Fort Minor In The Press
Linkin Park's
Mike Shinoda
"The only records I've really done have been a cover for a Saukrates
thing and the Styles of Beyond stuff. Other than that, my art gets passed
around and stuff."
Impact 210 -- November 3rd 2005
Other S**t
I'm Into: Mike Shinoda
"I think I’m particularly proud of the production. I wrote
almost every note, and played the instruments by hand—bass, guitar,
keyboard, percussion, whatever."
SOHH.com -- October 26rd 2005
Mike
Shinoda: From Major to Minor
"One great thing about being at this point in my career is that I
can oversee a record on my own and do whatever I want on it. I had an
identity in mind for the album, and built around that. Folks like Styles
of Beyond, Common, and Black Thought fit in to that picture."
HipHopSite -- October 2005
Interview
With Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
"I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took
off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing
doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began."
RapMusic -- October 3rd 2005
Mike
Shinoda Announces the Release of Fort Minor
"Mike Shinoda will release his much-anticipated hip-hop side project
under the name Fort Minor on November 22nd on Linkin Park's label Machine
Shop Recordings / Warner Bros."
Press Release -- September 20th 2005
Linkin
Park MC Builds A Fort With Jay-Z, Common, John Legend
"In between performing for tsunami victims and mashing it up with
Jay-Z, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda has corralled some of hip-hop's finest
for his new solo project, Fort Minor."
MTV -- April 19, 2005
Friday Fire:
'Big Dogs Do Big Things' Special Edition
"Def Jam's presiding prez Jay-Z also made news this week, in a way
not a lot would expect."
BallerStatus -- April 15, 2005
Linkin
Park's Mike Shinoda Calls Jay-Z To Exective Produce Solo Hip-Hop Album
"As much as the Jay-Z and Linkin Park's mash-up project, Collision
Course, added to the accolades of each genre's heavyweight, rhyming alongside
Jigga made the group's frontman, Mike Shinoda do some serious thinking
on a possible solo hip-hop album."
BallerStatus -- April 14, 2005
Mike
Shinoda's Solo Album May Divide Linkin Park Fans
"It's not straight hip-hop, but it's not rock at all. For our fans
who only like the rock side of Linkin Park, I hope you enjoy it, but you
never know,"
VH1/MTV -- March 4, 2005
SoundSlam
Interview
"I’m working on some things in the studio right now, in fact.
But I won’t talk about that yet!"
SoundSlam -- January 2005
Mike Shinoda:
The Mash-Up
"Right now, I want to switch things up and do something different.
I'm in the studio right now working on a hip-hop project."
BallerStatus -- December 6, 2004