Fort Minor

Fort Minor is a hip-hop side project created by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. It's first album is entitled The Rising Tied.

Releases

The Rising Tied

The Rising Tied is the first project from Fort Minor, the album will be released in November 22, 2005 through Machine Shop Recordings..

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The Rising Tied - November 22 - 2005 - Machine Shop Recordings

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Recording the solo album late into 2004, and first words came in December, when he mentioned the album out of context in interviews. In addition to the confirmed artists already on the bill for the album, Mike is rumoured to have met with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Musique and more.

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Snoop Dogg - Ice Cube - Musique

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As well as producing the CD, Mike will play every instrument on all the tracks that make it into the final cut (minus the strings). An exclusive listening party of 5 of the impending tracks was held on April 13th 2005 with an audience of all the most credible online hip-hop press.

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All of the music on The Rising Tied were composed, produced and mixed by Shinoda alone. Only two members of the Linkin Park band are involved with The Rising Tied; guitarist Brad Delson helped do the A&R work for the album and DJ Joe Hahn is set to feature on 1 song. The Rising Tied is set to be released on November 22, 2005 with the song "Believe Me" believed to be the lead single. On October 6th, 2005, the music video for the song "Petrified" made its online debut on the Fort Minor website. Alongside with Mike Shinoda, various other members of Fort Minor were also featured in the video.

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Composed - Produced - Mixed - Brad Delson - A&R - Joe Hahn

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The following is the confirmed tracklisting on The Rising Tied:

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• Introduction
• Remember The Name (featuring Styles of Beyond)
• Right Now (featuring Styles of Beyond and Black Thought)
• Petrified
• Feel Like Home
• Where'd You Go (featuring Holly Brook)
• In Stereo
• Back Home (featuring Styles of Beyond and Common)
• Cigarettes
• Believe Me (featuring Styles of Beyond)
• Get me Gone
• High Road
• Kenji
• Red To Black
• Battle, The
• Slip Out The Back

And so far, three music videos have been confirmed: the songs can be heard on the Be A Fort Minor Producer page on Fortminor.com

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• Remember the Name
• Petrified
• Believe Me

On August 20, 2005, a song from the album, named "Remember The Name" was leaked onto the internet. The song, which was planned to be the first single, received positive feedback from internet communities.

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August 20 - 2005

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The song "Petrified" was also 'leaked', though it was done officially by the Fort Minor team as part of a marketing strategy.

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On October 3rd, 2005, "Believe Me" was released as part of the Fort Minor Producer Player deal. Each week for 6 weeks, samples of Remember the Name's chorus would be posted on the player (drums, vocals, strings, etc). When the 6th week arrived, the vocals were released, and a new song called "Believe Me" was released. Mike Shinoda sings the chorus (albeit with a voice that was warped in post production) of this song, with his good friends from Styles of Beyond backing him up on the song.

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Shinoda has also mentioned a mixtape which will be released before this album. It is being mixed by the famed DJ Green Lantern and it will contain other Fort Minor materials. A special edition has been confirmed and will contain a DVD with so far unknown content.

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Mixtape - DJ Green Lantern

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The album artwork was released on October 3rd, 2005, when Amazon.com put the album up for presale. Search Amazon for The Rising Tied and you will see the album artwork by Mike Shinoda himself. The cover resembles his artwork on the DC shoes he did a while back.

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On October 4th, 2005, the singles "Remember The Name" and "Petrified" were released to digital music stores including iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and countless others.

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