{"id":6675,"date":"2026-10-30T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:27:55","slug":"remember-when-jay-z-and-linkin-park-released-this-epic-rap-rock-collaboration-in-the-early-aughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/remember-when-jay-z-and-linkin-park-released-this-epic-rap-rock-collaboration-in-the-early-aughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember When Jay-Z and Linkin Park Released This Epic Rap-Rock Collaboration in the Early Aughts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2003, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/jay-z-and-justin-timberlake-face-the-consequences-of-fame-in-holy-grail\/\">Jay-Z<\/a> announced his retirement from the music business. The news shocked fans, as the Brooklyn rapper had grown tired of the grind. Meanwhile, Linkin Park had emerged from California with <em>Hybrid Theory<\/em>, a colossal and inescapable debut. But before Jay-Z exited, he reached out to Linkin Park about a collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do You Want More?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Numb \/ Encore (Official Audio) - Linkin Park \/ JAY-Z\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_1oO4wzPCmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNumb\/Encore\u201d is a Jay-Z reprise propelled by Linkin Park\u2019s 2003 hit \u201cNumb\u201d, which appears on the band\u2019s second LP, <em>Meteora<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Can I get an encore? Do you want more?<br>Cookin\u2019 raw with the Brooklyn boy,<br>So for one last time I need y\u2019all to roar<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also released in 2003, \u201cEncore\u201d appears on Jay-Z\u2019s then-farewell release, <em>The Black Album<\/em>\u2014though his retirement didn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the collision between a retiring legend and a young band feels like the perfect bookend to rap-rock\u2019s commercial arc as Jay-Z\u2019s swagger merges with the melodic screams of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Who you know fresher than Hov? Riddle me that,<br>The rest of y\u2019all know where I\u2019m lyrically at,<br>Can\u2019t none of y\u2019all mirror me back.<br>Yeah, hearing me rap is like hearing G rap in his prime,<br>I\u2019m Young H.O., rap\u2019s Grateful Dead,<br>\u2019Bout to take over the globe, now break bread.<br>I\u2019m in Boeing jets, Global Express,<br>Out the country but the blueberry still connect<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Doper Than Him With No Pen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jay-Z stopped writing down his raps years ago. And on his way out, he wonders who else out there has the mental skill to match his type of genius. (Three years later, he answered his own question and returned with his ninth album, <em>Kingdom Come<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On the low but the yacht got a triple deck,<br>But when you young, what the f**k you expect?<br>Grand opening, grand closing,<br>Goddamn, your man Hov cracked the can open again,<br>Who you gon\u2019 find doper than him with no pen,<br>Just draw off inspiration.<br>Soon you gon\u2019 see you can\u2019t replace him,<br>With cheap imitations for these generations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Linkin Park\u2019s Mike Shinoda, \u201cNumb\/Encore\u201d was a full-circle moment. As a young musician, Shinoda mixed Jay-Z samples from the rapper\u2019s 1996 debut, <em>Reasonable Doubt<\/em>, with the alt-rock riffs of The Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails. It became a blueprint for Linkin Park\u2019s own chart-topping fusion of hip-hop and rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Marc Andrew Deley\/FilmMagic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Jay-Z retired in 2003, the rapper reached out to Linkin Park for what became an iconic collaboration between two titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":6677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"savage_platform_markdown_available":false,"savage_platform_markdown_version":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Marc Andrew Deley\/FilmMagic","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[142,580,271,18],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-hip-hop","tag-jay-z","tag-linkin-park","tag-rock-music"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Hip-Hop","term_id":142,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/hip-hop\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remember When Jay-Z and Linkin Park Released This Epic Rap-Rock Collaboration in the Early Aughts? 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