A
greatest hits album was announced for release as early as 2001. While recording the albums
Results May Vary and
The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), the band continued to work on the compilation. A companion album,
Greatest Hitz, was also released.
Greatest Hitz contains material from the band's albums
Three Dollar Bill, Yall$,
Significant Other,
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and
Results May Vary.
Fred Durst began to take interest in directing late in 1997, directing the band's music video for "Faith". Before directing the final music video featured on this compilation, Durst filmed an early version in promotion for its appearance in the film
Very Bad Things, but was unsatisfied with it. The final music video, as featured on this DVD, paid tribute to tourmates like
Primus,
Deftones and
Mötley Crüe, who appeared in the video. The video for "
Re-Arranged" reflects on the criticisms surrounding the band following their performance at
Woodstock '99. Durst saw the band as being scapegoated for the event's controversy, and directed a video in which the band receives death sentences for their participation in the concerts. The video ended with angry witnesses watching as the band drowning in milk while performing the song. The ending of the video sets up the concept for the band's next video, "
N 2 Gether Now", which featured Method Man and
Pauly Shore, and was inspired by
Inspector Clouseau's fights with his butler, Cato Fong, in the
Pink Panther film series. However, the videos for "Sour", "
Take a Look Around", "The Truth" and "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony", as well as the few videos from
New Old Songs are missing. == Music and lyrics ==