Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill Y'all

Thursday has arrived, and Friday can't come any sooner. Not sure about you guys, but it feels like it's been a 9 day week already. Peterman asked that I get to a little Limp, and specifically this album - and this album only. I reviewed 'Significant Other' quite a while back now, and it received praise from the B Side. This one I'm much less familiar with. I recall hearing 'Faith', and that's about it. I seem to recall these guys kicking up a big fuss only when they started touring, especially at venues like Ozzfest. I remember hearing about putting a giant toilet on stage and having the band crawl out of the toilet to start the show. Fans being enamored with lines like, "we're coming to you straight from the sewer." and Durst saying, "I'm a piece of sh*t and this whole band is a piece of sh*t!" They dropped 'Counterfeit' as the lead single from this record, but it wasn't until 'Faith' dropped that it started leaving store shelves. It didn't sell well at all at first, but combine the touring with the pop culture shock Faith did have, it started steadily selling. It currently sits at a nice 2x platinum in the states. This album came out in 1997, and it sounds like Limp will be reuniting and putting yet another record out this year sometime. We'll see if it gets delayed or not. Anyhow, I think you all know Limp's style. They were still dabbling a bit more in the rap genre with this record, and it's frankly not my favorite. That's why you bring in Method Man on the next album, for some credibility. By no means is this bad, it's simply not the best Limp album out there.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Intro
2. Pollution
3. Counterfeit
4. Stuck
5. Nobody Loves Me
6. Sour
7. Stalemate
8. Clunk
9. Faith
10. Stink Finger
11. Indigo Flow
12. Leech
13. Everything

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Top 3 Tracks:
1. Faith
2. Counterfeit
3. Sour

FINAL RATING:
2.75 out of 5 stars

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

The Limp B-I-Z-K-I-T...it's also a little hard to believe I've gone this long without reviewing a Limp record. I do enjoy a little Limp. That sounds bad, but roll with it. This wasn't their first album and it isn't their last. They in fact have another one coming out sometime this year called Gold Cobra. This might be my favorite of all time though, just mainly because of what will be listed as my number one track. They have a bit of an odd style, a lot of metal with the heavy guitar - but they mash certain elements of hip hop in there and lyrically are somewhat poppy. The blend really does seem to work though, as this record is 7x platinum. They've been centered around controversy for rough lyrics that induced riots at Woodstock and a death at a show. Mainly stemming from the track 'Break Stuff' in which at Woodstock many people went crazy and many sexual assaults were reported. Not good. A woman also died of asphixiation at a show, after she got caught in a most pit. Also not good. But as we all know, controversy creates cash in most cases, and those stories probably opened up even more doors for Limp as far as increasing fanship. Since I got torn down for it with Brad Paisley, they mention Milwaukee in the track 'Show Me What You Got' - but that would be about the only reason to listen to that one. It's not great. Anyway, toss this one in to end your hump day. It's pretty solid.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Intro
2. Just Like This
3. Nookie
4. Break Stuff
5. Re-Arranged
6. I'm Broke
7. Nobody Like Yo
8. Don't Go Off Wandering
9. 9 Teen 90 Nine
10. N 2 Gether Now
11. Trust?
12. No Sex
13. Show Me What You Got
14. Lesson Learned
15. Outro
16. Mind Of Lies

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Top 3 Tracks:
1. N 2 Gether Now
2. Re-Arranged
3. Break Stuff

FINAL RATING:
3.5 out of 5 stars