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| Single by The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn | |||||||||||
| from the album Built From Scratch | |||||||||||
| Released | March 2002 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD/ vinyl | ||||||||||
| Genre | Rap metal, alternative hip hop | ||||||||||
| Length | 4:08 (Album Version) 3:32 (Radio Version) |
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| Label | Loud Records, Sony BMG | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Melvin Bradford, Alvin Joiner | ||||||||||
| Producer | Mike Shinoda | ||||||||||
| The X-Ecutioners singles chronology | |||||||||||
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"It's Goin' Down" is a song by American turntablists The X-Ecutioners featuring rapper Mike Shinoda and turntablist Joe Hahn, two members of American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the first and only single from the X-Ecutioners' album Built From Scratch, originally released in January 29, 2002. The single was released in March 2002.
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[edit] Background
While the song is foremost credited to the X-Ecutioners, it was written and performed primarily by Shinoda and Hahn of the band Linkin Park. It was also produced by Shinoda. The song includes samples of the Xzibit song "Year 2000" and Linkin Park's demo tracks "Step Up" and "Dedicated". During the DJ scratching of the song's bridge, one can clearly hear the phrase "X-Men 'bout to blast off worldwide", X-Men being the former name of the X-Ecutioners which was changed to avoid copyright infringement.
"It's Goin' Down" peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number 28 in Australia.[citation needed] In the US, it reached number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] number 13 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart[2] and number 29 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3]
The song also samples Linkin Park songs on two occasions both being during the intro. First being "Watch them flee/Hip hop heads", which comes from the track "Dedicated". The second is a sample of Mr. Hahn saying "You do it like this", which is from "Step Up".
Linkin Park performed "It's Goin' Down" often in 2002 - 2004. They also collaborated with Snoop Dogg in one performance in which he said a few verses from "Gin and Juice."[citation needed]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "It's Goin' Down" also features Linkin Park's Rob Bourdon on drums, Dave Farrell on bass, and Static-X's Wayne Static on guitar; although, they were not included in the recording of the song. Brad Delson and vocalist Chester Bennington made a Cameo appearance, as well as other well-known musicians.
"It's Goin' Down" also has various camera effects like Shinoda, the song's sole vocalist, leaving one side of the screen and immediately returning from the other. He also repeatedly slaps the side of the camera, causing a slight vibrating impact effect.
[edit] Track listing
X-Ecutioners (Single Version)
- CD
- "It's Goin' Down"
- "X-Ecution of a Bum Rush" (explicit)
- "Play That Beat" (Lo Fidelity Allstars remix) (explicit)
- Vinyl
Side A
- "It's Goin' Down" (radio edit)
- "It's Goin' Down" (instrumental)
Side B
- "The X-Ecutioners (Theme) Song" - Featuring Dan the Automator (explicit)
- "It's Goin' Down" (Scratchapella)
Linkin Park (Single Version)
- Promo
- "It's Going Down
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