Follow the Leader [Explicit Lyrics]

Korn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 18, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000009QOR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,128 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's On

2. Freak on a Leash

3. Got the Life

4. Dead Bodies Everywhere

5. Children Of The Korn (with Ice Cube)

6. B.B.K.

7. Pretty

8. All in the Family (with Fred Durst)

9. Reclaim my Place

10. Justin

11. Seed

12. Cameltosis (with Tre Hardson)

13. My Gift to You

14. Justin

15. Seed

16. Cameltosis

17. My Gift to You

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Love 'em or despise 'em, you've got to give Korn props for kick-starting a new metal movement that blends aggressive hip-hop rhythms with roaring hate-metal riffs. In the wake of the band's 1994 debut, many like-minded groups cropped up, including Deftones, Snot, and Limp Bizkit. But with the release of Korn's disappointing 1996 sophomore effort, Life Is Peachy, the imitators seemed likely to usurp the innovators. Maybe that's why Follow the Leader is so crafty and inspired. Instead of continuing on cruise control, Korn have diversified their formula, experimenting with mood and dynamics while intensifying their melody and noise thresholds. "Got the Life" blends a seductive disco beat and vocals reminiscent of "Epic"-era Faith No More with oppressive guitar chimes and squawks. "Children of the Korn" features a propulsive rap beat, throbbing bass lines, and angry guest vocals by Ice Cube. But just when Korn's groovin' psychedelic fury starts to make listeners see red, the band lashes out with "All in the Family," a hilarious rap-metal diss-fest duet with Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, that proves Korn are much more than the sum of their rage. --Jon Wiederhorn

Product Description

First 12 tracks are blank...music begins on track 13.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new kind of music is born - right before your eyes..., April 21, 1999

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This review is from: Follow the Leader (Audio CD)

Having been nurtured on good ol' 70's and 80's rock and metal (Aerosmith, Sabbath, Ozzy, Priest, Maiden, etc.), I have to say that when I first heard KoRn, I was COMPLETELY dumbfounded. I had never HEARD anything like it before. The guitar, usually an instrument of MELODY, had become a roaring instrument of percussion. The vocals, in some brilliant passages, becoming the jittering and throbbing rants of a mental patient before receiving his meds. After listening to the CD a few times, thought, I'm genuinely IMPRESSED. KoRn represents a completely NEW genre of music. It's NOT metal, rap, hip-hop, or rock. The best way I can describe it is that it is the most TRIBAL, EMOTIONAL, ANGRY and INNOVATIVE music that I've ever heard. Sure, It's easy to just call it noise. But this is the kind of stuff that represents what music is all about - the naked expression of feeling, emotion, and experience. You might not care for the emotions or experiences communicated on KoRn's CD's, but you have to sit up and take notice. This is REAL. This IS new. And, unfortunately, that RAGE, ESTRANGEMENT, and ANGER effectively communicates how lot of young people are feeling today. Try it a few times. I DARE you...

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Korn Goes Pop with Amazing Results, July 7, 2000

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A. Estes (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Follow the Leader (Audio CD)

Korn's break-out 1998 album, "Follow The Leader," is the moment where the Bakersfield Five went from semi-underground underdogs to mainstream MTV heroes. Almost overnight, as soon as "Got the Life" hit, things would never be the same again. Helping to, for better or worse, usher in a new generation of rockers, Korn proved to be both iconic and experimental on their third effort.

With producer Toby Wright (Alice in Chains) taking over from Ross Robinson (who helmed the first two albums), "Follow the Leader" is slighlty less visceral and gritty than the band's previous material. From the groovy, whisper-to-a-scream opener of "It's On!" it's obvious that this is a different kind of Korn, albeit, a funkier and more experimental outfit with the the benefit of experience working with them.

Cuts like "Got the Life" and "Freak on a Leash" prove to be great radio hits, but elsewhere, the band builds on their established sound on the intense "Dead Bodies Everywhere." A song that perhaps could have existed in the Ross Robinson days, "Dead Bodies" is aided by top-notch production which highlights the seething riffs delivered by Munky and Head in it's final breakdown, with frontman Jonathan Davis giving a bone-chilling performance.

Elsewhere, the band embraces the rap-rock movement with some mixed results. "Children of the Korn," a collaboration with Ice Cube, gives the band a bit of credibility, and finds the band meshing almost too easily with their hip-hop influences (which were only briefly present on album's past). "All in the Fmaily," a rap-battle of sorts between Davis and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, on the other hand, plays as amateurish and immature and only goes to slow the momentum down. Thankfully, Tre from the Pharcyde comes to the rescue with "Cameltosis," a cool, chill and dark tune that shows just how potent a combination rap and rock can be when done right.

All in all, "Follow the Leader" proves to be, time and time again, a creative and commercial success. Even if you've heard it's key songs a million times, you just can't help but be left in awe but the sheer sonic madness of it all. Korn are masters at taking the simplest thing and making it fresh (see the sustained riffing of "Justin") and on this album, they prove that you don't have to be guitar virtuosos or lyrical geniuses to be effective. "Follow the Leader" earns its place as a Korn classic, and even beyond the singles, is an album that will prove rewarding to those seeking a fun and fresh rock album.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's try something.., September 16, 2006

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J. Antonio Valera "The source of all knowledge." - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Follow the Leader (Audio CD)

Let's forget for a second that you saw them a million times on MTV. Forget that they "represent the birth of nu metal" and, with it, all that's wrong with society in this day and time. Forget how it's apparently cool to hate on popular bands that make it big time.
The men of the KoRn have an ability to create a wall of sound kind of effect. 7-string Ibanez guitars, and a loud bass that makes for a secondary drum kit sometimes. And who could forget the uber catchy, constantly changing, tribal drumming by David.
Try to *consciously* listen to any song in this album, and pay attention to what they do in the background. The small sounds, the subtle strumming here, a loud bass line there.. the constant change in rhythm. The breakdowns (yes, breakdowns, emo idiots).
KoRn are as experimental and creative as they get.
They may not be the most talented band in the universe, but they obviously put effort into not sounding repetitive, or boring the listener, and I appreciate that.
Every song in the album is worth a listen, but highlights include "Freak on a leash" (duh), "Seed", "Got the life", and the awesome "Reclaim my place".

Oh, and another thing. Stop comparing them to Megadeth, or Metallica, or any other metal band of their time. They've never tried to sound like them, and that's quite obvious.