One year after Significant Other, one of the best albums of the 90's, came Chocolate St*rfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, one of the worst albums of this current decade. The name of the album explains it all, it's just a bunch of sh*t and cum. However, Limp Bizkit managed to get a lot of hits at this point of their career even though they got flushed down the toilet afterwards. If this band took a few more years to record the album though, they would've stayed at the top longer and wouldn't have been total sell-outs. Everything Limp Bizkit have released afterwards is okay, but they should've improved while they were popular.
Tracklisting:
01. Intro
The high pitched robotic noise is irritating, but once the beat goes on, this track's kinda catchy for a crappy intro.
02. Hot Dog
This song starts off really heavy while Fred Durst talks about how everything in the world is f**ked up. Near the end of the song though, Fred says "If I say 'f**k' two more times, that's forty-six 'f**k's in this f**ked up rhyme" and you realize that this track was just an excuse for Fred Durst to say the F-word forty-six times in a song. The only other important note here is that the chorus of the song has the same lyrics as "Closer" from Nine Inch Nails, which is pretty pathetic.
03. My Generation
The Who wrote a song back in the 60's with the same name as this song aimed towards the Baby Boomers. However, this Limp Bizkit song against Generation X is a great anthem for this current generation. The guitar's almost as hard hitting as "Hot Dog", John Otto "takes it to the Matthews fridge" (whatever that is), and DJ Lethal "brings it on" near the end of the bridge and does a good job at doing that. This is one of Limp Bizkit's most controversial songs and I was suprised that such a profanity filled song from them managed to get a lot of airplay.
04. Full Nelson
The guitar goes a little slower, except during the chorus where it still keeps the same rhythym as before. This is a very angry song on bullying, but Fred Durst's lyrics are too angry here. The most stupid lyrics are near the end of the song where Fred says "Motherf**ker! Just shut your f**king mouth!!!". Everytime I get to that part of the song, I laugh my ass off for the stupidity these words are showing.
05. My Way
After another bad song comes another good song. The words of the song are kinda stale, but this is an amazing song on how many people want others to see their way in life. Wes Borland's guitar and DJ Lethal's scratching gets you going all the way through and the video is one of my favourite music videos of all time, because it's about making a music video.
06. Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)
Fred Durst tries to act like a total player in this song, which is kinda funny at times. The words that crack me up the most is "You wanna mess with Limp Bizkit? (Yeah!) Well you can't mess with Limp Bizkit. (Why?) Because we get it on. (When?) Every day and every night". I just don't understand how a band with a name like Limp Bizkit would get it on anyway. Other than that, this is definitely "Rock sh*t puttin' bounce in the mosh pit". m/
07. Livin' It Up
This starts off with Fred calling Ben Stiller his "favourite motherf**ker". The beat's catchy with a little sample of "Fast Lane" from The Eagles and the guitar is rocking, but Fred Durst still ruins the song. If I found one of the microphone machetes in the back of Fred's truck five years ago, I would've threatened Fred Durst to improve on the lyrics of Chocolate St*rfish before it would've gotten released this way.
08. The One
Limp Bizkit decide to go soft here. The words are still not there, but the music is beautiful. This track's radio-friendly and would've made a decent single. Really like the chorus, even though it's too repetitive.
Secret Song: Blow Me Away
This song actually has more beauty than "The One" and the lyrics shine more. An amazing secret song to go after a nice soft one.
09. Getcha Groove On
All of a sudden, we get to a collaboration with X to the Z (Xzibit if you don't understand Ebonics). The chorus is catchy, but probably the worst chorus Limp Bizkit have ever came up with for a song ("You don't wanna f**k with me today, 'cause a little something-something didn't go your way. I'll try not to be like that today, 'cause I'm a real motherf**ker from 'round the way. We don't give a f**k if we're rocking the place, we're only giving a f**k if you're invading the space, so getcha getcha groove on (Gotta getcha groove on). Don't keep us waitin' too long (Don't keep us waitin' too long)."). Fred actually says some good rhymes in the first verse, but after that the rest is pretty sh*tty. Xzibit does nothing here but ruin the song.
10. Take A Look Around
This track became the theme song for Mission Impossible 2 and everything's good about it. The guitar does a great job at reincarnating the original theme song, but still making it Limp Bizkit's own song. The drums kick ass and Fred really shines on the rhyming here (for example: "Does anybody really know the secret or the combination for this life and where to keep it? It's kinda sad when you don't know the meanin', but everything happens for a reason"). The chorus is where it gets the most heavy and the band ends the song in a really catchy way.
11. It'll Be Ok
Another soft song and just like "The One", it's an okay track. It gets really hard during the chorus and the bridge, but that doesn't disturb the mood. What does is Fred Durst dropping the F-bomb every once in a while. Other than that, great guitar here.
12. Boiler
My favourite song on the album. After Fred goes "ohhhhhhhhhhhh" at the beginning, the guitar breaks in and it's headbanging. The lyrics do a good job at describing a break-up and the best words are at the bridge ("Depending on you is done and giving to you is done. No more eating or sleeping or living, it's all just forgiving to you and I'm done. The hiding from you is done, the lying from you is done. No more eating or sleeping or living, it's all just forgiving to you and I'm done."). The video for this song is also pretty crazy too.
Secret Interlude
Fred Durst says at the beginning that this is an interlude to make you think about what you've just heard so far. Then when the beat comes on, there's not much to think about except that a band with a name like Limp Bizkit can write some really sh*tty songs.
13. Hold On
The album's most beautiful song out of all the soft ones. The lyrics and the way the song is done kinda sound like any song from Staind and any soft song from Godsmack put together. A pretty long song, but a decent one to listen to all the way through.
14. Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)
Just when you thought Chocolate St*rfish was going to come to a really good ending, in comes a really stupid rap remix of "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)". The chorus is done almost the same way as the original, but after the first verse that Fred Durst raps on, Method Man, Red Man, and DMX come in and they really ruin the song, making the rest of the track sh*t. This remix is almost twice as long as the original and probably the album's most skippable track.
15. Outro
Same as "Intro", except that the annoying robot voice says something different at the beginning. But that's not all. Afterwards, Ben Stiller comes in and makes a special guest appearance, talking with Limp Bizkit about Chocolate St*rfish while making fun of what their music usually says. You'll definitely be laughing here. Then, Ben laughs the same laugh twenty times and we get to a bunch of phone calls that Fred Durst made during the making of the album.
Overall Rating (on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best): 5
Content Rating: Parental Advisory: Explicit Content
