"Ready to Go" is a song by the American

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band

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. The single features

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and then label-mate

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and is produced by

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. The single is Limp Bizkit's first release for Cash Money Records after their departure from

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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 on

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and

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Background

Limp Bizkit revealed plans to release "Ready to Go" in 2012 after they signed with Cash Money Records on February 24, with Fred 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." 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 via

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Music and lyrics

According to ''

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'', "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". It has also been described as "gnarled nu-metal with all the poise of a rhinoceros in a tutu" by ''

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''. At

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, the song was characterized as "

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their brand of Rap Metal back to the forefront." Durst's lyrics describe his view of the

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scene as it exists today, and also takes digs at female celebrities

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(with whom Durst was rumored to be in a relationship with) and

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. 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. It was revealed through the band's

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page that a music video for the "urban assault" version of "Ready to Go" is under production. However, the music video ended up using the original version of the song.

Reception

"Ready to Go" has been met with positive reviews since its release. Spencer Kaufman of ''

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'' praised

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's guitar playing and wrote, "The scorching track features blistering guitar work from Wes Borland".

Music video

The music video was released on July 22, 2013, and was directed by Fred Durst. Contrary to early reports that the music video was being filmed for the "Urban Assault" version of the song, the video features the single's original track. According to

: Other famous personalities who appear in the video include guest vocalist

, Cash Money founders Bryan "Birdman" Williams and

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and DJ

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Personnel

Limp Bizkit *

– guitars * Fred Durst – vocals * John Otto – drums * Sam Rivers – bass guitar Additional musicians *

– guest vocals Production *

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–

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– cover art design,

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, illustration Recording staff * Ed Lidow –

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* Ward Kuykendall – assistant engineer * Alex Dilliplane – assistant engineer

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2013 singles Limp Bizkit songs Lil Wayne songs Cash Money Records singles Music videos directed by Fred Durst Song recordings produced by Polow da Don Songs written by Lil Wayne