Fort Minor - Remember the Name (and the Curious Case of Nu Metal) - RC Reviews

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[@Sean-sm7pm]

You should review some classic Eminem

[@jmbdamvp4330]

Styles of Beyond is another good review

[@crazyluigi6664]

So I noticed with the KZbin captions on this video, it typed out patreon.com/scishow for your Patreon link for some odd reason.

[@mariokarter13]

7:34 Ah yes, I too remember the Japanese sneaking into the country by the thousands during WWII.

[@guslukas4961]

You should review Lil flip Sunshine

[@KamiKazuo]

OJ like "I'm not black, I'm OJ" Jay Z: 2:55

[@andrewallstar2719]

OJ be like I’m not black I’m OJ . . . . . . . . ok?

[@TsudaraTogami]

I was just watching RC's review on that too

[@tythedevine6797]

KAZUO!

[@paxtongerhart6863]

😂

[@LLAP2266]

This seems like a song Todd in the Shadows would do an episode on

[@dublinjake]

It would certainly make for an interesting One Hit Wonderland - a band who have one hit that nobody remembers, and this one modest almost-hit that no one can forget.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Or a Trainwreckards... That would be awesome.

[@kingtiger3390]

Pretty sure he did.

[@Flowtail]

Ah, that must be why the bots decided to recommend this to me Probably also because i’ve logged a lot of time watching an amv with this song in it a couple years back Not sure if youtube remembers that, though...

[@DJsocial7102]

@@kingtiger3390 no he didnt.

[@sirvalot8360]

This is 10% pain 20% pain 15% concentrated power of pain...

[@FirstnameLastname-nu6mm]

I saw this edit in some Dark Souls video and I can't remember which

[@sirvalot8360]

hippoking ymfah

[@FirstnameLastname-nu6mm]

@@sirvalot8360 Thnx

[@Abel-Alvarez]

I was thinking of the youtuber nakeyjakey when he did a video on it saying "5% please, 50% pain and 100& reason to remember the pain" XD

[@honeyham6788]

This song was also all over the AMV scene when it peaked.

[@Flowtail]

It still is-i was introduced to it from a My Hero Academia amv, and that show is less than 5 years old, i think

[@dionwalton6963]

That DBZ one... so badass

[@archer1949]

The Batman family AMV is a classic.

[@sirfappington4550]

And it has probably been on every sports video game ever made lol

[@davidlaush180]

Is it bad I miss the AMV scene

[@Bloodinhoo]

Kenji is a masterpiece. Should be the song reviewed.

[@wjd23104]

I second that.

[@sirduchessofpuns8846]

Awesome review, but one small correction: It's Chester BenningTON, not BenningFIELD.

[@mariokarter13]

Natasha Benningfield - Crawling in my Pocketful of Sunshine

[@glassraven91]

I'm so glad someone else caught this.

[@RapCritic]

Ya ever have those word mix-ups that you never think about until someone brings it up? I just realized, I've been messing up his name with *Natasha* Bedingfield...

[@akillen77]

@@RapCritic lmao good shit

[@sirduchessofpuns8846]

@@RapCritic That's honestly what I figured happened, hahaha

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

"This is 10% luck, 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure, fifty percent pain And a 100% reason to remember the name!"

[@nottheguyyouwanttoknow3622]

This is 20 percent skill, eighty percent beer

[@NeoGraena]

Now if you want to understand why this guy is in the comment section. Ill explain. This guy mostly comments on videos related to Racing games. Most notably Need for Speed. This song features Styles of Beyond. Who also had a song featured in Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005 Version) which was Nine Thou. They also appeared as a feature on Shapeshifter by Celldweller which was also featured in the game. Shapeshifter was also the theme for Razor, the main antagonist for the game's career mode.

[@tirone231]

It may be just that I've loved the "Numb/Encore" song since high school so I have rose-colored glasses, but I always justified the discrepancy between Jay and Chester's verses as a story being told about the passing of a torch. It goes from a legend reminding people of their accomplishments to a new artist who wants to break out of their predecessor's shadow and do their own thing. Again, that was how my teenage brain justified the different topics, but I love the song due to that personal meaning-making.

[@DaComebakKid]

"Kenji" really is a gem on that album

[@loganknowsnoneofyourbusine263]

“High Road” and “Red to Black” are super underrated in my opinion

[@thedarknesst5995]

@@loganknowsnoneofyourbusine263 I love High Road, although RC probably didn't mention it because it starts with Shinoda calling out those who didn't like the Jay-Z collab

[@bes03c]

Kenji was by far the most memorable to me.

[@nickm2046]

My favorite is "Feel Like Home" from the album, it has such a good beat and lyrics

[@treywixson2441]

I always liked ciggarettes

[@kimifw58]

Hey, Rap Critic. Can you teach Todd the difference between nu metal and post-grunge?

[@Skamdalous]

You're not allowed to say anything bad about Ryu or Tak. The fact they're part of the Demigodz should grant them an automatic pass regardless of whether any criticism is justified.

[@Flowtail]

What’s the difference? Todd is where i get 75% of my musical education

[@kimifw58]

@@Skamdalous ???

[@thatonebritishidiot3037]

@@Flowtail nickelback is post-grunge, limp bizkit are nu metal. that clear it up?

[@thatonebritishidiot3037]

@@V4Now it is but it's the easiest way to explain it

[@ussamam1]

Kenji is unbelievably heartbreaking, relevant, and extremely well written

[@OwolabbyAzeez]

This song was such a classic. I’d like to personally thank Rap Critic’s father for not using a condom. Would’ve missed out on all this great musical commentary 😅🔥

[@sureyoucan4789]

👁👁.... aiit I'm done with KZbin for today 😂

[@mariokarter13]

Some songs you can just tell the reason it was made. The one most people recognize is the car commercial. Remember the Name: Coming soon to an ESPN highlight reel.

[@cjgray8825]

@@sureyoucan4789 You know the fact I'm going to keep going after reading that makes wonder if I'm just desensitized or some level of fucked.

[@sureyoucan4789]

@@cjgray8825 Lol I asked myself that question not so long ago

[@KhayJayArt]

BRUH REALLY BRUH

[@melkhior9897]

It's cool to see you covering this one, love the rising tied album, really like Shinoda's post-traumatic album that he made after chester passed, recommend checking it out, has some real emotion to it and there's a good few songs that stick in your brain.

[@QuickQuips]

@@absurdturk yeah. I remember how outclassed he became with the Hy/rd theory remixes when against heavyweights like Pharaohe Monch and Chali 2na. Saw Shinoda live recently, I need to listen to the album too.

[@thejjfrantsexperience5572]

Rising Tied is a great album, but personally my favourite is still Get Me Gone, about how record executives wanted the rap out of Linkin Park and for Shinoda to either leave or just play keyboard

[@DoctorWhoKage]

Ehh, *eventually* they got their wish...at least, until their last album... 😢 #ripchesterbennington

[@REMINISC3NT116]

Feel like home

[@TruePerception]

5:00 You totally misunderstood that line. He's not saying "I _finally_ get to be heard", he's saying that being heard working is craft is what he does music for, not fame or money.

[@cadencenavigator958]

Honestly, one of my favorite memes is when they take the percents from that song and then just dub in "pain" over everything. It's 10% pain, 20% pain, 80% pain, 100% concentrated power of pain

[@kenmatthews9928]

KoRn Follow the leader was a classic

[@Everythingwithonehand]

I’d love to see you review RATM’s “Killing in the Name”. The only reason I haven’t made a Patreon request is that it wasn’t on the rap chart as far as I know.

[@V4Now]

Sleep now in the fire and Know your enemy would be better to review, there's more lyrical content, more his style.

[@MyssBlewm]

Hey Rap Critic, I just wanted to leave this comment somewhere because I've been a longtime fan of yours. My niece recently had a project where she had to write an essay on a song and she picked Gangsta's Paradise. I told her to check out your video on it and she told me your video helped her out a lot and so I just wanted to let you know that you're doing a lot of great work and keep doing what you do. PS. Glad that Remember the Name is the Fort Minor song with the lasting impact.

[@Mr96POP]

Any video on Linkin Park or Mike Shinoda will immediately catch my interest. One song I remember from 2008 was “We Made It” by Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park. I’d love to see a review of it since I don’t think anyone remembers it.

[@aaronhooper3328]

What made this album solid for me was that they had actual talented and top tier lyricists featured throughout the album. Not obvious cash grab features put on to basically say, "Hey, we got this one hit wonder radio rapper featured on this." They got Black Thought, Common and Lupe all featured. Oh and this is the first time I think Skylar Grey got any mainstream attention as well.

[@witchfynder_finder]

But Korn was, and still is, really good I mean, fuck, they had Ice Cube on an album (Just ignore they featured Fred Durst on the same album...)

[@JoeSixThreeOh]

Yeah, KoRn gets a lot of undue guff; while I can’t speak for their work post-Untouchables (except See You On the Other Side, which had a fucking Dem Franchise Boys mashup that was better than it had any right to be) there was a lot of raw emotion and genuine musicality in their first albums that their imitators sorely lacked. Plus, like a lot of kids in the early 2000s, I was introduced to the genre of heavy metal thanks to them, and for that I’ll be eternally grateful.

[@benjaminpeters6729]

They also collaborated with dem franchise boys

[@Raktasdelespacio]

The thing is that they weren't, and possibly still aren't "really" good... They were *fine* at best. They often get thrown in with Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach which are way worse, and in this very video with System of a Down, which was frankly better.

[@Imetral0]

early Deftones is the best nu metal stuff ever recorded.

[@Imetral0]

@@trevorcorcoran2000 honestly i don't get why SOAD is considered nu metal, they're more alt metal then anything else.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

Wrestling fans knows this song as also once being the intro song to Monday night raw

[@ChapoGoldstein]

The Black Nostalgia Nerd yep

[@carybeweary7209]

That's why I like that tonight is the night song! Its basically a copy of Remember the name!

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Every single high school athlete has used this song in their pregame playlist and their highlight tape

[@eddieglock9095]

The rappers Ryu and Tak are from the rapgroup Styles of Beyond. Ryu is also a member of underground supergroup Demigodz, and has an awesome solo album called Tanks for the Memories. All well worth checking out. Mike Shinoda's first credit ever was for producing SoB song Marco Polo.

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

Ryu and Tak are so damn underrated...

[@markomladenovic9286]

1:47 Did i just hear him say “Chester Beningfield”?

[@drksideofthewal]

Yep.

[@shaynetamkin63]

Sadly yes, yes he did

[@x_VineM_x]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ztrb0820]

He said he got him confused with Natasha Bedingfield 🤣

[@chrizz8164]

No.....you heard Chester Bedingfield😂

[@hashtagunknown]

The irony in this review is I, personally, didn't really like The Rising Tied but the LP-Jay-Z mash-up was my bridge to hip-hop from my primarily metal and alt bubble.

[@hashtagunknown]

@@absurdturk Fort Minor just wasn't to my taste at the time. I was still in a deeply metal-punk-EDM centric bubble at the time and only just starting to dig other genres. That said it might be time to circle back and try again.

[@hashtagunknown]

@@absurdturk Years ago. I haven't listened to it since it came out. I remember checking it out because LP was on a break and Chester's new group hadn't started yet. It's probably worth a revisit with fresh ears.

[@Jskid666]

Hey, RC. I totally get it, since I used to mishear the lyrics too, but at 6:32 the actual lyrics are "80% fear"

[@jd5726]

Remember The Name was great every kid at my school loved that song

[@caesarspeaks]

Numb/Encore is a dichotomy between someone being extremely confident on the outside but who loses confidence in a controlling relationships

[@jellyfishrock-hers7888]

Anyone else remembers Roy Jones jr's. Cant be touched? Such a classic.

[@chrisrogersismusic8355]

I know my man didn't just call him Chester BenningFIELD...

[@MFD00MTR33]

Fort minors "We Major" mixtape is amazing. Great fusion of hip hop and rock samples with features from Ghostface, Styles of Beyond, Apathy, Celph Titled and even Juelz Santana(dope song). If you can find it, check it out.

[@emcmend9960]

a few things 1: holy sweet meats how come I've never really paid attention to Mike Shinoda's other musical endeavors? 2: in your own time I recommend checking out the soundtrack to Raid: the Redemption Mike co-made it, it's amazing 3: while I know it didn't really pertain to the main subject matter of the video but...well you kind of avoided a big elephant in the room when mentioning Linkin Park (heads up it's really sad)... unfortunately on June 20th 2017 Chester Bennington passed away due to taking his own life, I bring this up as a reminder to always cherish every moment you have with people and to try your best to reach out and help others out of dark places mentally (sorry for the mood wiplash)

[@Excelsior_15]

Come back wearing the 45? He's talking about a different type on encore. Remember when he supposedly retired ? Come back? Encore? Linkin Park is singing about being numb to the pressure of conforming. Numb/encore. Perfect song.

[@arklestudios]

I like this song. Sometimes I'll start singing the chorus quietly to myself when I need a pump-up. I also remember someone made a Doctor Who fan video to this song, but I can't seem to find it anywhere anymore.

[@abishek98xxx]

1:46 did he just say Chester Benningfield?

[@eliasramirezcroman]

Lmao, yeah, what the heck

[@the-aspiring-creator4249]

To be fair? Bennington's not one of those common last names so I can forgive the slip up.

[@JM-dc8nh]

"Crawling my way downtown..." 🎶

[@Themetalwookie666]

Honestly, you wanna see Linkin Park do really well melding hip hop and metal, check out the album Reanimation. It literally is a destruction and reconstruction of Hybrid Theory using Techno artists, MCs, other nu metal vocalists and the band themselves doing some production work.

[@AllWIllFall2Me]

With Numb/Encore, I always felt that there was ALMOST a cogent song from the two halves, but that they needed something to connect it. Because, yes, Jay-Z's rapping about how amazing he is and how he'll blow you away...but he's also explicitly ending his career, saying goodbye, and asking for the crowd's approval, ("Do you want an encore, do you want more...For one last time, I need y'all to roar.") and those verses END, before Linkin Park's kick in...expressing a constant self-doubt and feeling of being trapped, and a desire to stop being what YOU want them to be, and instead be what THEY want to be. Like, if this were a purely Lupe or Kendrick joint, you could see it: the video would be them on stage, performing, and then walking into a dark backstage, and sitting as crew bustled around them, visually showing that they're nothing when they not performing, Like a more schizophrenic version Lupe's Bitch Bad video, where we saw the pain and cost of black performers having to portray black stereotypes to support themselves, but here we're meant to exult with the performer in the moment...so that the resulting recitation of how this performance is killing them is more impactful. Which works TEXTUALLY from the Numb/Encore mash-up, but does not read in performance. Because it's not one voice, we feel like the singer in Numb is purely a different person than the one in Encore, the music doesn't switch enough to reflect the more somber tone, etc.

[@VanVeniVidiVici]

That critique of Collision Course was completely necessary. Thank you.

[@AlejandroRamirez-rx1py]

Loved that you gave Mike some props for Rising Tied. If you do wanna hear some more you should look up Post traumatic album as well by him. You may appreciate it.

[@nicholasbeliveau7442]

This is a comment to help support. I dont have anything to say but I want to support Rap Critic

[@thema1998]

I had heard of Fort Minor but never knew anything about them. Hopefully, I can remember to listen to "Remember the Name". 😅

[@sonikku956]

"As a hybrid of heavy metal and rap" No, that's rap metal. Nu metal is what happens when alternative metal begins to absorb all of the heavy influences of its era, including industrial metal, rap metal, groove metal, funk metal, and grunge. Not all nu metal bands have rappers, or even hip hop influences.

[@rapaladude]

I agree. Bands like System of a Down or Disturbed seem to fall into this category.

[@sonikku956]

@@rapaladude Yep, especially early SOAD.

[@mightygregdoge]

I can't explain why I love this song the way I do, since it feels like a pretty traditional rap song, as opposed to one with a message. But I love as always that Rap Critic helps put things into context.

[@TheMansionWorld]

On the topic of Crystal Method, their remix of Points Of Authority (cut from Reanimation in favor of Jay Gordon's remix) was supposed to feature Ryu. Wish we could hear that.

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

I worked in the athletic department in college (a decade or so back now) and I swear I must have heard this song literally every day.

[@bttrl8thnspncr]

When I first heard this song as a kid I was also super into Left 4 Dead at the time so I'd always sing along but I wouldn't say "will" oh no, I'd always say "fifteen percent concentrated power of PILLS HERE"

[@GHow1998]

Fort Minor is the only reason I know Styles Of Beyond which in turn is the only reason I know Apathy, which in turn is the only reason I know Celph Titled

[@wyattcorbin1629]

A review of SOAD’s cover of “Shame On a N’” would be much appreciated. I find that it’s a really fascinating mix between rap and metal that actually works.

[@amandaamarawansha]

I really think it might be good for you to revert to a more traditional style of breaking down more lines/bars because I subscribed initially, a while ago because I thought you were mighty good at it.

[@alwaysxnever]

I am so damn happy you are finally touching on this album.

[@deecee1853]

I'm not the biggest fan of the Rising Tied (and Remember the Name isn't a song I've gone back to) but damn, Kenji is an awesome track. Great shoutout there towards the end.

[@mramazen]

Man I'm glad you did this song cuz I didn't know much about the group but I'd like a few of their songs........ You definitely gave me the rundown on who they are

[@strystyl]

Rising Tide was one of my fave albums...around freshman year of high school. Thanks for reminding me of this great thing again man.

[@mattyp8913]

Collision course still slaps to this day don't @ me😂

[@ofanichan]

The jay z no linkin park Collab is what got me into music. My mum bought it for me one Christmas and I listened to it every single day. I was obsessed.

[@romeda5156]

I was today years old when I learned that Mike Shinoda was in fort minor

[@Jskid666]

Mike Shinoda IS Fort Minor. There're frequent collaborators, but the project is a solo Shinoda joint, overall

[@thegreyhues]

🤦🏿‍♂️

[@robbiesilverwolf]

But they shout his name in the song....... what did you think they said at that part?

[@campbellhook4879]

I used to hear this song all the time when i was younger but i never knew what it was called. Thank you Rap Critic

[@TheBeelzboss]

Thank you Anthony! Fort Minor (Mike Shinoda) is awesome, great collaboration album with Styles of Beyond.

[@arno3779]

Awesome video! Keep up the good work!

[@nawaifu]

That was fun,subscribed

[@theloseph]

Rising tied is the album that got me to listen to hip hop.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Matt McMuscles wouldn't let me forget that "Where'd You Go" song. Also, the first time I heard it was on like, an AMV for a Fullmetal Alchemist fan-made visual novel back in 2006.

[@goodial]

I actually really liked Nu Metal! And still do :) one of my favorite bands in that genre is P.O.D. Southtown still goes hard!

[@josheloi9623]

Bro these videos are everything 😂😂

[@zacwulf6987]

Subscribed! You are a true gent sir

[@tyler4629]

Didn't see anyone mentioning it in the comments, so thought I'd take a second to plug Shinoda's most recent solo project, Post Traumatic. He wrote it in the wake of Bennington's suicide, and it's incredibly powerful.

[@cyancyborg1477]

This is ten percent pain, Twenty percent pain, Fifteen percent concentrated power of pain, Five percent pain, Fifty percent pain, And a hundred percent reason to remember the pain.

[@jwick2520]

You are the best, bro!

[@ryancalcaterra4946]

Remember the Name will live on... on the back of high school athletic team t-shirts.

[@jeffreyrezendes7656]

Commenting because it helps even more.

[@jun-hs4eo]

Seeing Serj Tankian on here scared me

[@masonscott3518]

I’d like to point out he says “20 percent skill, 80 percent FEAR”. Not beer lol.

[@blumax961]

"The Hard Way" is my favorite Fort Minor track. It's on the Deluxe version of Rising Tied.

[@Deadmensriches]

Amazing vid. Rap Critic

[@Just_Dan_Ok]

dude rising tide is dope. it always has and always will be.

[@docproof26]

Styles of Beyond's Ryu solo album Tanks For The Memories is one you really gotta check.

[@nerdpharo3299]

not gonna lie the the jayz collab is what got me into rap .

[@charlestoefield2659]

Someone turned me on to Linkedin Park back then and I basically thought these guys were spitting philosophy. I think I was in a very dark place at the time and a lot of what was being made felt like it was speaking directly to me.

[@GranTruismo4head]

Great review rap critic

[@Deathworks1]

YESSSSSSSSS I LOVE THIS SONG

[@sloancore]

I was today years old when I found out there is 3 rappers on Remember the Name.

[@blueruby008]

Listen...we gone put some respect on the LP/Jay Z collab ova here!

[@Euthanize4Life]

You love two of my 3 favorites from the album (kenji and cigarettes.) how do you feel about Red to Black?

[@Ashtarte3D]

Good mention on Kenji. That song is so goddam good and heartbreaking. Also if you hadn't known Linkin Park's first album is named after their original band before Chester Bennington joined the group and Fort Minor is pretty similar to their days as Hybrid Theory. It's worth trying to look up their older songs if you can still find them.

[@sadiekincaid5310]

Ashtarte Linkin Park was first Xero then Hybrid Theory (after Chester joined) and finally Linkin Park. When Chester joined it was still called Xero. He joined in the end of 1998/ beginning of 1999.

[@ShakeRogue]

I’ve always enjoyed this song, because it was an introduction song to new listeners without being a traditional brag rap. Instead it was the crew hyping themselves and each other. Plus this has one of the most universally applicable hooks that catches you ad wont let go.

[@YGboogie]

Sitting in my business lecture waiting lmao

[@TruePerception]

I love Kenji! And Remember the Name, but Kenji is on another, more emotional level.

[@TruePerception]

You know, I've never listened to the whole album. Just four or five track that I really love. I'll have to rectify that.

[@OriginalityPeople]

Love this song!

[@scrublordfinesse4359]

I would love to hear your opinion on a rage song or two

[@mattparsons6813]

Also I recommend checking Mike Shinoda's solo project Post Traumatic. It runs a bit long but its really good.

[@rammsteinrulz16]

I'm commenting on break, so before the end of the video, can you do the "new" wave of rap/metal from bands like Hacktivist and DVSR?

[@rochendlywouters9113]

Mike is one of the best producer around period!

[@g.u.959]

Anybody else remember seeing Flipnotes with this song as a background track?

[@TitaniaBird]

Mike Shinoda has kept up the good work even to this day. If y’all haven’t, check out Post Traumatic, the album he put out last year that’s an exploration of the emotional roller coaster he went through after Chester Bennington’s suicide. Very powerful, relatable stuff, I think. Also, the video for “Ghosts” is hilarious. Deliberately low-budget in all the best ways.

[@envyLP333]

YESSSS FINALLY A MIKE SHINODA VIDEO

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Great review, great song. Honestly didn't know it was Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park who sang for Fort Minor. No wonder I liked FM so much, haha!😅