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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent album, but not Limp Bizkit's best, 30 Mar 2001
By A Customer
Well, its certainly one of the best albums that I've ever heard, but it's not the best, not even the best Bizkit album. That title goes to Significant Other. However, that's taking nothing away from Chocolate Starfish. There is an excellent array of songs present on the album, notable efforts include Rollin' (both versions), My Generation, Take A Look Around, Hot Dog, Livin' It Up and My Way. However, I do feel that the guitar talents of Wes Borland and Sam Rivers has been slighty underused, especially in a couple of songs, My Way being one of them. To all the Bizkit fans who are truly hardcore, backoff with criticising the teeny boppers. The album may be a bit commercialised in comparison to Significant Other, but it was the featuring of Rollin' as The Undertaker's music in WWF that brought Bizkit to the forefront of the mainstream, now people who had never heard of Limp Bizkit are going to their concerts...they're in for a shock when they see the Mosh Pit and hear the heavier songs from past albums. The special CD is an excellent feature, with 4 great videos (Faith, Re-Arranged, N2Gether Now and Nookie) and 3 excellent tracks (Faith, Crushed and Counterfeit) Fred, Wes, Sam, Lethal and John, keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to hearing the next album.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Annoyingly good, 27 Feb 2007
Fred Durst has come a long way in his ten year music career. Limp Bizkit have gone from being the biggest rock act of the 90s, to a band that are not only do not sell records, but are truly hated by most of America. Remember that most reviews you've read were written after Limp Bizkit went out of fassion, not at the time of the album, but this is from a man who still enjoys Limp Bizkit, and sees no reason why everyone else hates him.
After Run DMC feat Aerosmith's "Walk this way" the 90s were becoming dominated by rap metal, and bands were willing to add more controversy and explicit language to their music. Did Limp Bizkit take this to far? Too damn right they did! Not only do Limp Bizkit constantly say F-ck, show off their hate to other bands quite openly, but they also combine the genres way too much. Papa roach are considered rap metal, yet they don't combine metal head riffs from songs like Full Nelson, while the lead singer is using phrases like "Who's in da house", or in the middle of the album add in an R'n'B style beat like Getcha Groove on. At this time period though, this was taking things to the extreme, which the public always loved, but it is no surprise that todays Emo-pop-rock generation do not appreciate an album like this.
So why have I given it four stars? The answers is simple: The music is good! Wes dominated the writing of this album, and perhaps he is the missing factor of the band, and his departure is why the band are hated today. But this is not the issue. The fact is that this album topped the charts, got decent reviews, and lets face it, had you jumping around your room for three weeks. Look back to year 2000, Marilyn Manson, Blink 182, The bloodhound gang... none of these bands are selling particularly well today, but today's a different issue. If you like an hour of headbanging rap metal, Limp Bizkit are for you.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dear oh dear, 13 Dec 2001
By A Customer
While I admit to jumping on the nu-metal band wagon following the emergence of Linkin Park and Papa Roach, I'm afraid that, unlike the former, Limp Bizkit have failed miserably to follow up their success of '3 Dollar Bill Y'all' and 'Significant Other' with a decent album. This latest offering from the Philadelphia quintent have completely thrown my fading opinion of their music right over the edge. Decent guitar riffs and drumming are accompanied by drab lyrics and Fred Durst's increasingly irritating whining voice, which cannot be defined as uniquely pleasurable to listen to. Such examples of bad lyrics range from the opener on 'My Generation': "Limp Bizkit, f**king up your town/we're downloading the shockwaves/all the ladies in a cage/so getcha groove on" to Mr. Durst's deluded belief that 'leadership' rhymes with 'leave your s***' on 'My Way.' While the rock anthem of the summer, 'Take A Look Around' catapulted Limp Bizkit very much into the mainstream, the basic fact is they are at best, an unintelligent nu-metal band, whose musical ability, will at best appeal to your younger brother but no one of much higher musical intellect or taste. All in all, a bunch of moshpit friendly songs, accompanied with lame album fillers that really belongs in the bin rather than your record collection.
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