A new Limp Bizkit video co-directed by Fred Durst has been derided for sounding "like a Rihanna power ballad." You can hear it in the player below.
The song "Lightz" is the first glimpse of the new Limp Bizkit sound after signing to Lil' Wayne's label Cash Money after parting ways with Interscope last year.
In an interview during the shooting of the video, frontman Fred Durst said that signing to Cash Money was "incredible."
"These guys, once they bring you into the family, they empower you to be yourself and to do what you want it is that you do," he told AXS. "I definitely feel like we're still contenders with this new music."
It's an unusual statement to make considering their stark change in style, complete with heavy auto-tune and a pop chorus. The magazine MetalHammer has already labelled it as "a Rihanna power ballad."
It is unclear what the official title to the song is. Fred Durst acknowledges it a "Lightz" on his twitter page when confirming it had leaked early, but the video upload uses the title "City Of Angels". According to the above interview, the song had already changed title three times. "I think it's called Beautiful," Durst said at the time.
“@lbman1ac: @freddurst Lightz is Just Simply AWESOME! ;)” thank you, but it is NOT our first single/video. It was leaked prematurely.
Exactly! What a waste of time! Some serious soft-core sell out crap! I know LB / FD turned the proverbial corner into obscurity, but this is taking cash money i.e. sucking donkey d#%k like a musical *****, to a whole new level of washed out bottom feeding. LAME!!! -100 points to Lil Wayne and FD! Go home and bake cookies with Mather Steward rather!
I know plenty of people who will hate this, but you know what, as someone who's been following limp since 1997, I appreciate a track that mixes things up a little. I see no reason to readily hate on a band that readily deserves the chance deviate from the norm. Just please, no dubstep.
You've got to be kidding me, I find that hard to believe... I've followed this band since Three Dollar Bill, Yall$, this is the first time I'm ashamed to admit I was a fan of this band. I've defended everything they've released up until this point, this was a dick move... it's sure to make them money but they just sold all of the original fans down the river with this.
they made pop songs before, I don't see any problem with this track. The problem is, if the whole album sounds mostly like this. If Fred said this is not the 1st single, so maybe this won't be the main proposal he wants for the album, even knowing this album will be focused on selling!
It's an unashamedly radio friendly release, Limp aren't strangers to this. You've followed Limp for nearly 16 years and now you think they sold fans down the river? It's fans like you that hold bands back from diversifying and experimenting. In my mind, they deserve to do what the f*ck they like, I already had 4 awesome albums from them, if I don't necessarily agree with there direction, so what, they were the anthem to my teens, I'm now nearly 30, I don't care if Fred walked on stage in a Pink Tutu, he's already given me enough albums & gig memories to last a lifetime. stop thinking you fred f*cking owes you something and grow up.
WOW! PGilbert, shoving your opinions down my throat and jumping to conclusions, the only person that needs to grow up here is you. I never said they owed me anything, but my opinion still stands, regardless of whether you like it or not. Yes, I have followed this band that long and they have finally let me down.
Tell you what guys, name me songs that sound like this from their catalog.
No, it's not bullshit, you're acting like naive child & young teen, though. Im all for them moving forward and doing something new, I like it when bands experiment and change their sound, but in my opinion this was the wrong direction to go and a lot of old Limp Fans will agree. This was an easy moneymaker move to get them into the current market and yes, for someone that paid 15 dollars on a shiny piece of plastic time and time again, I do feel sold down the river.
Na, there's no way I'm going to Getcha Groove On with this, I'm gonna imagine accepting The Truth... that I finally grew out of this band. And that's O.K.
What exactly were you expecting?
They signed to Lil Wayne 's studio!
Of course they did it for the money.
And now you're disappointed after only one song was 'leaked' ?
After all the shitty things they've done in the past, now you're disappointed?! Give me a break.
Wow, that's a mess lol. I didn't know there were so many passioante people about Limp here, it's usually quite the opposite. If I had to really think about enough I'd say The only time I was really disappointed with the band before this was RMV. I've liked everything they've released up until now, Golden Cobra wasn't what I was expecting, I was hoping they'd push forward with something further in the vein of TUT.PT1. This video above is an example of something to expect on the album, if there's one track like this, there will be others. I was expecting something that shook rafters, heavy riffs
'Hold On' from the 'Chocolate Starfish'
'The One' from Chocolate Starfish
'Bitter Sweet Home' (Verve and Motley Crue medley) from the Greatest Hitz
'Results May Vary' had many poppy chilled tunes on it, like 'Underneath the Gun', 'Lonely World' and the infamous 'Behind Blue Eyes' cover. You also have 'When it Rains' a popular unreleased song and 'Loser' from 'Gold Cobra' to name 'a few'. Nah I guess they have nothing like that in their back catalogue huh? Limp Bizkit have never sung a ballad. Sorry for bein a troll but you wanted some, I gave you a small list. You can all start hating me now for knowing that much about Limp lol
Alright, I didn't come in here to hate on Limp Bizkit. You can be a fan all you want, but PLEASE do not use the phrasing "deviate from the norm." Again, I'm not passing judgment on whether it's "good" or "bad," but this style of music IS THE DEFINITION of "the norm."
and you are the definition of someone who doesn't know quite how pretentious they are. I bet the music you make is epic with guitar better guitar solos and basslines that has sold millions right?
I never said anything about my music being better. Hell, I never even said that I write music at all. And again, since you missed it, I didn't even say that this was bad. I was trying to say that they're changing their sound from a less experimental one to a more radio-friendly pop sound.
I've defended these guys before but this is absolutely embarrassing... what an appalling way to go out. Whatever fans they had left surely just flew out the window.
Much worse? I actually like this more most of Living Things. I like 2 songs off that whole album and it took me a bit to get into those songs even. This at least still has the guitar as part of the band and not drowned out by the synth stuff entirely.
I've heard plenty of nice guitar lines and fills and even a few solo's on pop songs before, so don't go around acting like just because something has a guitar solo it's automatically good. The solo like any other song structure can make a song better if it's good but it doesn't make song good on it's own just by being there. also they said it sounded like a rihanna power ballad which last time I checked wasn't her average song. wait, did I just spend this much time trying to explain why a stupid one sentence comment was wrong? holy shit I have a problem.
Looks like Wayne hooked 'em up with the same contortionist dudes from that Nicki Minaj video.
Like someone said above, if this is a slow-down point in the album (like a breather or something), it might be OK, but not as the whole sound of the new record. I can't imagine they'd take it that far and still have Wes on-board.
Speaking of Wes, it's kinda trippy to hear a rippin' solo in a track like this.
If this song leaked prematurely, then the new album will be a good ad for Depends. At least as cheesy and silly as Limp Bizkit had become, they stuck to their sound and kept releasing music their fanbase liked, no matter how much they were ridiculed by others. At best that was at least admirable. This on the other hand? Good god.....
I struggled through the video, up until the guitarsolo.
Lets all just cry a single tear for Wes Borland, and hope he'll one day come to his senses (although this solo was generic at best).
I agree completely, but stuff like this pays his bills so he can do stuff like Black Light Burns, and any other bands he plans to bring back eventually. As long as he doesn't drive BLB down this path, I'm fine with it, imo.
I think I'll just stick with my copies of Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ and Significant Other. Not trying to sound like an elitist prick here, but that song seriously blows.
they went from nothing to singing about nothing specific....just like most rap songs out there already. What happened to rock? awesome solo in the song though.
you're thinking the unquestionable truth part 2, this is for stampede of the disco elephants. UT2 is gonna be heavy Bizkit, Stampede etc is at request of the label as they said they want an album to be more accessible to girls. Not trolling, just saying.
I'm a massive fan but have you seen the boiler video? Behind Blue Eyes video? Re-arranged? Death row inmates being drowned in milk? Hot dog monsters? The crazy eat you alive video? They've never made sense lol
It is not the Limp Bizkit sound at all, not really that creative, we can surely call it main stream material, but it is not awful or bad really, I can listen to this no problem, don't get me wrong it is not one of my favorites at all, but it ok.
And the solo is cool.
Not really my thing but not a horrible song. I'll wait a little bit and judge the album as a whole. I enjoyed Gold Cobra, it's tracks were all over the map; so who knows what this new album will be like.
Maybe it's because I watched the entire fourth season of Metalocalypse last night (I was bored) but as soon as I heard the intro I immediately felt like it was one of Toki's auto-tuned happy as **** songs.
Yikes, this is bad...
Only good thing about the song is Wes' solo.
This is NOT the Limp Bizkit I wanna hear.
Luckily we can still find comfort in Borland's side project Black Light Burns (I'm gonna see them live next year, so ****ing stoked!).
it means that it was leaked before it was supposed to be leaked you idiot. when you prematurely ejaculate that means you came before you meant to or you came too fast so it is a premature ejaculation joke and youre a dumbass
before their first album came out, they opened for another band in Atlanta and a friend brought me a cassette tape he bought from the merch booth - it was awesome - I bought their first album, it was the same songs but they were weak. Since then they are more weak with each release. This song doesn't sound sincere - but I'm sure the radio stations will love it.
Same chord progression as every pop song, which I hate, but that was not horrible. I like the production and mixing. Certain dynamics that come through and Fred actually raps better than he used to. If the whole new album is like that, that will suck. If it just a stand alone track, it is good variety to what they have done. It's not like Limp Bizkit is going has anything to gain or lose. They are what they are, and have always expressed that they like pop/rap sh*t.
The solo seemed VERY out of place in this song. As a whole, I didn't think it was anything special, if I heard it on the radio I wouldn't think twice about it. I'd be somewhat surprised to hear the announcer say it was by Limp Bizkit. I haven't heard any of the band's latest material but from what I remember, their older stuff didn't sound anything like this.
well...what did u think it would sound like when u sign with Cash monkey, kick people out the band for smoking weed..ughhhh im sure theirs more..but i cant think of it.. damn wheres my lighter...need to spark this up! John otto and DJ Leth 4ever!
His verses have that same formulaic Young Money style that every Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj song has. I bet the only thing in this song that wasn't written by outside writers is Wes Borland's solo.
I really didn't enjoy gold cobra because it sounded like the rap was forced and the production didn't sound good at all but this song is catchy, its got hooks and the first rap verse has feeling to it. The other verses aren't as strong but all in all its not a bad track. Im sure this could have been so much worse. Shark Attack, Armpit, etc. What do you expect from the perfect mix.of dude rock, bro metal and white boys rapping?
The bad thing is that if they chose to have this as a single, they would get massive recognition for it by dipshit teens. I've never liked Limp Bizkit, but this actually upsets me.
this aint bad, i'm not a big fan but it would be interesting to watch a band like this have a comeback, they been trying awhile. They should actually collab with other artists though if they wanna get back in the spotlight.
Well I think it's a step in the right direction for Limp Bizkit mind you just 1 step. If you do the math they still have approximately 84,047 more steps till they make anything worth playing in a shitty alternative dive bar.
Clearly this a HUGE joke limp bizkit is playing on everyone. All the little kids will eat it up and then buy the album and bam! I'm sure Lil Wayne is in on it too. The label is called Cash Money for starters! And check this interview out, the band is clearly just messing around. Look at all the SARCASM!
How come all modern rock musicians make their songs sound all the same..? Before you can tell the difference between Limp Bizkit, and for example, Linkin Park and now you cant....
I see Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are competing for the title of "Worst Musical Direction Changes ".
It's a shame to see how low these two bands that i absolutely adored in high school are dropping.
And it's not a matter of "outgrowing them", as many people like to argue, because i still listen to their first few albums and i still enjoy them massively, and i still like to listen to new albums from bands like P.O.D. and lostprophets.
Despite going through some style changes as well, those maintain a minimum of quality, unlike Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.
The saddest thing is, while this absolute crap to most fans and most people with a good taste in music, it will probably become their most popular song and they will make millions off of it.
Who the **** mixed this track? I've heard GCSE students do a better job! That phaser effect is disgusting and the auto-tune is waaaaay too much even for a pop/rap track.
Always think its funny when music videos have the drummer playing along to what's clearly a drum machine. In this case an 808.
Also, what's with this trend of rock bands becoming electro-pop? Maroon 5, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Muse. I like listening to bands for the sound of the band, not the singer and some drum machines.
I thought it was an alright song. Not the best Limp Bizkit song i've ever heard, but certainly not the worst. Plus it sounds like Fred Durst is becoming a better rapper. His voice is less high pitched and whiny at least.
I'd just like to pause a moment and reflect on how ridiculous the label name "CashMoney" is. That's like a furniture store named "SeatChair"or "TableBench". Is "LittleSmall Wayne" aware that he named his label with two synonyms together?
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