Linkin Park Joins Busta Rhymes on Video Shoot for First Single From Rhymes'
Forthcoming Album Blessed
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Not only is multi-platinum
two-time Grammy-winning rock band Linkin Park featured on the first single
from acclaimed hip-hop innovator Busta Rhymes' new album, but the band 's
co-lead vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda will also appear in the
song's performance video. "We Made It," directed by Chris Robinson, will be
shot in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 15.
The intriguing culture-mashing collaboration reflects the theme of "We
Made It." Says Rhymes of the song: "It ain't just about the 'hood, it ain't
just about the suburbs, it's about everybody. This is one of those songs that
can't be described better than touching the souls of the common people."
"We Made It," produced by Cool and Dre, with additional production by Mike
Shinoda, and its video will be released in May, prior to the debut of Rhymes'
eighth studio album, Blessed (Flipmode/Aftermath/Interscope), on June 17.
Busta Rhymes' previous album, 2006's The Big Bang, his first for Dr. Dre's
Aftermath Entertainment, became the first #1 Pop album of his career, and
fourth #1 R&B/Hip-hop album. Spinning off the Top 20 Pop hit "Touch It," The
Big Bang claimed the top spot in its first week and went gold. The album
followed his gold It Ain't Safe No More. The Brooklyn-born, Long
Island-raised Busta Rhymes (named by Chuck D of Public Enemy) launched his
solo career in 1996 with the platinum #1 R&B/Hip-hop The Coming and its Top 10
platinum "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check." Called "the most idiosyncratic
personality in rap and possessor of its most recognizable delivery, a halting,
ragga-inspired style with incredible complexity, inventiveness, and humor"
(All Music Guide), Rhymes followed with three more platinum albums: When
Disaster Strikes (#1 R&B/Hip-hop), Extinction Level Event (The Final World
Front) (#2 R&B/Hip-hop), Anarchy (#1 R&B/Hip-hop) and Genesis
(#2 R&B/Hip-hop), and their gold Top 10 Pop hits "Dangerous," "Turn It Up" and
"What's It Gonna Be."
While "We Made It" marks Rhymes' first teaming with a rock band, Linkin
Park previously crossed genres when the group partnered with Jay-Z in 2004 for
the platinum mash-up Collision Course, a #1 Pop album that featured the
digital gold, Grammy winning track "Numb/Encore."
Linkin Park (vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist
Brad Delson, DJ Joe Hahn, bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell and vocalist Mike
Shinoda) has been touring in support of its double platinum album Minutes To
Midnight and new hit single "Given Up." The album, one of the
highest-debuting discs of 2007 and the seventh best-selling album of the year,
has already spawned three Top 10 hits ("Bleed It Out," "What I've Done,"
"Shadow Of The Day"), amplifying an already illustrious career. Since
arriving in 2000, Linkin Park has won two Grammy Awards (Best Hard Rock
Performance with their hit single "Crawling" and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
with Jay-Z for the aforementioned "Numb/Encore"), sold more than 45 million
albums worldwide (its diamond-certified debut Hybrid Theory has sold more than
18 million copies), and garnered an international fanbase. The band recently
announced the highly anticipated lineup for Projekt Revolution 2008.
SOURCE Interscope
Greg Miller of Interscope Geffen A&M, +1-310-865-7632, Greg.Miller@umusic.com,
for Busta Rhymes; or Dvora Englefield, denglefield@bwr-la.com, or Michael
Moses, mmoses@bwr-la.com, both of B|W|R Public Relations, +1-310-550-7776, for
Linkin Park
