Within Temptation ft. Xzibit - the interview pt. 1
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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Within Temptation's sixth studio album 'Hydra' is out now and features collaborations with several well known artists: Tarja, Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum), Howard Jones (Ex-Killswitch Engage), and rapper Xzibit, for the track 'And We Run'.
The collaboration with Xzibit must be one of the most talked about features on the album. Robert and Sharon met up with X in LA to talk about the song 'And We Run', mixing Rap with Rock and writing the track.
Hear all about it in this first part of the interview with Xzibit.
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Xzibit's rap was excellent, great colab and amzing track!
I don't like rap but Xzibit your performance in 'And We Run' really touched my heart, deeply........
one of my favorite band collaborating with one of the most underrated rappers whom i like? hell yeah!
When I first heard that Xzibit was doing a collaboration with Within Temptation I squealed.
I discovered both artists around the same time. While I left the hip hop scene behind I still love Xzibit. He is such a cool guy. Perfect match. Great song.
'Yo dawg, we herd u like rap in yo metal, so we put a rapper in yo song so you can rap while u mosh.'
"and wit dat yo song has been officially pimped"
I never listened to rap, though I really like the song And We Run. Now watching this interview and I can tell Xzibit is a nice guy to be honest. In my view it's fantastic when artists stick together.
'And We Run' is by far the most interesting track on Hydra and it is so good! I vote 'And We Run' for the next single :)
I'm a break these chains
Ran thru the rain
Never look back, never quit
Work thru the pain
This blood in my veins runs cold
When I think it'll never be the same
But I never lose hope
This is MY time now!
No time for tears
Celebrate
Put it in the air right now!
Never back down😊😊😊
One of the best collaborations ever!
Xzibit killed it on that track !!! 💯
I love it when I see talented musicians steps out their comfort zones and seeks out creative ways; like getting together with other musical talents totally different elements than theirs, and to create music together. Here you have two groups, different by worlds apart in their music/ genre. However, there's no such thing as the impossible for both of these groups. One thing that all great artists/ musicians all have in common is their passion for creating music. The passions will help further one to become innovative and creative. Sometimes it's so different that maybe it needs others to get used to, but like it or not, but it doesn't get better than two groups here working together for their sake of passion for music to write and collaborate music to share, and amaze their fans. O yea, I love your mention about the energy is another quality both possess to have in commons with. I love music of all kinds, includes rap, and symphonic metal, and one of the reasons is that; both, get my blood pumping, fist pumping, giving it my best in life just a bit faster, harder, and louder... when I am one step from falling behind.
My favourite song of the album, just works together so well.
Rock/metal + rap = awesome quite a lot of the time :D
i have the album and "And We Run" is actually one of my favorite songs on Hydra. I really do enjoy the blend of metal and rap that this song brought to the table. I'm not the biggest fan of rap, but I do enjoy some of it, and Xzibit is one of the artists I listen do on the occasion that I'm in the mood. :)
I think that this and the collobration with Tarja Turunen are the best songs from this new album! (thumbs up / +1 )
xzibit nailed it ! they’re perfect match!!
i love this song.. the combo are great...
Everyone just remember that rap and metal has been collaborating for over 30 years or more. So it's not really a sell out, it's just really open- minded and creative expression and for the thought of us the fans, there is no necessary reason to hate rap or other genre's of music. The rap and metal collaborated that I thought was pretty good, Anthrax and public enemy- bring the noise, slayer and ice- T - disorder, six feet under and ice- T - one bullet left, and WT and xzibit. So everyone quit your bitching and enjoy for what it is!
❤
They are so cool, all of them!
Favorite song on that album - it's so different for Within Temptation, but it works!
I know some of people recoiled at the thought of Within Temptation doing a song rap. I too didn't know how to respond when you guys wrote you consider doing something like that on one of the newletters. But the more I thought of it, the more I realized it would be something cool to listen to. And I wasn't wrong! Now 'And We Run' is one of my two favorite tracks on Hydra - the other one being "Let Us Burn" :)
X has Pimp this song ;-) Daaaaa!
Increíble colaboración, los dos géneros los disfruto de diferente forma y ver al metal y al rap es simplemente increíble
this collaboration rulz!!!!
Okay, for fucks sake: Why the hell did Robert get subtitles? I mean, he's not speaking Mandarin, isn't he? I'm not a native English speaker, and if I'm able to understand him, everyone who's half-way fluent should be.
+Leodooom Its hard to understand Xzibit...where was the subtitles for him? LOL
+Leodooom well the background noice actually made it abit hard to hear som words he said tho
lol yeah that was harder to understand... I wanted subtitles all over they were having the interview right next to a fucking highway or something xD
really love the song, one of my favourites from WT! :) ...and yes I´m WT fan from 90´s .
Pimp my... Within Temptation song.
Oké.. I just gotta ask: Why the Hell did you bother to subtitle Sharon and Robert and not Xzibit? Personally I think they were understandable well enough to just leave those subtitles away. (I know I'm 'whining' about something pretty un-important, but it just really makes me wonder.)
Surely do like the song by the way. (Just like I really enjoy the rest of the c.d.) AGAIN nice work from Within Temptation! :-P
I agree, as if their English isn't good enough us to hear clear, she sings in English but obviously they haven't realized yet!
i think it was because they were speaking quietly compared to xzibit / or it was a technical problem. i personally couldn´t hear them properly enough, so i´m glad subs were there.
I'm french so english is difficult for me to understand ! x)
MissMarinou18 I can understand that. But that still leaves the question why Sharon and Robert got subtitled but Xzibit didn't.
Gothic Barry
my comment gave possible explanation. have you not read it?
That song has Smash hit Written all over it
And..I wouldn't be surprised if any dance artists did some remixes of it-the structure of the song just screams that in my opinion- a big club hit?
Oh yeah he really Pimp this song like he use to, I absolutely like this collaboration, congrats!
respect to X
At first I was a little sceptical of this track...I listen to hip hop and everything, but combining it with within temptation's style seemed like a very tight line to walk. After a few listens though, I can't deny its awesomeness...I think much of that lies in an absolutely excellent choice of rapper... it could have gone so badly wrong, but Xzibit did a great job! May have to check out some of his stuff...
Indeed! Yea, you should listen to some of his tracks, for example "Paparazzi" "The Foundation" an so on :)
will check them out. Cheers man :) I checked out 'x' earlier and thought to myself "hm, this beat sounds quite dre-esque", then i realised dre (who is my favourite hip-hop producer) was his producer on that song. :D Loved it, was a wicked combination!
ElectricBluePresents Great man! Yea, they've made a lot of music together, aswell as eminem, snoop dogg, nate dogg and so on :) Xzibit and dre are really good friends :)
Mr.X to The Z is great rapper excellent choice for the song WT is one of my favorite rock bands ever The Silent Force Album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
From Rapping... to Pimpin Cars... to Rockin with Stars!!! This is Awesome!!
Glad to see my two favorite genres together
PLUS, you guys rock . I am now a fan of symphonic metal, though I have always been
I don't like rap (and that's to put it mildly), but surprisingly "And We Run" turned out to be a great song.
Same with me, I despise rap and pop. But have respect to the rappers with substance and are actual tolerable people like Xzibit
Aside from the corny "pimp my ride" xzibit is a pretty damn good lyricist, also a decent actor, in his roles its not him continually trying to play himself and portray a "Gangsta" image, his last record napalm is actually really good,and the two free mixtapes hes put out with b-real from cypress hill are more aggressive and ballsy then alot of the metal that is played on the radio these days, and is also light years ahead of the garbage that is considered modern day "hip hop". For people who arent enlightened they hear this trash like lil wayne and nicki minaj and think thats all that hip hop has to offer, which is a damn shame
My favorite song of "Hydra" :D
I grew up on rap, I'm not too big of a rap fan now. Within Temptation is a great band and the song is great. But I have to admit that I judged the song too quickly. Big mistake. This was brilliant on behalf of Within Temptation.
Robert, you rock! Ice T is cool
awesome song. Xzibit seems cool. I should check out his stuff
You should!
At first I wasn't sold on the song at all (I thought they shamelessly wanted to go mainstream), but over time I really liked it, can't explain it. Awesome.
Para ser franco el rap con el metal van de la mano asi como la musica clasica y el metal tambien se juntan a la perfeccion otro de mis generos favoritos es el rap pero de la vieja escuela,desde niño hasta la fecha siempre mi vida se vio influenciada por el rock y el rap algunos haters lo critican por el choque cultural que tienen en Estados Unidos no es bien visto pero en Europa es un nivel superior y maravilloso grande Within temptation son unicos.
Amazing work!
I just love everything you guys do, even when i'm skeptical you guys always make it work. Awesome job.
Sou muito fã de vcs , conheço e curto a tempos ,
probably the best song in the world :)
I doubt it.
Listen to Black Dog by Zeppelin or Child In time by Deep Purple
Hellwyck I think Queen was better than Zeppelin, personally. Queen II, man.
So do I, what I'm saying is Black Dog's a fucking great song and is better than the WT track.
This is one of my favourite tracks on the album! c:
Why you don´t have a video for this song with xzibit???
The best song of the album
That would be awesome!
Hail Hydra!
They really are trying to expand their audience. Wouldn't be surprised to see some house music in the next album.
I had first heard of the collaboration on an interview with SiriusXM, and my first reaction was... Noooo not rap, what is WT doing?! (honestly not a fan of rap / hip-hop). As it turns out, this was an excellent fit! Good job, I love the new album! Sorry about judging too quickly.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
She loves radiant.....!
Do I get the cool points yet? Hydra! Like the winter soldier lol....great song
within temptation favorit my music.. pisss i'm from indonesia..👍👍👍👍👍👍💕💕💕💕💕💕
Stop being so goddamn ignorant rock and rap are an amazing collab with the right production no need for racism or anything like that be open minded and allow artists to explore their music
Robert what have you done..
They should do a song with Eminem someday
At first I honestly thought (oh boy, Within Temptation is trying to go mainstream) and honestly thought that they were going to go away from their roots. From the tidbits I've heard of this song I am actually kind of excited. It sounds good and I depending on the whole song, this may actually be worthwhile
xzibit was mainstream in early 2000s. but from 2006 he has virtually no sales for his albums, so i would not bet money that most people still remember him. so "going mainstream" with a help from xzibit is unlikely.
***** I don't mean mainstream through the usage of Xzibit per say. I was more implying that they would become like a mainstream hybrid of rock and rap not unlike Lincoln Park Limp Bisket and the likes. Not saying that their bad its just I like Within Temptation's vibe and was afraid they may ditch it. I hope this makes sense. Hearing bits and pieces of the song though I no longer worry.
Asmodeus Thenatos Lincoln Park and Limp Bisket ? Are they Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit tribute bands?
I respect them, just not a fan. Their style although good doesn't suit my tastes
Im a new fan! Ive been looking for this type of music for soooo long. So glad to find Sharon and the Gang. @Within Temptation I know there is a slim chance you could read my comment. I just thought of suggesting to make more room in making better hairdos. I dont mean it in a negative way. I mean you guys are great - songs and props. Just needs improvement in hair styling (style of hair like Anime/Legolas look). Its just a thought, feel free to agree or Not. :)
At first I didn't like the idea. But now I listen to it everyday. Its weird. haha
Why not do a whole album with Xzibit?
+Anglr Fish That would kind of kill the momentum, I think. Nobody needs another Linkin Park ripoff.
Because this is not how WT really is and they are matel band and not from the rap side but this was a great test to watch the result
*Metal and rap collaborations are not too uncommon. Five finger death punch did the same with Techn9ne ("Mama said knock you out")*
so did Aerosmith and Run DMC (Walk this Way)
Public Enemy & Anthrax (Bring The Noise)
the entire Judgement Night soundtrack.
no part 2?
Why is it so heavily edited?
Most rap is terrible, self degrading bullshit music in which Xzhibit is an exception. Within Temptation is one of the best goth groups ever.
Most rap NOWADAYS is terrible, do some history research and listen to the old stuff.
DAH jajaja
Folks!, for fuck sake! be happy it's Xzibit and not 50 Cent LMFAO!.
Wanted a rapper with dark voice? lol, call KidCrusher :D
limp bizkit too
Funny they talk about “he” when Xzibit sit besides them... 🤔
Xzibit разжирел
This worked very well, but metal is a genre of it's own, and not much can match it. It's the highest of the highest. The "Nu-metal" genre and bands like Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park etc. (minus some Rage Against the Machine) does NOT work very well. It's cumbersome, irritating, and takes very little thinking/writing to make it a reality. To me that is NOT metal, and shouldn't be a sub-genre.
However, old-school rap like EPMD, NWA, Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane, The D.O.C are great on their own, but that is also gone due to the dollar taking precedence over the sound.
The shit nowadays is an embarrassment.
Holland rappers? Go shame yourself. :P
Not even Within Temptation could make me like rap
Then don't listen to it.
Rap = crap = no talent, just attitude and a following of sheep. Song ruined but WT still outshine bands. Glad to see WT retained roots despite the inevitable rap-cancer progression. /hydra amazing !!
they fucked up real bad on this... this hydra record is horrible, what ever happened to "black symphony? hip hop coming into symphonic metal is an abomination, i hope this never happens again. terrible terrible.
Why is it an abomination?
It's really not THAT bad. This album is no Silent Force, but they really took a risk to do what they did, and I applaud them all on it. You have to remember that WT is going to take their sound to where they want to take it. I hope they go back to their roots on the next one, but it's not up to me.
I really hated this song... the worst of the worst
Terrible...
That song has Smash hit Written all over it
And..I wouldn't be surprised if any dance artists did some remixes of it-the structure of the song just screams that in my opinion- a big club hit?