Limp Bizkit Album: “Three Dollar Bill, Y'All [Edited]”

Because Limp are mad. Thanks to KoRn, Limp Bizkit was lead the way to great music, starting with 3 Dollar Bill Y'all$. Songs like Stuck, Nobody Loves Me and Leech show their heavy metal work that sound like they had problems in their life, while Sour, Faith and Stinkfinger are really groovy beatz, really heavy songs, while Pollution and Counterfeit are very good intro songs.

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1)Intro: Religious Intro, a little funny. 3/10

2)Pollution: Screechy guitars, pretty cool drums and turntable work make this song a classical Limp Bizkit song, as well as the funny segment at the end, with Fred yelling "back" over and over again with the other members telling him to shut up. An excellent song to open the CD. 10/10

3)Counterfeit: The first Limp Bizkit song. A pretty interesting intro, and then suddenly........ BOOM! They start cranking up the metal, this reminds me of KoRn's Clown, pretty solid hit. Definately one of the best songs on this CD, along with Nobody Loves Me, Sour, Clunk, Faith and Stinkfinger. At the end they start going insane one last time to end the song, and at the end, Fred's making some weird sounds. The entire song is great. 10/10

4)Stuck: This is another great hit. Finally, a song that has loads of DJ Lethal. And this is a longer version of Significant Other's Break Stuff, which is good. Limp Bizkit show just how heavy they can be. 9/10

5)Nobody Loves Me: Another anger song. Fred writes pretty good lyrics, a kinda weak outro, but the rest of the song is heavy as hell. My 2nd favourite song, totally heavy, but weak ending. Very good song. 10/10

6)Sour: Another DJ Lethal song. About Fred's ex-girlfriend (At least that's what I've heard). Insane guitars, turntables, and nice, calm drums. That made this song as my 3rd fav song. An insane song, one of the best. 10/10

7)Stalemate: Nice song. The beginning isn't too good, but the chorus is quite heavy, 6 minutes don't cut it. Maybe Pantera's This Love or Drowning Pool's Soul but not this. But still pretty hard though. 7/10

8)Clunk: Sweet stuff, interesting bass lines, unreal vocal effect, and insane turntable work by the legendary DJ Lethal. Complete metal, this gets 5th place. 10/10

9)Faith: A George Michael cover. But a little guitar and turntable work totally change. And it's one of the heaviest songs. And to top it off, this is my favourite song on this CD. Advice: skip to track 10 when it gets to 2:25 so you don't have to hear that awful hidden track. Limp Bizkit rock on. 10/10

10)Stinkfinger: Another great song, heavy, turntable-infested and a dark bass line. this makes 4th fav. 9/10

11)Indigo Flow: Uh, not so bad, but not so good either. It's great, but it's bad compared to Significant Other's Show Me What You Got. 5/10

12)Leech (demo version): The heaviest song, really cool. The only problem is that it's too short. Imagine this song at 4: 15, not at 2:11. Still good though. 9/10

13)Everything: 16 minutes long. The longest song I've heard without any skips. Really cool effect in the middle. An above average song. 8/10

Three Dollar Bill, Y'all puts Significant Other to shame. I don't understand why the latter was endorsed so much. There are few albums I can listen to continuously, and Three Dollar Bill, Y'all is one of them. It is more representative of Limp Bizkit's raw sound and talent; plus it's a lot more intimate and less commercial. Why it's remained so obscure is beyond me.

It all started out in 1993. When such a wonderful form of music started. The band was Limp Bizkit from Jacksonville, FL. I love this cd for so many reasons. The lyrics are so real and in your face. The sound is very unique. The band contains five members. Featuring x-House of Pain member, DJ Lethal. The album starts out w/ a great intro, and then busts into an in your face song titled "Pollution". Fred Durst (lead singer), preaches, screams, and rhymes to the people who purchase this cd about different topics such as; fake people, greedy women, having faith, thanking his homeboys, followers, etc. Nothing will get your attention more than Fred's voice over a low-end six-string bassist, w/ Wes Borland screeching on his seven-string guitar, w/ John Otto keeping the beats, and last but not least DJ Lethal doing his thing behind two turntables. If you're into heavy, in your face kind of music w/ extreme amounts of talent, I highly recommend purchasing Limp Bizkit's debut album, "Three Dollar Bill, Ya'll". Limp Bizkit is currently touring w/ Korn on their Family Values tour, so check them out if they come to your town. Some other bands that have some similarities to Limp Bizkit's style are Korn, (Hed)pe, Deftones, Snot, etc. If you're into heavy music w/ some hip-hop flavor, I highly suggest running out to your closest record store and purchasing this.

I refuse to let the average of this album drop as low as their new releases because of stupid reviewers who just hate LB in GENERAL, but know nothing about this album. Giving every LB album 1 star due to their later embarrassments might seem like a good idea, but anyone who actually gives this a listen will realize they had a lot of musical potential, and not even Fred could ruin the music on this album. Even if you hate his vocals, the lyrics on this album aren't quite as mind-numbingly stupid as later CDs. In fact, I think he only says the name "Limp Bizkit" once on the whole album, they weren't famous yet, so he couldn't talk about them being so. This album has nostalgic value for me, as I used to listen to it all the time, I still find it enjoyable today.

In conclusion, I very much agree with the Wickerman's "they had potential" review. LB has a very unique melodic style. The only difference between our opinions is I find the album more tolerable.

Limp Bizkit is the perfect example of a band with little talent, yet has succeeded in the music industry. There are several reasons for this anomaly. One, they were introduced by Korn and their album was produced by Ross Robinson. Two, they surfaced during a time period when "rapcore" was getting popular, although Korn and the Deftones do not fall into that category. Finally, and most importantly, the band Limp Bizkit has phenomenol stage presence and an incredible live show. Unfortunatley, this cd does not caputure that energy or intensity.

The sound quality on this cd is terrible, sounding more like some kind of garage demo than a major-label debut. The sound is very raw and downtuned, an unfortunate trademark of Ross Robinson. The music itself is a hybrid of hip-hop meets heavy metal in the Sepultura tribal type vein. Featuring aggressive beats, chunk-filled riffs, throbbing bass, and accented by the amazing scratching, Limp Bizkit's sound may not be original but it is tempo-laden and nonstop energy. The song structures are simple as well as the music but the flow is there, although limited.

Fred Durst has an amazing stage precence. He knows how to get a crowd riled up which is very important. However, as a songwriter and a vocalist, he has much to learn. He cannot rap, his lyrics are simplistic, almost childish featuring idiotic rhymes, and his voice has an annoying sounding quality. The only strongpoint is his ability to switch to his heavy side featuring some sick screaming. Sure, he may talk about everyday issues that people deal with, but the emotion and conviction are lacking behind his words.

To say that this is one of the best cds out there today is beyond me. Sure songs like "Pollution" and "Counterfeit" are awesome featuring cool riffs, high energy and in-your-face choruses, but the rest of the cd is sorely lacking. "Stalemate" is another very good song, more dynamic with just a cool groove. "Stuck" is also decent. "Leech" which is a cooler, heavier song, and supposedly a demo version, had the same sound quality as the rest of the songs, showing that Limp still had a ways to go. "Sour" is short, but sweet, previewing what was to come from Limp Bizkit. In conclusion, a couple of very good songs, then some fair efforts, nothing special.

Aside from DJ Lethal and Sam Rivers, possibly Wes Borland, Limp Bizkit has very little musical talent. What they are lacking in talent they more than make up in style and energy. If this was a concert review, the rating would be higher, but it's not and this cd is just not good enough. Sounding like nothing more than a demo, Limp Bizkit merely showed that they had much farther to go if they wanted to become a staple in the music industry. While they do the rapcore thing decently enough there are many more bands out there that may not be mainstream but do the entire rapcore thing much better. Examples: Superheist, Madhops, Spine, Papa Roach, Primer 55, 20 Dead Flower Children, Frontside, and Greedy Edna.