Step Up - Linkin Park

[@abidanjam1234]

Whenever Mike sings " Who can rock a rhyme like this?" , I hear crowds singing "LIKE THIS"

[@tobiasschramm4876]

Rock am Ring 2004👍

[@abidanjam1234]

@@tobiasschramm4876 Exactly🤟🔥

[@lost_noda]

Saw your comment and i can only Relate... I unfortunaltely havent Seen them live but Seen the Videos.. I get goosebumps every time

[@abidanjam1234]

@@lost_noda Neither have I , unfortunately. only KZbin channels to get me through

[@lost_noda]

@@abidanjam1234 yeah me too but it still Hits different

[@1waytickettopluto]

Haven't listened to this gem in like 15 years.

[@josephuvasavage2470]

same!

[@ricardo_zoeiro]

Old "very good" School Linkin Park

[@flakes57]

Same! I was just going to check out 1 song, now I am listening to them all, cant wait for my december to follow...

[@ZeFroz3n0ne907]

Same here, so bad ass tho

[@JamesGreen321]

same here, and it's still epic.

[@yuriabigaelabad1751]

“Who can rock a rhyme like this?” Only Shinoda and LP can.

[@ZeFroz3n0ne907]

f**k yea! Yit yit, Get lit!

[@thehot2799]

Step Step up up step up 💪

[@RobinFlysHigh]

And the short lived Fort Minor

[@denbang3626]

Sammy Slamdance xD

[@knotahuman]

god bless ur heart 🙏🏼

[@funneneym9965]

2:12 gives me chills every time, love Chester's vocals in this

[@bertafjertafisalukta2302]

I love Chester's voice in this song too, it's so magical and comforting, in a way

[@marc2377]

It's haunting

[@ryderfromgta]

The voice feels like it has melted in the instrumental, like how can a vocal match so perfectly? 🤩

[@tiojoao5415]

Chester is overrated.

[@ryderfromgta]

@@tiojoao5415 you're legit the first person I heard say that and I happily disagree

[@darthjones6911]

Underrated song that lots of fans don't know about

[@LENNGAMER]

you mean fans like me whoi find this track in 2022?

[@NickTasy]

Before the official release for the 20th anniversary, only real OGs knew about this song and other hidden gems from the band’s earliest incarnations

[@michaelplurad8670]

Ikr? Remember lookin this up on Napster and Windows Media Player!

[@Karim_Shaiakhmetov]

@@NickTasy they released this song under the band name Hybrid Theory EP

[@marsha4253]

Linkin park demo's are gems, they're missing out fr

[@beriorroch2617]

After all these years I still haven't found someone who can rock a rhyme like this

[@Rawkfistlol]

NF is pretty good

[@TDM14TWD]

@@Rawkfistlol bruh

[@hyakugame]

listen to something other than LP then.

[@9wordsidk703]

@@Rawkfistlol bruh.

[@_Artoria_]

@@hyakugame there is still none who can

[@abhikdoesthings]

It's intriguing how many good songs Linkin Park scrapped to make the masterpiece that is *HYBRID THEORY*

[@Merdicano]

I would say it more of a case of doing a trial-and-error approach at the making of their music, in which their guiding themselves throughout the same genre and tone, but attempting different types of lyrics and songs, and chose the ones that are more fitting into the final product and giving them cohesion. It's all about cohesion

[@ZillaGame77]

Only shows how much work they put into it. They tried out so much and probably tried to better the tracks every time until they were satisfied with the result.

[@JoshSullivan1986]

This wasn't scrapped though. It was on the hybrid theory ep

[@Sporacle]

One word: profitability

[@davidnissim589]

The original rap to In The End was a lot better than the current one

[@dragonstar213]

Linkin Park is more than a band, it's the pinnacle of music and art. I can not imagine a world without their talent. Love you Chester

[@AlfonsoDGOfficial]

'Step Up' sounds amazing!! I love the min 2:11 when Chester comes with a clean vocals and do it like ambiental. Mike's vocals rapping style sounds soooo dope!!!! All the instrumental and beats are sick too!!! Love it!

[@tiojoao5415]

@@AlfonsoDGOfficial no, Mike is better.

[@cringebutbetter2000]

i noticed that too, its kinda creepy cause hes gone, and it just kinda idk, ik he was alive when this was madebut its just spooky

[@cringebutbetter2000]

@@tiojoao5415 it wouldve been cool if he like screamed like a couple lyrics for mike like in concert papercut

[@ThaBossDjFes]

Now THIS is REAL HIP-HOP!!

[@blackunicorn-9669]

Yes

[@constantineq643]

It's arguable that this song is Hip Hop but the group is most definitely rock. Shinoda is a talented rapper/hip-hopper though.

[@ThaBossDjFes]

@Constantine Q yea I know what they are lol. And yup he is, his 2nd verse on when they come for me showcases that.

[@PenneySounds]

@@constantineq643 No, their sound was primarily hip hop, until the recording hiatus they went on after Meteora. In the same way that rapping over rock doesn't make something hip hop, playing guitar over hip hop doesn't make it rock.

[@larrythebatmanfan]

Technically they are both rock and hip-hop . There's a song on meteora that was rap. Nobody's listening . Id say that song along with this was hip-hop and rap. Not really rock . But 90 percent of Linkin parks music is rap.

[@Magnetorheological]

Can't believe I still remember the lyrics to this word for word....it all just came rushing back!

[@phoenixgaming211]

Bro same here!

[@ShayerSUtsho]

Same (p.s. 69th like)

[@TorqueSix]

Yeah me too

[@xboxplayz2189]

Anytime I hear “it all came rushing back” it was usually not good so thanks for making this comment happy

[@youregoodtogoeurope1664]

same!!!!!

[@龘纛爨灪麤彠]

Even the songs that didnt made it into the "official" Hybrid Theory album are 10000+ times better than todays music.

[@TarhunJuice]

It's true

[@rominamora5542]

Totally

[@rominamora5542]

No band like Linkin Park never again

[@PankajDas-op4ki]

Can you imagine the level of music they were composing at that time. They didn’t have anything or anyone to copy or so called Inspire. They are just real gems 💎

[@merghost6047]

SERIOUSLY?!?? WE GET CAROUSEL, AND ONE, DEDICATED, SLIP, BLUE, PART OF ME, AAAANNNDD STEP UP?!?!!

[@omegaman6494]

Don't forget Pictureboard!!

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Keep in mind these were around like 20yrs ago on Hybrid Theory EP; not in this high a quality mind you, but they were around. I remember burning all these to a CD in junior high and playing it in my discman everyday

[@lallana4640]

Yes we got it, and most important is. Theres no one that dissapointing

[@danielrodrigoalegriasallo6479]

Never heard those before, I have a Hybrid theory album that a friend shared with me, but there isn't any of the songs you've mentioned. Can someone explain that to me?

[@merghost6047]

@@danielrodrigoalegriasallo6479 they were previously unreleased Linkin Park underground songs! They're all out now

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

Anyone else wondering how Joe reacted when he first heard the lyric "and a DJ in the group just for credibility"?

[@kevnwarriner8819]

This was written when Linkin Park first started out and it was a dig at similar bands that tried to cash in on their success, because some of the other Labels were searching for the next 'Linkin Park'

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

@@kevnwarriner8819 this song was made before Hybrid Theory was released, so no one knew who they were and no one was trying to mimicking them yet.

[@obean-wankenobi7248]

@@tobywasylyk6160 please stop with those horrible cringe words

[@maatpixels]

@@kevnwarriner8819 this song is before they signed out, man. probably about the start of nu metal movement.

[@hyde7100]

In my 17 years of being alive, and 15 of listening to Linkin Park, I’ve never heard of this song but I’m glad I have now cause this is awesome

[@jimhalpert9803]

Dude I'm 17 as well and have been listening to Linkin Park for 15 years (my cousins used to play Linkin park when I was small lol)

[@SteveFisher0571]

49 here mate, just listen and let it all sink in, Mike is fucking boss

[@immortalxd6190]

@@SteveFisher0571 wow u must hv heard all this when this came out

[@hyde7100]

@@jimhalpert9803 i was molded by the hybrid theory album lol

[@xlide31]

Because you never look further. I know this song for 20 years...

[@adithyachettiyar2824]

This song is kind of definition of hybrid theory and LP itself

[@urxntia]

Happy 45th Birthday Chester ❤️🥺

[@CesareCoppolino2894]

JOEYYYYYYYYYY

[@arjayromero]

mike is on fireeee... havent heard of this for years man. nostalgia..

[@MrColedasice]

MIKE SHINODA IS THE BEST IN THE GAME! his raps to me is what rap is supposed to be not about bitches and drugs but lyrical mayhem and flow

[@pacificanorthwest1377]

Timmy shinoda

[@luizlopez2022]

Instrumental is gold. Many artist, producer nowaday, why they cant create things like this?

[@arshgod5713]

most of them are either sellouts or untalented ( mainstream ones )

[@Unit346]

Because it’s easier to just do what everyone else does which is make the simplest and easiest backing track possible. No thought or creativity put into it, and it works because people will still listen to it!

[@nintendopro0391]

A.I. is a part of it. Another part is that it’s always Pop, today.

[@snark567]

I suppose having a generic beat makes it easier for people to accept the song as it would sound like everything else they've already heard. If it's something extremely unique and unfamiliar, a lot of people might not even give it a try. Another thing about bland sounding music is that you can play it anywhere, because it really doesn't stand out in a negative way, it's just noise.

[@vigneshwaranv5053]

This is pure Shinoda magic !

[@chazy123]

"Using the waves of sound the true master paralyzes his opponents, leaving him vulnerable to attack" Hahaha what a badass, love it :D

[@kevnwarriner8819]

2.30 After years of painstaking research by the Worlds leading sound scientists we here at the Sound Institute have invented a reliable audio weapons system, actual movement of musical sound in space can be used to carefully attack and neutralise the cellular structure of the human body, the question must be asked Who can rock a rime like this?

[@heoughten]

" I heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes You're not an MC if someone else writes your lines Rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer Cause rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years "

[@piscos23]

Dedicated to crappy lil crap rappers of this gen

[@CrazeeAdam]

This almost has to be about Limp Bizkit IMHO. with the line about having a DJ for crediblity.

[@optimusprowse6448]

@@CrazeeAdam Or Crazytown... Or any band back then who did Nu Metal with a DJ...

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@optimusprowse6448 Lol so true. All the bands trying to rap to rock, but LP knew how to make it their own.

[@yeetteet3739]

They’re one of the few bands who can actually rap with rock/metal besides Slipknot and Falling In Reverse. They all somehow know how to make it good.

[@LambdaField.11]

I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE!!!

[@lilycheese4]

I cannot comprehend that this song is nearly 25 years old. Linkin Park was so ahead of their time.

[@MKEntertain]

I remember chanting the chorus of the song for my high school football game. However, I replaced the word “rhyme” with “game”, thus saying, “Who can rock the game like this?” since it’s a sports event. This song influenced me a lot for this not only because of Shinoda, but to have a true meaning of perseverance.

[@StepSoftlyGhost]

Love this tune. Will never forget what an influence this band had on me as a kid. I used to print off their pictures and lyrics after downloading just a couple of songs from audiogalaxy, then immediately went to record shops here constantly asking if the album was out yet, and nobody had bloody heard of them (yet!). They got me through some tough times; I'll always be grateful for these lads. RIP Chester.

[@itgalas]

Боже, я забыла, насколько эта песня бомбезная🔥

[@varun_j]

HT and Meteora are two of the greatest albums ever released.

[@Mandy-Lane]

reanimation, meteora 2003 and hybrid theory are epic albums

[@H.A.TV30]

Don't forget minutes to midnight & living things

[@megaqwert]

Don't forget A Thousand Suns

[@differentangle1]

Basically you are talkin' 'bout every LP album

[@varun_j]

@@differentangle1 not really. I found everything after living things to be underwhelming.

[@Poozerman06]

1:25 Using the waves of sound, the true master, paralysis his opponent! Leaving him vulnerable to attack

[@anas._syed]

This song is like a hidden gem preserved for hard core LP fans and its unpopularity makes it more likeable.

[@nintendopro0391]

2:50 This millisecond part was used in IGYEIH.

[@DavidFernandez-tk1tp]

Songs like this made my childhood happy and helps me push through present days

[@lucygallardo759]

This song slaps🔥🔥Mike's verse got me goosebumps Even he raps better than nowadays rappers

[@maxjordan5606]

20 years old still kicks ass

[@maxjordan5606]

@Ken Kaneki ik

[@jaydenludewig7401]

LP: 17.6M subscribers Step Up: 365k listens Dawg we're missing 17.3M

[@sh4dowtomi111]

This sounds either mysterious/dark, what a gem

[@youregoodtogoeurope1664]

WHO CAN ROCK A RHYME LIKE THIS?!

[@Sharks4Cup408]

Shinoda's gone on record saying that this song was specifically referring to Kid Rock. He's not wrong.

[@TheBeast-LPTV]

Who else he's referring to?

[@TheMADMonkeyLOL]

​@@TheBeast-LPTVLimp Bizkit too

[@ЖораИевлев-ь8ъ]

Linkin Park is forever in our hearts as their work and Chester himself is an eternal memory

[@Hourglass36]

A true master paralyzes his opponent, leaving them vulnerable to attack

[@supernoob17]

The fact that none of the bands mike was overtly dissing in this song ever clapped back kind of proved his point that they weren't really hip hop

[@royigorov4582]

2:33 what the narrator said is true facts about the audio weapon system. LP music isnt just for entertainment. They telling/sending us the message. About the wave which may carefully attack our brain n cell system without our notice.

[@aax20000]

Ох, вспоминала редкие треки лп и занесло сюда) слушала последний раз в 6 классе)и каждую нотку прям помню)так тепло

[@bilunakagava9354]

тоже самое:) в те времена плейлист состоял только из линкин парка)

[@lucardplays2182]

Mike Shinoda é um Rapper talentoso, houve uma época que eu sabia essa música de co.

[@vyommaitreya]

One of my favourite tracks ever! Right there with Not Alone, My December and Part of me

[@junoo7761]

Part of me is a classic 🔥

[@leojunioyuri]

Nice, very nice rap. But look at the instrumentals!! MISTEEEERRR HAAAAAAAAHHNNNNNN

[@yumotohh]

Chester’s vocals…god they’re so ethereal

[@KadurOrdo]

Mike dismantled every artist today back in the late 90's, yo 🔥

[@mokate9]

Damn that mix and mastering is so good now... :)

[@213riteshvig2]

I only know this song because of rock am ring 2004 :)

[@virganitaj9442]

Me too!

[@goklooz26]

HOW CAN ROCK A RHYME LIKE THIS???

[@wibugoblog6757]

i know this song from men in black soundtrack

[@DavidHutchinson0713]

@@goklooz26 *Who, not how

[@yeledcenter3906]

Once I thought Eminem is the best rapper, but then I started listening to Linkin Park

[@wellido4134]

Mike Shinoda 😀💫

[@Glodencloud114]

This is the most complete version of Rap and Rock out there.

[@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q]

This song is dedicated to all those lil' crap rappers of today

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

so what do you listen mostly? public radio, ye? you must be fucking amazing persona, fr

[@gbrl433]

people overrate linkin parks rapping, Mike’s not bad but nowhere near the best

[@abhishekkj9664]

@@gbrl433 Mike is actually very underrated.

[@mike7836]

you mean "crappers?" haha

[@slevingarganera8375]

I heard this was targeted against Crazy Town, but who knows.

[@damianbennett1214]

I've been listening to this for the past 20 years, and it's never aged. One the best LP songs to not end up on a studio album.

[@kyasarin5]

I wish Linkin Park would have just come back with this sound. Just Mike singing/rapping.

[@nintendopro0391]

Their sound now (based on The Emptiness Machine and Heavy is the Crown) is actually good, too.

[@kendrickaugillardjr9081]

"Get smacked with Verbal back flips" 😭 man this guy is a monster😆

[@Amahoski]

proud to say i discovered them as Hybrid theory during napster days... man i'm old.

[@freemaysin5088]

LP still holds a very special place in my mind/soul more so than any other band period

[@happyrrin]

Every member of Linkin Park is important. Love them all 🖤

[@cliffahamilton7887]

Yessss!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@madelinecochran6355]

I just discovered this song yesterday and I’m obsessed

[@nazrethdsouza]

That tribute to the carousel EP Art in the background says so much about the bands story before hybrid theory and how they maintained the B Side vibe even after going big.

[@onemetro7987]

I knew this from the LP Underground 1.0 I first heard LP at the radio it was Somewhere I Belong. Man, Chester's voice was the 'call' of my life.

[@Adam-y3w5o]

Check-in : 15 Sep 2023. I'm still rocking this 🤘

[@Robert-rl7rd]

Some legendary rappers didn’t write their own lyrics like Eazy E. But it’s obviously much more impressive if you do

[@Neko-gc6vu]

"You're not MC if someone else is writing your lines" Exactly.

[@lucadeeley8377]

The fact I only first listened to this song this year is crazy. Only heard it because I was watching some of Mike’s post traumatic tour.

[@donpablorizz]

LP is the epitome of rap-rock….. songwriting, mixing, mastering…. I mean the complete product is damn near perfect

[@PenneySounds]

This is literally a diss track trashing the entire genre of rap rock.

[@MartinXBrina]

2:49 intro for IGYEIH

[@nintendopro0391]

You beat me to it, you sneaky. 😂

[@eliasvargas33]

The real linkin PARK ❤

[@soysaucerb]

When this was first released, they were still calling themselves Hybrid Theory

[@SamSepiol127]

imoo one of the most underated rapper of...at least my generation if not of all time.

[@Rivan98]

Lo que admiro de mike y de linkin park es que no tienen miedo a arriesgarse al cambio y a usar sonidos raros como los que usaron en esta canción.

[@hellskull6667]

En efecto, aunque esta cancion es bien antigua, es de los temas que no estan en albumes, como and one, de las primeras que hicieron con chester al entrar en la banda, a part of me, across the line, y asi, temazos que no muchos fans conocen

[@velazquezleoncarlosivan3799]

Esta es mi favorita de las demo de linkin park

[@bhishekthakur1331]

And people say Shinoda ain't a rapper. 😑

[@s.a.cmajor5822]

this is far from his best work lol

[@prachykhan610]

They don't know what rap is 😅

[@abhikdoesthings]

Never heard someone say this

[@jimhalpert9803]

Tbh I feel like Mike Shinoda sings better when not rapping. Example - No roads left

[@milleniumeye8050]

@@s.a.cmajor5822 what is his best work then?

[@janhvit4786]

This song is so brilliantly written, no wonder not many people understand this song. Mike, you're a genius and it never ceases to amaze me, even after listening for more than a decade. GOAT.

[@jairusphelimobrenosantos6400]

That "but not on a mic (Mike), leave that to the experienced" is a metaphorically, lyrically genius line. It's a two-faced line though

[@mt441pl]

WHO CAN ROCK A RHYME LIKE THIS? *Screaming animal noises*

[@mdhishuvo]

If I ever met Mike, I will ask him right away, WHO CAN ROCK A RHYME LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!! hahhaha!

[@Ember_Glitch]

That would be so funny

[@SonicRyan1992]

this is definitely the seeds of Fort Minor & Post Traumatic

[@cristianpadilla5527]

This one should be a hit!

[@jurgitaiv]

Jesus I still remember all lyrics and I have not heard this song in years... Love it

[@hidekanon1168]

I can finally listen this song on spotify i cant be more happy THANKU FOR EVERYTHING

[@777slamus]

На 2:12 пронзительный Честер! Обожаю этот момент😔

[@topx777]

The most sharpness performance of Mike I loved, that bars, that's skills, DAMN! 👌

[@breem_joha]

Amo esta canción ❤️

[@freddygarcia8474]

Todos

[@f44lgreli32]

todos amamos las musicas de linkin park

[@bruno_2403]

Somos dos

[@sansong1687]

En que album salio?

[@elinvitado5940]

@@sansong1687 es el EP de Hybrid Theory. Tiene Carousel, Technique(demo), Step Up, And Now y High voltage

[@sharko5602]

Two rap gods Mike Shinoda And Eminem

[@kazutokirigaya7710]

Nah.There's only one true Rap God It's Mike Shinoda!

[@wavesmanson4605]

@Ken Silva no they’re not they just go over your head

[@shellissanctuary7522]

Mgk💥

[@BasketCase420]

@Ken Silva nah

[@kefakevin3393]

Yaaaaa! no forfeit the game cause they ARE

[@Adam-y3w5o]

Check-in : 5 Aug 2023 This was my teenage years, I'll never forgot LP masterpieces.

[@kh-v-a]

Давно не слышал этот трек. Но припев вспомнился сразу)))

[@nintendopro0391]

2:46 Funny how Mike was the one that actually made this, but it sounds like something off of Monsters Inc. or Wall-E.

[@nathangardikis6515]

Finally I can legally listen to this song

[@witness879]

Shino.......❤️❤️❤️ I love his running from my shadow + promises I can't keep 👍

[@ivanoliver9532]

The first time I listened to this song was in 2002, live version, when LP played in Mexico City with Static-X and KoRn...man those were the days!!

[@ajaydesai7624]

I used to sleep to this song, wakeup to this song, again sleep, wake up, sleep wake up. Linkin park. I love you.

[@guitarwins1896]

Man I haven't listened to this since 2005. Back in the Limewire days. So glad to hear it again. This one is getting saved for sure so that I don't lose it again lol

[@shogunrouge]

Pure gem of a song.

[@joaocarlosloiola3137]

Indignado por não ter um vídeo clip dessa música! Som foda demais

[@kristenroberts4502]

Whichever member of the band is dumping the archives onto KZbin, you’re a hero among men.

[@KarunaPreetiBaraKaku]

SERIOUSLY 😳 sooooo Gooooood ... Audio weapon system❤️❤️❤️

[@goklooz26]

It's 2020, Who can still rock a rhyme like this?

[@coseacaso3629]

That's the best underground beat of all time omg