Love it or loathe it, there is no denying the creative efforts and raw talent that went into making 'Reanimation'. Produced by the bands own Mike Shinoda and mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent, the album boasted a series of big name collaborations, spanning from rap and hip-hop all the way through to rock and metal artists. The likes of which include world renound rapper Motion Man, Hip-Hop legends the X-Ecutioners, and Nu-Metal icon Jonathan Davis.
But what is Reanimation?
Mike Shinoda describes it as: "Not just another remix album. With the help of over 20 friends in rock, electronic, and hip-hop, from well-known to underground, we've reinterpreted all of the songs from Hybrid Theory, plus High Voltage and My December. Reanimation strives not just to be different from the original, but different from everything else as well."
A statement that accompanied the disk also stated: "An experiment in sonic fusion which defies the creative borders imposed by today's commercial culture." Reanimation is an album that borders on the boundaries of creative genius. It's been a long time since an album has produced such a wide array of choices, and variety for the listeners, and opened up a tightly closed genre to the wide array of musical variations around them.
If it's from the hard-hitting, futuristic feel of "PTS.OF.ATHRTY", the raw hip-hop feel of "X-ECUTIONER STYLE" and "ENTH E ND", to the slow, melodic, orchestra influenced "KRWLNG" and jungle themed "1STP KLOSR", you can guarantee that there will be something on the album for you.
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