Editing Make Yourself (section)

===Legacy and accolades===
The album is listed in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.  [[Colin Larkin]] wrote in his 2011 book ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' that ''Make Yourself'' was "a far slicker affair than previous outings", adding that it "utilized the latest studio technology and a greater range of sounds."<ref name="lark"/> In 2019, ''Kerrang!'' included it on a list titled "50 Rock and Metal Bands Whose Third Album Was Their Best".<ref name="kerr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/50-rock-and-metal-bands-whose-third-album-was-their-best-1/|title=50 rock and metal bands whose third album was their best|date=August 14, 2019|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> They wrote, "in ways moving away from their roots and definitively getting more anthemic and catchier with it, ''Make Yourself'' caught Incubus in a state of flux, but one in which they really found their feet. A little nu metal, a little alternative metal, a little funk, but altogether compelling."<ref name="kerr"/> ''[[Loudwire]]'' praised it in 2019, stating that "while at first the album appears to be more of a mainstream break for the band, with ''Make Yourself'' they’ve managed to find a smoother way to incorporate hip-hop and funk more consistently into their brand of alternative metal", adding "it may not be the most heavy on the nu-metal sound because of this, but it allowed the mainstream to get a taste of something they may otherwise not have been looking for."<ref name="top50numetal"/>

[[PopMatters]] included it on their 2020 list of "The Most Memorable Albums of 1999", with writer Theresa Dougherty remarking that they "became one of the first bands played on modern rock radio to effectively integrate a DJ into their sound."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/most-memorable-albums-1999-part5-2496042953.html|title=The Most Memorable Albums of 1999 (Part 5), PopMatters|date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2021, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref name="MHtop2099">{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1999 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=6 March 2021 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> In a 2022 ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Louder Sound]]'' article, Brandon Boyd placed it fourth in his ranking of their studio albums. He stated, "It's not higher because it was a period of time that was gruelling. We were playing 9 or 10 shows a week: one in the morning and one in the evening, I learned to take naps on drum risers during soundchecks."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-incubus-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-by-vocalist-brandon-boyd|title=Every Incubus album ranked from worst to best, by vocalist Brandon Boyd|author1=Stephen Hill|date=October 25, 2022|website=louder}}</ref> Boyd also reflected in 2020 that, "all of the flags were blowing in a direction that was telling us we should’ve made another record like ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' and that would’ve solidified our place in a small subgenre of rock and metal", adding "our intuitions were pulling us in a completely different direction and we trusted it. We ended up carving our own place in the world."<ref name="oral"/> In 2023, ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' placed it third in their ranking of the band's studio albums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/incubus-albums-ranked/|title=Every Incubus album ranked: From worst to best|first=Miki|last=Hellerbach|website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>