"Eminem's great," Shinoda told music site Montreality. "I've known about Eminem since before he was ever even signed. I had a friend back in the day [who] gave me a cassette tape of, it was the Slim Shady EP...and Em was doing shows at, like, The Roxy for, like, 300 people in L.A., coming onstage on drugs and stuff and just, like, falling onto the stage, and he'd pick up the mic and go crazy. And people loved it, I loved it; he's always been so great."

Shinoda had this to say about a possible collaboration with Eminem, "Even if it was a thing where we just did the music and he just did his vocals, I'd be down with that. I just think he's talented. I'd be down to do something."