Review Summary: Limp decides to collect all their Hitz into a collection of rap rock memories. Albiet some bad covers and the latter half of their carear, the first part reveals some rather good material.
The year is 2027, the wildcatz are nba champions, the Nasdaq haz exploded, the U.S was bought out by Wal Mart, and the world has begun to listen to indie music brought to you buy pizza hut records. I have the report in my hand from my superiours, "Go teach an 11th grade class about the rock music of the early/late 90s/00's. The night before I looked around for the records of the time. I faintley remember how this thing called grunge totally ruled from circa 91-94. The events following after were a bit hazy followed by some wannabee's but everyone began to speculate that rap was the next big thing. And their predictions held true as by 2001 rap was the music of choice among the youth circut. I look among my records and I have to pick one, perferably a greatest hitz record just so I can half ass my presentation. Hell they won't notice... I look down at Slipknot and Korn's attempt to put their singles into a collection "Naw" I mutter to myself. "Stupidity mixed with shock value...what is this a bside horrorshow". I look at Radiohead's pablo honey-kid a collection. "Naw, this is to challenging for them to like right away". Then a pink and white album appeared. "Aw what is this, aw yes Limp Bizkit, a band that is and could only have existed in that time of Rap meets Rawk,stupid yet fairly funny,".
I walk into the class nervously, the cd player is set up to my right. I turn to look at them.
"I've been instructed to lecture you on the music of the Nu age". Yawns erupt from the classroom as I continue. "The key to remember is that this was a crossover age, the youth still hung onto Nevermind yet they were angrier then before and just wanted to break ***. They found an outlet in detuned guitars from Korn and superangst of NIN(plz don't asociate them with the Nu genre). Then this called rap was gaining an audiance among white suburban teens. N.W.A found their way into the youths arms, and rock-rap groups like the beastie boys pioneered the way". I breathed heavy continuing "in the 90's we had multiple bands begin to experiment with this sound, it was fully recognized and commercialed by a band called Limp Bizkit. Utilizing a aphex twin like guitar riffs by avant garde art rocker Wes Borland, and the hip hop posturing of the rythem, a man called Fred Durst found the perfect medium to rap scream over with angry vocals that made you wanna mosh"
A child raises her hand "My mom said that Durst was a term one should never utter". I look back at here and put the record into the album. Counterfit comes on "this is their earliest single". A slow build up draws the class in until all hell breaks loose. The guitar of Korn,basslines of the peppers, Janes addiction ambition, quasi Tool philosophy all wraped into one. The crowd is a bit interested but bored as this sounds nothing original. Next up the song that made them famous, a cover of George Michale's Faith. I turn to the class after listining to the dumb dumb song. "any questions".
"How did the LB turn a song about supressing sexual lust into a dumb frat boy anthem with homophobic overtunes"
"Through the power of adrynalie". Next up on the album was the Significant Other, the quasi rap somewhat masterpiece(of the age mind you)with four tracks that just sound so organic. Granted their dumb and Nookie should have been booed by the crowd but this is their first encounter, they seem rather into it(the same way we all were back in the heyday). N2gether comes on and right after a comment is made "So Durst does have some skillz behind a mic,and he can be rather charasmatic and smart at certain times". The next portion is of the C.S.F.A.T.H.D.F. The class looks perplexed. "Did we just listen to this on the last four songs. Yet it is fairly pleasing but once Rollin assaults their ears the Nu fans of the band start to look rather embaressed.
"Now I have to warn you, that on the last half of the album, Wes Boreland left the band and what happened was very lame Uber Metal(how many ***s can i say behind junky Korn riffs) and some very bad covers. The class falls silent and begin to claw their hair out. One child in the front row face turns green, much like the album cover of Resaults may vary. "But what happened to them, just a little ago they were totally ausome". Another student yells back "DURST HAPPENED". Finally at the end of the Greatest Hitz the class feels like they have become closer after going through so many emotions (boredom,shock,awe,"this band rocks, huh, ok, O MY ***ING...,wow this sucks!). "Any questions
"What happened to them?"
"Who would think a red hat was cool?"
"Why did Woodstock '99 happen"
"Did they ever relize rap rock was a bad idea?"
I take the front again and begin to wrap up the lesson,
"Children, children, you have to relize that in that time we were all scared ***less of the Y2k phenom, some choose to run and find good rock music (Radiohead,Tool,System Of A Down) and the rest of us drank ourselves to near intoxacation partying like animals" the class began to undertand, "We didn't seem to care yet unlike the 60's party, this generation was angry, and we had no where to direct our fustrations (see FIGHT CLUB for further details). We needed something to fill the pop music sphere untill Eminem and Jay Z came along to cement Rap as the dominant form. Point is we were drunk and didn't care. But once you woke up next to Limp you can bet we were horrified". The class nods silentley. "Fred should be seen as a character like Axle Rose, both were ambitios over rated egotistical jerks that got massive airplay on Mtv. Each had guitarist that quit and each had guitarist that dressed like idiots. Both were the end resaults of a stale and otherwise unsavory music genre that they seemed to redeem...I think..."
The bell rings interupting my lecture. I begin to dismiss the class. The children walk out. They don't seem to remember Limp much anymore the next day. That was a fad,a dated moment. Yet every now and again I secretley see some kid in the back with his brainphones plugged in whispering "I DID IT ALL FOR THE NOOKIE!!!".
