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| by kenn on 9/02/2005 01:44:00 PM |
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Mike Shinoda Respects Jay-Z's Retirement
Source: mtv
During breaks from Linkin Park, Shinoda started messing around again on his samplers. He recruited his friends in Los Angeles underground hip-hop duo Styles of Beyond and then Kenna and the Roots' Black Thought, and eventually Common and John Legend. "All of a sudden Jay-Z is the executive producer and it's like a real record," Shinoda said (see "Linkin Park MC Builds A Fort With Jay-Z, Common, John Legend").
Shinoda and Jay became chums while making Collision Course, last year's groundbreaking mash-up album. He came on board to steer the Linkin Park rapper, but does not appear on the album.
"We didn't get any new rhymes from Jay, and I will say this about it: I respect his retirement," Shinoda explained. "People make a big deal about him getting on records and all this stuff and I don't want to be any kind of fuel to that fire. If Jay wants to get on our mixtape that's a different story. I think the record is a Fort Minor record — it has its own identity without Jay on it."
Along with Jay, Shinoda looked to another source for guidance — Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson.
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