Review Summary: Limp Bizkits follow up to Significant Other features more of the same,angry dumb rapping, laden guitar, hip hop beat(z)and a desire to probe the world wrong.
Aparantley a lot is still bugging Fred Durst in 2001. This is just a
man who loves coming off as misanthropic, a guy that just can't give
himself a break. On Significant Other, Durst gave the finger the
media who just couldn't understand the "art" being created. Of course
reviews were generally high from such "esteemed" critics like Robert
Christaugh and Rolling Stone. He had problems with his 'significant
other only only to be rumored to have tapped some pop star(s). Hell,
he's even the vp of interscope records. Probally his biggest issue
comes from his musical peers he seem to sneer at his music and
disposition as for ***. But come on, should he hold these opinions
with any wieght. Coming from such artists as Nine Inch Nails(self
proclaimed genius), Zach Wylde (randy rhodes wannabee), Eminem
(obnoxious one liner),creed(were not pearl jam) and Slipknot(shock for
kidz). So really, I wish Durst would just give himself some
credit(and just try to forget about woodstock 99)and smile.
So what do the boys conjur up for the new millenium, an album full
of vulgaraties and lame inneundo. With a title like Chocalate
Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water(for what its worth more clever
then may appear after all no one seems to agrea as to what it pertains
to) you basically sum up perhaps what your whole album will be.
Opening with Hot Dog, Boreland who appears to be out of ideas brings
us a Nookie-ish riff with an angrier Durst yelling "Bring it on".
From their on Durst tries to see just how many ***s he can cram into
a four minute song (about 46). In the chorus potshots are tooken out
against Nine Inch Nails which just sounds dumb. For the critics
challenging Durst's integrity this track doesn't do him any favors.
And besides its not even that original in the Nu Metal Genre, Kid
Rock's *** Off and Icp's *** The world beat them to the punch. The
former having with and the latter doubling the amount of ***s.
Durst loves the underdog image, despite having sold millions, its
an image he likes to conjur as much as he can. On My Generation,
Durst preaches to kids half his age(over neo-counterfit riffage) with
non sequisiters that are supposed to sum up the late/early 90's/00's.
"so go ahead and talk ***...about my generation...cuz we don't give a
*** till you give a *** about us" not exactley a "times are
changing" but thats what you get for electing Durst in this role. To
the same affect on Full Nelson which attacks the people always dissing
him, and basically sumarazing that they will get "knocked the ***
out". In the bridge he looks to his audiance and tries to turn them
against his enemies(which he hopes will come off as the establishment
but instead is just lame nobody's)"we got the fire to burn this
mother***er down". Of course this is a dictatorship, on My Way he
shows if you don't like it you can leave.
There are plenty of dumb moments on this album (what did you
expect with the title), and Rollin takes the crown. If you thought
Nookie was an overdrove Testosterone-frat boy anthem then you haven't
heard nothing. Rollin is a lame attempt at sounding hip with a bad
hookie pookie impersonation. An attempt to bridge the two sides of
his fan base, but at least with Nookie we could forgive him. Then to
make matters worse there is a remix of Rollin which does feature some
pretty astute guest spots (Method Man is back!!!) but the problem is when
collabrating with such talent you got to bring the chops, and Durst just doesn't
have the skill to match Red and Meth. Besides I like Durst a lot better when the
band is breaking *** and moshing the *** out of the areana.
To me this album is alot like the Use your illusion albums by
G'NR. Both were grand in scope(perhaps i give it too much credit) and
each were complete failures. Durst does a pretty good job at
summarizing his generation yet a terrible job at leading them
anywhere, after all this all about him really. Each album totally
missed the point of the songs the covered(sampled), Limp sample Life
in the fast lane, a song about consumer excess, and misconstrues it
into a party anthem. And both bands were lead by complete egotistical
jerks who were both against the world. Ultimatley Chocalate
Starfish...is merley just a band repeating itslelf, a band who has run
out of ideas. A band were vulgarities replaced songs and
loudness/softness suplants song structure. When your at the top of
the world its best not to bitch about it.
