It's a favorite amongst the fandom and even people who didn't like the album have claimed it to be one of their best songs. "The Little Things Give You Away," a six-minute ballad that keeps building on itself by each minute and includes some of the best lyrics the band has ever written, an Epic Riff and a great harmonization between Chester, Mike and the guitarist Brad."Hands Held High." One of the best protest songs of the Bush administration, and one which doesn't get the credit it deserves as such."Shadow of the Day," the band's very first song to be written in a major key, and it's appropriately uplifting."Leave Out All the Rest," easily one of the best ballads that the band ever wrote, and while Chester was inevitably going to die one day, his too-early death now makes it a dignified "goodbye" song.
"Given Up," one of the band's few straight-up metal songs and it rocks!. Jay-Z himself liked this version so much that he usually has his band play it like this in concert. The Grand Finale of Hoova's most angry hit, "99 Problems," mashed up with two of LP's angriest songs, "Points Of Authority" and "One Step Closer." All three songs compliment each other to a tee and Mike doing Vocal Tag Team with Jay-Z is just too cool for words. "Numb/Encore," one of the all-time biggest hits for both acts, not to mention a decade-defining song for 2000s pop, and often considered to be better than both songs ever were individually!. "Jigga What/Faint," taking one of the band's fastest songs and giving it a slow build up by starting with the hook from Jay's track, and the payoff is incredible! Hearing Mike rap "Faint" over "Jigga"'s hook and Jay rapping "Jigga" over "Faint"'s hook feels like the best of both words bleeding into each other. Collision Course: The greatest rap-rock band + one of the greatest rappers alive = Dream Team! It was also instrumental in introducing black hip-hop fans to Linkin Park and white fans of Linkin Park to more straightforward rap music. It was also one of their first singles to better show off Chester's softer singing voice, showing that he was capable of more than just screaming. "Numb" proves that this band can be sad while still keeping the volume up on those guitars. "Breaking the Habit" is an early example of a fairly soft Linkin Park song and is very coolly melancholy, to the point where Chester was known to tear up while performing it. It was later sped up to almost double the BPM (from about 70 to 135), to blood-pumping and awesome effect. "Faint" was actually originally planned to be a fairly slow song. If you'd never heard an early LP song before, this would be a perfect introduction to the sound that made them popular. "Somewhere I Belong," a more controlled take on their Signature Style.
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