"[17] Einziger also noted in a 2011 Ultimate Guitar interview that he knew the band's change in direction would potentially alienate fans of their earlier work, which had more of an experimental funk-based sound.

"[21] Regarding his experience writing the album, Boyd remembered in 2020, "when we were touring S.C.I.E.N.C.E, I’d been with my girlfriend for quite a long time, and then it came to light that she’d been having an affair while I was gone, so I was dealing with a pretty high degree of heartbreak when I went into Make Yourself.

[22] In a 2000 interview, Boyd said that when "Pardon Me" was written, he was also dealing with the deaths of a family member and a friend, in addition to these relationship troubles.

"[15] Around the time the record was being made, Kilmore also contributed DJ scratches to the album Introduction to Mayhem, by the nu/rap metal band Primer 55.

[24] To support Make Yourself, the band and Buckethead opened for Primus on their Antipop tour in 1999, including at a millennium show on December 31, 1999.

Mr. Bungle's bassist Trevor Dunn remarked in 2013 that "we were sort of the grandpas of the tour", adding that his band dressed up as the Village People at these shows in an attempt to anger the "metal kids" in the audience.

[32] Between October and November 2000, Incubus and Taproot supported Deftones on their "Back to School" tour for the album White Pony.

[34][35] Serpent Temptation and Beyond the Unknown were sometimes incorrectly labelled as being early releases from the Californian Incubus, and Opprobrium eventually reissued these albums under their new name.

[38] The first single "Pardon Me" was initially released to radio stations as an acoustic song, which led to the album version becoming popular as well.

"[17] "Drive" managed to garner substantial airplay on non-rock stations, and in a 2001 Billboard interview, Boyd said that this fit with their philosophy of not creating music for any one particular group.

[42] Regarding their success around this time, Boyd remembered in 2020, "the most stark change was that all of a sudden women were coming to our concerts so when people would cheer after a song, the pitch went up considerably.

The video for "Out from Under" was originally meant to be released as part of the 2001 When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 DVD, although it was not included as there was not enough space left on the disc.

A superb blend of metal guitar riffs, classic punk-rock mentality, and subtle hip hop and electronic elements, Incubus doesn’t just imitate these genres, but rather, redefines them in an otherwise non-revolutionary rock landscape.

"[12] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) states that on Make Yourself, "Incubus had found a beta-male approach to new-metal: roaring, assymetrical riffs and herky-jerky dynamics coexisting with Boyd's yearning tenor and burgeoning melodic gift.

"[47] In November 1999, Tulane Hullabaloo writer Henry Rienka claimed that it was a rap rock album in the style of bands such as Hed PE, despite consisting entirely of sung vocals.

Rienka wrote that, "their union of grinding guitar, vinyl scratching, and urgent rock/rap vocals produces thrashing, grooving, and bouncing boobies.

It’s similar stuff that plagued Faith No More about ten years ago, and Incubus has a noticeable FNM influence, especially Brandon Boyd's voice, which eerily recalls a youthful Mike Patton.

"[50] In their November 1999 review, CMJ New Music Report also compared the album's vocals to Faith No More, and described the instrumentation as being a cross between the funk style of Primus and the "bloody new metal riffs" of Korn.

"[51] Adweek stated in April 2000 that Incubus had "finally made a mark", and that "their newest offering blends alternative metal with a little rap/rock thrown in for good measure.

"[53] In December 1999, Daily Eastern News writer Al Dertz criticized the album for having less slap bass playing from Alex Katunich, adding that Incubus "once had equal influences of Faith No More, Primus and Rage Against the Machine brilliance" and have now "fallen into 311 mediocrity.

In a June 2000 interview with Spin, Brandon Boyd claimed, "when the album first came out, we got threatening letters from fans like 'You Sold Out'.

Colin Larkin wrote in his 2011 book The Encyclopedia of Popular Music that Make Yourself was "a far slicker affair than previous outings", adding that it "utilized the latest studio technology and a greater range of sounds.

[4] They wrote, "in ways moving away from their roots and definitively getting more anthemic and catchier with it, Make Yourself caught Incubus in a state of flux, but one in which they really found their feet.

"[4] Loudwire praised it in 2019, stating that "while at first the album appears to be more of a mainstream break for the band, with Make Yourself they’ve managed to find a smoother way to incorporate hip-hop and funk more consistently into their brand of alternative metal", adding "it may not be the most heavy on the nu-metal sound because of this, but it allowed the mainstream to get a taste of something they may otherwise not have been looking for.

"[6] PopMatters included it on their 2020 list of "The Most Memorable Albums of 1999", with writer Theresa Dougherty remarking that they "became one of the first bands played on modern rock radio to effectively integrate a DJ into their sound.

and that would’ve solidified our place in a small subgenre of rock and metal", adding "our intuitions were pulling us in a completely different direction and we trusted it.

[59] The first known performance of a Make Yourself song was at a March 4, 1999 concert at the Glass House in Pomona, California, which featured the live debut of "Nowhere Fast".

[61] In a 2019 interview, DJ Chris Kilmore stated, "for me personally, I actually really enjoy revisiting Make Yourself because my role in the band has expanded greatly into playing all kinds of keyboards and things like that.

"[15] All tracks are written by Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger, Alex Katunich, Chris Kilmore and Jose PasillasCredits adapted from the album's liner notes.