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{{Short description|2004 EP by Jay-Z and Linkin Park}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Collision Course
| type         = ep
| longtype     = / [[video album]]
| artist       = [[Jay-Z]] and [[Linkin Park]]
| cover        = Collision_Course_CD-DVD_cover.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|2004|11|30}}
| recorded     = July 16–19, 2004
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = *[[Rap rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liveabout.com/rap-rock-defined-2898294 |title=What Is Rap-Rock: A Brief History of Rap-Rock |access-date=December 31, 2008 |last=Grierson |first=Tim |publisher=[[About.com]]}}</ref>
*[[nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-wildest-nu-metal-performances#linkin-park-and-jay-z-collide-500-capacity-room|title=10 Wildest Nu-Metal Performances|magazine=[[Revolver Magazine]]|last=Enis|first=Eli|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 19, 2022}}</ref>
*[[alternative hip hop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/rip-chester-bennington/1-40501|title=Artists Pay Tribute to Linkin Park's Chester Bennington|website=Tidal.com|date=20 July 2017 |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref>
| length       = {{ubl|{{duration|m=21|s=15}} <small>(CD)</small>|{{duration|m=45|s=01}} <small>(DVD)</small>}}
| label        = {{flatlist|
* [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]]
* [[Machine Shop Recordings|Machine Shop]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
}}
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* [[Mike Shinoda]]
* [[Linkin Park]] <small>([[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>
* [[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]] <small>(exec.)</small>
}}
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Linkin Park]]
 | type       = ep
 | prev_title = [[Live in Texas (Linkin Park album)|Live in Texas]]
 | prev_year  = 2003
 | title      = Collision Course
 | year       = 2004
 | next_title = [[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]
 | next_year  = 2007
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Jay-Z]]
 | type       = ep
 | prev_title = [[Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)|Unfinished Business]]
 | prev_year  = 2004
 | title      = Collision Course
 | year       = 2004
 | next_title = [[Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)|Kingdom Come]]
 | next_year  = 2006
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Linkin Park]]
 | type       = video
 | prev_title = [[Live in Texas (Linkin Park album)|Live in Texas]]
 | prev_year  = 2003
 | title      = Collision Course
 | year       = 2004
 | next_title = [[Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes]]
 | next_year  = 2008
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Collision Course
 | type        = ep
 | single1     = [[Numb/Encore]]
 | single1date = December 13, 2004
}}
}}

'''''Collision Course''''' is a [[Mashup (music)|mash-up]] EP from American rapper [[Jay-Z]] and [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Linkin Park]], released on November 30, 2004, by [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]], [[Machine Shop Recordings|Machine Shop]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] and [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Collision-Course-Jay-Z-Linkin-Park/dp/B00069A6P4/ |title=Collision Course (with DVD): Jay-Z, Linkin Park: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=2010-07-26}}</ref> From Linkin Park's catalog, ''Collision Course'' features three songs from ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' and four from ''[[Hybrid Theory]]''. From Jay-Z's catalog, it features three songs from ''[[The Black Album (Jay-Z album)|The Black Album]]'', one from ''[[Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter]]'', one from ''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]'' and one from ''[[The Blueprint]]''. Before the album, Jay-Z had released collaborations with [[The Roots]] and [[R. Kelly]], and Linkin Park had collaborated with various artists on their remix album ''[[Reanimation (Linkin Park album)|Reanimation]]''.

The album was inspired by ''[[The Grey Album]]'' by [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]], which was a mash-up album between Jay-Z and [[The Beatles]]. [[MTV]] had originally planned on mashing up only one or two songs, but the project was eventually expanded to a six-song album. The production on the album was mostly handled by [[Mike Shinoda]] and Jay-Z, and it was recorded between July 16 and July 19. The album spawned one [[Single (music)|single]], "[[Numb/Encore]]" which won [[Best Rap/Sung Collaboration]] at the [[48th Grammy Awards]]. The album received generally mixed reviews from [[music critics]] but despite that was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, selling 368,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="BB200"/>