during the album's production. Davis would later re-iterate this statement in 2022, describing it as the "worst song ever". “It’s horrible. We were all drunk in the studio and I was trying to rap. At the time, we were having a good time, but now I just cringe. I’ve got nothing against Fred, it just sucks! We were out of our minds drunk! It shouldn’t have made the record.” Media response In an otherwise positive review of the album, Rolling Stone wrote about the song: Similarly, Steve Appleford of the Los Angeles Times called the song "a duet of cheap insults with Bizkit's Fred Durst that only diminishes one of Korn's strongest albums", and the Winston-Salem Journal wrote, "one wonders how [Davis] could stumble so badly with 'All in the Family' – a scatological song crammed with crude jive and anti-gay jibes that severely undercuts an otherwise potent disc." The Austin American-Statesmans critic wrote that the song's "pulsating rhythms... are undermined by countless references to guys' private parts, the f- word, 'faggots' and incest." Mike Boehm, commenting in the Los Angeles Times, attempted to consider the band's motivations in writing the lyrics: He goes on to write, "The ugliness of 'All in the Family' doesn't stem from overt homophobia; let's take Davis at his word that he harbors no ill feelings toward gays. Instead, it embodies the ingrained, unthinking homophobic bias that runs strong in our culture." About the homophobia accusations directed at the song, Fred Durst said: "I called Jon [Davis of Korn] a fag, he called me a fag. We were just poking fun at each other. We didn’t mean it in any homophobic way". In 2021, Kerrang! magazine, placed the song on its list of the band's top 20 songs. Track listing Track 2 was remixed by DJ Clark Kent, tracks 3 and 4 were remixed by Level X, and track 5 was remixed by Scarecrow Adams. References Other sources Songs about families Korn songs 1998 singles 1998 songs Songs written by Reginald Arvizu Songs written by Jonathan Davis Songs written by Fred Durst Songs written by James Shaffer Songs written by David Silveria Songs written by Brian Welch Immortal Records singles Obscenity controversies in music Rap metal songs