Fort Minor

Fort Minor

Mike Shinoda performing as a part of Linkin Park.
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Alternative hip hop, hip hop, conscious hip hop, rap rock
Years active 2004–2006 (Hiatus)
Labels Machine Shop Recordings
Warner Bros.
Associated acts Linkin Park, Styles of Beyond, Get Busy Committee, DJ Green Lantern, Demigodz, Celph Titled, Apathy, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, Skylar Grey, Joe Hahn
Website Fort Minor
Members
Mike Shinoda

Fort Minor is a hip hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, who is better known as being a member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's debut solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied was released November 22, 2005.

Contents

History

Fort Minor is a the side project of Mike Shinoda. Fort Minor is what Shinoda calls himself when he collaborates with Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu), and Takbir Bashir (Tak) who together form the underground hip hop group Styles of Beyond.

In May 2004, Mike Shinoda broke up from his college band, 'Mother's Venom,' and began perusing personal accomplishments. Only months later, Shinoda began recording songs for this side project.[1] We Major was a mixtape by Shinoda and DJ Green Lantern to promote his upcoming studio album. The Rising Tied, the debut album of Fort Minor, was released in November 2005. Robert Hales directed its first video "Petrified", which was released the previous month.[2] Jay-Z, who had previously collaborated with Linkin Park on the 2004 album Collision Course, was the executive producer for The Rising Tied.[3] Shinoda told Corey Moss of MTV News that he imposed on himself a requirement to play all the instruments and write all the lyrics to the album except for the strings, percussion, or choir parts.[4] "Where'd You Go", its first single, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; following was "Remember the Name" at No. 66.[5] Another track, "Kenji" describes the experiences of Shinoda's family during the Japanese American internment of World War II.[6]

Due to the success of "Where'd You Go", on the week of April 26, 2006, sales of The Rising Tied increased by 45 percent, and the album chart position went up 89 positions to No. 104 on the Billboard 200."[7] Where'd You Go" was awarded Ringtone of the Year at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. In mid August 2006 Fort Minor performed at the Summer Sonic 2006 alongside Linkin Park.[8]

The third track on the album, "Right Now", is featured in the trailer of The Family That Preys by Tyler Perry.

The song Remember The Name was used in promotional TV trailers for the 2006 movie Gridiron Gang, as well as the trailer for the remake of the movie The Karate Kid (2010).

In November 2006, Fort Minor released a video for "Remember the Name." Shinoda has stated he felt the video was a nice wrap-up for Fort Minor. Also in November, Shinoda stated that Fort Minor is on hiatus, because of his dedication to Linkin Park.

In 2006, Holly Brook released an exclusive version of "Where'd You Go" to radio stations, made completely by herself. Mike does not appear on this version, which can be heard by request on various American radio stations.[9]

In the Billboard One-hit Wonders of the 2000s, Fort Minor (along with Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga) were listed at #19, due to the success of "Where'd You Go" (since it was Fort Minor's only single that reached the top 25).[10]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Peak chart Positions
US
[11]		 AUT
[12]		 FIN
[13]		 FRA
[14]		 GER
[15]		 NZ
[16]		 SWI
[17]		 UK
[18]
2005 The Rising Tied
  • Released: November 22, 2005
  • Label: Machine Shop / Warner Bros.
 51 37 151 79 25 22 42 142

Mixtapes

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[19]		 AUS
[20]		 AUT
[21]		 FIN
[22]		 FRA
[23]		 GER
[24]		 NLD
[25]		 NZ
[26]		 SWI
[27]		 UK
[18]
"Believe Me" 2006 — 43 47 5 — 29 58 — — 92 The Rising Tied
"Where'd You Go"
(featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga)		 4 41 29 8 24 18 15 14 62 —
"Remember the Name"
(featuring Styles of Beyond)		 66 — — — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[28]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2005 "Petrified" Robert Hales
"Remember the Name" Kimo Proudfoot
"Believe Me" Laurent Briet
2006 "Where'd You Go" Philip Andelman

References

  1. ^ Montgomery, James (March 4, 2005). "Mike Shinoda's Solo Album May Divide Linkin Park Fans". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497764/03042005/shinoda_mike.jhtml. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  2. ^ Moss, Corey (October 20, 2005). "Linkin Park MC Gets Director With Flair For Video With Flares". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511882/20051020/fort_minor.jhtml. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  3. ^ Loftus, Johnny (2006). "Fort Minor – Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p743642. Retrieved June 18, 2008. 
  4. ^ Moss, Corey (November 22, 2005). "Mike Shinoda: Storyteller". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/bands/f/fort_minor/qa_112105/. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  5. ^ "Fort Minor > Charts & Awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p743642. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  6. ^ Jeffries, David (November 22, 2005). "The Rising Tied > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r804745. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  7. ^ Harris, Chris (April 26, 2006). "T.I., Pink, Shakira Can't Shake Rascal Flatts From Billboard #1". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529510/20060426/t_i_.jhtml. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  8. ^ "Ringtone of the Year". MTV. September 2, 2006. http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/104924/ringtone-of-the-year.jhtml#id=1539042. Retrieved December 27, 2008. 
  9. ^ "Where'd Mike Go?" (Press release). crewdy of www.fortminor.co.uk. September 4, 2006. http://www.fortminor.co.uk/2006/09/whered-mike-go.html. Retrieved February 14, 2008. 
  10. ^ "One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s". Billboard. Billboard. 2009. http://www.billboard.com/#/../../features/one-hit-wonders-of-the-2000s-page-2-1004051219.story. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  11. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  12. ^ "Austrian Record Chart". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort%20Minor. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  13. ^ "Finnish Record Chart". finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort%20Minor. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  14. ^ "French Record Chart". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort%20Minor. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  15. ^ "German Record Chart". Charts-surfer. http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  16. ^ "New Zealand Record Chart". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort%20Minor. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  17. ^ "Swiss Record Chart". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort%20Minor. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  18. ^ a b "UK Record Chart". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_F.HTM. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  19. ^ "Fort Minor Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/fort-minor/chart-history/697900?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  20. ^ "Discography Fort Minor". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  21. ^ "Discographie Fort Minor" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  22. ^ "Discography Fort Minor". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  23. ^ "Discographie Fort Minor" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  24. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Germany:
  25. ^ "Discografie Fort Minor" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  26. ^ "Discography Fort Minor". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  27. ^ "Discography Fort Minor". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fort+Minor. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 
  28. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum: Fort Minor". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Fort_Minor&format=&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved December 30, 2011. 

External links

Fort Minor
Albums
Singles
Compilations
Related articles
Linkin Park
Chester Bennington · Rob Bourdon · Brad Delson · Dave Farrell · Joe Hahn · Mike Shinoda
Mark Wakefield · Kyle Christener · Ian Hornbeck · Scott Koziol
Albums
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000) · Meteora (2003) · Minutes to Midnight (2007) · A Thousand Suns (2010)
Remix albums
Reanimation (2002) · Collision Course (with Jay-Z) (2004)
Live albums
EPs
Xero (1997) · Hybrid Theory EP (1999) · Underground V2.0 (2002) · Underground V3.0 (2003) · Underground 4.0 (2004) · Underground 5.0 (2005) · Underground 6 (2006) · Underground 7 (2007) · iTunes: Live from SoHo (2008) · Songs from the Underground (2008) · MMM...Cookies: Sweet Hamster Like Jewels from America! (Underground 8) (2008) · Underground 9: Demos (2009) · A Decade Underground (2010) · Underground X: Demos (2010) · 2011 North American Tour (2010) · A Thousand Suns: Puerta De Alcalá (2011) · iTunes Festival: London 2011 (2011) · Underground Eleven (2011)
Videos
Tours
Hybrid Theory Tour · Meteora World Tour · Minutes to Midnight World Tour · Escape the Studio Tour · A Thousand Suns World Tour
Related articles
Category ·  Book · Media · Portal
Linkin Park singles
Hybrid Theory
Reanimation
Meteora
Collision Course
Minutes to Midnight
A Thousand Suns
Other singles
Other songs