| "Ready to Go" | ||||
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| Single byLimp Bizkit featuringLil Wayne | ||||
| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory | |||
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| Length | 6:02 | |||
| Label | Cash Money | |||
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| Producer | Polow da Don | |||
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| "Ready to Go" onYouTube | ||||
"Ready to Go" is a song by the Americanrap rock bandLimp Bizkit. The single featuresrapper and then label-mateLil Wayne and is produced byPolow Da Don.[1] The single is Limp Bizkit's first release forCash Money Records after their departure fromInterscope in 2011. The song was released in March 2013 as a free download on the band's website and, on April 16, as a digital single oniTunes[2] andAmazon.[3]
Limp Bizkit revealed plans to release "Ready to Go" in 2012 after they signed with Cash Money Records on February 24, withFred Durst stating, "It sounds like a monster; it literally sounds dangerous. It sounds like that left of center, that place of discomfort that created rock 'n' roll, created the (heavy) metal, where it all spawned from."[1]
Although being Limp Bizkit's first official single for Cash Money, another song called "Lightz (City of Angels)" was leaked to the masses in October 2012 viaYouTube.[4]
According toBillboard, "In some ways, 'Ready To Go' is the type of song Limp Bizkit fans have been waiting on for over a decade, as a return to the chest-thumping shout-rap and heavy curtains of guitar. Before its bizarrely lengthy outro, the single lets frontman Fred Durst and Lil Wayne get their macho on".[1] It has also been described as "gnarled nu-metal with all the poise of a rhinoceros in a tutu" byFact Magazine.[5] AtHipHopDX, the song was characterized as "[bringing] their brand of Rap Metal back to the forefront."[6]
Durst's lyrics describe his view of therock scene as it exists today, and also takes digs at female celebritiesLady Gaga,Britney Spears (with whom Durst was rumored to be in a relationship with) andJessica Biel.[7] Lil Wayne's contribution begins after approximately 2 minutes and ends with him rapping the song's hook with Durst. An instrumental "outro" track concludes the song.[1]
It was revealed through the band'sFacebook page that a music video for the "urban assault" version of "Ready to Go" is under production.[4] However, the music video ended up using the original version of the song.
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| Source | Rating |
| VH1 | 7/10[8] |
"Ready to Go" has been met with positive reviews since its release. Spencer Kaufman ofLoudwire praisedWes Borland's guitar playing and wrote, "The scorching track features blistering guitar work from Wes Borland".[4]
The music video was released on July 22, 2013, and was directed byFred Durst.[9] Contrary to early reports that the music video was being filmed for the "Urban Assault" version of the song,[4] the video features the single's original track.
According toLoudwire:
The music video...takes fans behind the scenes of all things Limp Bizkit. The scenes change from shots of the band formulating set lists to guitarist Wes Borland's unique preparation for the stage. It's all intertwined with live concert clips of Limp Bizkit performing before thousands of fans.[10]
Other famous personalities who appear in the video include guest vocalistLil Wayne,Cash Money foundersBryan "Birdman" Williams andRonald "Slim" Williams and DJStevie J.[11]
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| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Denmark (Tracklisten)[13] | 25 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] | 23 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[15] | 28 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] | 26 |
| UK Rock (Official Charts Company)[17] | 15 |
| USRock Songs (Billboard)[18] | 41 |
