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Collision Course | 
| Artist: Jay-z & Linkin Park
Label: Warner Bros
Category: Music
List Price: £18.99
Buy New: £17.09
You Save: £1.90 (10%)
New (23) Used (6) from £7.12
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 30074
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 48962
UPC: 093624896227
EAN: 0093624896227
ASIN: B00069A6P4
Release Date: December 6, 2004
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 10 days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You | | • | Big Pimpin'/Papercut | | • | Jigga What/Faint - Big Jaz, Jay-Z, , Linkin Park | | • | Numb/Encore | | • | Izzo/In the End | | • | Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer |
Disc 2
| • | Intro [DVD] | | • | In the Studio [DVD] | | • | Jay-Z Arrives [DVD] | | • | Rehearsal [DVD] | | • | Sound Check [DVD] | | • | Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You [DVD][Live] | | • | Big Pimpin'/Papercut [DVD][Live] | | • | Jigga What/Faint [DVD][Live] | | • | Numb/Encore [DVD][Live] | | • | Izzo/In the End [DVD][Live] | | • | Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer [DVD][Live] | | • | End Credits [DVD] | | • | MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups [DVD] |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Jigga who?! August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One reviewer has done a pretty informative review, so I don't have that much more to describe about this album. After buying Meteora in the summer of 2003, I was waiting for over a year to hear some new material from Linkin Park. However, this wasn't quite what I was looking for. The other 2 reviewers are hamming up this album and are saying that it is a great album. In my opinion they are so wrong. I am certainly not a Jay-Z fan, although I do like 99 problems which I had heard before I bought this. I think that anyone who likes both Jay-Z's music and Linkin Park's will be basking in brilliance with this album. In my opinion, the two styles just don't fit into each other. You have the suburban street rap of Jay-Z, which is full of F words and negativity, next to the great and somewhat unique sound of Linkin Park. It just can't work.
I am definitely not a fan of Jay-Z's terrible style of rap. It is all related to the same trash most rap is made up of; drugs, fighting and misogyny. It is testosterone filled garbage! Linkin Park totally wasted themselves by combining with this black rapper and although they have no regrets, I do. This CD is a total waste of money if you but it for much more than 5. The DVD that comes with it offers an informative view on how the album was created and is a must-see. It's good to see how the artists worked together and how they acted around each other. I think that the DVD which include not just the MTV feature showing the performances and some in-studio footage but also the full live concert makes this worth more money. A CD made up of 6 songs is a rip but as the DVD comes with it that is good and makes up for the lack of music. I mean, how many Jay-Z songs could you possibly mix with such a great band as Linkin Park?
As the two artists are made up of Nu metal and hip hop, the two styles are conveyed within the songs and are represented within the music. If you like both styles then I guess this CD would be amazing for you. I don't mind the beats behind Jay-Z's songs and the best is definitely Izzo, which uses a sample of the Jackson 5 song, `Want you back'. The beginning of this album starts off pretty stupid with Chester saying 'I ordered a frappaccino, where's my F*****g frappaccino?' and then Mike laughing is just silly. The beginning with Mike rapping over the melodic part of Lying from you is pretty weak. Then Jay-Z comes in and puts down his aggressive worthless lyrics. The beat works but it just isn't a nice song at all. Big Pimpin'/'papercut is as another user has said, the weakest song on the album. Mike rapping the Papercut lyrics over the weird sound of Big Pimpin's beat sounds incredibly weak to the fantastic beat in the original version.
Jigga what/Faint is the song with the most cursing in it. Please watch out for this when your parents are around. From 'Mother F***ers wanna act loco' to 'She gave me one more chance and I F***ed her again', this is complete aggressive angst. It starts with a drum beat, and one thing I think doesn't sound righjt is that it goes from this drum beat to having the strings from Faint coming in and then after Jay-Z and Mike have rapped the first verses then the start of Faint comes in. Numb/Encore is surely the best song on the album. The beat works so well with both songs. It just sounds so right and both the artists' lyrics work somewhat well. They chucked in a `What the hell are you waiting for?` to make the song mix better. Izzo/In the end is so upbeat and cool. I think that might be Michael Jackson at the start of the song. The nicest flow and what is this? It doesn't have the F word in it?!! My main problem and the reason why this is weaker than it could've been is because instead of ending with the chorus of In the end, it ends with some mixof the song and lyrics. Points of authority/99 problems/One step closer is, as it suggests, 3 songs mixed into one. It is the heaviest but it works so well. I think that the beat from Points of authority works better than Jay-Z's original beat from 99 problems. Mike rapping Jay-Z's lyrics and applying it to both artists is also a nice touch. There are no actual lyrics from Points of authority, instead the song goes from the sound of Points of authority to the bridge of One step closer, with Chester screaming 'Shut up when I'm talking to you!'. The song and album ends the way One step closer ends. This is definitely one of the 2 best, and probably the strongest song. Once again though, I'm sure they could've made it better.
This album is worth buying if you are interested in seeing how the album was made and you like experiencing the mixing of the 2 artists. If you like the sound of Linkin Park and not Jay-Z though, then you are not making a good investment. When this album first came out I liked it, but now 4 years have passed I think it is pretty poor. My musical taste has matured so much and I am comfortable to listen to Aly and AJ instead of this nonsense. So if you want my advice, make this one of your last albums to buy.
 Quality over quantity June 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Collision Course is a 2 disc set that seamlessly melds the music of Jay-Z with Linkin Park. An interesting combination...... but it works.
CD: The first thing you will notice is just how brief it is at only 21 minutes. However, this really is quality over quantity because the tracks blend seamlessly into one another whilst being notably varied.
1. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You
The first 30 seconds are crap but then the guitar and beats kick in and suddenly we have a good song (and album) on our hands.
2. Big Pimpin'/Papercut
A lot more hip-hop than rock - no guitars for the Linkin Park fans out there. This is the weakest track on the CD but still good. Jay-Z really picks this track up in the second verse when his rapping kicks in.
3. Jigga What/Faint
A brilliant track that builds up into an all-out rock monster by the end. I love the way this song develops from a strong hip-hop vibe at the start to the all-out rock at the end. This is almost as good as Numb/Encore and a definite highlight of the CD.
4. Numb/Encore
The best track on the album? Well, this probably just edges it over Jigga What/Faint but it's a very close call. Some of you might recognise this from the Miami Vice film. I think this is the most emotive song on the CD and is great from start to finish.
5. IZZO/In The End
Back to the hip-hop feel of track 2 with no hint of rock on this one. A nice little track that has the most upbeat sound on the CD.
6. Points Of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer
The heaviest track on the CD - Jay-Z rapping (mostly 99 Problems) to Linkin Park's heavy riffs and with Chester Bennington finishing the song off with a classic Linkin Park chorus.
DVD: A 45 minute documentary that contains the entire live performance of the 6 songs. It's quite enjoyable and interesting to watch how the album came together. Well worth watching but not as long as I thought it would be.
Overall: This is a surprisingly good album. I didn't expect it to be so good and I like every track. The only real downside is that it is so short, hence only 4 stars instead of 5. Definitely worth getting but make sure you don't pay too much for it, simply because it is so short.
 The purpose in living January 28, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
ive always loved linkin park from the start and knowing that they where going to release an album with Jay - Z i thought im going to either love or hate this album. everything that they have done on this album is amazing, the lyrics and music from both artists mixed into one was like god had asked what type of music i would like and i couldn't really pin point it out and explain so then he would say "i'll see what i can do" then coming back 10 min later and saying "have a listen to this" i would then give him a strong firm handshake and tell him i now know the purpose of life. only bad thing about this is album is that they need more tracks, it seems god was slightly busy that weekend.
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