 The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park 's music , with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist . On Linkin Park 's third album , Minutes to Midnight , Shinoda sings lead vocals on " In Between " , " Hands Held High " , and on the B @-@ side " No Roads Left " . On numerous songs from band 's fourth album , A Thousand Suns , such as the album 's four singles ( " The Catalyst " , " Waiting for the End " , " Burning in the Skies " , " Iridescent " ) , both Shinoda and Bennington sing . On most of the record 's tracks , the band notably used electronic drumbeats along with outro drumbeats . The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band 's musical career , having a stronger emphasis on electronica . James Montgomery , of MTV , compared the record to Radiohead 's Kid A , while Jordy Kasko of Review , Rinse , Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd 's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon . Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by Chuck D and Public Enemy . He elaborated : " Public Enemy were very three @-@ dimensional with their records because although they seemed political , there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too . It made me think how three @-@ dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course , and show where we were at creatively " . One of the record 's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American political figures . 
