| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
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First of all, congratulations to Jay-Z and Linkin Park for winning Grammy's the Rap/Sung Collaboration award tonight. Collision Course is surely one interesting album, the best mashups I've ever listened to in the recent years. Oh sangat happy dapat tengok Chester and Shinoda again. As usual, Mariah's voice did not dissapoint. Fabulous high-pitched voice. I just love her singing. Alicia Keys looked damn pretty and hot in that black dress. Grammy's Rock Album nominations prove that when it comes to rock, foreigners still rule. Only one nominations from an American band whilst the rest are Brit bands and a Canadian rock band, U2(who won the award).
So, talking about Linkin Park... I was wondering what is going on with them since I haven't heard of a new album from them for a long time. A simple search on their official website and I discovered Fort Minor. And Fort Minor is even touring local and international at the moment which includes Kuala Lumpur as a destination end of this month!
 Fort Minor is a "solo" project by Linkin Park's talented and only emcee, Mike Shinoda. The album is very Mike Shinoda, I might say. It is only a bit more hip-hoppish as this album is made due to his interest in the hiphop music, but there is still flavor of pop rock in it, though not as heavy as Linkin Park's(maybe coz Chester wasn't in it). Being an emcee himself, I like it that he throws his turntables talent into the album. Similar to Collision Course, most of the songs are collaboration with another groups and singers such John Legend and Style of Beyond. This album is a worth try if you're a fan of Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda. I like it, so maybe you'll like it too.
Also, try listening to Berharap Kau Kembali by JRock, an Indonesian band whose music, according to them, is influenced by japanese rock. I don't know about that because it is hard to think jrock when you're singing in a different language, but Berharap Kau Kembali is one nice song. |
| posted by efarina @ 9:01 PM |
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