Insane Clown Posse - The Ringmaster
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Artist: Insane Clown PosseEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1998-05-12
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Wax Museum
- Murder Go Round
- Chicken Huntin'
- Mr. Johnson's Head
- Southwest Song
- Get off Me, Dog!
- Who Asked You
- The Dead One
- My Fun House
- For the Maggots
- Wagon Wagon
- The Loons
- Love Song
- Bugz on My Nugz
- House of Mirrors
- Ringmaster's Word
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Free Music Review: 3 blind mice, deepest fear. Welcome to the House of Mirrors!
Hit: 5 Stars
As foretold by the Tarot cards of a mechanical gypsy, society's criminals will be visited by a circus of pain and anguish. This traveling mass of evil will leave behind a rotting trail of corpses while judging the fate of every departed soul. And the leader of this Dark Carnival is none other than the Ringmaster, a wicked manifestation of mankind's greed and avarice. Step right up as the Ringmaster takes you on the ride of your life. For with the wave of his magic wand, he will send the ICP's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope to swing their battleaxes and split squirming carcasses in half.Released three years after "Carnival of Carnage," this album is undoubtedly the most sinister of all six Joker Cards. The punishing rap beats and scratches are mixed with a spooky calliope and backward masking. In addition, ICP's lyrics are wildly obscene. Dementedly brilliant, the tracks are greatly influenced by horror movie gore while encrusted with the grime of the ghetto zone. Obviously, "The Ringmaster" is not suitable for sensitive women, small children, or anyone with a bad heart condition. Does anybody want a chicken neck sandwich?
"Murder Go Round" is basically a gang war in which gun violence occurs on all sides. Supported by a bass, this song will shoot down any hoodlum who dares to enter ICP's terror turf. "Chicken Huntin'" is a grisly underground classic that pulls the trigger on the American South. Like fresh poultry in a butcher shop, hillbilly farmers are chopped and trimmed of their drumsticks, necks, gizzards, and eyeballs. The chilling "Mr. Johnson's Head" concerns a quiet high school nerd who decapitates a teacher and leaves his body in the hallway. "Southwest Song," which samples an awareness speech by Mister Rogers (RIP), addresses the hopelessness that infects Detroit's working-class neighborhoods. "Who Asked You" is a foul funfair track that roughly blends necrophilia, cheap motel rooms, lollipops, and Wayne Newton. Perhaps the creepiest song ever to be made by ICP is "The Dead One." Fueled by a powwow drum, a grieving flute, and a heavy metal guitar, this dirge reveals how a thug is killed in a brawl and then faces the gripping fear of becoming a festering zombie. "My Fun House" rides spoiled bullies through a death spectacular. The torturous thrills of this gorefest are provided by a creeking door and kindergarden screeches. The moonlit saxophone of "Wagon Wagon" invites Juggalos to ride in a ghost car loaded with cadavers. In "The Loons," Violent J plays a demented serial killer who prepares to slash the throat of his next victim. Both "Love Song" and "Bugs on my Nutz" are unbelievably raunchy. Together, they are packed with veneral disease, prostitution, and potty-mouth pillow talk. Finally, the eerie "House of Mirrors" forces ignorant spectators to see a reflection of their evil selves. Featuring a surprise appearance by Capitol E, this song punishes anyone who refuses to show compassion and respect for others.
If you seek an audio masterpiece of scares, "The Ringmaster" is what I recommend. It will whet your bloodthirsty appetite for the following Joker Cards, "Riddlebox" and "The Great Milenko." Who's next in line for the Murder Go Round?
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The Ringmaster is the second studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on January 28, 1994, by Psychopathic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in 1993 at The Tempermill Studio. The album is the second Joker's Card in the group's Dark Carnival mythology. The album's lyrics describe the leader of the Carnival, who serves as one of the judges of one's soul in the afterlife, as being created from the listener's own evils. The album was the first Insane Clown Posse album which was composed solely by producer Mike E. Clark, who would work with the group throughout much of their career. It features guest appearances by Capitol E and Jumpsteady. Ringmaster was reissued by Island Records in 1998 and earned a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).Alternative Rock Music CDs
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