Significant Other

1	Intro 0:37
2	Just Like This 3:35
3	Nookie 4:50
4	Break Stuff 2:47
5	Re-Arranged 5:54
6	I'm Broke 4:00
7	Nobody Like You 4:20
8	Don't Go off Wandering 4:00
9	9 Teen 90 Nine 4:36
10	N 2 Gether Now 4:50
11	Trust? 4:59
12	No Sex 3:54
13	Show Me What You Got 4:27
14	A Lesson Learned 2:40
15	Outro 7:24

Barnes & Noble

"I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down," sings Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, the great white dope turned alt-rap hero. He may represent the voice of the angst-ridden, downtrodden suburban teens who buy his band's records, but he's also speaking to the world at large, especially those who find Limp Bizkit's testosterone-tweaked marriage of metal, goth, and rap bereft of content. SIGNIFICANT OTHER is all about satisfying fans and stumping detractors, which the band does by balancing the isolated, postadolescent introspect of gloomy, downcast cuts like "9 Teen 90 Nine" and "Re-arranged" with the Animal House abandon of metal-rap hybrids like "Nookie." This tension-release formula gives their album a strong sense of thematic flow as Durst leads guitarist Wes Borland, bassist Sam Rivers, drummer John Otto, and DJ Lethal through a set that maps out the bipolar pain of today's teenage wasteland as well as any rock out there. And just in case you think the hip-hop nation takes these guys for a bunch of chumps, check out "N2gether Now," which finds DJ Lethal's RZA-style track and Durst's rhymes deftly complementing the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man. Jon Dolan

All Music Guide

Limp Bizkit made their reputation through hard work, touring the hell out of their debut album Three Dollar Bill Y'All and thereby elevating themselves to the popularity status of their similarly rap-inflected, alt-metal mentors Korn. With their second album, Significant Other, they come close to reaching Korn's artistic level; at the very least, it's considerably more ambitious and multi-dimensional than Three Dollar Bill. Limp Bizkit, of course, hasn't abandoned their testosterone-overloaded signature sound, they've just built around it. There are flourishes of neo-psychedelia on pummeling metal numbers and there are swirls of strings, even crooning, at the most unexpected background. All of it simply enhances the force of their rap-metal attack, which can get a little tedious if it's unadorned. Not so coincidentally, the enlarged sonic palette also serves as emotional coloring for Fred Durst's lyrics. He broke up with his longtime girlfriend -- his Significant Other, if you will -- during the writing of the album, and his anguish is apparent throughout the record, as almost every song is infused with the guilt, anger, and regret that was churned up in the wake of separation. That, however, gives the impression that this is an alt-metal Blood on the Tracks. It's not. Nevertheless, it does have more emotional weight than Three Dollar Bill, along with more effective, adventurous music. More importantly, it balances these new concerns with trace elements of their juvenile humor along with the overpowering aggro rap-metal that is their stock in trade. Which makes it a rare artistic leap forward that will still please audiences that just want more of the same. Stephen Thomas Erlewine