Rocktober '90s Song #4: "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit (1999)

You knew rap metal was going to make an appearance.  The genre had its beginnings in the '80s with Aerosmith and Run-DMC's 1986 collaboration on "Walk This Way," and over the next decade, there were various hard rock and rap collaborations, like Anthrax and Public Enemy on "Bring the Noise," as well as some hard rock and metal bands that began to fuse their sound with elements of rap and hip hop, like Faith No More and Rage Against the Machine.

And then in the late '90s, rap metal exploded, with Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, and Korn leading the way.  When I hear the phrase "rap metal," the first band that comes to mind is Limp Bizkit.  Say what you will about the genre or Limp Bizkit -- they're easy targets, apparently -- they were hugely popular in the late '90s and early '00s.  Their 1999 album Significant Other went 7x platinum in the U.S., and their follow-up album, 2000's Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water, went 6x platinum.

For most people, myself included, the first taste of Limp Bizkit was 1999's "Nookie," a rocking and rapping tribute to every straight guy's mantra:  "I did it all for the nookie."  The song only peaked at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it went to #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and the video was wildly popular on MTV.