10 Best Nu-Metal Albums Of The 90s

Limp Bizkit found themselves on the radar after Korn’s Jonathan Davis gave them the golden introduction that started the ball rolling. Bizkit’s sophomore album took the gritty grunge-like sound of Three Dollar Bill$ and injected it with a fresh groove of hip-hop stylings. This album is the birth of the Bizkit we know and (reluctantly) love today.

Significant Other shows the extremes of nu-metal splicing, and provided the biggest shift in the bands sound throughout their illustrious career. The record could be seen as more hip-hop than metal at times. The result was a garishly fresh attitude towards metal with Fred Durst’s audacious attitude leading the album to wide popularity. Nobody likes to admit they like little old Fred, but lets face it, he has a place in that pit we call guilty pleasures.

The smash hit Nookie showed the experimental fusion that has become synonymous with nu-metal. Guitarist Wes Borland used a custom 3-string guitar due to the unique nature of the riffery found within the song. Fred’s red cap, Wes dressed as a giant psychedelic easter-bunny and enough rap infusion to make NWA’s eyes water; Limp Bizkit signify all that is nu-metal.

Significant Other is Bizkit’s way of stepping out of Korn’s shadow, hopping off the coattails of their success and earned their own place within the nu-metal hierarchy.