While Limp Bizkit’s second album Significant Other isn’t necessarily the best that rap-metal had to offer in the late 90’s, it was certainly one of the most commercially successful, moving over 600,000 first-week units (yes, this actually used to happen). A more mature album than their debut 3 Dollar Bill, Ya’ll!, it contained megahits “Break Stuff” and the left-field hit “Re-Arranged”. Even crazier, it was released 21 years ago today. It remains a key influence on some of the more popular bands of the style today, including Jayden Panesso of Sylar.
Essentially, it established Limp Bizkit as arguably the most popular nu-metal band, at least for a couple years. And while it wasn’t soon after that guitarist Wes Borland left the band, Significant Other still retains its place in history as a startling diverse and even experimental rap-metal hybrid. Filled with some of the most iconic Bizkit tracks like the straight to the point “Break Stuff”, the memeable “Nookie”, and deep cuts like “Trust”, Significant Other is a time capsule straight to the end of the last millennium.
