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''The Rising Tied'' is the debut studio album of hip hop ensemble Fort Minor, the side project by Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda. The album was released on November 22, 2005 through Warner Bros. Records and Shinoda's label Machine Shop Recordings. ''Instrumental Album: The Rising Tied'' is the first and only instrumental studio debut album of Fort Minor, which contains no lyrics and guest appearances, with music written and composed by Shinoda. It was released on January 1, 2005 worldwide through Warner Bros. and Machine Shop, but failed to charts for several occasions. Shinoda handled production for the album. Jay-Z, who worked with Linkin Park on their collaborative EP ''Collision Course'', served as an executive producer for the album. Shinoda collaborated with many longtime friends (such as hip hop group Styles of Beyond, Jonah Matranga, Holly Brook and Linkin Park turntablist Joe Hahn), as well as many notable and underground hip-hop and R&B artists (such as Common, John Legend, Black Thought, Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, Eric Bobo, Sixx John and Celph Titled) for the album. It spawned four singles: "Petrified", "Remember the Name", "Believe Me" and "Where'd You Go", the latter of which was responsible for propelling Fort Minor to mainstream success. ''The Rising Tied'' was met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised Shinoda for straying from mainstream hip hop stereotypes, as well as acclaim from internet and independent music publications. ''The Rising Tied'' was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number fifty-one on the ''Billboard'' 200. ==Background== On March 4, 2005, Shinoda announced in an interview with MTV that he was working on a solo hip hop album, serving as the album's producer. He described the album in the interview, saying: "It's not straight hip-hop, but it's not rock at all. For our fans who only like the rock side of Linkin Park, I hope you enjoy it, but you never know."〔 Shinoda also stated that he played every instrument on the album,〔, Retrieved on 06-04-07〕 as well as confirming that Common and Black Thought of The Roots would be featured artists.〔 Common let Shinoda listen to some tracks from his then-unreleased album ''Be''. In another interview, Shinoda then confirmed that he had adopted the Fort Minor name for his hip hop project. Hip hop icon Jay-Z, who collaborated with Linkin Park in their remix EP ''Collision Course'' was also confirmed to be serving as the album's executive producer.〔 He also announced additional featured artists, including friends such as singers Kenna〔 and Jonah Matranga,〔 Linkin Park turntablist Joe Hahn and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill;〔 Machine Shop recording artists, such as underground hip hop group and longtime friends Styles of Beyond〔 and Holly Brook;〔 and John Legend, the only artist who Shinoda did not personally know before the album's production.〔〔 Shinoda consulted Jay-Z and Machine Shop Recordings A&R and Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson to decide which songs to make the final cut of the album.〔 Some parts of the conversation are included in the album. Shinoda felt comfortable working with Delson, saying that "since this record is coming out on Machine Shop, our label, I could pick anyone I wanted to work on it, so I chose Brad as our A&R guy, which is hilarious because ... Brad's not a label guy, he's my friend." Shinoda's motive for ''The Rising Tied'' was to express his hip hop background after his new experiences in the music industry.〔 He stated that he became "antsy...I wanted to make hip-hop again. You know, I always have to mix it with other things, and I didn't want to have to mix it. I just wanted it to be pure hip-hop."〔 He explained the name of his project and the album in an interview with ''Fixins'' Music: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rising Tied」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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