Linkin Park - Reanimation Counter Review
Posted by Freakboy on 09.21.2002
Tony, you irgnorant slut. This was a great album!
I’m sick and tired of remixes. I hate them. All it boils down to are a bunch of rappers, who over glorify their place in the world as it is, masturbating their ego. Nothing original, nothing creative…nothing but crap.
So I was really disappointed to hear that Linkin Park, who’re one of the few bands to come out in the past decade I can actually call myself a fan of, decided to follow up their uber-selling “Hybrid Theory” with a remix album. That album is called Reanimation, and after listening to it I can now say I have room in my CD collection for remixes.
If anything, the tracks weren't remixes as much as they were re-creations. A remix is generally when a rapper du joir takes a song, throws a drum beat in it, then raps a verse and shouts out their record label just so they have an excuse to throw themselves in the video. Not Linkin Park. They almost completely remade every track, to the point where it sounds like sixteen brand new songs. Instead of hiring the most popular DJ’s of the day, they stuck with people who’s music they’re fans of such as Kutmasta Kurt, Alchemist, Pharoahe Monch, and Aceyalone.
Plus, because they hired artists who they’re fans of as opposed to the caricatures on TRL, there was none of that “shoot you-wear diamonds-look how cool I am” bullshit. It was rap as an art form, where the focus was more on the creative use of words and rhythmic verses. Instead of rapping about who’s got the Bentley and who’s got the gun, they were referencing Marvel Comics and the X-Men. And I quote…
“That's why I need ruby quartz glasses/cause when I glance there’s a chance that I might blast the masses”
It wasn’t all hip-hop. The rock side of Linkin Park was represented by rockers like Jonathan Davis from Korn and Aaron Lewis from Staind, putting their stink on LP hits “One Step Closer” and “Crawling.” Jay Gordon from the band Orgy handled the lead off single, “Point of Authority.”
The 411: The only thing I didn’t get was the weird ass, phonetic spelling of the songs. But it was a great album anyway that I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoy Hybrid Theory. Considering it was the best selling album of 2001, I’m sure there are a lot of you out there:)
