Dialate

"Dialate"
Song by Linkin Park
from the album Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)
Recorded:	1997
Released:	October 9, 2020
Format:	Digital, CD
Length:	3:24
Samples:	Method Man - Meth vs. Chef (feat. Raekwon) Mobb Deep - Eye For An Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)
Writer:	Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, Mike Shinoda, Clifford Smith, Mark Wakefield, Corey Woods
Producer:	Mike Shinoda
Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) tracklist
Forgotten Demos: Dialate (Xero Demo) Pictureboard She Couldn't Could Have Been Reading My Eyes (Xero Demo) Rhinestone (Xero Demo) Esaul (Xero Demo) Stick N Move (Demo) Carousel (Demo) Points Of Authority (Demo) Crawling (Demo) SuperXero (By Myself Demo)

"Dialate" is a song from the Xero days that is included in the Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary release. The title is a misspelling of "Dilate". The song was debuted on SiriusXM's "Turbo" (channel 41) on October 5, 2020 when it was temporarily converted into "Linkin Park Radio" to celebrate the anniversary of the album.

Background

During a Q&A with fans on Linkin Park's official website, Mike Shinoda talked about the song: "Dialate was probably the first demo that... that was the start of the idea of the band. So, Mark Wakefield and I had been friends since we were about 12 or 13, we were in classes together, you know, in school. And on the weekend... at some point I went, I got a 4-track and I was already like, starting to make beats with this little sampler I had. And I, Mark came over and we would make some things and that led to making joke songs. So we'd make songs in the style of like, a mock version of like Dr. Dre or like Wu-Tang Clan or Diddy and Biggie. So we made these goofy songs, but really I, part of it was just entertaining ourselves. And part of it was like learning how a song gets put together like what, in my case with a sampler for example. Like what I have to do to imitate that kind of a beat. And eventually we took, I felt like we, in retrospect we probably learned just enough to be able to make our own thing. And Dialate was the first song with Mark really. A bunch of the songs from this package, like this Hybrid 20 package, are demos from that era, so Dialate is in there. Originally the track of A Place For My Head was originally called Esaul. E-S-A-U-L. Forgotten was originally Rhinestone. And each of these songs there's like a demo version that's from the Xero days."

He was questioned about the track again on Twitch and answered, "I think we've talked about them in interviews lately. Dialate was one of the first demos that I did with my friend Mark and it was, at that point it was certainly just me and Mark. That was the band. Like there was no band. It was just me and Mark making stuff. And we made Dialate and Deftest and at some point after that Stick N Move. I think there were a couple of other tracks that we doodled, like doodled around with that we didn't release or didn't, we hated it, whatever it was, but, stuff that we didn't finish, you know. So yeah I don't know. I think most, I mean, I think most or all of that stuff is out, like it's all in the HybridTheory20 or it's in the LPU or whatever. Dialate was that early."

Jeff Blue says "Dialate" was in the very first demo he heard from Xero. "The second song, with no title, incorporated a lot of hip hop. I loved the beat, the rapping was old school, and it had a simplistic guitar line with tasty harmonics that was instantly memorable. The song transitioned into an Alice In Chains-style chorus followed by a Rage Against the Machine-style guitar breakdown, with a hard-edged bridge that really impressed me." He describes the artwork as a Xerox photo of what appeared to be a mountain and the inside featured a faded photo of four band members and a close-up photo of Mike Shinoda.

Mike Shinoda raps on "Dialate" under the moniker "Kenji". The only other known song where he uses the name is "Drop" from Rapology 13. According to him, he decided to stop using it because too many people heard it as "Ken G".

The beat for "Dialate" contains uncredited samples from "Eye For An Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)" by Mobb Deep in the chorus. In addition, the song contains a vocal sample of Method Man from his song "Meth vs. Chef". Since the sampled track was produced by RZA and features Raekwon, they are also credited for "Dialate". All of them are Wu-Tang Clan members.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Dialate (Xero Demo)	Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)	3:24	1997	October 9, 2020	Samples Method Man's "Meth vs. Chef" and Mobb Deep's "Eye For An Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)". Mark Wakefield on vocals.

Live

Phoenix and Rob performed a short bass/drum tease of "Dialate" at the Top Of The Pops 2003.

Lyrics

Album Version

Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer

Crack the bullet proof vest on an MC's chest
Yes, yes to make it sweat like a full court press
On a quest to show my flow's control
The movement of the mass of bodies at a hip hop show
From the high to low
Feel the audio rain as the blood in your veins
Pump to this rhythm while the beat maintains sub-terrestrial status
King of the lyrical amplifying apparatus

I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down

Step back, I feel my personal space is violated
The heat in my mind makes my pupils dialated
Don't test this or you'll see wreck from the bestest
Check this tape deck weapon pumps thumps through your chesteses
Break your neck, feel it happen
As I'm rappin' you can feel your every bone snapping
You deserve it, feel the force of my fire
Cut me loose De La like telephone wire
Trya
Style against me, the Kenji
Try your best, no less
Just then you will see
My top not spot the little block gold metal
Kenji heaven sent represent the next level

I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down

Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer

Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer

Spine grab
Pitch down now you preach lies
Little kids cry / Little bitch counterclockwise
Just be ready to test your set
Emergency broadcast
No, I'm not dead yet

Spine grab
Pitch down now, yeah you preach lies
Little kids cry / Little bitch counterclockwise
Just be ready to test your set
Emergency broadcast
No, I'm not dead yet

I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down

I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dialate and play it down