Numb ⧸ Encore [Live] - Linkin Park ⧸ JAY-Z

What this video is

Released in November 2004 as the sole single from the Collision Course EP, 'Numb/Encore' emerged from MTV's Ultimate Mash-Ups initiative, a format that institutionalized genre-blending as a commercial and cultural strategy. The track fused Linkin Park's 'Numb' from Meteora (2003) and Jay-Z's 'Encore' from The Black Album (2003), two of the defining albums of their respective genres that year. The collaboration…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of rock-rap hybridization, 'Numb/Encore' sits at the intersection of nu-metal's commercial peak and Jay-Z's late Black Album era, demonstrating that mash-up culture could produce chart-viable, Grammy-winning material. It helped legitimize the mash-up as an artistic format…

The director

Kimo Proudfoot is an American director of music videos and concert films, born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His credits include Fort Minor's 'Remember the Name,' Soulfly's 'Roots Bloody Roots,' and the Linkin Park concert film 'Live in Texas' (2003). He also…