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I decided to wrote about it here as a potentional wrong information, because it is a wrong information but I can see why someone did it. you can see the album version on both vinyls: https://lpcatalog.com/content/items/fortminor/2005petrified-rtn/0093624281900-us_3.jpg https://lpcatalog.com/content/items/fortminor/2005petrified-rtn/0093624281900-us_4.jpg the problem is that, there was never album version on both of those tracks on any physical release. Both the "radio edit" and what they call it "album version" were single versions, they didn't have transitions to other songs. I think the person who was writing it, when was thinking about not censored version, decided to write is as "album version" instead "explicit". The digital release of the single had the single versions of all tracks too and at some point the explicit versions on it also had 'album version'. But the label was doing a big update in late 2012 and since then the single now contains the album versions of those songs. Like month ago I updated the Petrified / Remember The Name songs pages on Linkinpedia over this information, and I did make a separate version for each track with annotation.

When the band will be on tour with a lot of people from LP Team, is there will be enough people necessary that can do some preparations for potential 20 release of MTM in that time?

Linkin Park's 2025 From Zero World Tour concludes with stops in Curitiba, São Paulo, Brasília, and Mexico City. The band stops by Formula One’s São Paulo Grand Prix before their final show at Corona Capital.

One more thing. https://i.ibb.co/gbHyKn1Q/3455767.jpg The 4K upgrade has more video on the sides; for example, you can see that there is more shadow and the OG version is more cropped on the sides. So, just based on that, can we assume that the video was likely cropped on the top and bottom instead of zooming in? The screen of the frame original was taken from the DVD rip, but I also compared it and it is exactly the same as a frame of the iTunes video (with just worse quality).

Oh... now I understand For some reason I was too much thinking about the original version and that those "additional parts" in it are zoomed in and I was trying to prove they are not (wtf). Sorry my bad.

Both versions have basically full video, but the one that you have seen on iTunes contains additional video, which consist of the main video. Just small part of video from the bottom was added above the main video and, small part of the video from the top was added below the main video. Those are exact same video parts, there is no zoom or anything like that: https://ibb.co/8ns9Zk0C Also, here's a comparison of the exact same frame, you can see that the shadow of Mike's head in the original is full, while in the 4K version is not because it was cropped: https://ibb.co/fzbdhhHF

So that's it? I was hoping for an 20 minute video with interview and that he will play a song he never played. No offense but LP already published the video of him doing drums for TEM and that was long time ago.

I was saying on the chat the other day that the version before the upgrade also was not having those effects because the video was cropped. And I thought that video on youtube was edited by a fan who uploaded it and then the label in order to upgrade it had to edit it the same way (just cropped it), because youtube will not accept it. So maybe that was the reason? You can watch 30 seconds preview of the original version with those effects on iTunes here. and you will see what kind of those effects were.

With today's upgrade "Believe Me" is now 4K, "Petrified" is now full HD. Added both to main post.

https://linkinpedia.com/wiki/Remember_The_Name#Music_Video Well sometimes is good to look on Linkinpedia, everything is described there. You guys spoted everything except Linkin Park poster. Also, there is somewhere in the video (I'm hinting) a huge, huge SOB "Megadef" album cover/poster.

The previous version of RTN, which was shown on TV and released everywhere on iTunes/Apple Music and other digital platforms and included on Fort Minor Militia DVD was alternate version containing the censored version of the song, and contained additional effects that are not present in that new 4K upgraded! Is it mean that they treat this new 4K explicit version of the music video as the final version and the previous was some kind of directors cut version?

Happy to writing it - they are doing it! The label started to upgrade Fort Minor's music videos. Currently "Remember The Name" is 4K and "Where'd You Go" is full HD. EDIT: 12/16 "Believe Me" is now 4K, "Petrified" full HD

It would be even easier if they would export the song from stems and just master it. Stems likely never contains transitions. Transitions usually are made after the song is already mixed/mastered. So you editing the already mastered files to make the transitions from them and at the same time you can keep the already mastered non-transitions version of all songs for later if you want to release the single version of any of them. It's hard to say why they did how they did. Maybe they couldn't find the stems? Or maybe they have the stems but they were not mixed, so like making the same mix will be a bit difficult. Or maybe a decision from the beginning was made that they will edit them, without even searching for the stems?

Ap was mentioning Mike a few times in the interviews, Mike was in one of his videos, he mentioned him on the "Get Busy Commettee - Uzi Does It", and I have thoughts about it, but after seeing this video, I'm not sure anymore if my thoughts are correct. It kind of feels like he changed a bit what he was thinking about Mike. Or maybe I'm wrong about it.

Yeah, too bad that to remove transition they also remove portion of intro/outro of some songs. That sucks. But it is what it is. Shame. Also, not sure about it but if they use the CD source, I mean if they use the 16-bit lossless that they have and then export it to 24-bit/96.0kHz then it is out of sense too in that case.

Added two more videos. There is a couple more also very very interesting where Ryu talks about GBC, SOB, he also talks that they never got paid for their song used on Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2. EDIT: added one more about leaving Machine Shop.

Really dope interview! It is answering on some questions I got since 2005 and since Welcome release. As a thank you I can't help it but to mention that Ryu had released his new solo album on November 14, called "Medium Raw".

Linkin Park's 2025 From Zero World Tour heads to South America with stops in Bogotá, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago. After a quick break for golf and surfing, the tour continues and Emily honors a local legend for Halloween.

No one wrote on Linkinpedia that Mike was under drugs. He was drunk, that's a fact and that was mentioned, so I would be careful with calling someone an idiot just because of that.

Those are still the same ones that were uploaded by a fan before the channel became the official FM channel. So all those quality versions were made by a fan. "Remember The Name" version on FM youtube channel is even more fan-edit version than the official, it was cropped https://i.ibb.co/0RBhMGQ6/657.jpg and it contains the explicit version of the song. The version with such differences was never released by the band/label. It also has wrong info about the director in the video description. Also, not sure if you can make the video with the explicit version of the song, if it's about SOB verses it would be ok but in the video on the last verse Mike clearly raps "And those other fellas he runs with..." and not "And those motherfuckers he runs with..." and you can see that the word "motherfuckers" don't match that much with what Mike's raps in the actual explicit video on FM YouTube channel.

Thanks!

On November 22, 2005, exactly 20 years ago Mike's one of a kind album "The Rising Tied" was released. It is an iconic album that has everything that makes him great, and it is one of Mike's best projects. What are your thoughts about the album, what is your favorite song or memory that you still remember after all those years? Let us know. Tracklisting: 01.Introduction (00:43) 02.Remember The Name (feat. Styles Of Beyond) (03:50) 03.Right Now (feat. Black Thought & Styles Of Beyond) (04:14) 04.Petrified (03:40) 05.Feel Like Home (feat. Styles Of Beyond) (03:53) 06.Where'd You Go (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) (03:51) 07.In Stereo (03:29) 08.Back Home (feat. Common & Styles Of Beyond) (03:44) 09.Cigarettes (03:40) 10.Believe Me (feat. Bobo & Styles Of Beyond) (03:42) 11.Get Me Gone (01:56) 12.High Road (feat. John Legend) (03:16) 13.Kenji (03:51) 14.Red To Black (feat. Kenna, Jonah Matranga & Styles Of Beyond) (03:11) 15.The Battle (feat. Celph Titled) (00:32) 16.Slip Out The Back (feat. Mr. Hahn) (03:56) BONUS TRACKS: 19.Be Somebody (Lupe Fiasco, Holly Brook & Tak) (03:14) 20.There They Go (feat. Sixx John) (03:17) 21.The Hard Way (feat. Kenna) (03:52) 4 singles from the album was released. 11 songs total from the album were played live during the Fort Minor tour and in the later years during Mike's solo shows: Remember The Name (August 18, 2005 debut) There They Go (August 18, 2005 debut) Petrified (August 18, 2005 debut) In Stereo (October 29, 2005 debut) Where'd You Go (October 29, 2005 debut) Believe Me (October 29, 2005 debut) Feel Like Home (October 29, 2005 debut) Red To Black (October 29, 2005 debut) High Road (October 29, 2005 debut) Cigarettes (February 24, 2006 debut) Kenji (May 12, 2018 debut)

Update on this one, the changes of the song wasn't done especially for M20, the exact same differences has the version from the Compilation CD, the same source was used on M20 as the one from the Compilation. There was a small crowd noise at the end. I can later do the same check for HT20.

Did a quick check and comparison of the songs from disc 4 and 5 with their original versions. Because the other day I have noticed that the Easier To Run was a bit different from the version released on the single/digital bonus edition. If like any anniversary celebration is not enough reason to go into the stems and export the song to prevent it from having transitions then what other situation have to happen to convince you do that? I mean they use as a source all songs from LPU4, the same songs that contains transitions and they just edited them for M20 release (maybe minus SMSTYM, the transition from that one was removed in 2008). Maybe they don't have stems for every song like Mike said some time ago? Anyway, here's the info about some of the edits: Sold My Soul To Yo Mama - a version from "Songs From The Underground" was used, it has the exact same cut of the transition at the end as version from M20. Standing In The Middle^, differences comparing the version from LPU4: - portion of the ending with transition to Step Up was cut and small fade out at the end was applied. Of course removing the transition this way cause that they removed a portion of the "Standing In The Middle" ending too, so the ending is incomplete --> https://i.ibb.co/8L7NQJry/sitm.jpg - the song still has transition at the beginning (the crowd noise) from the LPU4 second track "Breaking The Habit (Live)". If you play this M20 version of the song after the BTH live from LPU4, the transition still works beautifully. Breaking The Habit (Original Mike 2002 Demo)^ - some kind of compression was added on the whole track. It sounds more "watery" especially during the verses. Additionally 2 second of silence at the end was cut. While the other LPU tracks on M20 have some nice mastering upgrade, with bass boost etc., this one seems to have downgrade in my opinion, but seriously if you will compare it for yourself, you will probably agree with me Rhinocerous (2002 Demo) Attached (2003 Demo) - the sound volume of both was decreased --> https://i.ibb.co/84D8ktBt/076654.jpg - around 1 second (803 milliseconds) of silence at the end was removed from Rhinocerous - can't be sure for 100% but it is a possible that the Attached contains a tiny bit of compression in relation to the LPU15 version Easier To Run (Live LPU Tour 2003)^ - the silence at the beginning with very small portion of the fade in intro was removed - new fade out near the end was done, making the version on M20 a bit shortened. After the fade out the rest of the song, including the part where Chester says "Thank You" was cut --> https://i.ibb.co/gL16BCDS/etr.jpg So the full track without above changes is exclusive to the CD single and the digital bonus edition of the album. Crawling (Live Reading Festival 2003)^ - around 2,5 seconds of the beginning was cut, new fade in was made and the song now starts almost immediately from Chester's talking. - new fade out near the end, and after it the rest of the track (a little over 3 seconds) was cut --> https://i.ibb.co/G4GswrwY/crawlg-reading.jpg After those changes the song is shortened for little over 5 seconds. Breaking The Habit (Live Rock Am Ring 2004)^ - the transition at the beginning was cut and fade in was applied, small fade out was applied at the end too. Step Up_Nobody's Listening_It's Goin' Down (Live) - fade in was added at the start That's all. Besides that I want to mention that all tracks from the disc 4 and 5 has slightly different mastering and they sound significantly better. Maybe with some exceptions like "Breaking The Habit (Original Mike 2002 Demo)". The information about all with the ^ symbol was added to the song versions on Linkinpedia.

One thing that is not quite correct and that I will have to update is the lossless, Hi-Res Lossless formats for all below releases that are available only on iTunes and Apple Music. I have the lossless format icons for those for a quite a bit, and the reason to remove them is, you know because I thought that when you purchase the song on iTunes and then you download the same song in Hi-Res lossless from Apple Music, the downloaded file belongs to you, but it is not true, the downloaded ALAC file from Apple Music (at this point at m4p container) is still DRM protected and it can only be used on Apple devices, it is the same like with Spotify app, you can download a song there that is protected and can't be used otside Spotify app. So any lossless version that is available only on Apple Music should be treated as available for streaming only. So probably later today the lossless icon formats from all above releases will disappear, the info to notes will be added that the release is available in the lossless for streaming only on Apple Music. Each song in those releases will still have the information about Hi-Res quality/sample rate in the tracklisting.