Still Sucks
| Limp Bizkit
Still Sucks
Still Sucks is the sixth studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on October 31, 2021, through Suretone Records. After the original lineup reunited in 2009, the band's fifth album Gold Cobra was released in 2011. They left Interscope and signed up with Cash Money Records in February 2012, with attempts to release a new album under the name Stampede of the Disco Elephants. The first intended single "Lightz (City of Angels)" was released on October 26, 2012. After many delays, the second single for the album, "Ready to Go", featuring labelmate Lil Wayne, was released on April 16, 2013. -Wikipedia
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Metal Injection
At the end of the day, Still Sucks feels like a precursor of something better to come. It's a good record with a handful of very good songs, but it feels a little underbaked. Here's hoping we don't have to wait another decade to find out if Limp Bizkit truly does have something even better up their sleeve.
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Kerrang!
Haters gonna hate, but really, this knowingly middle-aged iteration of Limp Bizkit is far more likeable and less obnoxious than their younger self. But even so, they’ve lost none of their Big Durst Energy, and the knowing winks have only become bigger and knowing-er.
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Distorted Sound Magazine
Now the wait is over and we have Still Sucks in our digital libraries, we have to ask if this was worth the wait. What would have served LIMP BIZKIT better is releasing the stronger tracks as a shorter EP. What we have instead however, is a lukewarm release which will join the ranks of Gold Cobra as being forgotten as soon as the novelty of a new LIMP BIZKIT album wears off.
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NME
the nu-metal dads keep the good times rollin’.
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Audio Ink Radio
The main charm of “Still Sucks” lies in the album’s variety, as the band delivers a range of dynamics, from classic Bizkit hip-hop to soft ballads. The production is stellar, Wes Borland’s riffs are strong and Durst’s rhymes are in the pocket and through-provoking. With a solid new release to bring them into the 2020s, it appears Limp Bizkit 2.0 is here to stay.
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Wall of Sound
Still Sucks showed signs of what Limp Bizkit do so well in the heavier side of music, but for me, they fell flat with some of the melodic aspects that they’ve managed to pull off so well in the past (e.g. with 2003’s Results May Vary). Stick to the heavier hits (much like their back catalogue) and you’ll be fine though.
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Sputnik Music
Still, while it’s not quite what I had hoped for, it’s a fun little album that retains what the band have always done so well. Pernicious decisions aside, if you get what this band does, you’ll have a good ol’ time with this album. With the exception of “Barnacle”, I can see myself enjoying this quite a bit. I can’t see it having the delayed appreciation I have for Gold Cobra, but if nothing else, it’s a decent addition to their discography, and I’m just glad to see the band releasing new music again.
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The Courier Online
Limp Bizkit’s “Still Sucks” offered varying tracks that would satisfy some more than others. Not every track is likeable, but the ones that are – especially their acoustic tunes- offer a newer and more innovative Bizkit.
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The Metal Protocol
At a whisker over 32 minutes the album flies by. But you will be quickly heading straight back for more of the glorious nonsense. It may have been a decade in the making, but it’s their most important album in over 2 decades. It’s weird, rushed, messy and disjointed. But like the very band that created the disarray, it’s impossible to turn away. Limp Bizkit Still Sucks, and quite evidently, they don’t give a fuck.
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The PRP
But the fact remains, after having waited a decade for this record to finally materialize, it’s a safe bet that the Limp Bizkit diehards and those pining for some turn of the century nüstalgia will likely just be happy that there’s even a new Limp Bizkit album at all.
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Rock Sins
Still Sucks is a great distillation of everything Limp Bizkit do best, with the crew not letting themselves be beholden to critical opinion anymore and just doing whatever the hell they like. It’s not going to win over any detractors, but it’s not designed to. It’s a treat for the fans and for themselves, nobody else, and that’s why it works. It would have been nice if they’d been able to put out something a bit longer, or flesh out some of the shorter tracks, but you can definitely see them stretching out certain tracks on the live circuit, and if another album does eventually come out, you can see them building on the tone set here.
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This is Hype
Probably not the best Limp Bizkit album, but it’s a recommended listen if you like some rap in your rock and metal like it’s 1997.
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GSGM
‘Still Sucks’ is a powerful album! It has gotten mixed reviews, with some critics stating that the group are past their prime. But, if you closely investigate this album, you’ll discover that they’re still as good as they’ve always been.
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Everything is Noise
With its corny Top 40-friendly chord progressions and sappy singing, it’s the Limp Bizkit summer anthem that I never knew I didn’t want. This is an awful closer to an otherwise high-energy, engaging rap-rock/nu-metal album – one that was better than it had any right to be. One that, even with all of its slips and misses, I guarantee you aren’t too cool to check out and enjoy. Because when it hits, it fucking hits hard, Limp Bizkit style.
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GTGC
I truly believe, the level of self-awareness that pebbledashes this album from start to finish is beyond intentional...as much as people slate the band, as irrelevant as people suggest the band are now, in less than a week the album has racked up millions of listens and streams having had zero promotion due to the fact, nobody fucking knew it was coming out. The interest and excitement was organic, and proved without a doubt, there will always be place in the world for Limp Bizkit. Will they follow this up with a more crafted, polished, serious album? Who knows, but let’s get one thing straight...Limp Bizkit have never sucked, and that is the unquestionable truth...which...wait that actually sucked.
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The Weekly Coos
Still Sucks doesn’t always suck, and sometimes you have to let loose and enjoy things as they are given – that is how Limp Bizkit rolls. Fan or not, it fits how we feel about the shift from warm to cold – we just want to let loose, warm up, and break things. Despite the score, Limp Bizkit’s new album is a thrill as Fred Durst brings dad vibes to the masses!
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Legends Will Never Die
Given that I’m not too crazy about “Dad Vibes”, I didn’t really go into this album expecting very much. However, I’m surprised by how much I genuinely enjoyed it. I think the production is more refined compared to Results May Vary & Gold Cobra, but I really can’t get enough of how self-aware Fred Durst comes off through his songwriting & vocals.
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Heavy Magazine
Does Limp Bizkit still suck, or is this the greatest album ever, by the greatest band ever? It’s none of the above, but it’s unusual, and it’s Limp Bizkit to the core. Some will love it and some will hate it. Just like they did 20 years ago when Fred told everyone he was the man, only to become the man, and then single-handedly destroy the future of Nu-Metal because the band got way too big, way too quick.
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AllMusic
Still Sucks stands as a fun and highly enjoyable addition to the band's discography, delivering exactly what a Limp Bizkit listener wants to hear.
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In Review Online
Still Sucks doesn’t suck, but a weak back-half suggests Limp Bizkit still isn’t sure where exactly to take their sound/brand.
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Loud
Still Sucks is more a musical curiosity than a band serious about their recorded output. And that’s fine if it’s your thing: a hit is a hit, right? It doesn’t have to tickle all your bits all of the time. Expecting the worst, at times the music, but particularly the lyrics, didn’t let me down on that front. But there is also something comforting hearing a man pushing 50 raging against the world and the people who helped make him famous by talking shit about him and his band.
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Metal Digest
Overall, the album is a strong throwback to Limp Bizkit’s glory days, and if you like early Limp then you’ll know what you’re getting into. For the new fans, prepare your neck for some serious headbanging when that riff drops!
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