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Fort Minor: We Major Mixtape by Mike Shinoda Released October 30, 2005 - Original
2006 - Limited EditionRecorded 2003-2004 Genre Alternative hip hop
Conscious hip hop
Hip hopLength 59:15 - Original
62:32 - Limited EditionLabel Machine Shop Recordings Producer Mike Shinoda, Scoop DeVille, DJ Green Lantern, DJ Cheapshot, Vin Skully Mike Shinoda chronology We Major
(2005)The Rising Tied
(2005)Singles from Fort Minor: We Major - "S.C.O.M."
Released: 2006 - "Dolla"
Released: 2006 - "Get It"
Released: 2006 - "Spraypaint & Ink Pens"
Released: 2006
Fort Minor: We Major is an official mixtape by American rapper Mike Shinoda. The mixtape was made as a warm-up/prequel to promote the debut Fort Minor album The Rising Tied, and was released on the internet as free download.[1][2][3][4][5] The mixtape's title is based on a song of the same name by Kanye West featuring Nas and Really Doe from the West's 2005 album Late Registration.
Contents
Track listing
# Title Performer(s) Time 1 "Green Lantern Intro" - DJ Green Lantern
1:33 2 "100 Degrees" 3:05 3 "Dolla" - First verse: Mike Shinoda
- Second verse: Ryu
- Third verse: Tak
3:05 4 "Bloc Party" - First verse: Apathy
- Second verse: Mike Shinoda
- Third verse: Tak
2:39 5 "S.C.O.M." - First verse: Ryu
- Second verse: Juelz Santana
- Third verse: Celph Titled
- Chorus: Mike Shinoda, Ryu, Juelz Santana, Celph Titled
3:30 6 "Remember The Name [Funkadelic Remix]" - Chorus/first verse/sixth verse: Mike Shinoda
- Second verse/fifth verse: Tak
- Third verse/fourth verse: Ryu
3:37 7 "Bleach [Jimi Remix]" - First verse/third verse/sixth verse: Tak
- Second verse/fourth verse/fifth verse: Ryu
3:48 8 "Spraypaint & Inkpens" - Chorus/third verse: Lupe Fiasco
- First verse: Ghostface Killah
- Second verse: Mike Shinoda
4:06 9 "Petrified [Doors Remix]" - Mike Shinoda
3:28 10 "Get It" - First verse: Ryu
- Second verse: Tak
- Chorus: Ryu, Tak
3:08 11 "Be Somebody" - First verse/second verse: Mike Shinoda
- Third verse: Lupe Fiasco
- Chorus: Holly Brook, Tak
3:12 12 "Respect 4 Grandma" - First verse: Ryu
- Second verse: Tak
- Third verse/fifth verse: Celph Titled
- Fourth verse: Mike Shinoda
3:05 13 "There They Go [Green Lantern Remix]" - First verse/second verse: Mike Shinoda
- Third verse: Sixx John
- Chorus: Mike, Sixx
3:18 14 "All Night" - First verse: Apathy
- Second verse: Tak
- Third verse: Celph Titled
3:28 15 "Nobody's Listening [Green Lantern Remix]" - First verse/second verse: Mike Shinoda
- Chorus: Chester Bennington, Jay-Z
2:31 16 "Cover And Duck" - First verse: Tak
- Second verse: Mike Shinoda
- Third verse: Ryu
- Fourth Verse: Celph Titled
- Chorus: Mike, Ryu, Celph Titled
4:54 17 "Remember The Name [Album Version]" - Chorus/first verse/sixth verse: Mike Shinoda
- Second verse/fifth verse: Tak
- Third verse/fourth verse: Ryu
3:11 18 "Petrified [Album Version]" - Mike Shinoda
2:46 19 "Outro" - Mike Shinoda
0:49 Limited Edition Bonus Track 20 "Where'd You Go [S.O.B. Remix]" - Mike Shinoda
- Chorus: Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga
3:17 Samples
- "Green Lantern Intro" samples from "Victory" by Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, "Mic Check" by Juelz Santana, "Feel the Beat" by LL Cool J, "Crazy In Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z and "Put You on the Game" by Game.
- Both "100 Degrees" and "Dolla" contain a quote from the 2002 film Gangs of New York.
- "Dolla" contains samples from "The Ocean" by Led Zeppelin.
- "Bloc Party" samples from "Banquet" by Bloc Party.[6]
- "S.C.O.M." samples from "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses.[6]
- "Remember the Name (Funkadelic Remix)" samples from "Music for My Mother" by Funkadelic.
- "Bleach (Jimi Remix)" samples from The Jimi Hendrix Experience's cover of "Hey Joe" by The Leaves and contains a quote from an episode of The Sopranos entitled "Whoever Did This".
- "Spraypaint & Inkpens" samples from the soundtrack of the 1983 hip hop film Wild Style.[6]
- "Respect 4 Grandma" samples from "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" by The Miracles.[6]
- "Petrified (Doors Remix)" samples from "Strange Days" by The Doors.[6]
- "There They Go (Green Lantern Remix)" samples from "Is That Yo Chick" by Memphis Bleek featuring Missy Elliott and Jay-Z, "Encore" by Jay-Z and "Stay Fly" by Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck and 8Ball & MJG.
- "All Night" samples from "Tom Sawyer" by Rush.
- "Nobody's Listening (Green Lantern Remix)" samples from "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age and "Threat" by Jay-Z.
- Both "Nobody's Listening (Green Lantern Remix)" and "Outro" sample from "We Major" by Kanye West featuring Nas and Really Doe.
Credits
- Mixed By: DJ Green Lantern
- Presented By: DJ Green Lantern
- Produced By: Mike Shinoda except for tracks 10 and 12, which were produced by Scoop DeVille. Tracks 13 and 15 were produced by Green Lantern. Track 20 was produced by DJ Cheapshot and Vin Skully from Styles of Beyond.
References
- ^ http://www.lpassociation.com/gallery/v/albums/wemajor
- ^ http://www.datpiff.com/Fort-Minor-We-Major-mid6166.html
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/review/R2QRXMTQMUKEDT
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Fort-Minor-DJ-Green-Lantern-Fort-Minor-We-Major/release/1173804
- ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/fort_minor/dj_green_lantern__we_major_mixtape
- ^ a b c d e Fort Minor - We Major review
Fort Minor Albums Singles Compilations Fort Minor: We MajorRelated articles Categories:- Mike Shinoda albums
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