Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit.

In January 2000, Limp Bizkit sought to return to the studio in an effort to capitalize off of their mainstream success stemming from Significant Other's release the previous year.

[13] The longtime working title for the album had been "Limpdependence Day", but this was abandoned after the band failed to meet the deadline for their original intended release date of July 4.

[14] Despite numerous delays; the band managed to compose most of their new songs by August 2000; debuting the track "Livin' It Up" at that year's MTV Video Music Awards in a duet performance with Christina Aguilera.

The band aired a full hour-long special on MTV with numerous celebrities present; such as Chino Moreno from Deftones, David Silveria from Korn, Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray, Brandon Boyd from Incubus, Xzibit and more.

[19][20] Durst had initially approached MTV producers with his proposal for the special, in which they later allowed him to cohost per his own request.

The tour was unique for its approach to bridging the gap between rock and hip hop and merging them with the ultimate experience of a tour with sounds like Nu Metal, Rap Rock and Hip Hop all merging together for the first time.

Numerous critics and fans speculated that the name was a humorous parody of Smashing Pumpkins' 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

In the September 2008 issue of Kerrang!, Wes Borland told the magazine: "We actually got sued over this piece of shit.

It was also the fifth highest-week debut sales of 2000, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, 'N Sync's No Strings Attached, Backstreet Boys' Black & Blue and Britney Spears' Oops!...

[40] Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water received mixed reviews from critics, as Metacritic gave it a 49 out of 100.

[41] AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "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.