![]() ![]() ![]() "Right Now" reverberates with the same sense of confidence, but loses something in the mix, coming off a bit removed and distant. It's still a bit more rock oriented than pure boulevard grit, but the delivery is fluid and confident. "Remember The Name" exposes the rapper in bright lights, a synthetic pulse augmenting his aggressive flow quite nicely. Regardless of your feelings about his other band's musical taste, Mr. Shinoda really doesn't have much to worry about in terms of microphone finesse. On the other hand, several of the artists are signed to his Machine Shop Recordings imprint, so the album is doing double work as a launching pad for his stable of signed hype. Shinoda wasn't too sure of his abilities in reference to carrying an entire album by himself. On paper the sheer amount of guests make it appear as if Mr. Hahn, Kenna, Jonah Matranga, John Legend, Bobo, and Holly Brook. Other guests include Black Thought from the Roots, Common, Celph Titled, Mr. SoB appear on no less than six of the album's 16 tracks. ![]() Preeminent on this front is Los Angeles crew Styles of Beyond, who have never really gotten their just dues since they first emerged on the scene more than a decade ago. Like Reanimation before it, Rising Tied features a plethora of guests, many of whom are overlooked underground favorites. Not surprisingly that individual was Shinoda, who crafted the Fort Minor alter ego to explore more rap savvy aural expulsions. Given their continued gravitation toward the low-end theory, it was only a matter of time before one of the core members temporarily jumped ship and dropped a full-fledged chunk of microphone madness. ![]()
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