History Music / FortMinor

In 2018, one year after the death of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda finally released a second solo album, titled ''Music/PostTraumatic''. While very much a successor to Fort Minor's sound, Shinoda deliberately credited the album under his own name, '''not''' Fort Minor.

Fort Minor is a HipHop-based collaborative SoloSideProject [[BuffySpeak band-thingy]] formed in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles by Music/LinkinPark's Mike Shinoda. While Shinoda is the only member and plays almost all of the instruments on the record, Shinoda himself is [[IAmNotShazam not Fort Minor]]. Instead it's the name of his musical project, which is like calling him "Linkin Park". Thus, for the ease of this article, Fort Minor will be referred to as a band so "they" will be used.

Fort Minor was formed in 2004 by Mike Shinoda shortly after Linkin Park's ''Collision Course'' collaboration with Music/JayZ (who executive-produced Fort Minor's album). Shinoda used the name "Fort Minor" to refer to his collaborations with Ryu and Tak of Machine Shop alumni Styles of Beyond. They quickly began working on their first album ''Music/TheRisingTied''. Their first single was a double A-side containing "Petrified" and "Remember the Name". While the former was mostly ignored, the latter quickly became a sports-anthem and has been featured numerous times throughout the media. ''The Rising Tied'' was released shortly after to positive reviews and moderate success.

In 2018, one year after the death of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda finally released a second solo album, titled ''Post Traumatic''. While very much a successor to Fort Minor's sound, Shinoda deliberately credited the album under his own name, '''not''' Fort Minor.

In 2018, one year after the death of Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda finally released a second solo album titled ''Post Traumatic''. While very much a successor to Fort Minor's sound, it was deliberately credited under the name of Mike Shinoda, '''not''' Fort Minor.

-->''This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill''
-->''Fifteen percent concentrated power of will''
-->''Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain''
-->''And a hundred percent reason to remember the name''

* OutOfGenreExperience: "Believe Me" and "Red to Black" feature Shinoda singing, something he hadn't done before in Linkin Park and didn't do so again until ''Minutes to Midnight''.
* RapRock: True to Shinoda's roots.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[InUniverse Rapped-about]] on "Get Me Gone," about how Warner Bros. records originally wanted [[Music/LinkinPark Shinoda's other band]] to drop the RapRock style and "just be a rock band," and when they refused, the label lied and said they were a fabricated group.

** [[Music/LinkinPark Mr. Hahn]] in "Slip Out the Back".

* FourChordsOfPop: "Where'd You Go."

* DualMeaningChorus: The chorus of "Where'd You Go?" seems to correspond to the rest of the lyrics: the song's protagonist is complaining about his love interest always being gone. [[TheEndingChangesEverything At the end of the song]], it's revealed that ''he'', tired of their long-distance relationship, has now left ''her'', so it's entirely possible the chorus is from her point of view [[FridgeBrilliance (especially considering the chorus is sung by Skylar Grey, not Mike Shinoda)]].

In 2006, they released "Where'd You Go?" featuring then-labelmate Holly Brook (later known as Skylar Grey) and indie rock musician Jonah Matranga. This provided them their [[OneHitWonder only radio hit]], reaching the Top 5 of the ''Hot 100''. Afterwards, Fort Minor went on an indefinite hiatus due to Shinoda's commitments with Linkin Park. In 2015, Fort Minor returned with their first single in nearly a decade, "Welcome", along with a new album on the horizon.

* ''TBA''

* NWordPrivileges: Subverted with "Kenji." The word "jap" appears in the lyrics not to encourage Japanese people to "take back" the word in the same way African-Americans did with the word "nigger," but rather to illustrate the irrational hatred Shinoda's grandfather faced in post-Pearl Harbor America which got him sent to an internment camp. In the liner notes, Shinoda goes out of his way that he does ''not'' want the word "jap" to be seen as cool.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: Every member of the band.]]

Fort Minor was formed in 2004 by Mike Shinoda shortly after Linkin Park's ''Collision Course'' collaboration with Music/JayZ (who executive-produced Fort Minor's album). Shinoda used the name "Fort Minor" to refer to his collaborations with Ryu and Tak of Machine Shop alumni Styles of Beyond. They quickly began working on their first album ''The Rising Tied''. Their first single was a double A-side containing "Petrified" and "Remember the Name". While the former was mostly ignored, the latter quickly became a sports-anthem and has been featured numerous times throughout the media. ''The Rising Tied'' was released shortly after to positive reviews and moderate success.

* ''The Rising Tied'' (2005)

* ''TBA'' (2016)

* ''TBA'' (2015)

* OutOfGenreExperience: "Believe Me" and "Red to Black" feature Shinoda singing, something he hadn't done before in Linkin Park and didn't do so again until ''A Thousand Suns''.

Fort Minor was/is a HipHop-based collaborative SoloSideProject [[BuffySpeak band-thingy]] formed in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles by Music/LinkinPark's Mike Shinoda. While Shinoda is the only member and plays almost all of the instruments on the record, Shinoda himself is [[IAmNotShazam not Fort Minor]]. Instead it's the name of his musical project, which is like calling him "Linkin Park". Thus, for the ease of this article, Fort Minor will be referred to as a band so "they" will be used.

In 2006, they released "Where'd You Go?" featuring then-labelmate Holly Brook (later known as Skylar Grey) and indie rock musician Jonah Matranga. This provided them their [[OneHitWonder only radio hit]], reaching the Top 5 of the ''Hot 100''. Afterwards, Fort Minor went on an indefinite hiatus due to Shinoda's commitments with Linkin Park. As of 2015, the hiatus still hasn't ended. However, both Shinoda and Styles of Beyond have given hints that Fort Minor may return, as result the project hasn't been officially disbanded.

* ''Fort Minor: We Major'' (mixtape)
* ''The Rising Tied''
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQLv3LMvj9Q Petrified]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDvr08sCPOc Remember the Name]]" (feat. Styles of Beyond)
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVde2PTE3Tw Believe Me]]" (feat. [[Music/CypressHill Eric Bobo]] and Styles of Beyond)
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feeuoERYOV0 Where'd You Go?]] (feat. Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga)