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It's just around an hour of travelling by train, what gives

"Ruhr Area"

Well, first off, just because we are on a LP message board and fans, doesn't mean we can't be critical of stuff. Secondly, I highly doubt the marketing "strategy" involved trashing other artists. If that was part of the marketing, then what the fuck? That's just poor. Thirdly, I have no reason to "hate Mike", that's just a bullshit take. He is amazing. And last, but not least: Calling out all the pop on the radio only to produce the poppiest pop a few years later was super... let's say weird, for your sake. So, yeah, the point came up and I felt the need to underline this sentiment. On a LP message board nonetheless. Let's not pretend the band is without blunders. Everyone has those. And if the matter of the fact is so tiring for you, you need to find ways to deal with it.

2014 Mike is one of LP's biggest blunders, for sure. That was embarrasing.

But it wasn't like they were sitting around doing nothing in 2016. They started work on OML then. It's unlike the time span between Meteora and MTM, where, with the exception of Mike (Fort Minor), they took a long time off.

Or stop supporting this stupid system and get normal tickets for the pit?

My post wasn't intended to provide a counterpoint to your post. It rather got me thinking on why he gets the respect that he is getting (aside from being a super successful musician/artist), haha.

Mike is recognized because he carried the Hip-Hop aspect with the utmost respect since day 1. I think people with a strong Hip-Hop background can acknowledge him because he always showed that he knows what Hip-Hop is about. Unlike many other "rappers" in rock bands back then, he "lived" and respected the culture (plus, you know, wrote some killer rap parts and produced a LOT of amazing beats). I doubt many people from the genre would call him one of the best to ever do it, but they most certainly respect him for being "real" in a way. At least that's my feeling.

There were some interesting tidbits. Like Jay-Z not wanting to collab with them at the Grammy's or Rakim driving from New York to LA. But man, the host got so hammered, I laughed my ass off. And Mike had a buzz going for sure in the end, you could sense it.

It didn't help that the host got progressively more stoned

Wild interview, haha.

Wow, nice catch.

That is something I would like to listen to

Great stuff, man! Thanks for that. The RAR version sounds so sloppy, holy shit. Never realized that.

Regarding "Papercut": Alex seems to follow the album version which has this kind of stop/go rhythm (might be more bass related, can't say for sure). So if anything, he keeps it close to the source material, I guess?