HUGE LP surprise Revealed!!!

Remember when brad said on the radio there would be new material on its way? Well this is it:

By Steve Hochman, Special to The Times

Underground phenomena are cool because they're, well, underground. The coolness doesn't always hold up when they come above ground. But Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda doesn't think that will be a problem with a collaboration between the group and rapper Jay-Z that aims to elevate the mash-up concept to new heights.

Mash-ups are combinations of two very different songs, mixed to sometimes comic and other times artistically startling effect. Passed around on the Internet or as bootlegs, such mash-ups as "Stroke of Genius" (Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" mated with the Strokes' "Last Night") and DJ Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album" (combining songs from the Beatles' White Album with tracks from Jay-Z's "The Black Album") became hot items.

The Linkin Park/Jay-Z collaboration, though, is official. The teaming has been shot as a concert event for a new MTV series, and studio sessions are being put together for a CD.

"I actually think the mash-up thing has been done to death," says Shinoda. "We feel that it had plateaued, and we saw an opportunity to do something that is much more complex."

Using original master tapes and adding some new bits, the L.A. band and Jay-Z have gene-spliced the latter's "Encore" with the former's "Numb" for one track and created another using Jay-Z's Big Pimpin' " and "Jigga That" with Linkin's "Paper Cut" and "Numb."

The package featuring an audio CD and a DVD with a documentary about the project, from studio sessions through a Roxy performance, is due Nov. 30. But already it's impacted by the ongoing mash-up underground. A mash-up of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and Linkin Park's "One Step Closer" making the rounds without participation or authorization from either.

"A DJ in New York put that together, and it's really good," says Shinoda. "People have been saying, 'I heard that and it's really cool,' and I have to tell them we didn't do it."

 

Source? No official source? Where's the source? Source, the other, other, other white meat.

 

(edit) The La times is the source (a magazine or newspaper?).. this was posted in the lpu by someone

 

The link or your life.

 

Isn't this old news? (other than the fact that a CD is being put out of the mash-ups)

 

sorry no link to a newspaper


and plus it was posted by a trustworthy lpu member

life aint about links

 

A scan or a link helps. You can't trust the LPMB or the LPU 100% unless they provide official proof.

 

I'm waiting.


I'm expert at mugging and killing and not leaving a trace. So hurry up.

[You know I'm just kidding, but this can become serious]

 

wtf get off my back.. i just posted something that noone but the lpu knows about.. be thankful the you guys even got it .. if u cant accept that its true, just close the thread and end it at that

 

We're not getting on your back about it, but if there is no official proof, it can be looked at as attention hogging or that it might be a hoax. Proof is the basis of all news and I'm sure NO ONE wants to be misinformed. Yeah, people shouldn't be jumping on you for the proof (leave that to officials), but make sure you have official sources next time, that's all.

 

Yeah I'm just playing, but the truth is that LPU or the LPMB aren't that trustable. Put a link please.

 

it doesn't matter if god himself posted it. unless there is solid, concrete proof... it's not credible.

 

What section of the times was the article in?

 

dont ask me.. ask the person on the lpu who posted it.. im just the info passer

 

ask her for proof then

 

How come i've known about this for months!?! Im confused.


Maybe I'm psychic...

 

We've all known LP and Jay-Z had some kinda good chemistry on stage, but to say they're going into the studio as a sure thing is kind of hard to believe without proof.

God, and especially if they mix One Step Closer with 99 Problems... Tainting pure greatness, here!