Artist: LIMP BIZKIT
Album: CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER (CD IMPORT)

Year: 2000
EAN/UPS: 0606949075927
Media type: CD

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third album by Limp Bizkit, released on October 15, 2000 through Interscope Records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1.05 million copies in its first week. According to the RIAA website, the album has sold over 6 million copies in America as of 2008.

Stylistically, the album is one of the most diverse the band has ever produced, and one of the most melodic. While there is still a more developed version of the rap metal the band had previously explored ("Hot Dog", "Rollin', "Full Nelson"), the band started to delve into more melodic territory. Songs such as "My Way" and "Boiler" feature Borland playing very large chords that involve all strings (as opposed to prior techniques of single notes and power chords) and could have been easily translated onto acoustic guitar, while "The One" is a very upbeat, relaxing song that has a very metallic ending, with Borland once again making use of his unusual four string guitar that featured a bass string as the lowest string. Drum performances from John Otto were also very varied and interesting, making use of a larger drumset than he had previously had. Bassist Sam Rivers also played very bass guitar parts that were just as integral to songs such as "Boiler" and "Hold On" as Borland's guitar playing. DJ Lethal had a more restrained role in the songs, scratching loops and samples in songs like "My Way" and "Livin' It Up", as well as participating in the full on rap songs the album had. Fred Durst's vocals and lyrics were varied, using both full on rap and full on singing, and tempering the heavy songs out with some screaming. Some of his vocals on the album, particularly on "Rollin'", were subject to criticism from the mainstream media.

The first part of the title is a scatological reference to the appearance of the human anus (Chocolate Starfish). However, Hot Dog Flavored Water is an inside joke started by Wes Borland at a truckstop while the band was on tour, where Borland noticed a jar of pickled eggs, and made a joke about doing the same thing with hot dogs[citation needed]. He took it further when he suggested they should bottle the water and sell it, hence "hot dog flavored water".

Durst himself refers to the album name in both "Livin' It Up", where he declares that "The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst," (Wes Borland has stated in an interview when questioned on naming of the album that Chocolate Starfish is a "weird nickname Fred has for himself"[cite this quote]) and "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish, punk."

The album features several high-profile guests, including rapper Xzibit on "Getcha Groove On", Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland on "Hold On", and rappers Redman, DMX and Method Man, including production by Swizz Beats on "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)", which is a remix of "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)". Actor Ben Stiller appears in the hidden track of "Outro" as well.

"My Generation"'s video clip featured a raucous attitude that is displayed at concerts. Limp Bizkit were surrounded in a steel fence/cage in which audience members climbed up and jumped off.

The song "Hot Dog" is notorious for featuring the word "fuck" 246 times. Durst makes a reference to the amount of "fuck's" in the song: "If I say 'fuck' two more times, that's 46 'fucks' in this fucked up rhyme." The chorus, "You wanna fuck me like an animal/You'd like to burn me on the inside/You'd like to think that I'm your perfect drug/Just know that nothing you do will bring you closer to me", is a reference to the Nine Inch Nails' famous hit "Closer", "Burn", and "The Perfect Drug" (the lyric is altered in the Bizkit version). Although during this period, a feud existed between Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor and Fred Durst[citation needed], Durst still cleared the sample for this song.

"Livin' It Up" samples "Life in the Fast Lane" by the American rock band The Eagles.

The video for "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" was directed by Fred Durst at the World Trade Center in late 2000. The video won the award for best rock video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.

TRACKLIST:

"Intro" – 1:18
"Hot Dog" – 3:50
"My Generation" – 3:41
"Full Nelson" – 4:07
"My Way" – 4:32
"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" – 3:33
"Livin' It Up" – 4:24
Contains a sample of "Life in the Fast Lane"
"The One" – 5:43
Contains the hidden track "I Want You to Stay" – (3:59)
"Getcha Groove On" (featuring Xzibit) – 4:29
"Take a Look Around" – 5:22
"It'll Be OK" – 5:06
"Boiler" – 7:00
Contains an interlude – (1:13)
"Hold On" (featuring Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots) – 5:47
"Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (featuring Method Man, Redman and DMX) - 6:22
"Outro" – 9:49

LINE-UP:

Limp Bizkit
Sam Rivers - bass
Fred Durst - vocals
DJ Lethal - turntables, samples, keyboards, programming, sound development
John Otto - drums, percussion
Wes Borland - guitars, cover art
Keyboards – Scott Borland

Additional Bass Guitar – Rich Keller
Guest Vocals - DMX, Rob Dyrdek, Stephan Jenkins, Ben Stiller, Mark Wahlberg, Scott Weiland, Xzibit, Redman