.News - April 2000.

04/16/00

Durst Readies Lyrics As Limp Eyes Cypress Tour

Fred Durst recently rejoined his Limp Bizkit counterparts in a Los Angeles studio after heading home to Florida to crank out lyrics for the band's upcoming album.

Durst spent roughly two weeks in Florida writing lyrics for Limp's third album, tentatively titled "Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water." Much of the music for the album has already been recorded, but the anticipated album now looks like it will arrive later in the summer than the July 4 release originally planned.

When the album turns up, it will feature beats courtesy of Ruff Ryders producer Swizz Beatz on at least one track.

Until the album is wrapped up, Limp's tour plans remain uncertain, though Cypress Hill says that they have been approached about touring with the band later this summer.

"It's going to be some outrageous stuff going on there," Cypress Hill's B-Real told MTV News Wednesday night at the Online Hip-Hop Awards. "Fred called me, and we had been wanting to do a tour for a while, but it never really happened. So eventually time passed, and we were able to hook it up."

Also on Durst's plate is a cameo appearance in Eminem's new video for "The Real Slim Shady." The clip makes its debut on a one-hour special "Boys From Detroit" episode of MTV's "Making The Video," which also features a clip from Kid Rock. The show will air on April 24 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT).


Fred Durst Gets Fincher's Advice On Film Project

As Limp Bizkit continues to work on the follow-up to 1999's "Significant Other" in a Los Angeles studio, frontman Fred Durst has apparently firmed up plans to begin shooting his first feature film, "Runts," in the fall.

"Variety" reports that Durst has had several meetings with "Seven" and "Fight Club" director David Fincher to help break down the script, which was penned by William J. Cloakley and Christian Van Gregg and deals with a suffering and picked-upon high school student who eventually strikes back against his enemies.

Durst has committed to the project, while Fincher will likely serve as an executive producer in order to mentor the Limp Bizkit singer through the process.

Last year, Durst's name was connected with another movie, "Nature's Cure," for Warner Bros., but a suitable script has yet to be completed and approved by the studio.

New Line will have the first option to produce the flick, although other studios are being courted, and Durst has allegedly pledged to involve either Limp Bizkit or his friends in Korn on the film's soundtrack as a selling point.

It is unclear when Durst would find time to direct "Runts" in the fall, as he had originally planned on starting the project after completing a tour to support Limp Bizkit's forthcoming album, which has been pushed back from its original July 4 release date.


04/09/00

Family Values 99

The Family Values 99 CD is due out May 23rd and includes the following live tracks...

1. Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff
2. Primus: Laquer Head
3. StainD: Mudshovel
4. KoRn: Falling Away From Me
5. Method Man/Redman: Da Rockwilder/Tear it Off
6. Filter: Jurassitol
7. Crystal Method: High Roller
8. Limp Bizkit: Re-Arranged
9. KoRn: A.D.I.D.A.S./Good God
10. Primus: My Name is Mud
11. StainD: Just Go
12. Filter: Cancer
13. Crystal Method: Keep Hope Alive
14. Limp Bizkit: I Would For You
15. Limp Bizkit: Nookie
16. Limp Bizkit/StainD: Outside


Limp Bizkit Meets Swizz Beatz For Upcoming LP

The members of Limp Bizkit are all hard at work on their new album, and the group has chosen, once again, to call on one of hip-hop's finest to put together some of the beats.

A representative of LB's Flip/Interscope Records label confirms that the members of the band are now in a Los Angeles recording studio working on at least one track with Ruff Ryders producer Swizz Beatz, who has crafted hits for the likes of DMX, Eve, and Jay-Z.

Limp Bizkit previously scored a huge hit with the song "N2Gether Now," a track that featured the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and was constructed by sought-after hip-hop producer DJ Premier of Gang Starr.

The Interscope rep also told the MTV Radio Network that the band members have already completed eight of the basic tracks for the new LP.

While studio work continues in Los Angeles, Limp frontman Fred Durst has returned to his old stomping grounds in Florida to work on lyrics for the album, which is tentatively titled "Limpdependence Day".

The album is expected to hit stores on July 4.


04/02/00

More on M:I-2 song

Limp Bizkit's theme to the Mission: Impossible 2 Soundtrack, which hits stores on May 9th, will be impacting radio in mid April. The track was recently leaked to the net and has been available in mp3 format from several sources since last week. The track can best be described as the classic Mission: Impossible theme, meets "Break Stuff", meets "Rearranged", meets Nas and Puff Daddy's "Hate Me Now".

The Limp Bizkit track, along with Metallica's "I Disappear" (also from M:I2) hit radio early last week and were quickly met with Cease And Desist orders from Hollywood Records to have stations stop playing the track. Expect videos for both tracks before the release of the soundtrack.


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