Limp Bizkit
Chocolate, Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

THE REVIEW

I've been a metalhead for about two years. Basically, I've listened to all types of metal that might exist (from nu-metal to industrial, from thrash to death, and so on). Eventually, I decided to give Limp Bizkit a try, a band you could practically write a book about.

Believing that to properly judge a band you need to have all the CDs of that group, I started listening to "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all" and "Significant Other". Two good CDs (especially the first). Maybe a bit too much rap for my taste, but the ideas on these records are valid and very interesting. In the end, I opted to get "Chocolate, Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water", even though I borrowed it from a friend: I had read rather unenthusiastic reviews about this album, so spending money unnecessarily...
The fact is that after listening to this 2000 Limp Bizkit album, my comment was something like: ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!! This CD is a disgrace, 75 minutes of pathetic music, which is just a distant relative of the excellent tracks from the first album (referring to the music, eh...).

Need proof of what I'm saying? Well then; "My Way" is a mess, with Fred Durst getting romantic instead of screaming, "The One" and "Take A Look Around" are repetitive and boring to the point of nausea, "Getcha Groove On" is RAP, not rap/metal which would already be better, and I've already said enough, in "It’ll Be Ok", "Hold On", and "Boiler", I must have yawned three thousand times because they're so pop, especially the first.
What can be saved? "Hot Dog" isn't too bad, but that FUCK repeated something like eleven thousand times is nauseating, "My Generation" is so-so, "Rollin'" is cute, but with too simple lyrics, in my opinion, "Livin' It Up" is fully adequate, with a great riff by bassist Sam Rivers, "Full Nelson" is my favorite, with an interesting riff by guitarist Wes Borland while the Intro and Outro are quite engaging. Too bad the rest of the album isn't...

After listening to the CD, I'm gripped by a sense of disappointment. Damn it, where have the Limp Bizkit gone? The ones who made fun of George Michael by singing “Faith”? The ones who did nu-metal/crossover that at times were almost better than Rage Against The Machine (well, I exaggerated here...)? And then, WHERE THE HELL IS WES BORLAND??? Was he out getting coffee during the recording of the CD? Besides a few decent but very basic riffs, he's practically absent. Anyway, it's not his fault, but that fool (rather, that brand new fool) Fred Durst. He practically dominates the album. At least if he played the part of the dominant one well... who knows why Wes left Limp (and rightly so, I'd say...). Only to then make a prodigal son return...
Avoid like the plague.