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Summary: Good Start for them...but could be better
Review: It's not that all of a great CD and is slightly overhyped but it is still worth a listen. Most of the songs feature Fred Durst screaming...with heavy guitar riffs and a hiphop beat. Many of the guitaring and bass lines sound [simple]...DJ Lethal barely plays part in the album unlike the other two where he is deeply involved with the songs. DJ Lethal only does his scratching and turntable work at the end of each song as the guitars fade out... All this is in each song. It can get repetitive and a little tiring which is why the rating suffers. However, the band only spent 3 days recording this album which is why i give it a 4.The overall sound quality of this album is very poor for modern times. The distortions and mediocre skills make them sound like a local garage band. However, with all the negative points mentioned above, i have to say it's still enjoyable to listen to a bit. Songs such as Pollution, Counterfeit, Sour, Faith, and Stuck are all great songs to listen to. Sour is one of my all time favorites here. The rest of the songs are mostly a bunch of short 2 minute demos. The very last song seems like filler. It's 16 and a half minutes long and was just improvised the whole time by the band. Very poor work in the last track. This band got lucky thanks to KoRn and Ross Robinson. But they've managed to show their skills with time and if you enjoy listening to Limp Bizkit, then this album is good for you. It's not the best but you will get a taste of what Limp Bizkit once were before becoming more in line with Rap and Hip Hop.
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Summary: GOTTA HAVE FAITH!
Review: The title of this review were the words that were blaring out of every teenage boy's speaker systems in early 1998, when a Florida-based band called Limp Bizkit burst onto the scene with a hard-rock cover of the George Michael classic "Faith." Although making a name for yourself by a cover song may not be the best method listed in the book, it worked for Limp Bizkit as they now have widespread fame. How could "Chocolate Starfish" listeners conceive that this whole thing started on an album called "3 Dollar Bill Y'all" that sounds drastically different? I have found that this album actually gets better the more you listen to it. What you earlier dismissed as filler becomes apparent as more than that on the second and third listens to this all-out rocker of an album. This is rare for a Limp Bizkit album, which usually sound the same every time you put them in. However, this is Limp Bizkit back before they were trying to go commercial, and therefore this is different. The first song "Intro" is certainly different than their "Significant Other" and "Starfish" intros. It seems a fitting lead-in to the next song, although they could have gone right into the next song rather than have a few seconds space. Limp Bizkit is well known for their track 2s being perfect starters, and "Pollution" is certainly one, although Fred goes on a little too long with the a capella screaming at the conclusion of this song. Then comes "Counterfeit," which should have been their breakthrough, as it is an absolutely outstanding track, even with the instrumental filler-type stuff at the end which many of these songs possess, however these parts only add to the album. Imagine if Limp Bizkit had made "Full Nelson" back in 1997 with the same idea as Track 4 "Stuck"---it would have been huge. Then comes "Nobody Loves Me", which is the reason why some people listen to this album in the first place. After the first 5 tracks, you begin to wonder if Fred is going to lose his voice by the end of the album. However, he proves this theory wrong. Track 6 is called "Sour" (a single) and is a slower song. It sounds like a carbon copy of "Take A Look Around," only they didn't have any eerie background music to go by this time. "Stalemate" and "Clunk" are more of what was offered in tracks 2-5, only in a bit more sophisticated way. Then, of course, comes "Faith" with a hidden track after it that is decent. Next on the agenda is "Stinkfinger". It is interesting hearing Limp Bizkit using constant dynamic changes, and I think it works here, although this is not one of the more well-known songs on the album. Then comes "Indigo Flow," AKA Freddy Tries To Rap. They have Fear Factory as guests on this track, why waste it? Seriously, it is tough to believe that Fred did not know how to rap at all back then, as this is basically a shout-out song. Then comes "Leech," which they swear is a demo, and is pretty doggone good for one, although all too short, barely breaking 2 minutes. The finale is the much-maligned "Everything." Many Limp Bizkit fans hate this song, which is an insane 18 1/2 minutes long, and dismiss it as a filler. It is definitely not your typical Limp Bizkit song, and is more dreamy than anything you ever thought possible by this group. However, they do a good job on this basic instrumental, and the trance it draws you into is incredible. The music can get repetitive here, but what does it matter? It's obvious that this was intended to be filler, but it's too good to be considered that. Overall, although Significant Other may have been more eclectic, and Chocolate Starfish more pop-pleasing, 3 Dollar Bill Y'all was what got the ball rolling for Limp Bizkit. You "gotta have faith" that they will return to crafting albums like this in the near future.
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Summary: Their first and their best
Review: No matter how many each of their other two albums sell, Three Dollar Bill is always going to be Limp Bizkit's best album IMHO. It's the only LB album where I've been able to sit through it from beginning to end without skipping anything. Everything else they do is just icing on the cake.
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Summary: Limp's first album is still their best
Review: Three Dollar Bill is still Limp Bizkit's best album. Sad to say, they have depreciated since they released their debut. Their later albums have had stronger singles (Nookie, Take A Look Around), but the albums as a whole can't hold a candle to this one, they lack the pure energy Limp has here. They blend the rap and metal seamlessly, making it actually fun to listen to, rather than incredibly annoying like on their later albums. Almost every song here is worth a listen, even the Intro track, while the Intro's and Outro's to Sig. Other and Chocolate Starfish aren't even worth the CD space they take up. "Pollution" is a great track, along with "Counterfeit," "Nobody Loves Me," "Indigo Flow" and the George Micheals cover "Faith." If you want Limp Bizkit, check out this album.
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Summary: and to think I used to like them.......
Review: OK, I admit it, I used to be into Limp Bizkit, but than I starded listening to better music(REAL music if you will), and I eventually lost all interest in them. So you see, there is hope for everyone. This isn't quite as bad as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water(although is comes very close), but it is mediocre at best. I find it funny how you people insult boy and girl groups, because Limp Bizkit is just a boyband if you take away the instruments. I read a review where someone said that Fred Durst is the premier vocalist in heavy music, and I couldn't help but laugh. He might have a chance at that if a bomb went off and killed Max Cavalera, Phil Anselmo, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson, Trent Reznor, Chino Moreno, James Hetfield, and pretty much every vocalist out there. I also read a review where someone said that this CD started the Rap/metal craze. Have you not heard of Anthrax or Biohazard? How about Rage Against The Machine? They were mixing rap and rock/metal before Limp Bizkit was even a band. Well, back to the subject, you would be best spending your money on something better, like I said this is mediocre at best.
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Summary: Got Them Going
Review: This the album that Limp Bizkit launched their carear with and its an album that is well respected. Three Dollar Bill Yall is an album that is liked by so many people due to its sound and quality that its hard to see that its from the same people who gave us Chocolate Starfish And The Hotdog Flavoured Water. This album contains greta tracks like Pollution, Nobody Loves Me and Indigo Flow. This album is a great bench mark for other artists to follow and improve on. (Track 9 is a cover of Faith by George Michael and its definetly worth a listen)
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Summary: Does anyone have this album?
Review: I love Limp Bizkit's other two albums, but this one is probably the most meaningful. The new stuff is mostly sell-out "look how cool we are" songs. They need to make more music like this. It's loud AND deep! What more could you ask for? Maybe they could have added more songs and made some shorter. The last track, the nearly instrumental Everything, is an insane 16:20 long....if you take that away, the album's only about 45 minutes, not really that long at all.
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Summary: L.B.'s Best LP
Review: By far, Three Dollar Bill, Ya'll is their best album. "Pollution" gets the cd rock'n hard, "Counterfeit" as we all know knocked the crap out of everybody and "Faith" is an awesome single. "Stuck" is my personal favorite cuz the guitars on that track just kicks! The only stupid and worst done song on the album was "Everything" which was unbelievably boring and dull. But if you exclude that and check out the other cool tracks, you should definently enjoy this awesome LP by Limp Bizkit!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: After buying Significant Other and loving it, I was eager for more, so I bought this. This album is a lot different than their other two albums. To a guy who is into rock for the most part, this album is basically a lot of distortion and yelling. The only song on this album that I like is "Faith", I'm embarrassed to say. I'm not a wussy Guster fan; I liked every single track on Significant Other. The music on this album is simply different than the newer stuff.
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Summary: Their best
Review: It took a long, long time for me to warm up to this album, it took until I heard Chocolate Starfish. Starfish has its moments, and so does Sig. Other, but this is by far the best. Fred's lyrics aren't always top notch, but here it doesn't matter. Wes churns out hard rock riff time after time and Sam's bass is his best here. No "chocolate starfish!" and "check, 1,2" or anything. He doesn't really swear as much eithier "this is fucked, and that is fucked and you're fucked, and I'm fucked..." but still makes it hard rock. If you're going to buy one Limp album, this is it.
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