1. C.Marsalis

   10

   We came across this album by accident over the last few months. Contrary to all the bad publicity about this album, it is without doubt one of the most important albums since 1993. The production and ideas within this album are quite unique.The last albums to contain such artistry was Songs of Distant Earth by Mike Oldfield and Talk by Yes. Its quite disgraceful on some of the voting, obviously from people who have no clue about music production. We have analysed some reviews by these individuals on other albums and its quite sad and obvious that these critics are like everything within the industry- to be aiding and abetting the demise of talent within the music industry. We suggest that those critics should become independent from the Record Companies. Its ok monopolizing CD Sales etc but to monopolise what talent is, is detrimental to the industry.… Expand

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2. FrankB

   5

   This is Limp Bizkit's further decline into mediocrity. Now, it's not lord mercilessly awful like the critics and the "hatas" would have you beleive. Let's start with the bad: The insipid autobiographical "Almost Over" has such hilarious contradictions as "took alot of crap as a little boy, learned how to rap as a little boy" and "I'm singing in the rain as an older man" coming from an MC who just cleverly rhymed "rap" with "crap" and a bold optimistic lyricist who spent his past three albums complaining about his girlfriend. "Gimme the Mic" and "Phenomenon" are so outlandishly overblown that they make the late 80's Beastie Boys claims of lyrical dopeness seem like accurate representations of hardened gangsta veterans, and that was shtick! Fred expects us to take boasts like "baggie jeans and a bottle of crack hits" seriously! The ballads (which take up a large chunk of the album)are for the most part woefully trite, with the exception of the genuinely pretty "Down Another Day", and when they're not generic, they're self-indulgent and bitter. If that doesn't make you tap the skip button fast enough, the Snoop Dog collaboration, "Red Light Green Light" is vapid, bland, and just plain lame-o. (wipes sweat off forehead) Okay, but amidst all these debacles, there is a fair amount of Bizkity goodness to partly compensate. "Eat you Alive" and "Re-Entry" have ham-fisted, thunderously catchy riffs balanced with pretty melodic bits. It's a reminder that under all the teen-angst and occasionally awful writing, the Bizkit really do know what they're doing, and there's some genius behind the jock. "Creamer" and "Lonely World" have desolate, Linkin Park style electronic gawthic pop beats, that you can dance to and sulk to at the same time. Plus, the rapping is a few notches above Mike Shinoda. "Head for the Barricade" has a tribal war-chant drum beat that works wonderfully, and the songs nu-metal ingenius climax would inspire riotous moshing, as would the clever riff trickery of "The Only One" And that's pretty much the whole sha-bang. About 5 or 6 really good songs on a 16 track album with the rest ranging from mostly mediocre to laughable. Still, Limp Bizkit isn't the worst of Nu Metal's evils, they're just the most renown. If Fred didn't stir up so much annoying controversy here and there, and the Bizkit weren't once the biggest, most arrogant band in the world, the critics would probably grant this comfortably mediocre album in the 50-60 range along with Linkin Park. This Bizkit may be a bit soggy, but focus your hatred on nu metal bands like Crossfade, Seether, Evenescance, and P.O.D, as they're what you should be worrying about.… Expand

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3. KrisL.

   3

   Limp Bizkit is now like a dog who was just neutered and had its teeth kicked in . The edge and energy they had in their first 2 albums are but a thing of the past. The whiny nu-metal kids raised on Staind, Linkin Park, and most of the crappy bands today like that will probably like it (and are rabidly apparent in their reviews), but old school fans and just about everyone else need not apply.… Expand

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