I hated this shit when it came out. From time-to-time, I find myself reaching for music similar to Downward Spiral and this comes up, but it's worn, dirty and dripping with filth. And, as Kim Deal might say, "I don't like dirt." Regrettably, this is decent stuff performed by a rapey turd who is content with maintaining an image that's outlived itself. It's too difficult for me to separate the artist from the music. Their inability to grow and evolve is a big turn off. Somehow Trent Reznor emerged from this phase to be respectable and celebrated, but this guys is absolute dog shit, sinking even lower than Fred Durst. [gasp!] Oh, and the album artwork is wretched and terrible. Musically, this is a 4-star album but there are too many reasons preventing me from scoring it as such.