I for one, hope and know that most likely, the album won't be censored in any way. I hated how songs on LPU cds were censored during songs, same with Live In Texas. I also hope that the cover art is more pimp than the splash screen.
Good point. No censorship I hope that it will have some emotional stuff, a bling money ho song just to piss of the fans and songs like Step Up
I dont think that it's going to be censored because judging by the fact one of the lyrics was: "Now everyone be wantin guest spots, shocked/when they heard he was fucking with s-dot." It clearly shows that this album is going to be uncensored. Honestly, I want Mike to write some really good lyrics that shock and/or blow people away. I'm very pleased he's making a love song because it'll get to show Mike's sensitive side, and how he would've been if Linkin Park didn't hold him back. I want some fierce flows, a great sound, and just honestly something that'll blow me away. Hopefully that's what I'll get.
I know Mike has said that it isn't going to be a rock album, but it would be cool if there is couple of tracks with some heavy guitar. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike turned out to be a good technical player.
As long as they don't have ''Mike Shinoda'' ''The Rising Tied'' or ''Fort Minor'' repeated over and over, especially by a guy with annoying voice, im sure this cd will be alright. I like rap, but I hated the raps on Reanimation. I would say this is going to be a good CD, but nothing special. BTW, where do you get this love song from mark?
The album production better be fuckin' ace. Mike's doing practically all of the instruments in the beats, so I'm sure there will be some guitar incorporated. Judging from the text previews we've been given, I know that Mike is doing a lot of different types of songs, but I also hope that he doesn't try to go for what was up with Meteora, the whole "interconnected" thing. Screw meshing well together, let's hear a mix of different stuff. I wanna see what he does with that string loop from the teaser page. EDIT: I Don't Need No Accuser: It's in the Ballerstatus article in the News section. They go through a description of five songs.
O, Thank you Xero. Didn't notice that before. I personally didn't like the string piece teaser for some reason. Usually I LOVE what Mike does with strings.
a remix of dedicated as bonus track with lupe fiasco and ryu will be so tite edit : does anyone know if lupe is gona be on the album?
Yeah, a big 'fuck you' to all the Linkin Park critics would be sweet. [/b][/quote] Amen. Jay-Z on Rising Tied?
Same here, man. I'm hoping that Mike really does go beyond the expectations on the album. He's good at that, and I know he won't fail in doing so. I would like to see songs on that album like "Step Up" and "It's Going Down" and "High Voltage." And now that you mention the love song, Derek, I think it will be quite interesting. I would like to see the sensitive side of Mike Shinoda. And since it will be uncensored, I think the album will be better and not so watered-down and restricted. You can't see much creativity in those albums. Mike has amazing talent, and I don't want a stupid record label to hide it. I want him and all of the artists he is collaborating with to go all out and make a hell of an album. And referring to the love song again, I doubt that Linkin Park was the one holding him back, really. It's just the concept of Linkin Park which is holding him back. Have you ever heard of Linkin Park making a love song? I mean, With You is a song of lost love, but I doubt it's considered to be a true love song which you would show to your girlfriend or boyfriend and they would automatically get back together with you. I know that's a bad example, but back to the point. Linkin Park would do that if they were just open to new ideas and didn't go under the restrictions of the Warner Bros. label. It would have been better if they went independent again. Anyway, I hope Mike does well on this album. I think it'll be an excellent solo album.
Even though Mike has said Jay-Z wont be performing on the album I think he'll want to.I also expect some Dedicated style songs.