Insane Clown Posse.

[i_love_burritos]

Is this "group" / "band" for real ? I mean seriously , I had heard of them before but not taken it seriously.

 

- "Just two white guys rapping dressed as clowns with face-paint on ? "

"Yes"

- "Yeah, riiight, [bleep] off".

 

How did this come about ? They have actual fans ? Am I the butt of a gigantic [bleep]ing internet joke that only I don't know about ?

 

[bleep]in' magnets ? They actually don't know how magnets work ?

 

"This [cabbage]'ll blow your mother[bleep]ing minds". Wow. Woooow. :wall:

[ElkNight]

I fed a fish to a Pelican at Frisco bay, it tried to eat my cellphone. He ran away.

[Hedgehog]

I find their music to be fully innovative and unique.

 

Just kidding, they suck.

[Range_This11]

They're as unique as Enter Shikari.

[noble_aloof]

what i can't stand is the fact that they have spawned the white-trash "juggalo" gang culture and are actually compared by some to the WU TANG CLAN.

 

edit: story that you probably won't find interesting:

 

back in my myspace days a kid from my school claimed to be a hardcore juggalo, had the face paint and everything. well, some kid whose brother was apparently a blood (i know now that he is, and that several of his gang members were jailed recently) decided to diss the juggalo kid. it was hysterical watching the myspace battle rage back in forth concerning their "fams", what they believed in, and all the hardcore gang activities they took part in. of course they also argued as to what gang is better.

 

to my knowledge, both of these gangstas both believed that they would stand up for their gang no matter what. i happened to have 2 classes with the juggalo. one day a kid who had found the myspace fight hilarious decided to tell the teacher ".......... is in the juggalo gang". the teacher then confronted the kid, and the kid said he wasn't a juggalo. his gang activities have since sprawled over to facebook.

[Nadril]

The whole juggalo thing is just really weird. I don't get it at all.

[mcneilp]

The whole juggalo thing is just really weird. I don't get it at all.

This, pretty much. Some people seem to take it bloody seriously. Not a fan.

[Sam]

Woah Adrenal. Lots of swearing o_O

[tripsis]

LOL I have a few of their songs. I listened to them a bit like 6 years ago. It was mostly for some LOL music rather than "zomg I love this!"

[ElkNight]

The best part is how the Juggalos say, "Ive been down since _______" and "Whats up ninjas."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSjBcpDMhfg

[Jernlov]

[bleep]ing magnets.

[Iconic]

I clicked this on the forum index as it was the newest thread, I was fascinated and thought it was about some sort of epic clown rampage or mass clown convention but it turns out to be another silly band discussion.

[Iamdan]

That guy looks like he's never smoked before the time he did it in that video.

[Zierro]

Juggalo is a funny word. It has that odd little ring to it, just like the word poop. :)

[RpgGamer]

They're as unique as Enter Shikari.

 

 

BAM!

 

Take that MM&T!

[champion]

Magic everywhere in this [bleep].

[nine naked men]

From a different forum.

 

 

I've noticed that the Insane Clown Posse has somewhat of a large following around these boards, and while I first assumed it was a joke, I decided it was unfair of me to write off this potentially talented band because I was unable to be open-minded enough to listen to some of their songs.With that thought in mind, I decided that I would, out of fairness, go pick up an Insane Clown Posse CD and listen to a little bit of it before I passed judgement on the band. The following is my review of ICP's CD, The Great Milenko.

 

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The tale of my review starts while on my way to Best Buy. Hoping to run into some real life "Juggalos" (as fans of the band like to call themselves) to get the insider's take on what makes the band wonderful, I decided to make a quick stop at the mall to see if I could hunt down this elusive creature. I was unsure what the native habitat of the Juggalo was, so I decided to ask a security guard if he could perhaps point me in the right direction.

 

Me: Hello sir, I'm trying to find a Juggalo. Could you possibly help me by pointing out where they like to hang out, or what stores they like to rob or something like that?

 

Him: Damn man, you just missed one. He was a real stupid lookin' mother****er coming out of Macy's with his mom.

 

Me: Ahh, so they're known to frequent Macy's then?

 

Him: I don't know, man. I don't really know where they come from. I just see packs of them stupid [bleep]es with their painted faces trying to steal packets of Ketchup from Orange Julius. I just have to kick 'em out.

 

Me: So they paint their faces? Is that how they identify themselves to eachother?

 

Him: Yeah, man. They paint their faces with white and black paint. They usually got dreadlocks and **** too.

 

Me: Interesting...

 

Thanks to this important tip from the security guard, I now knew to look for young children, possibly with their parents, in painted faces. That would help me to locate the elusive Juggalo.

 

While sitting in the food court of my local mall enjoying an Auntie Em's pretzel, I noticed a rather strange shop at the back, right-hand side of the mall called Hot Topic. When I came closer to the shop, I noticed that the store patrons were wildly strange people that tended to dress in all black clothing with sharp and spiky accessories. Venturing into the store to see if they could possibly point me in the right direction to find some Juggalos, I was approached by a young man with a painted face.

 

Him: What are you doing in here [bleep]?

 

Me: Excuse me sir, I was trying to find a juggalo. I noticed that your face is painted white, are you a juggalo?

 

Him: Yeah [bleep] what's it to you?

 

Me: The thing is, I'm doing a review on the Insane Clown Posse, and I was hoping to get an insider's perspective on what makes the band so great. Think you could help me out by answering some questions?

 

Him: I guess so [bleep], I might beat your ass and steal your shoes after we're done though. I haven't decided yet.

 

Me: Alright, first thing I wanted to ask was...

 

Jimmy! Help mommy carry some of these bags back to the van!

 

Him: **** man, that's my moms. I gots to go.

 

I was frustrated that I had finally found a Juggalo and he had to go before I had a chance to ask some questions. Seeing that it was nearly 9 o'clock, I decided just to head to Best Buy and pick up the CD. I wouldn't have a chance to explore the personality of a devoted fan, but surely I could get a glimpse of the band's greatness after listening to one of their CDs.

 

When I browsed through the library of CDs at Best Buy, I noticed that the Insane Clown Posse had quite a large catalogue of albums. Unsure of what to get, I decided to pick up the one that had the stupidest picture of a clown on the front of it. The Great Milenko won this contest by a mile.

 

Venturing to the check-out counter I have to admit that I was a bit embarrased to be seen purchasing a CD made by two middle-aged, fat, white guys who painted their faces and adorned the cover of every CD with some kind of demonic imagery of a children's entertainment staple. Regardless, I persevered and made it to the register.

 

Cashier: Is this gonna' be all for you?

 

Me: Erm, well... yes. That's all.

 

Cashier: You know these guys suck, right? I see these Juggalos in the store from time to time, and they're constantly trying to steal Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball from the Xbox section.

 

Me: It's for a review project. I'll make up my mind after I listen to the CD.

 

Cashier: Whatever you say, dude. I'm just trying to save you 4.99.

 

The cashier rang the item up and handed me the CD in a yellow Best Buy bag. I must admit that I was quite happy that the CD was out of sight.As I sat in my car taking off the plastic shrink wrap on the case, I checked out the song list on the back to see what sort of music I had to look forward to. Some of the memorable titles included:

 

Piggy Pie

Southwest Voodoo

What Is a Juggalo? (I was really looking forward to this one)

Boogie Woogie Wu

 

And

 

Down With the Clown

 

Realizing that I didn't have time to listen to every song on the CD, I decided to focus my attention on these 5 songs. I started with What is a Juggalo? since I had asked myself this same question only moments ago. I popped the CD in and switched it on to track number 9. I was greeted with the following explanation of what a Juggalo is:

 

What is a juggalo?

Lemme think for a second. (well?)

Oh he gets butt naked.

And then he walks through the street winkin' at freaks

Wit a two liter stuck in his butt cheeks!

 

Now I had a little more understanding of what exactly makes a Juggalo. Apparently they enjoy public nudity and seem to have a strange fascination with the insertion of large items into their anus. On top of that, I found the fact that they wink at "freaks" rather strange. I mean, who's a freak to a man that walks around the streets naked with a two liter bottle of soda lodged in their rectum? A little further into the song, Violent J (one of the band's singers) clarified more of what makes a man a Juggalo.

 

He might try to put a weave in his nut hair.

Cuz he could give a **** less what a [bleep] thinks

He tell her that her butt stinks and all that

 

On top of homoerotic voyeurism, Juggalos also appear to be quite mysoginistic. Why else would any rational person tell a female that their butt hosts a particularly offensive odor? Pressing on, I delved deeper into the psyche of a Juggalo, and was offered this further explanation:

 

What is a juggalo?

He ain't a [bleep] boy.

He'll walk through to the hills and beat down a rich boy.

Walks right in the house where ya havin' supper,

And dip his nuts in ya soupbloop!

 

I found a noticeable pattern in that juggalos appear to enjoy exposing themselves as often as possible. I also gathered that Juggalos are apparently proponents of class warfare, as Violent J specified that they would walk through hilly terrain purely to assault a "rich boy".

 

At this point, I figured I knew enought about the violent tendencies of Juggalos and decided to skip to the next song on the list, Down with the Clown.

 

How long will the juggalos be down with me?

How long till they forget me check it out

What if I grew another ****ing head

And his name was Violent Ed

 

At this point I began to wonder if Violent J was just making things up that rhymed, as they seemed to make no logical sense whatsoever. Further into the song, Violent J describes his feelings on "going soft".

 

Making mom happy, keeping it soft

I'd rather grab my [bleep] and tell your mom to **** off!

I know then you'd probably start to trip

 

Apparently the voyeuristic and violent tendencies aren't limited to the Juggalo army alone, the Commander-in-chief also holds these distorted and strange views.

 

At this point I had grown extremely tired of the Insane Clown Posse after only two songs. In the interest of fairness, I decided to give one more song a go before I set the disc on fire and had my ear drums expunged from my head.

 

Hellelujah appears to explain Violent J's take on religion. I shut the song off within half a minute because I began to have violent seizures after listening to almost 12 minutes of this horrible, horrible band. I wish I could further explain the inner workings of ICP, but I fear death would follow

shortly thereafter. Therefore, I have to give the Insane Clown Posse a....

 

1 star out of 5

 

Hope you enjoyed my review.

 

 

Kinda long, so be wary.

[RpgGamer]

Honestly, the song "Let's Go All the Way" is tolerable. Wkipedia describes then as "horrorcore hip-hop". I know they were semi-respectable back in the day [WAY back] so I decided to dive into their discography a bit. 2 hours later I come up with nothing but awful songs that are either trolling, or just god awful. Their endless list of EP's and albums [including the "six joker cards"] is riddled with really dumb skits and songs that really don't have much going for them, in the same vein as "Miracles" [see: 'Dating Game']. but they do infact have an interesting message, creating 6 [yes SIX] concept albums about their take on the afterlife called "The Dark Carnival". It's an interesting concept, and I'd love to hear what they have to say about it [the wiki article actually made it sound interesting] but unfortunatly their crappy songs are infact so...crappy...the concept becomes questionable and really lack luster. Just a really sub-par band all around. Kind of a shame, I really expected better for some reason.

 

A Juggalo I am not.

[insert_name_here]

They're as unique as Enter Shikari.

Haha, booya!

 

Yeah Insane Clown Posse is a bit...insane. I love the SNL spoof on "Mircacles" though :smile:

[pennywise]

I wonder if their children are jugalos...

[ElkNight]

I wonder if their children are jugalos...

Watch the music video for Miracles and find out for yourself.

 

[spoiler=Lazy]They are.

 

[champion]

[bleep]ing rainbows after it rains!

[Azvareth]

Wait, wait, wait! The "Miracles" song isn't satire?! How can it not be? What the hell. I heard people joking about it, so I went into it thinking it was just a song parodying the whole "anti-intellectualism" movement. I actually thought it was a pretty decent song, and kind of well done in a The Lonely Island-kind of way. To know that it is not a satire, but in fact their honest-to-god attempt to make a deep and insightful song about all the "wonders of the world"... I can't wrap my head around this. They are grown men who are mystified by things that made sense to me as a 10 year old.

 

 

"And I don't wanna talk to a scientist, ya'll [bleep]s lyin', and getting me pissed."

 

Jesus christ. [bleep]ing anti-intellectuals, you are literally a bunch of fart-sniffers.

[pennywise]

guys i think we should remember music is ALL magic... you can't even hold it!

[i_love_burritos]

It's just there in the air ...