What I like about the band, the aggressive music, Borland’s showmanship, the beats and the rhymes were all absent. and it felt like some prog-metal, nu-metal mash up that is much darker and way more experimental than anything else they have done. The promotion was practically nil as it was released as an “underground” album and that is where it should’ve stayed. Wes Borland, lead guitarist, had left the band after ‘Chocolate Starfish’ and upon his return, the band release this pile of what, I am not sure. THE WORST – THE UNQUESTIONABLE TRUTH: PART 1 (2005): I am not judging the band or its members, just focusing on the music or whatever you want to call it.
Anyway, we are going to tackle their studio albums and I will try to let you know which ones I think are the best and in the order I rank them. It was worse hate than poor Nickelback get for their success. They were all over MTV and a massive success, but that success turned to hate really fast thanks to the controversial Fred. The band was labeled as Nu-Metal and they brought in elements of hip hop, rap, metal, funk and rock. Well back in the late 90’s, there was another reason to hate the “Red” hat and that was because people loved to hate the backwards “red” hat wearing lead singer of Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst. Nowdays, a person wearing a “Red” hat is labeled a racist, Trump supporting pig. I will admit to liking a few songs, but I don’t actually own anything by them so thanks to Apple Music for giving me the means to do a fair assessment without spending any more money that my monthly Apple Membership fee. I am not a huge fan of the band by any means, I am trying to shake things up a little and try different things with my posts and I thought why not really stretch it and tackle Limp Bizkit. Here's hoping we don't have to wait another decade to find out if Limp Bizkit truly does have something even better up their sleeve.I know what you are thinking, all their albums should be labeled the Worst. It's a good record with a handful of very good songs, but it feels a little underbaked. Especially after guitarist Wes Borland said in an interview earlier this year that the band "probably have 35 songs recorded instrumentally." Why a cover, a meandering skit, and acoustic ditty were included on Still Sucks is a mystery and one that unfortunately detracts from an album that's otherwise pretty solid.Īt the end of the day, Still Sucks feels like a precursor of something better to come. It's not a bad cover, but combined with the four-plus minutes of the skit-heavy "Snacky Poo" and catchy-but-underwhelming "Empty Hole," it just feels like Limp Bizkit could've used their time much better. After four killer songs at the start of the record, Limp Bizkit all of a sudden drops into a chill cover of INXS's 1982 track "Don't Change" that eats up three minutes of the album.
Where Still Sucks falters is in its use of the 31 minutes it has to captivate listeners. Again, it's weird to hear Limp Bizkit not trying to be this boisterous and hard-as-hell, in-your-fucking-face band, but it works. The riffs are pummeling, the production sounds great, the band's overall performance is as solid as it's ever been, but it's coming from a place of maturity. It's an album that manages to capture that classic Limp Bizkit mood without sounding like a bunch of older guys trying to be raucous kids again. Sure, Still Sucks is varied, but it's interesting to hear Limp Bizkit incorporate a handful of new sounds while still sticking to what fans want for the most part.
Still Sucks adds some harsh-vocal heaviness to the usual Limp Bizkit sound on songs like "Pill Popper" and "You Bring Out The Worst In Me," cranks out a Turnstile-in-a-bad-mood-type jam on "Barnacle," and even manages to incorporate a short acoustic ballad called "Empty Hole." Then of course the band leans hard into their hip hop roots on songs like "Dad Vibes" and "Goodbye," with the sarcastic-sounding "Turn It Up, Bitch" expertly capturing that scratchy, damaged nü-rap vibe of albums like Significant Other. Still Sucks comes out of the gate fairly aggressively with the one-two punch of "Out Of Style" and "Dirty Rotten Bizkit," both of whose runtimes find Durst singing some pretty catchy hooks overtop a vivacious and energetic band.
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