'Greatest Hitz' according to the band

There used to be a time when great bands made great albums and then years later took their best and most beloved songs and released a greatest hits CD. Nowadays, bands feel that after releasing a couple of albums each containing two or three singles, they are ready to make a greatest hits CD. This shouldn't be the case. Greatest hits albums should promote exactly what it says, a band's greatest hits. It should not be a showcase of a handful of songs that a band picked to be played on radio stations across the country. Most bands begin putting their hearts and souls into their music but unfortunately they'll succumb to the almighty dollar and release a greatest hits CD for a few extra bucks. Such is the case for Limp Bizkit's greatest hits album, aptly titled Greatest Hitz.\nThe album contains 17 tracks, including all of Limp Bizkit's "Total Request Live" hits that used to pump you up in high school. These include "Faith," "Nookie," "Break Stuff," "My Generation," "Rollin'," "My Way" and many other fan favorites. Greatest Hitz spans the spectrum of Limp Bizkit CDs to ensure that everything from their first songs, such as "Counterfeit," all the way up to their new releases, like "Behind Blue Eyes," are represented in one collection.\nIn an attempt to make the CD seem more like a worthy purchase, Limp Bizkit included three previously unreleased songs. The three new songs are all ballads. The first one, "Why," starts off acoustic, switches back to electric and then ends acoustically. "Lean on Me" is a typical power ballad and "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony" is the slowest and most melodic ballad of the group. All of these songs show off a more sensitive side of Limp Bizkit and help to remind us that Fred Durst can not only rap, but can also sing fairly well. These songs are worth a listen, but they really don't make Greatest Hitz any more worth buying.\nIf you really want to fork over your hard-earned money to relive your high school days when "TRL" was cool and Limp Bizkit was a big deal, than go right ahead. If you are interested in hearing the three previously unreleased tracks, save your money and download the songs off iTunes. This album is only a recommended buy if you are still a fan of Limp Bizkit and want to have all of their hit singles on one convenient CD.