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=== ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'' (2000–2001) ===

In 2000, Durst announced that the band's third studio album would be titled ''[[Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water]]''. The press thought he was joking about this title.<ref name=diPerna>{{cite book |last=di Perna |first=Alan |title=Guitar World Presents Nu-Metal |chapter=Wild Wild Wes |page=[https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt/page/104 104] |year=2002 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=0-634-03287-9 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt/page/104}}</ref> The album title is intended to sound like a fictional band; the phrase "Chocolate Starfish" refers to the human anus and Durst himself, who has frequently been called an "asshole".<ref name=diPerna/> Borland contributed the other half of the album's title when the band was standing around at a truck stop looking at bottles of flavored water, and Borland joked that the truck stop did not have hot dog or meat-flavored water.<ref name=diPerna/>

In June 2000, Limp Bizkit performed at the [[WINS-FM|WXRK]] [[Dysfunctional Family Picnic]], but showed up an hour late for their set.<ref name=Manning>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427590/limp-creed-trade-barbs-at-krock-show.jhtml |title=Limp, Creed Trade Barbs At KROCK Show |author=Manning, Kara |date=June 26, 2000 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213215454/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427590/limp-creed-trade-barbs-at-krock-show.jhtml |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> An Interscope spokesman stated that there was confusion over the band's set time.<ref name=Manning/> During the band's performance, Durst criticized [[Creed (band)|Creed]] singer [[Scott Stapp]], calling him "an egomaniac".<ref name=Manning/> Creed's representatives later presented Durst with an autographed anger management manual.<ref name=Manning/>

In the summer, Limp Bizkit's tour was sponsored by the controversial [[file sharing]] service [[Napster]], doing free shows with a metal cage as the only thing separating them from the audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fb0G3RI4hM |title=Limp Bizkit Top 10 Most Memorabel Moments |publisher=YouTube |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217114546/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fb0G3RI4hM |archive-date=February 17, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Durst was an outspoken advocate of file sharing.<ref name="amg" /> They also did a "Guerrilla Tour", which involved the band setting up illegal and impromptu public gigs on rooftops and alleyways, some being shut down by the police.

During the [[2000 MTV Video Music Awards]], Durst performed "Livin' It Up", a song from the upcoming album, as a duet with [[Christina Aguilera]]. In response to the performance, [[Filter (band)|Filter]] frontman [[Richard Patrick]] was quoted as saying "Fred getting onstage with Christina Aguilera embarrassed us all."<ref name="MTVNewsAguilera">{{cite web |date=October 3, 2000 |title=Limp's Durst Explains Aguilera Duet |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424786/20001003/aguilera_christina.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225011804/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424786/20001003/aguilera_christina.jhtml |archive-date=December 25, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2011 |publisher=MTV News |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In response to the negative reactions to the performance, Durst remarked, "People always just wanna talk about Britney or Christina. What's the problem? Because they make a type of music we aren't allowed to like? Or you think they are the nemesis of what our music is about? Why segregate? Why be so musically fuckin' racist? What do you mean, I can't hang out with these types of people? Clearly I didn't give a fuck, which fed a lot of it, too. I mean, someone that's not going to give in and apologise... it's gonna make people carry on talking".<ref name="Hammerpublished">{{Cite web |last=Hammerpublished |first=Metal |date=2020-08-20 |title=Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst: "I'm Dr Frankenstein and the guy in the red cap is my creature" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/limp-bizkit-the-gospel-according-to-fred-durst |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=loudersound |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901101350/https://www.loudersound.com/features/limp-bizkit-the-gospel-according-to-fred-durst |url-status=live }}</ref>

Durst also appeared in the music video for Eminem's song "[[The Real Slim Shady]]", a song in which [[Eminem]] suggests that Christina Aguilera and Durst had a sexual relationship. Durst denied the rumors and defended Aguilera, saying: "For one thing, it's not true, so it doesn't bother me. [Eminem is] sort of answering the critics. He's going to the extreme with everything he can to now slap them in the face.... It's so over-the-top. For one thing, Christina's amazing. I really like that girl. I think she's an amazing singer. She's gonna have longevity. She's going to be one of those amazing icon women. I'm really attracted to her, I like her, and I've talked to her a couple of times, and that's that. I haven't had any type of relationship with her, or any type of intercourse with her. She's never sucked my dick, she's never sucked Carson's."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive-Rob-Mancini |title=Limp's Durst Sounds Off On Eminem Single |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1428619/limps-durst-sounds-off-on-eminem-single/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=MTV News |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716112830/https://www.mtv.com/news/1428619/limps-durst-sounds-off-on-eminem-single/ }}</ref>

Released on October 17, ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'' set a record for highest first-week sales for a rock album, with over one million copies sold in the US in its first week of release. 400,000 of those sales happened during the first day, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the record held for seven years by [[Pearl Jam]]'s ''[[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Reese |first=Lori |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/10/24/limp-bizkit-scores-biggest-sales-debut-ever-rock-band/ |title=Bizkit in Gravy |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 24, 2000 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618192310/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85663,00.html |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'' was certified Gold, Platinum, and six times Multi-Platinum.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Seymour |first=Craig |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/10/26/limp-bizkit-tops-billboard-album-chart/ |title=Limp Bizkit tops the Billboard Album chart &#124; Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water &#124; Music News &#124; Music |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 26, 2000 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607183116/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85668,00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Limp Bizkit headlined the first [[Anger Management Tour]] edition that year with Eminem acting as co-headliner along with support from [[Papa Roach]], [[Xzibit]], [[D12]] and later, [[Godsmack]], [[DMX]], Sinnistar. The tour lasted 35 dates from October 19 - December 19, 2000.

The album received mixed reviews,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/chocolate-starfish-and-the-hot-dog-flavored-water/limp-bizkit |title=Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |access-date=October 11, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629040655/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/limpbizkit/chocolatestarfish?q=Limp%20Bizkit |archive-date=June 29, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> with AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing, "Durst's self-pitying and the monotonous music give away that the band bashed Chocolate Starfish out very quickly – it's the sound of a band determined to deliver a sequel in a finite amount of time."<ref name="ErlewineChocolateStarfish" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' writer [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] named it as the worst album title of 2000,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044179,00.html |title=The Best and Worst Music |author=Browne, David |date=December 22, 2000 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926184801/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044179,00.html |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> whilst readers of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine voted it the worst album of the year, as well as voting Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst as the worst band of 2000 and the "Arse of the Year", respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 13, 2001 |editor-last=Rees |editor-first=Paul |title=Readers' Poll 2000 |journal=[[Kerrang!]] |issue=835 |pages=29–36 |issn=0262-6624 |ref=Rees01}}</ref>

During a 2001 tour of Australia at the [[Big Day Out]] festival in Sydney, fans rushed the stage in the [[moshing|mosh pit]] and teenager [[Jessica Michalik]] died of [[asphyxiation]]. In court, Durst, represented by long-time attorney Ed McPherson, testified he had warned the concert's organizers Aaron Jackson, Will Pearce, and Amar Tailor, as well as the concert's promoter Vivian Lees, of the potential dangers of such minimal security.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1148637.stm | work=BBC News | title=Limp Bizkit 'devastated' by fan death | date=February 1, 2001 | access-date=April 4, 2010 | archive-date=June 5, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605235934/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1148637.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> After viewing videotapes and hearing witness testimony, however, the coroner said it was evident that the crowd's density was dangerous at the time Limp Bizkit took the stage, stating that Fred Durst should have acted more responsibly when the problem became apparent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458584/aussie-court-easy-on-bizkit.jhtml |title=Organizers Blamed In Limp Bizkit Mosh-Pit Death |author=D'Angelo, Joe |date=November 8, 2002 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624013516/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458584/aussie-court-easy-on-bizkit.jhtml |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Durst stated that he was "emotionally scarred" because of the teenager's death.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/17/1023864403550.html |author=Glendinning, Lee |work=The Age |location=Melbourne, Australia |title=Limp Bizkit singer tells of emotional scars from Big Day Out tragedy |date=June 18, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519185052/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/17/1023864403550.html |archive-date=May 19, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Durst also stated that he was aware of the security problems, but that he and the band were forced to play in the festival: "There was a demand for us to play Big Day Out 2001, so we filled it. When we came to play we said, "The barricades aren't right – people are gonna go crazy so we're not playing." And they go, "No, you're goddamn wrong. You are playing – you're the headliners." And we go, "No, you gotta have the right barricade." The promoters who owned Big Day Out at the time were rude. The police came and it turned into this huge thing, with them telling us, "There's gonna be a riot if you don't play and if that happens, we're arresting you".<ref name="Hammerpublished" />

Later in 2001, numerous hip-hop artists including [[P. Diddy]], [[Timbaland]], [[Bubba Sparxxx]], and [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]] remixed famous songs from the band into hip-hop versions, adding their own styles and modifications. The album was called ''[[New Old Songs]]''.