Remember the Name
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| "Remember the Name" | ||
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| Single by Fort Minor | ||
| from the album The Rising Tied | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | Vinyl single, CD single | |
| Genre | Hip hop | |
| Label | Machine Shop Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Mike Shinoda, Jay-Z | |
| Fort Minor singles chronology | ||
| "Petrified/Remember the Name" (2005) |
"Believe Me" (2005) |
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Remember The Name is the second single from the 2005 Fort Minor album The Rising Tied.
According to Mike Shinoda, the song is "breaking down the science of music", as evidenced by its chorus, systematically describing the necessities of making it big in the music business and gaining fame and recognition, hence the song's title:
"This is / Ten percent luck, twenty percent skill / Fifteen percent concentrated power of will / Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain, and a / Hundred percent reason to remember the name"
The song introduces Shinoda and his friends Ryu and Tak of Styles Of Beyond who are heavily featured on Fort Minor's material. The verses are rapped in third person, each emcee talking about himself from the view of an outsider, with several references to Shinoda and SOB's past music and achievements.
"Remember The Name" was leaked onto the Internet on August 20, 2005, several months prior to the album's release. The song brought positive reviews from the hip hop community. It was also planned to be the first single from "The Rising Tied" but this changed just before the album came onto the shelves, and Fort Minor released "Petrified" and "Believe Me" instead, reserving "Remember The Name" for later.
The song is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports anthems, played at many stadiums and arenas throughout the United States. The National Basketball Association used "Remember The Name" as the theme song for the 2006 NBA Playoffs. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game NBA Live 06. The 2006 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was used as a theme song. During the 2006 season it was played as part of the introductory video before Arizona Diamondbacks baseball games. It is also played at the Carrier Dome before every Syracuse University basketball game and University of Arizona Home Basketball game for the 2006-2007 season.
It is also featured in promotional TV trailers for the 2006 movie, Gridiron Gang and NBC's 2006 series, Friday Night Lights, and "Pride", directed by Sunu Gonera
The line "It's not about the salary it's all about reality" is a reference to the N.W.A. single Gangsta Gangsta from the album Straight Outta Compton.
| Fort Minor |
| Mike Shinoda |
| Contributors: Black Thought - Common - Kenna - Lupe Fiasco - John Legend - Styles of Beyond - Jay-Z - Holly Brook - Ghostface Killah - Eric Bobo (of Cypress Hill ) - Jonah Matranga - Celph Titled |
| Discography |
| Albums, EPs, and Mixtapes: Sampler Mixtape - We Major - The Rising Tied |
| Vinyl: We Major EP - S.C.O.M./Dolla/Get It/Spraypaint & Ink Pens |
| Singles: "Petrified/Remember the Name" - "Believe Me" - "Where'd You Go" - "Get It/Spraypaint & Ink Pens" - "S.C.O.M./Dolla" |
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