Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Nu-Metal, Rap, 2000 -> 2

Rolling' (Air Raid Vehicle)

Would argue the musicianship here is actually really good, but then Fred Durst opens his month and ruins it 2.5*

Nu-metal was the scourge of the early 2000s, and Limp Bizkit were the scourge of the nu-metal scene. These guys were parcelled up and shoved down our throats in the noughties by MTV, and there was no escape. There's so much to hate here. Fred's double-tracked, high-pitched, whingey voice grates on a part of my brain I didn't even know existed. Wes Morland's stupid attempts at being edgy involved everything from horror masks to creepy contact lenses. The definition of style over substance. The temperament, bravado and aggressive juvenile boastfulness of the lyrical content is loud and in your face. The over-polished, over-produced instrumentation only highlights the lack of substance. The bastardization of The Who, Frank Sinatra and the Mission: Impossible theme song is criminal. Repetitive melodies mix the absolute worst parts of white rap, dance music and rock into something that's lingers like a bad smell. It's music for frat boys to frat to. Let me be fair. As fair as I can be when talking about Limp Bizkit. If I squint my ears, some parts sound alright. There, I said it. Songs like "My Way", "Hold On" or "Full Nelson" for example. But when I listen closer, everything starts to get on my nerves again.

This album doesn’t belong anywhere near this project. Most of the album is near-unlistenable: jangly, un-musical, repetitive. And it’s far too long. A decent editor might’ve removed 30 minutes or so? Is “My Way” the only thing keeping this from a one-star rating?

How do you even begin to evaluate this? Is it good? Is it really really bad? Is it responsible for some of the worst music ever? Are little bits of it good and its marred by what it is? If we are talking actual "good music" I would say My Way is definitely the best song. The One is okay, the ballad towards the end is fine. Boiler is fine. Mission Impossible is okay. I was gonna go for a 3 to be kind, but the remix of rollin and then awful unfunny skit that lasts 9 mins, I'll go 2

Fred Durst knows the f word. One of the most disturbing titles and pieces of album artwork. I was expecting to hate this, but it was a modicum more interesting than I expected. Extremely juvenile with little to say, but the nu metal riffs were heavy. Like a trailer park rage against the machine. 1.5/5 -> 2/5

I enjoy a lot of nu metal music but not Limp Bizkit. I'm not sure who the intended audience is, but this band is so big. Is it the name and accompanying implied game? It's not a particular musicianship or clever lyrics or a charismatic lead singer. It's perplexed me since this album came out. The one song I can tolerate is the James Bond theme remix. That and it's cultural impact are the only things keeping this from being only 1 star. The best thing you can say about this album is that if you meet someone who names Limp Bizkit as their favorite band or this album as their favorite album, you can immediately treat that as a red flag for that person.

Way too long and not what I’d call good, but it can be silly fun at times. And shoutout to ben stiller

Didn't expect to see this one on here. It takes me back to when I was like 12. This album is completely insane though.

If it weren't for this website, I'd never be listening to a full Limp Bizkit album all the way til the end. I would be lying if I said I didn't get any enjoyment out of it: it's definitely fun and makes me think of the '99 Woodstock performance the year before this came out. Lyrics are awful but I think that's part of the charm. I won't be listening to it again though! Difficult to pick favourites because most of the tracks all sound the same to me - but I would highlight Boiler as somewhat of a standout track.

1/15, 6%

I am a brave boy who is open minded enough about music for this and not linkin park specifically. That is my mantra before I listen to this album. A friend of mine suggested "don't think too deep and let your white boy fly". I will do that, maybe snort some glue while we're at it. I don't want to comment on album covers but it's definitely not the best look. Given the name of the album, I don't think I should have expected some minimalist bullshit or something half decent. I do respect that limp bizkit/suprisingly not a horrible person Fred Durst will do things their way and not give a fuck about what other people think. I'll also say this list has too much nu metal to actual metal on the list. They could've at least included Deftones' White Pony if they wanted a strong album in that field. We have Kid Rock, KoRn, and Limp Bizkit. I think I'd rather keep that one KoRn album over either of those three, but White Pony is a better album than those bands. Anyways to the actual music Even giving this album a chance, it hasn't really impressed me. It's clear to hear the music that influenced Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit, but it feels like conflicting styles and not really fully blended together, a staple of many a nu metal sound. There's some CD era-itis with having hidden songs on a few tracks and songs that feel a bit too much longer than they need to be. These problems would continue to many other albums over the span of the next few years, and this is merely a sympton of the problem rather than case zero. Rolling is good. Hot Dog is probably the one song I can't tell if I hate or like, but very much resembles that "conflicting of styles without being sure which lane to stay in works best" problem I mentioned earlier. Uniqueness isn't inherently good, because you can still produce unique shitty ideas. Look at Silicon Valley and their start-up company cults that get propped around there hundreds of times a day. Limp Bizkit were certainly, for their time, a unique band that blended rap and metal/rock differently from earlier attempts with a more pop focus that would inspire a bunch of mainly shitty bands in the 2000s. Some of this was "nu metal" and the tamer for non-edgelord people was "postgrunge". Neither of which helped rock and roll's popularity to continue past the 2000s with the further rise of Hip Hop overshadowing the genre and the groove of Electronic music would later blend to pop music and still be pushing on forward with EDM/dubstep and influence hip hop with drill/100 gecs shit. And so on, and so forth. I'd rather not get into high and low culture (let some shitty silicon valley startup company using mechanical turk-ass AI to get someone from southeast asia to answer your question about that instead of using wikipedia), but Limp Bizkit and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water were certainly kings of low culture along with Insane Clown Posse. I mean no offense to this, but that is a legacy to have and behold. You gotta remember that this sold very well. It's not necessarily like TV where you appeal directly to the lowest common denominator for ratings, but it appealed to enough lower/middle class white people who could relate to Fred Durst's problems of being a working class Floridian. There's a lot of people in that market. Honestly many of the songs are fairly similar: the guitar riffs/tone, Fred's shockingly honest lyrics about being a melancholic white boy with some mild form of being bipolar, the bass somehow being out of the recording because it's not the lead guitar, and the drums are okay, if lackluster. Some songs stick out: The One is a bit more Incubus sounding on the guitar and mid-song tempo shift, and isn't really that typical 'limp bizkit' stereotype. Getcha Groove On (Xzibit version, which seems to be the new main version of that song) is palatable. Boiler has different riffs and more annoying screams. Hold On doesn't screech my ears and I actually appreciate or enjoy it similar to The One. Maybe Fred Durst could have tried doing post-rock, would have been much more interesting than this album. I can say now that I don't completely hate limp bizkit, but it's hard to find a reason to like this band as someone that really does not like to test the waters of a genre that sturgeon's law couldn't even defend. It's not even formally in the list anymore. It has a purpose and some legacy, not necessarily the most positive but not all negative either. It's like the famous metaphor of the Grateful Dead and black licorice. A lot of people really don't like black licorice, but the people that love black licorice really love black licorice. If you really like this sort of sound in music (record sales don't like unlike the music charts these days with streaming), it's a great record. But who am I to say, I've been to over two dozen Phish shows. People hate on them and their sound, and like Limp Bizkit haters, probably don't really know what the band actually sounds like other than memes and outbursts (Phish has significantly fewer mainstream memes than limp Bizkit/Fred Durst have). Now I can say that I have listened to Limp Bizkit, and still don't really care for them. I won't say I'm a hater, but I'll keep rolling rolling rolling rolling rolling my eyes whenever I hear the name.

I'm pretty sure I bought this album at the time. Most of it doesn't hold up. It's no wonder it was removed from the list. Favorite song: "Take a Look Around"

Lumpy biscuits are back in vogue at the moment, and I need to say that my high school self would’ve joined the ‘Nu Metal’ club on campus…but time makes us wiser and more discerning so now I just have to smile knowingly and shake my head when my kids join the Not Nu Metal club on campus

ehhh really not for me. The vocals were grating and the topics were immature in a way I couldn't identify with. What I mean is that if I had been an angry angsty teenage boy this album would slap hard, but I never was and never plan to be so... That being said, some of the instrumentation and beats were catchy and I get why people like this band, which saved this album from being a 1/5

I’m so conflicted on this one. On the one hand, Limp Bizkit is a crime against music. I never listened to them when I was 13; I was not nearly angry enough, I guess. About a decade ago, I started listening to Limp Bizkit ironically, usually pretending my cat was singing the songs (I think cats have the impotent rage that Limp Bizkit is known for). This developed into an unintentional appreciation for this nonsense and Numetal on the whole. Then I moved to Jacksonville FL and Fred Durst’s mom was a regular at the restaurant I worked at during COVID and she is a lovely woman. LB is not good music, but I appreciate them for what they are.

When I was 10 I thought this was great, it's catchy and heavy in parts but it's very immature, lyrically not good, and far too long. Cut out half the songs and it might be better.

Title and album artwork are offensive to music as art but there’s some high points here. I see why they were so popular for a brief period despite some pretty questionable lyrics.

It was fine, just not my style.

This band did nothing musically for me way back when. Knew nothing about this record until this listen…and I still know nothing.

Heard Rollin' before and I'm sorry but I love this song. In general when it comes to the music itself it's not that bad. But the lyrics... they really can help you assess Fred Durst's IQ score 2/5

Wow fred durst sucks.

2,5 - Die wenigen guten Lieder können nicht über den Durchschnitt hinwegtäuschen. Und dann gibt es immer wieder schreckliche Abschnitte, die den Eindruck final schmälern. Highlights: My Generation, My Way

It was poor when it came out and hasn't aged well

I kinda like the multiple references to other artists lyrics. And that's about it. It's marginally better than the awful cover and title suggest it's going to be, but it's mostly cringeworthy. I get why it appealed to angry teenagers, but hopefully they've grown up enough for this to be relegated to a guilty pleasure for them.

Löjligt, kasst, men också ganska kul

Pendlar mellan lite tufft och bara wannabe-tufft. Vissa segment är jättebra, men också mycket oljud. Uselt outro.

Not that bad, tbh, but it's also too juvenile (or I too old) to really hit home.

Not as bad as I thought but still sophomoric spew.

lol

I usually don't care about lyrics because music should be about the music, but the lyrics on this album really drag it down in Kid Rock-esque fashion. The music is actually pretty innovative. There's a lot of really cool things going on with the guitars, but those cringey, cringey, lyrics (and the half-baked vocal delivery) crush any chance this had of being good. Also, the album is about twice as long as it should be. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

man fred really doesnt know when to quit does he? this couldve been a decent album; not a good album but a listenable one at least. the musics ok but the lyrics and vocal delivery bring the quality down significantly. then there is the issue of the length. that couldve been partially fixed by removing the last two tracks, the first of which was just a remix of another song from the same album and second of which was mostly just ben stiller laughing for nine minutes.

The year is 2001, I’m overweight, angry and horny. I’m a student at a house party that isn’t going anywhere. About 12 beers in, I’m talking to a girl without really being able to hear her. The snatches of conversation I can hear between the music refer to her ex-boyfriend, her dad and a fungal infection that hasn’t cleared up. The next thing I know we are making out and I’m not sure who started it. Things get out of hand and the next day I am filled with flashbacks of stink, shame and disappointment, with occasional flashes of disgusting pleasure and hedonistic debauchery. The later STD discovery just bookends the experience nicely. Having this album pop up here and listening to it again, is like finding an old photo of her down the back of a drawer. Initial revulsion followed by a need to go wash. An inspection reveals moments that appeal to the most base instincts of a man, but regardless of their pleasure, their cost on my soul are too great to bear.

just seems so immature and weird but some of the production was pretty interesting

2 out of 5. Good golly this is an album all right.

Music from probably the worst era in rock history. This is a shameful disgrace to music.

The musical equivalent of puberty voice change. Deeply cringe, but sometimes it booms.

Ridiculous.

Hey ma! I can swear!

This one just doesn’t hold up. Their first two records had a raw edge and some genuine energy - even though it was juvenile, it was at least coherent. Here, it feels like they doubled down on the chaos without any of the intention. Yes, there are a couple tracks everyone remembers, but as an album it’s scattered, uneven, and honestly feels like it was pushed out the door because the momentum was there, not because the material was ready. The title almost ends up being the most accurate summary: a silly joke wrapped around something that doesn’t quite land.

there will always be some nu-metal nostalgia festering inside of me, and while that does extend to Limp Bizkit to a certain extent, that advantage can only go so far. Fred Durst has one of the worst voices of all time, this is unbearably long, and at the end of the day, it's just not that interesting. the kind of hybridization that nu-metal and rap-rock is built on and was much maligned for will always be interesting to me, but Limp Bizkit feels like much less than the sum of its parts. practically anybody could rattle off a neverending list of better rappers, better metal bands, better hard rock, better etc etc. I can't really imagine any reason to reach for them besides nostalgia. the main appeal at the time was the kind of vaguely apolitical, directionless rage and anti-establishment sentiment, the provocativeness of it all, but in retrospect it's easy to see how other bands of every era much more genuinely, meaningfully, powerfully and most importantly entertainingly communicate anti-establishment and anti-authority ideas. Fred Durst just comes off as a whiny, effete poser when compared to the likes of Rage or Public Enemy or NWA to also briefly engage with the most common arguments in the favorable reviews here, despite my personal dislike, i do agree this deserves its spot on the list just for the cultural relevancy, how well it captured the contemporary zeitgeist. but the other thing that seems to come up is the classic bristly "you're a pussy if you don't like this" bullshit, and to ignore the obvious misogynist and nonsensical aspects, is just stupid on the face of it. this is radio friendly, super accessible rock with metal and hip hop elements where he says "fuck" a few more times than we were used to in 2000, if you think this is "abrasive" or "tough" or "confrontational" or whatever, you seriously need to broaden your horizons and listen to some Blood Incantation or Backxwash or something

2* is complimentary

Y'know I was enjoying the song Hold On and thought to myself "hmm I'm surprised Fred was able to chill out his voice for this song it actually sounds good compared to ever other song on the album. Then I look into it and it turns out it was Scott Weiland all along which makes a lot more sense". But yeah at first I saw others reviews and thought it can't be that bad. But then I listened to an 1 long hour of a man child whine into my ears. I could feel the toxic monster energy churning inside of me. Truly the lyrics and vocals on this album are just horrendous. Though I'll give them some small credit as the album did contain some decent to strong instrumentals and riffs at some point though I won't lie I was caught off guard when I suddenly entered the realm of mission impossible. There are elements of good music sprinkled in this album from time to time and if you can listen past the vocals you can sometimes spot them and that is the only thing keeping me rating above a 1.

Wow. The 2000’s were a ride 😆

It was not as bad as I would have imagined. It's fun to listen but not very interesting.

Should be in a special section of this list for teenagers. No one over the age of 17 needs to hear this. Thanks Freddy.

I tried. Not very hard, but at least as hard as they did.

Oh yeaa this is garbage. Kind of like drinking Mountain Dew, though, it is a little bubbly at first and makes you think it's kind of fun, but then you remember that, no, it's really not worth it and is probably rotting you. Only somg I knew here was Rollin', but they sure did sample or interpolate a lot of music, and make it pretty decisively worse in the process. I did enjoy My Way, but probably because of my memory of Wierd Al's polka with it. Take A Look Around was the other one I kind of liked, with its reuse of the Mission Impossible theme. But at least they aptly named their own album Dog Water.

Der anfang war gfut aber das ist organisierter krach

Would be a 1 but a few songs remind me of hockey locker rooms. Nostalgia works

There were more songs on here I liked than I feared there would be, but it’s still not an album I’d feel the need to revisit.

Oh, my, lol! I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this was interesting. Didn’t hate it, but never need to hear it again.

The album that made a generation wonder if our asses were capable of cashing the checks our mouths have written (answer: apparently not).

I sincerely believe that beneath the Fred Durst of it all there could be a halfway decent album somewhere in here

It has been a while since I listened to this and just seeing the cover art gave me a strong revulsion to engage. Not just because of its sheer ugliness but also because of the musical memories that I associated with it. And I can't say listening changed much of that. If anything, it was better as a kid when I didn't understand much of the lyrics. There are some cool musical moments here and there but to find them you need to dive deep in the giant pool of wieners and anus covered starfish they're surrounded in.

Thanks to receiving this album, I've started vaping, huffing aerosol cans, and driving a beat-up Honda Civic with no muffler. I was very relieved to find that "My Way" and "My Generation" were not cover songs. Don't get me wrong these songs and the rest of the album are straight trash, but I thought it was gonna be much worse. I did literally laugh out loud at several points of this album. It's so edge-lord cringy, and it's hard to be intimidated by someone whose voice cracks so much. 2 stars and thanks for the laughs, Fred.

Wasn't great in 2000 and only improved marginally from nostalgia. Rollin is still a hell of a ride. Not a lot else to talk about on this one.

For me, the first couple of songs were a piece of goofy, feel good nostalgia. Then later, it began to really annoying when I realized that lyrics were just really stupid.

18 year old me had a terrible taste in music.

Not my vibe but the meth and red additions were cool

Ah. Quando eu era mais criança eu até curtia algumas canções do Limp Bizkit. Mas é aquilo, você vai crescendo e vai percebendo o quão tosco tudo isso realmente é. Recentemente eu namorei uma garota que gostava da banda, então grande parte do conteúdo deste disco ainda me é fresco e familiar. Para dar crédito, não acho todo o material da banda completamente abominável. Acho que, no todo, é um grupo tosco, datado, juvenil demais. Só que, apesar de tudo, eu até aprecio algumas das melodias deles, especialmente neste disco. A voz de Fred Durst é até boa para o que é proposto. E de vez em quando a instrumentalização te prende, te faz se mexer. Mas não dá pra salvar. É só olhar pra capa do disco, olhar pra sua duração de mais de 1 hora, e você sabe que ouvi-lo será uma experiência bem dolorosa. E foi. Mas já ouvi piores na lista até então, e certamente ouvirei piores mais pra frente também. Tipo Kid Rock. 2/5

Edgelords making noises.

Not their best.

I regret wanting to buy this album when it came out. I’m sure it would have spoken to me in 2000 and I’m glad it doesn’t anymore. To the extent that”pop nu-metal” is a genre, this is a prime example. Musically, this is interesting enough, it pulls in a lot more hip-hop than I think was normal at the time. Unfortunately, it’s not doing anything lyrically exciting. Fred seems fixated on insisting he’s misunderstood and under appreciated while also reveling in his newfound fame and privilege. It’s just not for me.

I subscribe to the idea that Limp Bizkit killed rock n roll for a couple years. I'm not totally opposed to the recent rehabilitation of a few tracks that actually do slap, but i don't think they should push their luck.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhh okay I listened to this in the car at first and I honest to god had to pause it and rub my hand over my face and ponder what I'm doing at my life because I was stopped at a red light and Fred Durst had just said the words "fucked up AIDS from fucked up sex" which, you know what, AIDS IS fucked up. He's not wrong!!!! But also this entire album is very wrong. But then again, without Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) would I have ever taken a body shot off a worker at Coyote Ugly (Austin) and gotten a bucket of water dumped on my head while a bar full of people cheered? I mean maybe they'd have just danced to a different song but that was still an excellent night out. Extremely embarrassing 2.5 because holy cow so much of this album is absolute dogwater (a term that seems to not share any etymology with "hot dog flavored water" but to be a dodge for saying "dogshit" so that you don't get banned from Fortnite you know what just shoot me I'm too ashamed of myself to even consider rounding up

I did own this album at one point having got into LB after I saw them supporting Korn in 97. My interest in them soon waned though, so much so that, despite playing this album a good amount back when it came out, I now only know the singles, and only because they get fairly regular airplay. The only ohter track I remember is _Rollin' (Urban Assualt Vehcle)_ which I used to play a lot in the car, more because it featured some really good rappers in Method Man, Redman and DMX). Sadly, Fred Durst is not a good rapper and this is not a good album.It's no surprise that the best tracks predominantly feature other people. I do like Scott Weiland's contribution to _Hold On_, it's very un-LB and had he sung the second verse, rather than Fred, this might have been my fave, but instead I'll go for the aforementioned _Rollin' (Urban Assualt Vehcle)_ as the beat and the other 3 verses are fire!

1.5

This did not age very well. It sounds better than I feared but still not great.

olen hullu ja pähee ja nuori heheh me nuoret vittu mix vihaatte muaa!! Ollakseen reilu, Limp Bizkitin kuuntelemiseen vaaditaan erittäin korkea älykkyysosamäärä. Wes Borlandin oktaavimuodot ja nykivät kahdeksasosanuottien rytmit asettavat hänet taitotasolla samalle tasolle jopa suurimpien virtuoosien kanssa. Mukana on myös Fred Durstin nihilistinen näkemys, joka on taitavasti kudottu hänen hahmoonsa. Hänen tarkoituksellisen vastenmieliset sanoituksensa ja laulunsa heijastavat hienovaraisesti ihmiskokemuksen kammottavuutta ja perimmäistä merkityksettömyyttä. JA KAIKKI MUU SANOTTAVA ON SALAATTI KASTIKETTA! rollin

The inclusion of this album very nearly undermines the whole project. It does capture some of the stupid impotent rage of the early 2000s so in that sense it is a good time capsule. Luckily, it has one good track that it has the good sense to put on the album twice (Rollin’). For that song alone I will give the album 2 stars.

some decent stuff

Interesting how big this album was - didn't expect that. Some of the grooves are pretty good, especially on Take A Look Around. But I'm not into the angst and something about the lead singer's voice is almost comical, reminds me of Flava Flav.

Not really my thing

I think I thought this was gonna be like a Kid Rock album. Idk if I was disappointed. Lots of cursing lol. I do like Xzibit!

Almost didn't listen to this one, but I gave it chance. Lots of F bombs and elementary lyrics/themes and fake rage. Takes me back to 2000, people repping the IE with Metal Militia stickers on their lifted Silverados heading to the river. I can see why it was popular 25 years ago with that new rap/rock sound but LB getting 20mil monthly plays on Spotify today is crazy. Guess there is still a lot of youth with miss placed anger towards everything, and nothing specifically?? Or maybe 20mil are just nostalgic for 2000? It was pretty sweet compared to today, even if we had to suffer through LB.

I have no idea how many more Limp Bizkit albums are on this list, so I'm just going to let this rip. I saw Limp Bizkit at the warped tour when their first album was out and I was very into that album and deftones during the summer. That album had its moments, it was uneven, yet every progressive album got... worse? Fred Durst became an even greater caricature of himself as time passed and it felt like they just stuck to a formula with diminishing returns. Wild that this album is even on here!

I could beat Fred Durst in a boxing match

Why is this on here?

Pretty cool if you're 15 years old. But also genuinely not terrible.

There’s some good stuff there

Mostly horrible but not always

Better than I expected. However, still needs only one listen.

favs: - take a look around - it’ll be ok

2.5

Where to start on this one? Fred from the 90s is annoying. Fred now is ok. I didn't find much enjoyment in the album, but Rollin' is still a banger. Wes Borland is a monster as usual.

# Album Name: Chocolate Starfish & the hotdog flavoured water # Artist: Limp Bizkit # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Wow, did this age badly. Jesus christ. Fred durst is an abomination. The lyrics and talk tracks are terrible. HOWEVER, i do remember when this came out. it absolutely EXPLODED. it was everywhere. Tbf to the band, theres 4 pretty good singles on here surrounded by absolute shite. And thats how they did it. A few solid singles and that was it. They sold a shit tonne. It blows my mind looking back. and WTF is that outro. I wish the americans would stop doing this on their albums. It ruins it. The album is way too bloated and long. # Top Tunes: My generation / My Way / Rollin / take a look around # Would I listen to it again? Singles only.

This, along with Linkin Park, was the music my peers listened to as we were approaching high school age and wanted to feel rebellious. I mean, the album title alone should make it clear that this is not an album for people over the age of 12. Unlike Linkin Park, who behind all the edge were actually a decent band, this is really bad and the only thing stopping me from giving it 1 star is I remember it being a big part of the zeitgeist of the early 2000s.

An extra star just for Hot Dog having been in Magic Mike 2. The One probably the least bad

4.5/10

I tried to be open-minded about this, but this is just so whiny and juvenile, and very over-long. A thirty-year-old bloke bragging about how many times he can say ‘fuck’ in a track, or whining about how Gen X is constantly ignored is hardly earth-shattering stuff - although from what I could stand to listen of the near 10 minute ‘Outro’ suggests maybe they do know how fucking ridiculous they are. The music is not terrible (Wes Borland deserved better than this) but the whole thing could have been 30 minutes lighter and no-one would be upset. Also, including a remix of one of the other album tracks seems lazy. A bit bollocks.

Eigentli gar nüd so schlächt. Hans vor ca. 15 Jahr live gseh. Händ permanänt s Publikum mit wüeschtischte Schlötterlig beschumpfe - das bruchi gaaar nöd. Drum sinds bi mir komplett unedure.

You add the good and the bad and you get a 2/5

Ah yes, the grand oeuvre.

Despite having a couple of catchy songs, LB is just too cringe for me.

Why

i've always assumed this would be crap, but never listened to it. nice to be right once in a while

2/5, its fine but not for me

Primeiramente, antes de qualquer coisa ser dita, é mais do que necessário ressaltar que essa é uma das capas de álbum mais feias que já vi. É tenebrosa em todos os aspectos. Ainda lembro da primeira vez que ouvi Limp Bizkit e achei completamente patéticas as letras das músicas. Esse álbum não é diferente. Além disso, é monótono e desnecessariamente longo, arrastado.

I gave this a chance, I really did. But I thought LB were bad back when I was 12 and loved Linking Park, Korn and most other nu metal popular at the time, and guess what, it's still bad in retrospect. 2 stars because it's not actually unlistenable and it does have a certain entertainment value. But yeah, it's not good. That's for sure.

This was... boring? I was expecting to really hate this thing. But I don't. It just bores me. It's just a waste of time. It wants to be seen as this abrasive, edgy, weird counterculture piece of art... but it's just not. Fred Durst wants to be polarizing. He wants you to either hate his music and think he's the devil orrrr love him and praise him for being an edgy, misunderstood, innovative outsider. Both perspectives support his narrative and relevance. But the truth is this record is far too boring for hate or love. I shrug in its general direction. The cover art and the song hot dog made me think "this thing is going to be weird as hell". Made me think "is this gonna be some wacky Mr. Bungle shit?" But then you listen to the full record and realize it's just angsty sad boy incel pop music cosplaying as edgy revolutionary rap rock. It does not upset me. I felt nothing. And that's why i'm going to give it a 2. It's not interesting enough to be a 1. It doesn't inspire enough hatred to be a 1. It's just mediocre pop music with a garish aesthetic and a few curse words. Other thoughts: Bold call referencing closer by nine inch nails in the chorus of hot dog. Closer is wayyyyy too good for durst. Also, bold call referencing my generation by The Who with the stuttering. I now hate The Who but I still respect their song more than this beige wall piece of shit. Bargain bin spy music guitar? I think limp bizkit's popularity is similar to Trump's popularity. Both say the quiet parts loud. They take the dark thoughts of their fans, the thoughts their fans would be ashamed to say out loud and broadcast them to the world and say "it's okay to feel those bad thoughts, those bad thoughts aren't actually bad and fuck anyone who tells you otherwise... don't grow, don't improve, be an asshole, be cruel, it's okay... i'm right there with you." Trump did this with racism and xenophobia. Durst did it with misogyny and incel bullshit. Rollin' is pretty fun. It works at a 90s night. I don't hate it. There are some hooks on this thing? A lot of effort was put into having this thing be catchy on some level. Again more proof of it not being this edgy album it claims to be. Hideous album cover... but i think that was intended. I think the outro proves my point about how important he thinks he is. Between his statements on starting rap metal and the choice to waste 10 minutes of his fans life with that nonsense, he is definitely one arrogant motherfucker. I swear at some point it turned into just a loop of laughing and farts. This might be the only emotion inducing track on the album... and that emotion is anger. Does that make "outro" performance art? I hope not. I don't think they created nu metal... if i'm not mistaken it was Korn who created this sound and limp bizkit just made it pop. Almost like Korn was punk and bizkit was pop punk.

For the most part it was a good album what took it way down for me was the Outro. If I wanted to go listen to a pointless stoner conversation i would go ride a city bus. If they stuck to thier music this would have probably gotten a 5 or at least a 4.

Without even listening to a note I find the album’s title annoying. It reeks with the stench of attempting to be cute and trying way too hard. The music is much too angry and full of profanities and is not my thing but it’s better than 1 star.

I mean, nostalgia for sure.

Hoo boy. Well, guess I'm glad I'm getting this out of the way early??? I've never listened to Limp Bizkit before outside of whatever songs I ended up hearing inadvertently out in the wild, but I've basically made it a point to avoid listening to them like the plague. So while I'm giving this album the best shot, I can't avoid the fact that it's basically impossible to be objective, especially with how this album has basically been built up as a legendarily bad album. That said, I'll start with the good. The music itself isn't offensive. It ranges from bad in an average way, to fairly solid, backed up with Wes Borland's guitar playing, which is easily the best thing about it. Some really cool sounding guitar parts, particularly in songs like It'll Be OK (probably the best track on the record music wise, very P.O.D. sounding but yeah), with the melodic parts. Boiler sits in the same kinda P.O.D./Tool lane, which is solid. Otherwise, the music just kinda sits in a fairly repetitive and derivative space. Songs like Rollin' just repeat the same parts over and over again, and its not good. Lots of stuff aping off of bands like Incubus, Tool, and their other contemporaries. But now for the bad, and what's bad is, yeah, shockingly bad. Firstly, I don't typically remark on this, but my God the artwork and the name of this record. I'd be embarrassed if I ever bought this. But what honestly does this album in is Durst's lyrics and vocals. The lyrics can be embarrassingly bad/cringe at times, and it's not helped by the high pitched, whiney vocals. The terrible interpolation of Nine Inch Nails in the first song proper was not a great introduction to what this album has to offer, and a lot of the lyrics on the first half of this album continue to just be awful. To be honest, second half I stopped paying attention to the lyrics, partly because there's only so much I can take, and partly because the music generally improved and gave me something positive to focus on. Also, what's with that awful sample of The Eagles? I don't even like The Eagles that much, and I'm offended for them. The whiny/high pitched vocals though are the real killer of this album. You know those memes where someone posts a photo of a celebrity, and then photoshop a short version of them with the caption "Don't talk to me or my son ever again"? Yeah, that meme is Fred Durst on this record. Regular Durst is normal with the harsher, shouted vocals, while high pitched Durst is the tiny Mini-Me. Which is a hilarious image, but for the music itself sucks. Basically, he's trying to sound imposing and angry, but what it ends up accomplishing is him sounding small and whiney. Like if he got into a fight, he'd just end up doing the "I'm just a little guy, it's my birthday" routine, haha. Lastly, this thing does not need to be an hour and fifteen minutes long. It doesnt *feel* that long, but it would have done the band better to release it as two separate LPs. So yeah. Hard to be objective with this one, and yeah, it's bad, but with the music being passable to halfway decent, kinda surprised I'll be giving this a 2 instead of a 1. I can imagine a world where if they had a better vocalist/lyricist, they'd actually be a pretty decent band. On the other hand, without Durst's genius ability to brand, most likely wouldn't be anywhere near as popular as they were.

What’s so funny, Ben Stiller?

"all around us hangs an air of darkest doom, and it flows out my longs as it slowly fills the room. i open up my heart and stick my fingers in, but you will never want what i have to give"

Garbage frat-rock, but representative of a whole genre. Only so many times you can rhyme "fuck" with "fuck" before it gets old.

Feeling embarrassed to give this anything higher than a 1, but this is a bit of a guilty pleasure.

Not bad but not my thing Metal, rap and hip hop so pretty cool in terms of genre Best songs- outro, rollin, hold on For me it’s a 4/10

I've always enjoyed the music of Limp Bizkit, but as soon as you hear that high whiny Fred Durst bullshit it just makes it shit garbage.

2/5

Heard the name Limp Bizkit, but couldn't have told you what genre. A mixed bag for me - at best it was okay, at worst I nearly switched away.

Wasn’t for me but respect the craft

This album and band were so popular, mostly because it was the last gasp of record labels and MTV pushing an artist as “cool.” So egregiously bad that, often enough, it wraps around to being funny. Made even worse/funnier that sometimes the riffs are actually good until Fred Durst opens his mouth. 2⭐️

Har mange elementer jeg liker veldig godt, rytmisk og melodisk, men det raser som oftest sammen i fantasifattige refrenger som bare blir pur energi og musikalsk blodfattig.

Una clásica representación de los años 2000 en Estados Unidos. Un grupo de gente blanca haciendo una combinación de hip hop, rock, metal y música electrónica. Explotando el consumo de la generación que se nutrió de Rage Against The Machine y banda afines, pero sin ofrecer contenido político. Es el equivalente de la comida rápida: Basada en comidas clásicas, pero armada industrialmente para vender, llena de calorías huecas, generando y alimentándose del hate como medio publicitario. Cuando era más jóven me gustaba, pero fue mi adolescencia. Puedo destacar "Gecha Groove On" porque al menos suena distinto, más moderno. "Take A Look Around" todavía me sigue pareciendo una buena adaptación del tema de Misión Imposible. El álbum completo me resulta demasiado largo

…goddammit. I didn’t hate this as much as I thought I would. It was still pretty bad and I honestly don’t know why it was on this list.

The instrumentals are actually pretty good but they can’t overcome the Curse of the Durst.

Rollin, take a look

I liked LB back in the day, sort of. I never bought this album, but I liked (and still enjoy) its predecessors (Significant Other & Three Dollar Bill, Y’all). Yeah, there are some decent songs here, but seriously, why is this on the list?

Pas pour moi

Can't stand the vocals

Huh - I thought this was gonna be the one with rearranged and nookie. It was not. Really a rush job as it was accused of being. Fred's lyrics and rapping are pretty silly. The band actually goes pretty hard. Somehow got some real rappers to guest, and particularly the wutangs, but even DMX sounds electrifying next to big FD's persistent whining. Anyway, if you went to an american high school c. 1999 you'll understand why they are on the list. But maybe there was a better album. This one's not without worth, but its far from good.

I get this albums place in time. But hard to separate Fred Durst and all that comes with him from the few decent songs.

I had a suspicion I might not love this from the start. Musically it's OK. Ish. But it's clearly too long - laboured towards the end - and there's just too much of the same old shite. The Outro by itself almost relegated this to 1 star - whichever record exec Okayed that deserves firing. But at least I was tapping away on the steering wheel on my commute, so there are worse albums.

Limp Bizkit's music carries with it a preconceived notion and bias since they've been a sorta punching bag for heavy metal fans. Musically this was good, Wes Borland in particular is an interesting player. Lyrically its mainly whiny, juvenile and corny, coupled with Fred Durst' whiny voice, its definitely a chore. most likely won't revisit.

I loved Limp Bizkit in high school. No seriously. I wanted to perform "Take A Look Around" in the talent show. I can escape into moments of nostalgia, but I haven't revisited this album since high school. It's probably best left in the past. Getcha Groove On had a better beat on the original album, but the version on Spotify is a remix. I'm assuming that is a sample clearance issue. Not great at the time, not great now. 2/5

1. intro - 0 2. hot - 1.5 3. generation - 1.5 4. nelzon - 1.5 5. uuay - 2 6. rollin - 2 7. living - 1.5 8. one - 1.5 9. groove - 1 10. around - 2 11. ok - 1.5 12. boiler - 1 13. hold - 1 14. rollin - 1 15. outro - 2

2 - I'm 14 and this is deep

The riffs go surprisingly hard, but Fred Durst sings like he's about to break out in tears. The lyrics are outstandingly cringe, but in a so bad it's almost good way. Any truly objective review of this would be 1 star, but the unintended comedy of it raises it to a 2.

Pretty long and not great. The mission impossible sample was funny. Very 2000s.

4/10 -it was a little all over the place and not in a great way. I’m not a huge fan of this style of music and really did not enjoy the last “song” although it was decent for the gym.

Fred Durst is an idiot, but not idiot enough to not listen to this. I have to admit, this hip-hop/nu metal fusion is actually good, at least melodically. Because yeah, most lyrics are shit. My Way and Take a Look Around (with the MI riff) are my soft spots.

Why did I like this so much in high school?

I really can’t stand Limp Bizkit. I really really can’t stand Fred Durst. Even moreso, I can’t stand that I actually don’t hate “My Way,” “Rollin’,” and “Take a Look Around.” I understand why they were popular. Now, the rest of the album is insufferable. From the ridiculous title (and every time Durst references the chocolate starfish) to the weird Nine Inch Nails mash-up, from some of the cringiest writing to setting the template for edgelords for the next two decades, Limp Bizkit for a full album is insufferable. But Limp Bizkit is so very 2000. As much as I hate it, I absolutely think they are important enough to warrant inclusion on the list. Like “Break Stuff” on their breakout album, they’re at their best when they stop overdoing the edginess and whining and declare the need for some cathartic destruction.

Fred Durst is lucky that he has such great musicians behind him. The drums are tight, the bass playful and Borland’s guitar playing is quite creative. It ends up making this a somewhat enjoyable listen - I’m more surprised than you are. But whenever Durst opens his mouth I lose hope. There are times when I amaze myself and actually get the overall idea of Limp Bizkit, like on “Boiler”, but I can’t get over the awfulness of Durst’s vocal, inane humor and his edgy political statements of how everything sucks and should be destroyed - very profound. There’s a part of me that would like Limp Bizkit were they not Limp Bizkit. But alas, they are.

I'm definitely not a fan of Nu-metal. Especially Limp Bizkit. I have a very funny memory of a show they did in São Paulo - Brazil, where they decided to play a Nirvana cover, and ended up playing probably the worst version of Smells Like Teen Spirit ever recorded. I burst out laughing when Fred Durst said "Load up on guns..." and let the audience continue the song. Anyway. Leaving that aside, when the band isn't playing their usual nu-metal mixed with hip-hop, which works as well with Fred's voice as a mix of pistachio ice cream and couscous, I've heard some good songs there, you know, in the brief moments when they did something that didn't follow the cliché. I'm going to give it 2 stars today, and I think that's a lot.

Better than I expected but it sounds pretty dated now and was far too long. Favourite tracks: Full Nelson & Take a Look Around Probably not one to revisit. 2/5

For me, someone who stocked this album on the shelf when it came out, it hasn't gotten any better with age.

This must be the least intelligent record on this list. 1,5 stars for the catchyness of some singles

liked songs: Boiler if there were no vocals Per Wikipedia: "The song "Hot Dog" features the word "fuck" 47 times; Durst points out in the lyrics "If I say "fuck" two more times, that's forty-six "fuck"s in this fucked up rhyme"" "...Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water was listed in the book for 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, but later removed in recent editions of the book." It's a shame that Fred Durst is the worst fucking vocalist/lyricist ever, because the instrumentals on this album are decent. Otherwise, this is just Korn at home. LAdiEs AnD geNtLEmeN... 2.25

My nu-metal phase didn't really extend to Limp Bizkit - I was more into Linkin Park. I do vaguely remember all the worst people at school liking LB though... It’s a tricky one to judge because as irritating as Fred Durst is when he does his whiny little yelps and juvenile rhymes, I don’t find the album unlistenable at all. I think My Way and Take a Look Around sound great, and hold their own against other classic singles in this genre. It’s more that across the other 13 tracks they rarely hit that sweet spot. When they lean into a more earnest, ‘classic’ rock sound the results are a bit dull and their weak songwriting is exposed, but when they lean into full annoying brat mode, well… yeah. 2.5

I have a lot of nostalgia for this album and I love it, but it does NOT deserve to be on this list in any capacity haha. Probably the most conflicted I've felt about how to rate something so far.

a few sparks of good music but overall meh also way too edgy

My wife doesn't let me listen to this type of music

As bonkers as it sounds, a band called Limp Bizkit releasing an album called Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water is not actually parody. This is, as far as I can tell, an actual serious album. Limp Bizkit definitely get a lot of flack for being a cringey band, but I have to admit that if you remove the vocals, the music here is genuinely pretty good. It’s the funny-sounding rapping and the lyrics that sound like they were written by an angsty 12 year old that brings the album down. Don't hate me, I'm just an alien. With thirty seven tons of new millennium. Dum-diddie-dum, where's it coming from?

Limp Bizkit’s greatest contribution to pop culture is My Way being used in the promo video before Rock vs Austin at WM 17.

Not as terrible as I was expecting.

Dude sounds like shaggy from scooby doo

Actually a lot of fun! Little more startling than fucking Ben Stiller showing up to deliver a monologue in an album.

Not really my jam

Never really listened to this band. They could be good if they didn't have Fred Durst Will I listen to again: 10%

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01) Intro - 1,0 02) Hot Dog - 5,0 03) My Generation - 6,0 04) Full Nelson - 5,0 05) My Way - 7,5 06) Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) - 7,5 07) Livin' It Up - 5,5 08) The One - 6,0 09) Getcha Groove On (Dirt Road Mix) - 5,5 10) Take a Look Around - 7,5 11) It'll Be OK - 5,5 12) Boiler - 5,5 13) Hold On - 5,5 14) Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle) - 5,0 15) Outro - 1,0 TOTAL: 5,27 (53/100) Current ranking: 417/465 Thanks to the singles this chocolate (star)shit gets two stars from me. That laugh at the end is diabolical. I think that's what they use for torturing people...

JC what is this shit

The title is more than a metaphor

not for me

Groupe connu de nom uniquement. J'apprécie la section rythmique, très efficace (+1), et la guitare plutôt variée. Par contre le DJ, de mon point de vue, ne se marie pas très bien avec ces instrumentaux très métal. Une guitare en plus et le DJ en moins aurait été une bien meilleure configuration, j'aurais bien aimé des chorus de guitare plutôt que du scratch ... et j'aurais préféré un chant métal plutôt que ce simili rap pas très intéressant. Du vrai nu-métal quoi, plutôt que ce mélange contre nature. Et dans quelques pistes à partir du morceau 8 (exemples : "the one", "getcha groove on", "Hold on", "Rollin'" --- une vraie purge) le son métal a disparu ... dommage. L'album parait interminable, il aurait pu être amputé de 30 bonnes minutes. Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

This album is too long. The songs need to be trimmed back, and the outro should be cut altogether.

Just discover that "Hot Dog" has verses stolen from NiN "Closer" and also "Take a look around" has underlying "Mission Impossible" theme; I'm really surprised how these guys didn't suffer consequences as, for example, De La Soul, one of my rap favorites band, whicj were one of the most sued bands for sampling :-( Unbelivable! And they went to become nu-metal heros?! Wtf... I can listen to My Way, Rollin and such but on a second listening they're not so great anthems, after all. A 2, just for their effort and fame :-/

Kind of blending hip hop and punk rock, not quite as harsh as I expected

There is maybe 15 minutes of decent music here. Problem is there is an hour of garbage surrrounding it. 2 stars or D-.

So many thoughts... Yes, I did listen to Limp Bizkit when I was in college. I don't know if I ever "liked" them but when playing PlayStation games with my roommates there was only a few things we could all agree on. Plus, we probably liked the anger of it all. If Limp Bizkit were the Talking Heads then they would have called this album "Songs about Grievances and Choruses that Contain Threats." If meth had a soundtrack, this would be it. I can't believe I lumped Limp Bizkit in with Linkin Park and some of the other rap-rock albums of the time. Limp Bizkit is very different. I would have put Significant Other in this album over this one. Also, it's not a shock this album was removed from future releases of the book. There are other bands that better capture what Limp Bizkit was trying to do. Some of the song titles (My Generation & My Way) are famous songs by other bands just sort of re-written for by Limp Bizkit. The intro and the outro are totally unnecessary and the first four songs are basically just Fred Durst threatening people and saying he does not care...which is why he wrote 7-8 songs about not caring. The red backwards hat man doth protest too much. There isn't a ton of depth here, obviously, and most of the choruses are just Durst yelling angrily, almost like he knew he had to sell albums so he needed a hook somewhere to achieve that goal. The ridiculousness is catchy at times though. Fred Durst says it well on The One. "Understanding everything has never been my deal." It's not a bad song but is another song where Fred Durst doesn't care if he finds someone to love him. He cares so little he wrote a song about it with a false ending where he wants this woman to stay. This one runs out of steam at the end with a lot of the rage gone, which is why we get two versions of "Rollin'." Like a car crash, I don't know if I would avoid recommending this album to others, just so they can hate/love as they see fit. I think it's best left out of this book but I still can play PlayStation and listen to it in the background.

The term "so bad it's good" isn't usually used to describe music, but this is an exception. This is objectively a very bad album. Its raunchy, its juvenile, Fred Durst's vocals are pretty annoying, but god damnit its fun. I don't know man, I don't mind it. Its sort of a guilty pleasure of mine I guess. It's certainly not a very good album but compared to that Kid Rock album this might as well be nu metal gold. I mean what other band has dedicated a song to Ben Stiller? Only the brilliant Mr. Durst would do that. Favorite track: My Way

I like enough of the singles, as my buddies enjoy it or at least have fun with it. But I don't need to hear a full album by Limp Bizkit, especially when it is 75 minutes long. The song with XZBit wasn't bad though, and the references/samples to the Eagles and the Who are coolish. Also who doesn't hate DMX! 2

Rather juvenile, and proud of themselves for it.

2/5 det er lidt for hårdt til mig tbh, men det er nu-rock forefather som har inspireret bands som papa roach, linkin park etc som jeg godt kan lide. Men teksterne er lidt cringe? Ved ikke. Det faldt ikke i min smag. Men det er nogle af de første til at blande en masse genre på den måde. Stor kommerciel og kulturel succes kæmpe Critic flop

Backing Tracks: + 3 stars Fred Durst: - 2 stars Inspiration for Some of the Funniest Reviews: + 1 star A band who had perfected its sound, recorded well. A frontman every bit as bad as everyone says. His anti-contribution to each recording is astonishing.

First of all, I have to admit that I am very surprised that a list of best albums in history has Limp Bizkit in it. Do they deserve this award? I can respond with 100% conviction - no. LB is a product of its time. Not the best one at that, they are very generic in nu-metal scene, adding not much other than few radio hits for rebellious teenagers. And even though 70% of the album is quite incoherent, some of those hits, like Rollin' and My Way were pretty good at the time. Listening to it gives you a bit of positive vibes and good memories. It's nice to have a talented guitarist for those catchy riffs. But otherwise, it is a big mistake, this album doesn't really belong here. And if we talk about more deserving record (still not close tbh), I would suggest The Unquestionable Truth. It's a good, honest try at something more original.

This made me laugh out loud quite a few times. And I enjoyed the Method/Red/DMX version of Rollin'. So I suppose I can't rate this a one.

Fred Durst is just embarrassing. Some decent instrumentation from It'll Be Ok to Hold On though.

this shit is way too corny. In the words of Zakk Wylde, "Limp Bizkit sucks cock"

Hey kids, we made you an album about willies and bums and lots of swear words so you can feel badass around the bigger boys and cosplay at metal. Tragically, there are a handful of semi-decent tunes but they’re all ruined by ridiculous lyrics when all Fred Durst really has to say 90% of the time is fuck you because fuck you. It’s one star for The One and another star for the other 70 minutes.

Lost a star with Outro. That’s 10 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back.

Had some catchy notable tunes

...not great.

Godver, is er één band die zo slecht mee gaat met de tijd als Limp Bizkit? Qua genre, thema's en energie is het compleet out-dated en lijkt het een volledig ander muzikaal universum, terwijl we het hebben over muziek van deze eeuw. Een muzikaal universum dat misogyny en homofobie in de hand werkt, en zelfs omarmt. Het lijkt er soms niet op, maar als we naar het muzieklandschap van vandaag kijken en zien dat Limp Bizkit-esque bands niet meer zo'n podium hebben als deze groep, dan moeten we toch concluderen dat we enigszins progressief evolueren als maatschappij. Een reminder dat we stapjes zetten, hoe klein dan ook. Los van alles wat zo unlikable is aan deze muziek, moet ik zeggen dat een volledige luisterbeurt (!) ook nog wel wat gematigd positivisme bracht. Als de fragiel masculine Fred Durst even niet z'n veraste longen uitschreeuwt, en de ene naar de andere tenenkrommende anekdote uit de mouw schudt, is het hier en daar best aardige rock-muziek. Vele intro's beginnen met een psychedelische riff, die soms best interessant zijn, en met gecontroleerde vocalen en lyrics die de band oprecht schijn-volwassen laten lijken. Maar het duurt niet lang tot de toxische testosteron naar dat hoofdje van Fred stijgen, en het nummer gaat volledig van de rails. Haatdragend op de minst coole manier ooit, zeg maar. Rage Against The Machine zonder politieke boodschap, zonder enige vorm van spanningsopbouw, en zonder enige vorm van zelfreflectie. Er blijft niet veel over. Toch bijzonder hoe zo'n band waar velen over eens zijn dat het gewoon smakeloze bagger is, toch zo erg in ons collectieve geheugen gevestigd is. 'Take a Look Around' en 'Rollin'' is ook echt wel over komen waaien naar ons, en bestempel ik zelfs als nostalgisch, hoe erg dat ook tegen m'n principes in gaat. Het is de roekeloze puber-energie denk ik, waar je ze dan ook wel weer een compliment voor moet geven, dat ze die hebben weten te vangen. En kijk mij hier ook een woorden aan vuil maken, het is toch muziek dat beweegt schijnbaar. En wat een miskraam van een album cover. 5/10 Highlights: 'My Way' vond ik best aardig, en irriteerde me ondergemiddeld

I assumed I was going to vote with this album with a 1 for all what it portrays. But truth be told, at least it sound powerful and has some infamous hits (Rolling, My way...) The rest of it sucks, though, garbage for mallcore American kids with a f-word overdose. Also, it's super long, which makes it even more annoying.

Tonal inflections Almost all are poor choices Guitar is cool though

ZANE.... YOUR HACKBLOOD POWER IS GROWING... BUT YOU ARE NOT QUITE READY TO YIELD ITS FULL POWER.... YET

Not good

Yeah, I kinda get the hate for Fred Durst, with the whiny voice and cringe lyrics. The saving grace on this album are the instrumentals... pretty solid Nu-metal.

About what you’d expect. Next!

A persistently embarrassing album. Just doesn't let up. Best Track: Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) Worst Track: Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)

The singles on this album are so much better than the album tracks, which is an insane thing to say for an album where I will never revisit even the best of the singles, but it's true

The album isn't that bad. If you are of the right age you probably heard it way to many times and don't really want to here it again. I went ahead and played it and now I don't want to here it again for 25 more years.

Representative of a pretty dark time in rock music. I really do want to like at least some of it (and to an extent I do) but I just can’t help but cringe at it.

I swithered about giving this a 1. That title and cover art alone, the swearing, the excessive length, that annoying laughing that goes on and on. But in the end there are some half decent tunes here. It’s all very puerile though, I kept thinking Beavis and Butthead

Atrociously bad, this guy is so annoying...BUT I can't give it a 1 because it gave me a good laugh, and it is somehow still better than so many of the 80s synth pop, British, new wave trash that I've been subjected to with this list.

Ganska arga killar. Starka texter. Skulle inte säga att jag uppskattade detta.

Fred Durst sjunger, "its my way or the highway". Jag ligger i 240 på motorvägen! Jag förstår musiken. Men ofantligt infantil och musikaliskt saknas det. Men attityden och stilen. Jag förstår. Men gud, det är inte bra.

Ok fred, you like to say f$ck. We get it. Late 90s attempt at rap metal falls flat 24 years later. Can’t believe I actually own this CD. Does not hold up and it’s a shame because Wes is actually a really good axeman.

Album 579 of 1001 Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) Rating : 3 / 5 Not really my thing. Don't know how it rates within its own genre because I don't go there very often. I suppose it doesn't suck.

Musically good for rap but lyrics, hm

So angry these boys! There's plenty of musical talent on here (a lot less writing talent!) but it's all rather wasted on inexplicable rage. There's a whole genre of this junk out there. And it's an hour and a quarter! Difficult listen. And just when you think it's irredeemable, there's a decent track or two. Not nearly enough.

1.5

Shortly after this album was released Eddie Van Halen put a gun to Fred Durst's head. From article: Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in. He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand.” “That asshole answered the door,\" Bennett recalled Van Halen explaining. \"I put my gun to that stupid fucking red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my shit, motherfucker?’ That fucking guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my shit. ... Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”

instrumentals were mostly spectacular, not a fan of the vocals. lyrics were mid overall

When I started this project, I intended to give every album I encountered a fair shot, which is what I thought they all deserved. I'm about 60 albums in now, and... you know what? This is my project and I can do whatever I want. And I'm deciding that this album doesn't deserve a listen. Fuck you, Fred Durst.

There's a lot of things you can say about Limp Bizkit. It's pretty shocking how popular they were, looking back on their legacy and retrospective feelings on them. They caused a fucking RIOT at a few of their shows! As a certified, card-carrying member of the angsty white-boy club, I can say a few nice things about this: Wes Borland's guitar riffs continue to tap into the "rage" button that's in my brain, and the remainder of the musicians are solid enough. I really enjoy the drums too. Now, the main attraction (and detraction) is the incarnation of Jacksonville, FL himself: Fred Durst. Fred Durst comes across as corny, annoying, and juvenile, sometimes in the same breath. Look at the album title. Listen to "Hot Dog", how many times does the man drop the word "fuck"? How about the "I'm going to kill you, but peace and love" anthem of "Full Nelson"? Fred's rapping is somehow more competent than his singing. There's the "worst song Linkin Park never wrote" in "The One", which also has touches of, dare I say, Tears For Fears? I don't think anyone can deny Limp Bizkit an album on this list, but I think another one of them would've sufficed, not the one that has fucking "Rollin'". Favorite track: "The One"

No thanks

What was that? Couldn't they think of any more lyrics? The instruments are played decently and the instrumental arrangements are the type of stuff I like but nothing else. The uninspired lyrics weren't delivered very well either.

Sigh. There's so much potential in this band and they just squander it. Wes Borland is a great guitarist and has great stage costumes and looks super freaky with his contacts. John Otto is a great drummer, sounded really good on this album. DJ Lethal is incredible as always (thank you for "Jump Around" btw). I really don't mind Fred Durst's voice. But the lyrics. Good Lord they range from trash (which is the vast majority of their stuff) to meh to actually a couple good songs. On this album there's like two songs that I would listen to again. That's not great for an album thats an hour and 15 minutes long. I mean come on guys. Not a big fan of the Bizkit but they are still better than Korn in my opinion.

the positive-musicians can play (do I care for that style-no, but they can play). the negatives-75 minutes is entirely too long and to have several tracks drone on & on & on just gets repetitive. lyrics-ugh. you know when you're a kid and you say the same word over & over until it looses its meaning? felt like he did that on several tracks. case in point "Hot Dog". and why was it necessary to include 10 minute long "Outro"??? that was painful. 1.5 stars

I just love the dichotomy of Fred telling me he’s going to kick my pussy ass, but delivering these obviously empty threats sounding the most whiny little bitch to ever touch a mic. How the fuck this shit hit the zeitgeist and become incredibly popular is a real mystery. It’s funny.

This has not aged well, and that's an understatement. Fred is pretty much unlistenable at this point. That said, there are at least a couple of bangers here. Favourite tracks: My Way, Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), Tkae A Look Around.

Nothing groundbreaking. It's Limp Bizkit, 13-year-old-me loved this album.

By all rights should be 1 star, but "Rolllin' " and the Mission: Impossible theme are just too much stupid fun. Also, it is hilarious in retrospect that "My Generation" is about Generation X.

Oooohhhh boy... I have a lot to say about this album. First of all, this album name and artwork is disgusting. Just absolutely gross. I don't like looking at it or hearing the album name. Of course, one could also say that about the name Limp Bizkit, but I've gotten kind of numb to that. Anyways, Limp Bizkit, am I right? They're certainly a band that exists. Now, Limp Bizkit was very culturally relevant in the late 90s and early 2000s, so there is an argument for this album's inclusion, especially considering that this is their best selling album at over 10 million copies. But is the album good? Uhh... no. Admittedly, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is not a very good album. However, it's not like there aren't good things in here. Limp Bizkit is a band with 4 very talented musicians... and Fred Durst, but we'll get to him in a bit. For now, I have to give the instrumentalists some credit here, especially guitarist Wes Borland. Though he is responsible for the horrendous cover art, the riffs that he plays are actually really good at times. Limp Bizkit's sound is certainly unique. I have to give them credit for that. The genre blend is commendable. There are some genuine bangers in here. I unironically really love "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)." The other big single, "My Way" is also pretty good. They're guilty pleasures, sure, but I still like them. Now, let's talk about the bad. First of all, this album is long. 75 minutes is a lot of time to listen to any band for in one sitting. Secondly, the writing is just awful at times. The first actual song, "Hot Dog" is probably the worst offender here. Let's talk about Fred now. His vocals are kind of annoying. I can handle it for a little bit, but as I stated earlier, 75 minutes is a lot to handle. I've seen a lot of people just hate on Limp Bizkit relentlessly. Here's the thing. While I do get it, I can't say that I'm upset I listened to this album. While there are some awful songs here, the fun ones that I mentioned earlier honestly are worth it for me. This album is just dumb fun. Is it painful at times? Yes. However, I had a big smile on my face for a large chunk of the album. It's kind of like (hear me out on this one) Duck Stab by the Residents in that regard. They're not good (in my opinion), but I had too much pleasure to give this a 1. Still, this thing does have some major issues that make this an album that I'm not comfortable calling good. Still, I guess I kind of had fun during some parts. I don't hate Limp Bizkit. High 2/5.

bully rock <<< bullied rock 4/10

I see why it was removed fron the list. Best listened to on headphones at work while concetrating on spreadsheets or something so you can ignore the lyrics.

Not really my thing

Never got into nu-metal and this won't change it

I really enjoyed limp bizkit up until this album. I also turned 18 in 2000. Knowing both of these facts, I have two options: 1. I just grew out of them. 2. The album is absolute shite. (I'm going with 2)

They seem like they could make decent music if they tried, but OMG this might be the most pretentious group I've ever had to suffer through

lol trent was right, throw this one in the toilet too

Wow, this is not good. Durst has an annoying affect on his vocals. The guitar and music is generally good and keep the record from going completely under.

There are times listening to Bizkit that, had my late teens or early 20s gone a slightly different way, I might've found something to latch onto here. Thankfully, that didn't happen. I've never heard a song that makes fuck boring by the end of it. When it's used as a comma, it loses all meaning, which is maybe the point, but then it's hard to say it's powerful or has anything to say at all so I don't know what the point is. That said, as bad as it is, and it is bad, at no point did I really reach for a skip button like I have other albums on this list. So it gets a 2 star, it's not good, and I'll probably never listen to it again. But it's not the worst thing on here. I will say, though, that the inclusion of the remix of Rollin' with talented rappers really did shine just how bad at this Durst is.

I have a theory that every band/artist who says their own name at any point in their lyrics does not make good music. Exhibit A: DJ Khaled. Exhibit B: Limp Bizkit (Getcha Groove On).

Bad but probably closer to ‘So bad it’s good’ than ‘bad’ but still quite bad.

I've never paid much attention ti Limp Bizkit and I'm glad. This album is just funny. Fave track: Hot Dog because it's just so stupid.

As a millennial, I was all too aware of Fred Durst's shenanigans in the early aughts. Then today I learned he supports Russia wholeheartedly. Putting that aside, this music isn't bad. My biggest annoyance with this music is that Limp Bizkit comes off as tryhards. The vocals are not strong, but of course that isn't the focus of the music. Their lyrics are a big reason why they come off as tryhards; there's only so much I can stand to hear about how everyone else is a mother fucker. At least other nu metal bands sang about more than that. On the bright side, there were some aspects I enjoyed. I anticipated Bizkit to go hard the entire time, and I was genuinely surprised and heartened to hear they have a softer side. I was also not expecting their music to have an experimental component. This album could've been tightened up, but I suppose that's just how experimentation comes to be. Some of the songs' musical backing were quite catchy. Also, I just love a good call back. And, you know what--for all his faults, Durst can sing coherently and clearly, which isn't nothing. 2.5

This album came out when I was in my youth, and was among my early exposure to nu metal, so some of these songs live rent free in my head and I can't help but still bop to some of them. That said, I think another reviewer hit the nail on the head when they mention that Limp Bizkit, though somewhat of an early adopter in the nu metal and rap metal space, is ultimately just a less talented and impressive band than a lot of the nu metal talent of the time. Also, Fred Durst's voice is pretty annoying throughout the majority of the album and detracts from any banger quality that the music itself might have. This album didn't really need to be included. There are other nu metal albums that would have been much more deserving of a listen.

Geebus Chris Fred, STFU! The album would be fantastic if it wasn't for the lyrics. It’s trying too hard to be edgy, and it often comes off as a parody of itself. There’s a sense of "manufactured" rebellion, lacking the sincerity found in Rage Against the Machine's work. The aggression feels forced, like a cartoonish version of what anger should sound like. It’s not unlistenable, but it’s forgettable. There are maybe two tracks Fred doesn't ruin.

A true avantgarde piece of art. Something so unbelievably shit that only a genius could come up with it. Actually belongs on this list, just like how Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" also belongs on the 1001 Movies list. 2/5, I guess? I really have no idea how to rate this. Every song made my enjoyment of the album fluctuate like a D&D dice roll.

I started listening to this and then wondered why it was included in the 1001 album list and so looked them up and then realized they have now been removed from the 1001 album list so am glad to check out. "If I say fuck two more times, that's 46 fucks in this fucked-up rhyme." = best line I heard before I stopped listening, unless you count the ones they're ripping from Nine Inch Nails. Sorry, 2 limp 4 me.

1/2

This is one of those albums that make me wonder at its inclusion on this list. An extra point for the limp attempt to illustrate the title on the cover.

I'm not down with the bizkit

This, really?

What a mess. Including a remix of an album track as part of the album? Talk about low on ideas.

CHOCOLATE STARFISH!!!!!!

🤘🤘 MOTHERFUCKERS ARE YOU FUCKING READY TO READ THIS ALBUM 2/5 🤘🤘

I missed the hype-train in my teenage years that would give me nostalgia goggles, and I didn't read up on Fred Durst until after I was done with the album, so I could listen to this without any bias. Absolute cringe-fest lyrics with some really fucking catchy riffs.

Not every album on this list has a Metacritic rating, but I can't remember seeing one this low yet (49), so I probably had a bit of a negative bias coming in after seeing that. At it's best, this is basically a worse version of Linkin Park. There's a few songs on here that do a pretty good job of following the Linkin Park formula ("My Way" is the best song on here and it does a pretty good job at this). The issue is that it rarely elevates to that level. The lyrics are just really abrasive in a crude way. I feel like sometimes bands can pull off the "fuck you" type lyrics in a somewhat compelling way, but this just felt like angry people that I'd truly hate to be around. In addition to being an awful person, Fred Durst's voice is a bit whiny at times, so the whole vibe is just kind of bad. There's enough here to get 2 stars. I actually liked quite a few of the guitar riffs throughout ("Take A Look Around" has a solid one) and they do the nu-metal thing ok at times, but as a whole it was just too abrasive for me. I think this has been removed from more recent versions of the book, and I think that's a reasonable decision. Favorite song: My Way Other: My Way, Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle), Livin’ It Up, Take A Look Around, Hold On 7/23/24

Whiney and too long

An album I hated at the time, and still do! The MI:2 song was ok, and is the only reason for this nonsense scoring more than 1.

I mean not a terrible album but not the best, I liked a couple songs Top tracks: Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle), Take A Look Around

The most 2000 album possible (he dedicates a song to Ben Stiller for fuck sakes). Limp Bizkit obviously sucks but I was trying to figure out why they were so huge. I was in Nashville a few weeks ago and saw a version of a bar band that I’ve seen a few times now. They have a charismatic lead singer who stands on the bar and gets into it with the crowd and who flips back and forth between genres and does medleys of seemingly unrelated songs. It’s a great time in a crowded bar after 9 Coor’s banquets. This should have been Fred Durst’s career. Holding down the 10-12 Saturday slot at Blake Shelton’s bar, closing with Devil Went down to Georgia with Sweet Child of Mine thrown in the middle of it. However, through some fucked up cosmic aligning of stars Limp Bizkit briefly became the biggest band in the world. I think what happened is they happened to catch the tail end of the era where people identified as fans of only one genre of music, but just as the internet was making it a lot easier to discover a much more diverse catalog. Limp Bizkit rips off/samples/interpolates Nine Inch Nails, Rakim, The Eagles, and even the Mission Impossible theme on this album. It (rightly) feels extremely derivative today but it was novel in 2000 and I think appealed to people who liked “life in the fast lane” but didn’t think it was cool to say so. Throw in the generic heavy guitars, even more generic “fuck the man” lyrics, and enough references to sex to make teenagers not want their parents to hear it and all of a sudden they’re selling out arenas. What a time to be alive.

1.9 Would have been better as an instrumental album.

Conflicted between calling this the worst thing ever or the best thing ever. Sound is incredibly dated and that stunts it the most, but when it bangs, it bangs.

Significant Other has a better flow. The cover art is sooooo creepy.... Eh, caught myself enjoying some of the songs.

Not without skills but the anger, puerile lyrics, and approach to humor all fail for me.

The majority of this is loud, brash, and unsubstantive - particularly the first half, which seems to incorporate all of the worst and most overused elements of heavy metal, hip-hop, and alt rock into one slushy mess. One red flag was in Hot Dog with the horrendous lyric "If I say fuck two more times / That's 46 fucks in this fucked up rhyme". (Side note: by the end of this pair of lines, "fuck" had only been said 45 times. Points docked for inaccuracy.) The lyrics don't particularly evolve or improve over time - nor does the sound, which is often blisteringly loud, including the vocals. Yes, I could turn down the volume, but the auditory overload primarily comes from the poor, blistery production, particularly on the guitars. Distorted electric guitar can sometimes sound great (see: nearly all Led Zeppelin tracks that use it), but when you can't hear a riff anymore, a line must be drawn. There's also the issue of rapping. I'm not typically a fan of rap anyway, but add to that Fred Durst's general inability to rap (compared with popular contemporaries) and you get a pretty bad result. Had me wincing - when I was engaged enough to do so. But when Limp Bizkit avoids horrific eardrum torture and uses Durst's singing rather than his rapping, it actually produces some decent tunes. My Way, The One, Take A Look Around, and It'll Be OK are all songs that succeed because of their non-overbearing sound, fun guitar riffs, and genuinely good melodies. This is good enough reason to raise the album to a 2. Plus, as another reviewer pointed out, I can avoid having the extremely questionable album cover forever pasted onto my front page. 2/5 Key tracks: It'll Be OK, The One, My Way, Take A Look Around

It's like a 12 year old wrote these lyrics to try and piss off their parents with naughty words.

The only tolerable songs for me were the ones with actual rappers. The rest was cringe. Moronic lyrics.

don't get it, didn't at the time, no idea why it's on this list - I didn't hate it, but I don't get the fascination

I expected better, the only good songs were singles really, lots of filler

This album makes me want to eat a single toast with friends.

These guys are angry at everything

Ugh. It might have been better without the rap crap.

Þetta hlustaði maður á alltof alltof oft, því þið vitið útvarp/vinna/Xið. Þetta er ekki allt fráhrindandi, það er einstak gítarsound sem er næs og ekki allt leiðinlegt, en meirihlutinn er nú samt dead boring, bæði þá og nú. Ég myndi samt frekar hlusta á þetta en Slayer.

Best Song: Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle). I feel like for this song, Durst just said "Fuck it, let's make the song 90% chorus", and honestly it kind of works. A song that'll leave you wondering, "why shouldn't we keep it rolling?" Worst Song: The One. Somehow, in an album called "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water", this seemingly earnest attempt at a love ballad comes off as the most pathetic. If you're looking for a song to make you cringe, this could be the one. Overall: It's just so dumb. They're clearly trying to be edgy and confrontational, but for some reason it just comes off with the energy of a golden retriever acting out. Sure he's digging a hole in the garden in a place that he shouldn't, but at the end of the day he's still just a golden retriever.

J’ai commencé l’album avec une appréhension négative en bouche; Craquelin Insipide n’est pas réputé pour être dans les best, peu importe la catégorie. Je n’ai donc pas été surpris de découvrir que c’était effectivement de la belle grosse merde. Seulement, c’était de la merde bien pyramidal, à la manière d’un emoji caca. Les paroles, aussi dépourvu d’intérêt qu’une divagation aggressive d’un sans-abri à Berri-UQÀM, se glissent bien sur l’instrumentation mal mixé, créant un tout qui a le mérite d’être écoutable. Bref, n’écoutez pas cet album

Some absolute bangers here but also a lot of highlights of exactly what was wrong with music at the time.

obviously this is absolute bollocks but I think people give it too much of a kicking. Rollin and the Mission Impossible one are good

It is very dumb and a bit fun but ultimately I would never like to listen again

-1 for the title. I really don't need music to make me think about sausage boiling water. Disgusting.

Cet album a mieux vieilli que je l'aurais pensé, mais considérant que ça reste du nu metal très moche, ça reste que c'est un album qui est plus ou moins oubliable. J'imagine que si l'on regarde ça du point de vue que "rappelons nous de tout ce qui a marqué la scène musicale, le bon comme le mauvais" alors on doit lui donner une chance. Mais c'est vraiment quétaine, try hard, très "oh je suis un dur de dur qui écoute de la musique explicite". 4/10

Not really my thing. It started off well with the intro, but the mix of metal guitars, cringe juvenile references to themselves and hip hop doesn't work. Shame as when it was more mellow it was getting somewhere.

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Meh. Couple popular songs but overall bland.

Was not looking forward to reviewing this. The site paused me a couple times while I had it in my queue and I finally decided to bite the bullet. Now don't get me wrong... it's pretty bad, but the generic beats and and guitars aren't overly offensive and can be catchy at times. The angst-ridden lyrics are not good but I could see teenage me being into it. His whiny voice is probably the worst part. Anyway, everyone knows what they are getting into with this but it's probably not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. 2.5 stars

“Look at me! Look at how I say ‘fuck’ all the time. Isn’t it amazing how edgy I am?!” - Fred Durst (probably). Swearing, cliches, and rhyming words with themselves - the album. The sad part is, the instrumentals are actually okay, bordering on good. Nothing about this is offensive to the ears, which keeps it from getting a 1. It’s just that the vocals are So. Effing. Stupid. Being on the same track as DMX and Xzibit (far from the GOAT) doesn't help matters for Mr. Durst. It’s also kind of funny how much better the production values are on “My Way” than the rest of the album.

Well, that certainly was an album. So many cringe bars and lyrics. It has a few good moments but those are once in a blue moon. Don’t think I’ll be returning to this any time soon.

2 stars. maybe.

Limp Bizkit want you to know they don’t care so much that they wrote a whole album about it. Firstly I felt they were ripping off Beastie Boys, other times Incubus and god knows who else. I don’t get the NIN diss track, especially considering Trent Reznor is vastly more talented. I honestly always thought Limp Bizkit were more of a joke band but now I’m wondering if they take themselves seriously? My favourite “Limp Bizkit” song is Cookie by Cookie Monster followed by their section of Angry White Boy Polka by Weird Al. Actual Limp Bizkit…? Ah - no thanks. There were some songs I didn’t mind but the irritating moments outweighed them. This is the first album which I am absolutely perplexed is on this list. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Getcha Groove On - Dirt Road Mix made it into my running playlist because of those basslines Rating: 2

I suppose "1001 albums to listen to" is not exactly a promise that every album will be good. Fred Durst has such a goofy ass flow. The album cover is HIDEOUS. On "Getcha Groove On," the beat is pretty catchy, and Xzibit starts the track off well, and then Durst's chorus is soo underwhelming. Lots of the instrumentals aren't half bad, but the lyrics are not impressive and rather corny. Maybe in 2000 this was really revolutionary stuff. I can see how songs like "My Way" and "Rollin" could get a group of people going. The aesthetic is clear throughout most of the album, but does stray to a more sensitive approach with a few songs. "The One" is very boring, but I appreciate it and a few other songs for showcasing a perspective other than "kiss my chocolate starFISH" The slow songs do exemplify that the band is not very engaging without all the heavy guitars and big drums, as they can feel like they drag on. Though don't get me wrong, the fast songs can drag on too. Also, you could cut about 4 or 5 songs from the album. But good for them for getting Method Man, Red Man, and DMX for another version of their most popular song. "The Outro" is cute. Would be a lot better if it weren't 10 minutes long

It’s like Eminem mixed with Korn. 4/10

Too many F bombs, good rage album.

This is objectively an awful album. Like real fuckin bad, pure dogshit level. The production is shit, it's a solid 15-20 minutes too long, Fred Durst is a wack vocalist and an even worse lyricist etc. Honestly I could go on for quite a bit. The one saving grace is that the riffs are sometimes pretty decent. But. BUT. It's such a fuckin stupid album all the way through that it actually becomes really entertaining and funny. Like, it totally fails at everything it sets out to do but, by sheer luck, Limp Bizkit fluked their way into this album not being a chore to listen to.

This album objectively sucks. Too long, musically it's a clown show, the lyrics are shit, and it just feels like a pointless record. But it's not completely shit, because it somehow gets entertaining. It has 'Rollin'', which is a fun and nostalgic song for me, acting as a bit of a saving grace for this one.

meh.

🍫 ⭐️ 🐟. NOW LISTEN. THAT'S CALLED MOTHERFUCKING BARS, FELLA. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!! Honestly though, it would be a one, but it does have Rollin' which is defiantly one of my most guilty pleasure songs. But this a really bad album.

I love RATM, but it makes me sad that they influenced stuff like this. Xzibit was the highlight of the album. Listened to the whole album, and still not quite sure if Fred Durst "gives a fuck". 2 stars because I actually like the music. If they got better lyrics, and got rid of Fred Durst, it might actually be decent.

Writing this on my phone cause I don’t have much to say. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Their Spotify profile says “Limp Bizkit is an infectious spirit.” True! But I didn’t get infected and I’ll probably never listen to this again.

I thought there was no way I could listen to the entire album.....I did. I will never listen to it again, but I did finish it. Some decent beats, but the lyrics are terrible. FUCK went through my head for 4 hours.

Elke keer dat ik dacht dat "oeh dit klinkt nice" werd het verpest. Stoor me ook heel erg aan de titel en cover, ze zijn veel te veel "oehh look at us we don't care we maken het lelijk oehhh"

frankly a small thing

"Go ahead and talk shit/talk shit about me." The problem with referencing other bands so heavily, especially in the opening moments of your record, is that it reminds the audience they could be listening to those other artists instead. Why would I listen to "Hot Dog" ever again when I could just listen to NIN's "Closer"? Durst seems to want me to. I was relieved to get to "My Generation" and discover that it's not a cover. Instead it's another numetal song filled with more sloppy references. It isn't top to bottom dog shit. I came close a couple of times to having the kind of dumb fun that (I think) is intended here, like on "Full Nelson." I liked the instrumentals for "My Way" and "Hold On" a fair amount. The sample and interpolation work is a mixed bag. "Take A Look Around" interpolates the Mission Impossible theme is overwrought, but in a way that's fun to listen to. On the other hand, the interaction between the Eagles' "Life in the Fast Lane" sample and the hook on "Livin' It Up" is unforgivably corny. I'd be more forgiving of this album if it was a reasonable length. I'm already embarrassed by the amount I've written about 'Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water.' I admire the audacity of including "Outro." If you tapped out on this album after the first couple of songs or didn't listen at all out of "principle," you're a coward and being silly. Highlights: My Way, Getcha Groove On, Take A Look Around, Rollin'

Wow la pochette est vraiment affreuse! Parodie ou effort d'hommage ou de répartie? On trouve nombre de références à d'autres pièces connues. Je ne sais pas pourquoi je me suis infligée ça, on dirait un groupe qui a composé 2 chansons et a essayé de trouver quoi dire d'autre autour pour faire un album.

I hated this when I was young and, if I am honest, I still do now. For me this is full on wrestling entrance music. Loud, brash and completely over the top. That said, listening to it again did bring back memories. I had a mate, Crowton, who absolutely loved this album back in the day. Hearing it now takes me straight back to those times, and that nostalgia is the only reason it scrapes a two out of five. Sadly Crowton has since passed away, so in a strange way this record now feels tied to those memories of him. Musically, there are a couple of tracks that still have some energy. My Generation and My Way are probably the highlights for me. Beyond the first few songs though, there is a lot of filler and it quickly becomes repetitive. Favourite songs: My Generation and My Way Least favourite: After track six it really drags Album artwork: Completely mental. Definitely not something you would frame and hang on your wall Not an album I enjoy, but one that now carries personal memories that mean more than the music itself

It's not as bad as some people have wrote, some ok tracks, some not so good ones and it's far too long

A blast from the past that was not as good as I remembered it.

I mean the sound is cool and there are some real good damn the man songs. For angry rock it is not bad. But seriously why you so angry...you grew up middle, white class males in Jacksonville, Florida! You say you were bullied (which can be traumatic, no denying that) but you have spent the rest of your life spewing anger and hatred at everyone else. You have even said Putin is a nice guy...WTF. I want to believe your life was really that bad and that you are trying to share those feelings through art, but in today's climate this album gives real white privy incel vibes

Some Bangers, but let's be honest, it's mostly shit :)

There are waaaay better Nu Metal albums than this one, even from Limp Bizkit.

This one does trigger some amount of nostalgia for me, but that's not quite enough to overcome the vibe that most tracks on this album are sub-par. Fred's lyrics have always struck me as a little too angsty and immature, like a tweenager adult who never grew up. Listen, I'd like being in a mosh pit for some of these songs in a live concert, but as an album I will probably never willingly listen to this one again.

Oh Jr high nostalgia- this album was miserable to re-listen to

Loved this one in middle school

I rolled my eyes when I saw this was the album of the day. All I remember from them is the song Nookie from the late 90s, which got way overplayed. But when the album started, I found myself grooving to their intro and the first song with the NIN mashups made me laugh. Then all the songs started to blend together a bit. Has an immature kind of feel to it but it did kind of make me nostalgic for that era of weird pop culture yell rock. I dunno. I’m all over the place with feelings on this one lol. It’s fun for what it is, but it’s lacking some serious depth. Dude laughing in the outro was so annoying. That outro put a bad taste in my mouth. I thought this had potential in the beginning but damn.

LB gets a lot of hate, especially this album. I didn't think it was bad, but I can agree that the lyrical content is meh. I dig the overall sound of it though.

I'm not angry, just very, very disappointed. I was in my mid teens when this came out and hanging with a crowd who were really into this (I wasn't), so any enjoyment was largely as a result of nostalgia, rather than excessive quality. The tracks I didn't hate were The One, My Way, Rollin', Take A Look Around and Hold On. Some of those had catchy hooks or half decent tunes. The album as a whole was far too bloody long, Fred Durst's whiny, posing anger is laughable and I didn't think much to the production. And I listened to it in full, so the final track with its looping laughter made me righteously angry. Still not the worst album from this project that I've endured, so I can't rate it 1 star.

Absolutely awful. Setting this made me question the whole process but I listened dutifully. They do what they do well I guess, but what they do is knucklehead music completely devious of substance. Does Durst consider himself a rapper? He had no good lives whatsoever and the best verse on the record was from Xzibit.

Good god nu-metal is just the worst shit ever. I really wanted to give it 1 star because of how up-it’s-own-ass the final song is, but the rest of the album wasn’t absolutely atrocious, more just annoying. 3/10

Wow, this album is so much worse than I remembered it. Mundane and uninspiring music coupled with foul language for the sake of foul language, there’s little to redeem this turd. This album should only be listened to by those seeking to worsen their condition.

Some songs from my youth but honestly didn't love it

i honestly have never understood how this genre became so popular. “nu metal” was everywhere from the mid 90’s to the early 2000’s. after hearing this album, i have come to the conclusion that fred durst is playing a character, in that nobody is this obnoxious in real life. he comes across as a douchey college frat boy, and his use of the word “fuck” is as if he is a middle schooler that just learned the word. it is literally on this album dozens of times. *so edgy* anyways, this album is not good. apparently durst had some sort of “beef” with trent reznor in the late 90’s, so of course there is a diss track in which durst sings about how much better he is than reznor (spoiler alert: he isn’t). and the album doesn’t get any better from there. when he is not talking about how much of a badass he thinks he is, he sings about how he doesn’t understand why people don’t like him. this proves that he has never listened to this album, for if he had, he would understand why people don’t like him.