 Due to the album Untouchables leaking onto the Internet , Take a Look in the Mirror was released on a Friday , November 21 , 2003 – four days earlier than its original release date . The album therefore received a weekend 's worth of sales , which resulted in a poor showing on the Billboard 200 . During its first full week , Take a Look in the Mirror soared ten places from number nineteen to number nine , increasing the album 's total sales to 179 @,@ 000 . It is the first album self @-@ produced by Korn . The band explained that they wanted fans to hear the music as it should be . The album presented different styles and themes compared to previous albums . Lead vocalist Jonathan Davis related : " The whole album is about love , hate and my hate of people and just losing my mind . The previous albums I did , I think the last three , I was coming from a place of hurt . And I just finally got to the point where I 'm done hurting and I 'm just pissed off about it now . It 's turned back to just sheer hate and anger . And it definitely comes across on the album . " MTV News said that Davis convinced his fans that they " will be shocked , particularly with the album 's second track , ' Break Some Off , ' which he called ' brutal ' . " Korn released the single " Did My Time " on July 22 , 2003 , which was used to promote the film but did not appear on the soundtrack to Lara Croft Tomb Raider : The Cradle of Life due to unspecified legal issues . The single debuted and peaked at number thirty @-@ eight on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Korn 's first and only top @-@ forty hit in the United States . " Did My Time " gave Korn another Grammy nomination in the Best Metal Performance category . 
