Mike Shinoda Interlude 3

Raida, Raida, Raida, Raida!

[Mike Shinoda]
I think everybody goes through phases when they grow up, when they listen to music
When I was growing up, I listened to, um, you know anything from The Police and U2 to, like, Led Zeppelin, uh, Jimi Hendrix, stuff like that, and then eventually I got into hip-hop, you know, I known the first- the first groups I’ve listened to are, like, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, NWA, uh, I remember the first video I saw on the, uh, Yo! MTV Raps was Biz Markie “Vapors”, And, uh, with the him on the boat, I just thought it was, like, the best video ever, and it’s a good feeling, you know, when you watch a video or hear a song, you get excited and inspired by it, that’s the time to make music