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Linkin Park has never claimed to be the first band
to try a rock/hip hop fusion, but they may have the
most successful hybrid outfit to date. On a
similar note, the remix album is far from a new
idea, just look at Puffy, or Limp Bizkit. However,
Linkin Park once again proves that you can take an
established idea, and make it both quality and
original.
Reanimation is made up of tracks from Linkin
Park's debut album Hybrid Theory as well as a b-side
and a track from their EP that are mixed and
scratched into an assault of thumping baselines,
rearranged lyrics, and guest performances. LP
enlisted the aid of many mainstream and underground
hip hop artists including Pharoahe Monch, Motion
Man, Zion, Chali 2Na, and others, as well as rock
favorites Stephen Richards, Aaron Lewis, and Korn's
Jonathon Davis. As for the mixing itself,
tracks were cut up by guest DJ's Alchemist, The
Humble Brothers, X-Ecutioners, Jay Gordon of Orgy,
as well as Linkin Park's own DJ Joe Hahn and Mike
Shinoda.
While the cd may not carry a consistent flow of
perfection as LP's debut album Hybrid Theory did, it
does have many high points and never drops below
satisfactory. CD highlights include "ENTH
E ND" mixed by Kut Masta Kurt with blazing
rythms as well as a great performance by Motion Man,
and PPRikut which transforms the original track into
a vision of a dark wasteland.
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For a remix album, Reanimation does it's
best to sound like original material.
Linkin Park quality oozes out of it, and it
serves as a decent appetizer for Linkin
Park's upcoming sophomore album. |
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