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Collision Course is a CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
/DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 set released on November 30, 2004 by Jay-Z
Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter , better known as his stage name, Jay-Z, is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is the former Chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records....
 & Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
. It went to #1 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, becoming only the second EP
Extended play

An extended play is a vinyl record, Compact disc, or music download which contains more music than a Single , but is too short to qualify as an LP album....
 to ever do so, following Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains is an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates Heavy metal music and acoustic music elements....
' Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies

Jar of Flies is a studio Extended play, released on January 25, 1994, by the Seattle, Washington, Washington Grunge music band Alice in Chains through Columbia Records....
 in 1994.

CD contains six tracks, mashup
Mashup (music)

A mashup , bootleg or blend is a song or composition created by blending two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another....
s between songs by both artists.

The DVD contains behind-the-scenes new footage of the making of the album, as well as the second take of all of the Collision Course songs at The Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre

The Roxy Theatre is a famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.It was opened on September 23, 1973 by Elmer Valentine and Lou Adler along with original partners David Geffen, Elliot Roberts and Peter Asher and PushPlay....
 on July 18, 2004.






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Collision Course is a CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
/DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 set released on November 30, 2004 by Jay-Z
Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter , better known as his stage name, Jay-Z, is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is the former Chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records....
 & Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
. It went to #1 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, becoming only the second EP
Extended play

An extended play is a vinyl record, Compact disc, or music download which contains more music than a Single , but is too short to qualify as an LP album....
 to ever do so, following Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains is an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates Heavy metal music and acoustic music elements....
' Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies

Jar of Flies is a studio Extended play, released on January 25, 1994, by the Seattle, Washington, Washington Grunge music band Alice in Chains through Columbia Records....
 in 1994.

About the EP

The CD contains six tracks, mashup
Mashup (music)

A mashup , bootleg or blend is a song or composition created by blending two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another....
s between songs by both artists.

The DVD contains behind-the-scenes new footage of the making of the album, as well as the second take of all of the Collision Course songs at The Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre

The Roxy Theatre is a famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.It was opened on September 23, 1973 by Elmer Valentine and Lou Adler along with original partners David Geffen, Elliot Roberts and Peter Asher and PushPlay....
 on July 18, 2004. Also included are the five scenes from the concert shown on MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups and a picture gallery.

The album's first single, "Numb/Encore
Numb/Encore

"Numb/Encore" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park and rapper Jay-Z from their 2004 mashup album Collision Course . It was the most successful single from the album, going on to reach #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 1, 2005....
", achieved great airplay on the charts, and stayed on 6 months after its release. "Points of Authority
Points of Authority

"Points of Authority" is a song by American rock music band Linkin Park, released as a promotional single from Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory....
/99 Problems
99 Problems

"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2003 from the The Black Album . It reached number thirty on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
/One Step Closer
One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)

"One Step Closer" is the debut single by the nu metal band Linkin Park released in 2000 and the second track of their debut album, Hybrid Theory....
" was also released to the radio in the US, but was never featured on the Billboard Charts - the videos for both that track and "Jigga What
Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)

"Nigga What, Nigga Who " is the final single from rapping Jay-Z's third album Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life. The song is produced by Timbaland and features two artists: Jaz-O, who raps one verse and Amil, who sings the track's chorus....
/Faint
Faint (song)

"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the record charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it reached #48 on August 26, 2003....
" were also seen on Kerrang! TV
Kerrang!

Kerrang! is a weekly music magazine, published by Bauer Verlagsgruppe in the United Kingdom.The name refers to the sound made when smashing an electric guitar....
 in the UK. "Izzo
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

"Izzo " was a single released from Jay-Z in 2001 in music from his sixth album The Blueprint. It is among his most popular singles. This was the second song released off The Blueprint, after the diss track "Takeover_", but the lead single from it....
/In the End
In the End

"In the End" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their debut album Hybrid Theory . Its lyrics are mainly based on one person's failure....
" was also heavily promoted on the official Linkin Park websites.

Origins

Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
 revealed in his 2004 Grammys acceptance speech that he would be mashing up with Jay-Z for a record under MTV's Mash Ups show.

The network allowed Jay-Z to choose a group or artist for the mash-up. Jay contacted Shinoda, who began experimenting with mixing the tracks before sending some examples to him. As a result, Jay-Z began working with Shinoda through email.

The two decided that instead of combining the existing tracks for the live performance on MTV, they wanted to re-work and re-record parts of the songs to make them fit better. Shinoda explains, "Jay and I realized it's better to re-perform the rap vocals if you're gonna do it to a new beat because the vibe changes and you have to deliver your verse a little differently." Shinoda asked his bandmates to re-record instrumental and vocal tracks as well, and ultimately both parties decided they wanted to release the studio tracks.

A year after the release of Collision Course, Jay-Z was the executive producer on Mike Shinoda's solo effort Fort Minor
Fort Minor

Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
's The Rising Tied
The Rising Tied

The Rising Tied is the debut album of Hip hop music ensemble Fort Minor, the side project by Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda. The album was released on November 22, 2005 through Linkin Park's Warner Bros....
. Also, the song "High Road" from the same record talks about how some critics called Collision Course a fluke.

This album was also made in an "Edited Version" or a "Censored Version"; however, the edited version was only partly censored and did not censor the words "ass" or "bitch". However in the song "Numb/Encore
Numb/Encore

"Numb/Encore" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park and rapper Jay-Z from their 2004 mashup album Collision Course . It was the most successful single from the album, going on to reach #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 1, 2005....
" it censored the "God" part of "God damn your man Hov' cracked the can open again." This is common among conservative radio stations like WTMX
WTMX

WTMX is an adult top 40 radio station licensed to Skokie, IL in the Chicago metropolitan area market. It is owned by Bonneville International....
, but many fans found this surprising, both because of Linkin Park and Jay-Z's personality but also because of the rest of the album. There is one part left out on the edited version of the DVD where Jay-Z is recording vocals for "Jigga What/Faint" and says "That shit is fast as shit!"

Track listing


DVD contents


Collision Course
  1. Intro
  2. In the Studio
  3. Jay-Z Arrives
  4. Rehearsal
  5. Sound Check
  6. "Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You"
  7. "Big Pimpin'/Papercut"
  8. "Jigga What/Faint"
  9. "Numb/Encore"
  10. "Izzo/In the End"
  11. "Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer
  12. End Credits


Special Features
MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups:
  1. "It's Goin' Down
    It's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)

    "It's Goin' Down" is a single credited to Turntablism The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Joseph Hahn. It appears on the X-Ecutioners 2002 debut album Built From Scratch....
    " – 1:18
  2. "Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You" – 4:04
  3. "Big Pimpin'/Papercut" – 2:36
  4. "Jigga What/Faint" – 3:31
  5. "Numb/Encore" – 3:25
  6. "Izzo/In the End" – 2:44
  7. "Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer" – 4:56


Photo Gallery

Personnel

Jay-Z
  • Shawn Carter


Linkin Park
  • Chester Bennington
    Chester Bennington

    Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist in the rock music band Linkin Park, and was previously associated with the band Grey Daze, among others....
     - vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  • Rob Bourdon
    Rob Bourdon

    Robert Gregory Bourdon is an American musician, who is currently the drummer and one of the founders of the rock band Linkin Park....
     - drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  • Brad Delson
    Brad Delson

    Bradford Phillip Delson is an American musician, lead guitarist, and one of the founding members of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R for Machine Shop Recordings....
     - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    s
  • Joseph Hahn - records, sampling
    Sampling (music)

    In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
  • Phoenix
    Dave Farrell

    David Michael Farrell is the bass guitarist of the band from Linkin Park.He is an United States musician, and multi-instrumentalist....
     - bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Mike Shinoda
    Mike Shinoda

    Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
     - vocals, beats, piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....


DVD

  • Director: Kimo Proudfoot
  • Producer: Matt Caltabiano
  • Editor: Kevin McCullough
  • Live audio engineer: Guy Charbonneau
  • Live audio mix: Mike Shinoda
  • Executive producer: Janet Haase
  • Head of production: Joby Barnhart
  • Post production supervisor: Jason Cohon
  • For Sunset Editorial: Nazeli Kodjoian, Sin Halina Sy
  • Additional footage produced by Lenny Santiago
  • 5.1 mixed of Roxy Performance
  • DVD post producer: David May
  • Associate producer: Raena Winscott
  • Menu design: Sean Donelly
  • 5.1 mix producer: David May
  • 5.1 mix engineer: Ted Hall
  • Assistant engineer: Bruce Balestier
  • Audio mix: Mix Magic
  • Colorist: Dave Hussey
  • Title graphics: Carlos
  • Authoring: Cinram
  • Live performance filmed July 18th, 2004 at The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA
  • Original concept by Michele Megan Dix & Jesse Ignjatovic


CD

  • Produced and mixed by Mike Shinoda
  • Arranged by Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda
  • Engineered by Mike Shinoda, John Ewing and Mark Kiczula
  • Mastered by Brain "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • Executive producers: Shawn Carter and Linkin Park
  • A&R: Tom Whalley
  • A&R coordination for Warner Bros. Records: Marny Cameron
  • Marketing director: Peter Standish
  • A&R coordinator: Michael "Stick" Stefrin
  • Production coordinator: Ryan DeMarti
  • Sample clearance: Eric Weissman for Sample Clearance Limited
  • Executive producers: Rob McDermott and John Meneilly
  • Creative direction for Warner Bros. Records: Ellen Wakayama
  • Project art direction: THE FLEM and Mike Shinoda
  • Cover art direction and design: THE FLEM
  • Cover and all interior line art illustrations: David Choe
  • Digipak and booklet art direction and design: Lawrence Azerrad for LAD
  • Photography: Greg Watermann


Jay-Z

  • Legal: Carroll, Guido & Groffman LLP


Linkin Park

  • Worldwide representation: Rob McDermott for The Firm with Additional Servitude by Michael "Stick" Stefrin & Ryan DeMarti
  • Booking agent: Michael Arfin for Artist Group International
  • Legal: Dany Hayes for Davis, Sharpio, Lewit, Montone & Hayes
  • Business managers: Michael Oppenheim for & Jonathan Schwartz for Gudvi, Sussman & Oppenheim
  • Worldwide licensing and merchandising: BandMerch


Entire Roxy set list

Before Jay-Z came on stage, Linkin Park played a small set of songs. After they finished the Collision Course songs, they had to play all six again, due to MTV's malfunction with the stage lighting. The performances on the DVD are from the second take, while the music video for "Numb/Encore" is from the first take. The "Hip-Hop Medley" from this show appears on Linkin Park's 4th annual fan club CD. A shortened version of "It's Goin' Down" from the medley can be found on the DVD. At the start of the live show on the DVD, the amount of sweat can be observed on the band members - Phoenix's entire shirt is soaked, showing that they had played more than just a few songs at that point.

First take

  1. Intro/Don't Stay
  2. Somewhere I Belong
  3. Hip-Hop Medley (Step Up/Nobody's Listening/It's Goin' Down)
  4. Breaking The Habit
  5. From The Inside
  6. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You
  7. Big Pimpin'/Papercut
  8. Jigga What/Faint
  9. Numb/Encore
  10. Izzo/In The End
  11. Points Of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer


Second take

  1. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You
  2. Big Pimpin'/Papercut
  3. Jigga What/Faint
  4. Numb/Encore
  5. Izzo/In The End
  6. Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer


Chart history

Charts (2004-2005)Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart9
Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart

The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canadian Online Explorer, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Airplay...
6
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop music albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan....
3
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums3

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