Fort Minor - The Rising Tied -deluxe Version- -2005- Itunes Online

The Rising Tied isn’t a perfect album. The production is occasionally too clean, and a few tracks blend into each other. But as a one-off side project born from frustration with his own band’s limitations, it’s brilliant. Mike Shinoda proved he didn’t need distortion pedals or a co-lead singer to break your heart or blow your speakers.

Fort Minor Album: The Rising Tied (Deluxe Version) Year: 2005 Platform Context: iTunes (RIP the click wheel aesthetic) Fort Minor - The Rising Tied -Deluxe Version- -2005- Itunes

And yet, The Rising Tied remains the most unfairly slept-on major label rap debut of the mid-2000s. The Rising Tied isn’t a perfect album