because it's true and the truth might hurt someone?s feelings.

nope its deleted cause its rude and does not belong on a family site. anyone else who wants to contribute to spam and flaming will also recieve a warning.

[iammetal]

and then after this ""huge"" 2006 release, they will do yet again another remix album with guest styles of willie nelson, to attempt the folk-rock-(C)rap-country cross over....

[LPIndin]

Brad Delson is Shitty at guitar. but Mike Shinoda is a genius

[LPIndin]

RedBull91 wrote:

cant wait till new album!!! maybe some juicy solos?????

like that'll ever happen. My little brother can solo better than him

[Blueyedbrownie]

I really like Linkin Park too, but I really don't think Brad is talented at all. I'm a big fan, but Brad shouldn't be in the band when he plays riffs that any 12 year-old can play.

[555666]

I really like LP.....They have a good mix of music, it leads toward all genres. And I'll be damned if there are any solos. You don't need to have super hard stuff to sound good either. Rammstein for instance. All you need is something that sounds good.

[mustiebalzak]

Lambfat wrote:

Zach that was pretty rotten of u but i tend to have to agree with everyone else I am a huge Linkin Park fan myself. I mean those killer riffs that that guy busts out are amazing and the great dual singers. I mean it is just simply music sent from heaven to my ears. Who the hell is Stuck Mojo, they probably blow cuz i have never heard of them. I only listen to music I hear on the radio or TV you retard

that sucks, people these days don't know who stuck mojo is. there from atlanta. there were around when i was in high school. they stoped playing around 6 or 7 years ago. dude, you should really stop listening to the radio, mtv, and fuse. you got the internet, use it!

[TheArtfulDodger]

I'm pretty sure that Lambfat was being sarcastic. haha.

[forty-six_and_2]

meteora was a joke

It wasn't a very good album, I agree. Hybrid Theory was much better though, when compared to Meteora. I used to like these guys a lot when I was 11 or something before I discovered Tool and Megadeth. I can't say they blow cause it'd be unfair. I'll give them credit for writting a few alright songs, but other than that, they're very overrated. They need a new guitarist and they need to stop milking their albums and stop making shitty remixes.

[A Warm Place]

blaffman wrote:

A Warm Place wrote:

UG, will you please delete Z.A.C.'s bullshit? He has nothing positive to say on any of these posts.


Yeah delete it because it's true and the truth might hurt someone?s feelings.

Do you have anything else to say blaffman?

[Metalmouth]

I can't stand linkin park anymore. I know people that like em so I don't go bashing em but Linkin Park just isn't that good. Has any1 seen them in concert? They suck at it. Seriously. Chester sounds like $hit the guitarist is aweful & plenty of other problems. Mike shanonda has taken the whole rap thing too far bc he is in that rap thing Fort Minor + is making some rap band with Paul Wall...Linkin Park will be over in a few years and the world will be rid of their "rock"

[Metalmouth]

Why doesn't this site ever have articles about Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir...I guess this site doesn't write about metal but I think there are enough metal fans on this site that they should.

[psilocyndreams2]

As for Linkin park, I used to enjoy their music, when I was younger, but they've totally changed, as have my preferences. So, I'm not too interested in any new material they'll be bringing out...

me too. unless they bring in better guitar parts and more screaming/less rapping, it's probably gonna suck.

[im not mental]

i heard brad can shred and that it's on an episode of LPTV somewhere. anyway, the collaboration between lp and rick rubin shold be interesting and i am looking forward to it.

[LPIndin]

Metalmouth wrote:

Why doesn't this site ever have articles about Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir...I guess this site doesn't write about metal but I think there are enough metal fans on this site that they should.

cause that stuff is gothic as hell

[Nybb]

I liked them when I was 12 or so. Hybrid Theory was tolerable. But the thing with Jay-Z...can anybody say "SELL-OUTS"? Not to mention it made some of their music even worse than it already was. Interesting move going with Rick Rubin though, could be...interesting.



Wow, as I was writing this I was listening to Between the Buried and Me, and I realized, wow LP is pretty bland.

[brando17]

im not mental wrote:

i heard brad can shred and that it's on an episode of LPTV somewhere. anyway, the collaboration between lp and rick rubin shold be interesting and i am looking forward to it.

it's true, i've seen that episode of LPTV. He really isn't all that bad. I see a lot of people ripping on chester's singing and i can't understand why..He's got the most kick a** voice ever. Anyone ever heard is old band grey daze? Yeah you try singing like that and then maybe you can talk...til then, shut it.

[Emenius Sleepus]

^maybe so... but shredding well - actually sounding original and inventive, and playing with emotion? a lot of people can shred, but few can do it well. And the Jay-Z collaboration.... *shudders*. I mean, if they got a better rap artist to do the collaboration with, maybe it would have turned out much better... who knows?

[Emenius Sleepus]

^lol well if they can catch attention of so many people they're probaably doing something right... or not. Whatever, but yeah - don't like the band, then **** off and don't post here

[LetTheBassPlay]

You people need to calm down. As for Brad's ability as a guitarist, i'm not familiar with what he does outside the band, but i know that what he does for LP really helps the overall feel of the music.
And you people that are in here sayin "oh yeah, LP sucks dick"? Where the hell is ur band at? Exactly, until your band can sell 36 million records in 5 years, you need to shut up and keep playin ur guitar/bass/drums or whatever.
Yes, i'm a huge LP fan, hell, i'm a member of the Linkin Park Underground. Let the flames begin so I can laugh at you people.

[MastaBassist10]

ZeRoGuY wrote:

Linkin Park is the reason i got into the music i am today. Where i live rap controls everything, and i had no idea rock even existed to a point. It was Linkin Park with their unique style that transitioned me over, and i owe my life to them. They are amazing musicians, and the reason they have so many remix CDs and stuff is because they are always staying busy with things, and they are always looking for ways to improve. Yeah, and they are awesome live and i expect this album is going to be a great.

Yeah, same here, even if I don't listen to them anymore. I liked them a lot, then I delved deeper into nu-metal and rock, then I got back into rap metal with Limp Bizkit, then I discovered RATM, which is my favorite band so far, and they introduced me into hip-hop like J5 and Tupac... Thank god for Linkin Park.

[LetTheBassPlay]

brando17 wrote:

it's true, i've seen that episode of LPTV. He really isn't all that bad. I see a lot of people ripping on chester's singing and i can't understand why..He's got the most kick a** voice ever. Anyone ever heard is old band grey daze? Yeah you try singing like that and then maybe you can talk...til then, shut it.

Nybb wrote:

Amen, Chester's voice is amazing, and even better live.

and look, MTV went to Jay-Z and asked him who he wanted to be mashed up with, and he picked LP. Mike also really looks up to Jay-Z as a rapper and producer. Sure, the album wasnt that great, but its half LP, half Jay-Z.

I liked them when I was 12 or so. Hybrid Theory was tolerable. But the thing with Jay-Z...can anybody say "SELL-OUTS"? Not to mention it made some of their music even worse than it already was. Interesting move going with Rick Rubin though, could be...interesting.



Wow, as I was writing this I was listening to Between the Buried and Me, and I realized, wow LP is pretty bland.

[b]brando17[
/b] wrote:

im not mental wrote:

i heard brad can shred and that it's on an episode of LPTV somewhere. anyway, the collaboration between lp and rick rubin shold be interesting and i am looking forward to it.




it's true, i've seen that episode of LPTV. He really isn't all that bad. I see a lot of people ripping on chester's singing and i can't understand why..He's got the most kick a** voice ever. Anyone ever heard is old band grey daze? Yeah you try singing like that and then maybe you can talk...til then, shut it.

[TheREALMusic69]

LP kick some serious ass for one, but this new record better have some diferent sounds to it. And ye its pretty lame when ppl take time to write how much they hate a band..its pretty dumb...lookin at a couple of fags comments above..just ur average fags who got to say what think think people will care to read...just fags

[xX Maverick Xx]

You have to appreciate a band like Linkin Park though, they can really make a great chorus in a song that sticks in your head, like Slash from VR said. And if you say that Brad is a shitty guitar player I wouldnt talk shit if I were you because I would bet money your guitar playing sucks ass...

[Metal_696]

If it doesnt sound like Hybrid Theory then its goin to suck ass...

[Sphinx21]

I think there are similarities in the past song subjects but then again what band doesn't have that. And there are songs that you can compare to each other in terms of sound and make up (like "By Myself" and "Figure.09") That doesn't take away from the fact they put out good marketable music and know how to keep their names out there while not putting something "new" out. I think the mash-up was awesome, it's a shame the single to represent it was "Numb/Encore", it should have been "Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer". It's been said the new cd is going to be different, maybe different will include solos, I don't think it will. There's too much constant structure to the songs in a hip hop sort of way to allow for that in their songs.

warning to classicslash888.

[LetTheBassPlay]

bringitsukka wrote:

wow. never thought these guys wouldve sold out....
wait.... 2 real studio albums....
2 remix albums.....
why not write original material for ALL of the albums?
that just might work.
i used to like them, before reanimation came out. then its been like, come on, stop working with rappers.
yeah, anthrax jammed with rappers, but they started it.
linkin park does it cuz its the flavor of the month.

If its flavor of the month then why are they still selling records like crazy? Doesnt seem like everyone has given up on them.

[mustiebalzak]

LPIndin wrote:

Metalmouth wrote:

Why doesn't this site ever have articles about Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir...I guess this site doesn't write about metal but I think there are enough metal fans on this site that they should.

cause that stuff is gothic as hell

gothic? it's black/death metal.

[TheGuitarDreams]

Well this has been fun and all, I don't think anybody's actually ever "seen" or "heard" Mr. Delson play anything than a few power chords and riffs, but who the **** cares? If you don't like the damn music, don't listen to it. But when people say shit like "Korn or Pantera is better than LP, they suck dick" , maybe you should look at the fact that some of your favorite bands like the ones you hate. Korn are actually big fans of LP, so are Pantera, and any others you can think of, so shut up and stop hating.

[we_all_rock]

YEHEY!!!

[gorilla drummer]

maybe it's just me but it seems like LP is going their
seperate ways. Mike and Fort Minor, chester and his solo ideas. they're a tight band i hope nothin happens between em

[masterometal666]

I hated The whole Jay-Z thing. All they did was butcher their good songs. The only reason they got a grammy is because the media is so rap and hip-hop crazy. They got grammys on their own without Jay-Z, but I knew, crap or not, they probably would this year just because of Jay-Z. And he didn't really add much to the song. Just a few "Yo wat up?" and "Tru Dat, Tru Dat" kinda dumbass rap things. I very much agree with what bringitsuka, and all of the others who wanted to burn the Jay-Z colaboration album. As for letthebassplay, the only reason people ate up the album is because there are alot of idiots who think rappers have talent. I guarantee that a good majority of the buyers were posers, wanna-be rappers, and "Gangsta" black dudes (not that I'm racist, but they are mostly black) who discovered LP for the first time just because Jay-Z stamped himself all over their music. And the rest just follow them because it's the "cool" thing to do. Sure metal has it's following, but do you ever see a real metal band placed in the top 5? No. Anyways, I hope the next one doesn't follow some rumors I've heard that they are going all-out rap. KoRn and SlipKnot are the only ones left in Nu Metal that haven't screwed themselves over. At least not yet.....

[masterometal666]

Oh and GuitarDreams hit that subject dead-on. Even VR respects Korn and SlipKnot for their origionality. They feel the same with LP and Limp Bizkit. (Sorry for the double post, I needed to say that.)

[Blink_182_fan]

Can't wait to get the album gonna be great!

linkin park is amazing, ive been playing guitar for 4 years and i still think their brilliant.

It doesnt take amazing guitar riffs or a shred solo to make a band great.
People who think like that are dicks, that probably have no social life.

If anyone flames me / posts exessive flaming towards LP / posts homophobic remarks etc etc, they'll get a warning.

[vIsIbleNoIsE]

ehh? linkin park isn't metal, it's rock. and rap. even they said so themselves. don't blame them for not being a hardcore band that is always worrying about "selling out," they enjoyed having jay-z toying around with their songs.

btw i also think collision course was a horrible idea =P so i'm glad they're going straight now

but, if and/or once you start enjoying more complex stuff (omg CoB and AE are genius!) linkin park just doesn't cut it!

[mrbounce]

Linkin is nu-metal...

I haven't listened to Linkin Park for more than 10 minutes in probably 2-3 years, but this should be vaguely interesting enough to check out.

[Guitar_Poet]

ehh? linkin park isn't metal, it's rock. and rap. even they said so themselves.

"metal" is a subdivision of the *VERY* general term "rock" :

[jimbobcook183]

why do people read an article about a band they don't like then decide to widely voice their opinion saying things like "oh linkin park suck coz they are crap" do they honestly think that anyone care or will listen to their pathetic narrow minded opinion??

[Nathanial_ng]

for all u ppl who think brad delson has no guitar playing skills, thats certainly untrue. just because LP's songs dont have any kickass solos or shredding doesnt mean brad sucks!! lets take mark tremonti for an example. in creed, he didnt do shit. all the songs were relatively easy to play. when alter bridge formed, lo and behold! tremonti wowed everyone with his kickarse guitar playing skills!!

[fadetoblack86]

i really looking forward to their next album, it's been too long...

plus, i think they're going to have some awesome material, esspecially with Rubin. i just hope they don't put all the efforts in the rap area... keep it metal with rap not the other way around.

[beau05]

I like Linkin Park's early material. Hopefully this new album will be alot grittier.

Id also like to add, Shinoda sucks at rapping. the only caucasians that owned at rapping we're the Beastie Boys

[luke2206]

personally i would like to see some more of the rapping featured on reanimation. not a particular rap than but those guys rocked. Hope it new material though not rehashed crap.

[luke2206]

beau05 wrote:

I like Linkin Park's early material. Hopefully this new album will be alot grittier.

Id also like to add, Shinoda sucks at rapping. the only caucasians that owned at rapping we're the Beastie Boys

i hope thats a joke dude, please let that be a joke.

[StratDune]

lets take mark tremonti for an example. in creed, he didnt do shit. all the songs were relatively easy to play

Err... what? As Creed's songs had less amount of 'fast' solos you thought Tremonti 'didnt do shit'? Many Creed numbers require fine guitar skills enough to point Tremonti as a kickass guitarist, take 'one last breath' for example.

[Nots]

Linkin Park are great and I can't wait for their ulbum that's comming up

[Nathanial_ng]

StratDune wrote:

lets take mark tremonti for an example. in creed, he didnt do shit. all the songs were relatively easy to play

Err... what? As Creed's songs had less amount of 'fast' solos you thought Tremonti 'didnt do shit'? Many Creed numbers require fine guitar skills enough to point Tremonti as a kickass guitarist, take 'one last breath' for example.

nah tremonti himself admitted that alter bridge finally allowed him to express his guitar talent for so long. and yes, creed is harder to play than LP but im using an example. Brad doesnt suck jus becos the music is less guitar proficient. btw. creed is kinda easy to play if u ever played guitar -.-

[Hong Siah]

Yea Tremonti didn't have a chance to bring out the monster in him when he was in Creed. But whatever, this is about Linkin Park so we are getting out of topic. (AB is my fave band tho)

But it would kick ass if Brad, say, get in another band as a project and show what he can do on the guitar. I'm not hoping that LP splits up though, since i like them pretty much.

[Metalmouth]

LPIndin wrote:

Metalmouth wrote:

Why doesn't this site ever have articles about Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir...I guess this site doesn't write about metal but I think there are enough metal fans on this site that they should.

cause that stuff is gothic as hell

Ok dumbass? That is not gothic music. Lacuna Coil is gothic. That is all Black Metal & Death metal. Think before you speak.

mustiebalzak wrote:

LPIndin wrote:

Metalmouth wrote:

Why doesn't this site ever have articles about Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir...I guess this site doesn't write about metal but I think there are enough metal fans on this site that they should.

cause that stuff is gothic as hell


gothic? it's black/death metal.

Yeah! You are smart.

[Metalmouth]

masterometal666
wrote:

I hated The whole Jay-Z thing. All they did was butcher their good songs. The only reason they got a grammy is because the media is so rap and hip-hop crazy. They got grammys on their own without Jay-Z, but I knew, crap or not, they probably would this year just because of Jay-Z. And he didn't really add much to the song. Just a few "Yo wat up?" and "Tru Dat, Tru Dat" kinda dumbass rap things. I very much agree with what bringitsuka, and all of the others who wanted to burn the Jay-Z colaboration album. As for letthebassplay, the only reason people ate up the album is because there are alot of idiots who think rappers have talent. I guarantee that a good majority of the buyers were posers, wanna-be rappers, and "Gangsta" black dudes (not that I'm racist, but they are mostly black) who discovered LP for the first time just because Jay-Z stamped himself all over their music. And the rest just follow them because it's the "cool" thing to do. Sure metal has it's following, but do you ever see a real metal band placed in the top 5? No. Anyways, I hope the next one doesn't follow some rumors I've heard that they are going all-out rap. KoRn and SlipKnot are the only ones left in Nu Metal that haven't screwed themselves over. At least not yet.....

Thats true dude. How often do you see metal bands in the top 5? Metal is an underground genre & the reason why Nu-metal sucks so much is bc most of the genre is full of fu*king posers & mallcore...Limb Bizkit wter the fu*k they are called for example GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! They suck! I still like Slipknot & other exceptions but the majority actually 90% of Nu-matal sucks. Linkin Park are apperently doing even more rap in this album so they are becoming a rap band which is what they should do. They aren't metal so they might as well go where there true "rap" fans are. Mabey they should even feature artists such as Nelly, 50 Cent...so they can get more street cred lol Linkin Park is over in the rock world face it

[shotgunjoe]

Linkin Park are pretty good. Hybrid Theory was a great album, and I'm not usually a big fan of remix albums, but Reanimation was actually pretty good. Meteora was even better than Hybrid Theory. Jay Z thing was shite, but I can't wait to hear some new stuff. The guitar isn't technical, but sometimes simple stuff is really good and LP are an example of this.

[vIsIbleNoIsE]

hey! linkin park isn't weak crap. stop comparing it to metal, they washed it down with pop and rap on purpose.

i'm chinese. whaaat? =P

Warning for KeepTheFlow.
Just because you like certain "hardcore" bands, doesnt me everyone else will. And DONT call people retards and generalise people if they like linkin park.

[euan_soad]

Nybb wrote:

I liked them when I was 12 or so. Hybrid Theory was tolerable. But the thing with Jay-Z...can anybody say "SELL-OUTS"? Not to mention it made some of their music even worse than it already was. Interesting move going with Rick Rubin though, could be...interesting.



Wow, as I was writing this I was listening to Between the Buried and Me, and I realized, wow LP is pretty bland.

i new somebody would bring sell-out into this

[HellRazer]

Linkin Park are apperently doing even more rap in this album so they are becoming a rap band which is what they should do

u are a ****ing moron. Chester said there was more screaming in the new album so its probably gonna be heavier u idiot.

Linkin Park is over in the rock world face it

thats funny cuz they are still one of the most popular ROCK bands in the world. If anything your mom got AIDS in the slut world.... face it bitch

^ Dont spam plz

[genresrforposer]

Why is anyone surprised Linkin Park is about to lean towards rap.

Mixing rap with rock IS Linkin Park.

That said, I think they need a new sound, it's been old for a while now

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sorry to say it but METAL ISNT UNDERGROUND!!!! GOD YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID!!! MUDVAYNE JUST GOT NOMINATED FOR A FUCKING GRAMMY!!!! THERE A METAL BAND!!!! sorry but metal is not undergound. if you look at it, Metallica, likewise there new music sucks, is very popular. there METAL. Slipknot again. Very Big. Very METAL. holy shit ****ing damn retards, so ****ing ignorant. And Avenged Sevenfold is getting very big now. METAL TOO! the metal that is the srcreamo stuff youll hear alot nowadays. not to put anyone down of course. sorry but had to clear that up. but im looking forward to the new album, i hope theres less rapping likewise than more. and i dont know if brad can play guitar awesome or if he sucks, but he probably has potential. but i hate that everyone says it has to be hard to play for it to sound good. some hard to play stuff may be catchy, but it also might SUCK... not all im not saying it does, just saying it doesnt have to be hard to play.

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well it's about damn time they got a new rock album out...no more of that sissy rap crap

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beau05 wrote:

Id also like to add, Shinoda sucks at rapping. the only caucasians that owned at rapping we're the Beastie Boys

I'd just like to say "dumbass" because he think's he's white. Did it ever occur to you that his last name is "Shinoda"? Mike is Japanese/Russian, and the decendent of a great musical composer.

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ZeRoGuY wrote:

Linkin Park is the reason i got into the music i am today. Where i live rap controls everything, and i had no idea rock even existed to a point. It was Linkin Park with their unique style that transitioned me over, and i owe my life to them. They are amazing musicians, and the reason they have so many remix CDs and stuff is because they are always staying busy with things, and they are always looking for ways to improve. Yeah, and they are awesome live and i expect this album is going to be a great.

Same, the reason i started playing guitar was because of them


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