So, I'm in a foul mood. So I figured I'd throw some shit one of the three albums in my CD collection that I actually dislike (the other two are Korn's "Life Is Peachy" and Everlast's "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues," though I only dislike Everlast's because it's the clean version). How INCREDIBLY fitting is it that the first three lines spoken in this album are "You wanted the worst/You for the worst/The one, the only, Limp Bizkit." Were they TRYING to give the critics something to feed on, or what? Man, not even the goddamn intro is inspired as the one from the album before.

So we head into "Just Like This." Fred Durst couldn't rock a party if the party was held for the sole purpose of honoring his "mad skillz," okay? And that's the whole point of this song (party music, not Fred's suck). Fred's voice is way up in the mix, and there're some stupid sound effects here, seemingly just for the sole purpose of overproducing it. And what do we have next? "NOOKIE~!" Yes, the first single, and a major hit from this album! Seems like Fred's lyrics went from "suck" to "supersuckingnastyblowjobfromawell-paidwhoreintheslumsofaneighborhoodrunbypimps" between the first album and this one. "I DID IT ALL FOR THE NOOKIE! (COME ON!) THE NOOKIE! (COME ON!) SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT COOKIE! AND STICK IT UP YOUR (YEAH!)" etc. Thank god Fred's 90% done falling off the face of the damned earth.

And another hit single, "Break Stuff" follows. It's crap, but at least it's reminiscent of old-school Limp. And it's got energy. So that's like, 0.25 of the 2 points I gave the whole album, but it was mostly out of pity. "Re-arranged" is decent, so, those 2 songs come together for a full 0.5 points. The sincerity of "Re-arranged" suffers a terrible blow because of the self-induced angst from "Break Stuff." Actually, I'll move the score up a bit… Okay, so that makes this the FIRST album to have a decimal rating! Congrats Limp Bizkit! See, I wanted to give it a 3, but making it THAT close to the Stones "Dirty Work" would have been blasphemy.

So, what's left… "I'm Broke" sucks. Fred's vocals are horrifically irritating. Same goes for the "riff" (is that thing one fucking note? ARGUHAHHHHH). I always thought that, even way back in the seventh grade when I LIKED these guys (I'm not ashamed to admit it, though I have to make up for past sins now). "Nobody Like You" has a shitty intro, as well (what happened to the nice ones from the last album?). Jon Davis, god bless 'im, cannot save this song from itself. "N Together Now" has Method Man, and a good beat going for it… I guess. Surprising single, too, considering the expletives. Then again, maybe I'm just an old man in a teen's body.

"Trust?" is… um… Bad. Very bad. "I'm too fucking good and fucking proud"… No, REALLY, Fred? "No Sex" is the best song here, though. The guitars are mixed rather weakly, but it has a nice kind of charm to it. The "realize that I'm worth more than that" part is probably the best part of this album. "Show Me What You Got" is a shout-out song with the music from "Cambodia" from their contribution to the Family Values '98 Tour CD, and it's worse. Interesting thought, though: I'm interested in finding out how many times the phrase "(verb) up" is used on this CD, like "Get the fuck up" or "Shut the fuck up" or "Get up," etc. Anybody who dares to listen to this album, hit me with an email if you want.

"A Lesson Learned" is the last song on the album, and I could be a smart-ass and give this the "Best Song" reward because the end is near, but, no, I won't. And the outro is kinda like the intro. Actually, it basically IS an extended version of the intro, telling people to not buy Backstreet Boys CDs and using the phrase "Balls made of steel."

Oh, and there's a rant from then-MTV VJ as a bonus track that isn't that notable. So, in the end, THIS SUCKS HORRIBLY. I'd sell it and get 3 dollars for it, but bringing this up to the counter of my local Newbury Comics would fill me with so much nervous shame I'd rather not. Anything I didn't mention in this review was not memorable, by the way, and after giving this CD yet another chance to justify my purchase of it, it's being retired - permanently - to my bookshelf. Good riddance.