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Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory EP

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Release date: 21 November 2001

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  1. Carousel
  2. Technique
  3. Step Up
  4. And One
  5. High Voltage
  6. Part of Me
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Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory EP: Wikipedia Album Entry

Hybrid Theory was the debut EP by Hybrid Theory, recorded and self-released in May 1999 (see 1999 in music). Later that year, the band changed its name to Linkin Park and signed to Warner Bros. Records. Hybrid Theory was re-mixed and remastered for another limited release in 2001, with minor changes in the credits and artwork, for members of Linkin Park’s fan club.

The financing for the original pressing was obtained through a publishing deal with Zomba Music Publishing after one of its representatives, Jeff Blue, heard the band playing at the Whisky a Go Go. Initial sales were merely a handful but the band persisted. They began plugging the album in chatrooms and sending free copies to anyone who expressed interest. An informal ‘street team’ developed from the on-line community to spread the music.

Some songs from this EP turned up in later releases by Linkin Park. “Step Up” appeared on the “In the End, Pt. 2” single. Samples from that song were also used in “Kyur4 th Ich” on Linkin Park’s Reanimation album, and The X-Ecutioners’ “It’s Goin’ Down”. “And One” and “Part of Me” were included on the 2008 Linkin Park compilation EP Songs from the Underground, released by Best Buy. A re-recorded version of “High Voltage”, with a different chorus and some new lyrics, appeared on the “One Step Closer” single and as a bonus track on some versions of Hybrid Theory. Evidence’s remix, featuring Pharoahe Monch and DJ Babu, appears on Reanimation. Elements of the hidden instrumental were used in the Meteora instrumental, “Session”

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Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory EP Lyrics

Linkin Park - And One Lyrics

Where should I start? Disjointed heart
I've got no commitment to my own flesh and blood
Left all alone far from my home
No one to hear me, to heal my ill heart

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Linkin Park - Carousel Lyrics

She can't hide no matter how hard she tries
Her secret disguise behind her lies
And at night she cries away her pride
With eyes shut tight, staring at her inside

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Linkin Park - High Voltage Lyrics

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes, sometimes, hybrid

I've been diggin' in the crates ever since I was livin' in space

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Linkin Park - Part Of Me Lyrics

Part of me won't go away
Everyday reminded how much I hate it
Weighted against the consequences
Can't live without it, so it's senseless

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Linkin Park - Step Up Lyrics

Watch as the room rocks men only moon walk
Mixed media slang, banging in your boom box
Verbal violence, lyrical stylist
In a time when rock hip hop rhymes are childish

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