It established the band's trademark sound with the singles "Counterfeit", which was influenced by hip hop and heavy metal, and "Faith", a cover of the 1987 song of the same name by George Michael.

Limp Bizkit's rearrangement of the song incorporated scratching by DJ Lethal and heavier guitar playing by Wes Borland.

Wes Borland left Limp Bizkit preceding a successful performance opening for Korn at the Dragonfly in Hollywood due to a disagreement with Fred Durst.

While heading to California to record their first album, the band’s van was involved in a major crash whilst they were driving through Texas.

[5] Continuing the band's policy of using titles that would hopefully repulse potential listeners, the band named the album by using part of the phrase "queer as a three dollar bill" and adding the word "Y'alls" (in possessive form) at the end to embody Florida slang into the title, consequently giving the album the name Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$.

In a Q&A, Durst said about the song: "It's like, well, you're preaching and telling me that I'm so wrong—well, that's noise to me because little do you know that my band says a prayer every time before they go on stage and we're not just praying to Buddha or something.

[6] Borland's playing on this album features octave shapes, and choppy, eighth-note rhythms, sometimes accompanied by muting his strings with his left hand, creating a percussive sound.

[6] Borland also made use of unevenly accented syncopated sixteenth notes and hypnotic, droning licks to create a disorienting effect.

However, the final recording, which incorporated heavier guitar playing and drumming, as well as DJ scratching, impressed Robinson.

[4] American rock band Tool provided a strong influence in shaping the album's sound, particularly in the song "Nobody Loves Me", which contains a breakdown in which Durst copied the singing of Maynard James Keenan and the intro which has elements of Undertow hidden track "Disgustipated".

[4] The completed album featured an abrasive, angry sound which Borland later stated was part of Limp Bizkit's plan to get noticed.

"[11] At one show opening for Faith No More, Fred Durst referred to the audience as "faggots" when they started booing Limp Bizkit.

[10] In October 1997, the Hartford Courant gave Limp Bizkit's live shows a negative review, writing "In 1997, seeing some twentysomething kid sputter and curse about his problems just isn't very shocking — or very interesting.

"[12] Between March and June 1997, before the album's release, Limp Bizkit had toured North America and Europe with Korn and Helmet, two other artists they cite as influences.

This was also Helmet's last tour before their initial break up the following year, with DJ Lethal having earlier collaborated with them on the 1993 song "Just Another Victim", when he was in House of Pain.

[13] Limp Bizkit performed on MTV's 1998 Spring Break special Fashionably Loud, which brought the band attention.

[18] As of October 1999, Three Dollar Bill, Y'all sold 1.8 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

A June 1997 review from the Gavin Report stated, "Limp Bizkit has created a sound that will fast be incorporated into the hard rock genre—let's call it grindhop.

"[27] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album in his retrospective review, writing "They might not have many original ideas [...] but they do the sound well.

[8] Despite publicly expressing his disdain for nu metal and his personal dislike of Durst, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine spoke very positively about Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$, praising Borland's guitar work and the musicianship.

[30] All lyrics are written by Fred Durst, except "Faith" by George Michael; all music is composed by Limp Bizkit (Wes Borland, DJ Lethal, Durst, John Otto and Sam Rivers), except "Faith" by MichaelNotes Limp Bizkit Additional musician Production