![]() Despite this theme however, the album does little to provide any idea of just what one should believe. While the intro can be somewhat brazen in its repetition, and even disturbingly overt in hammering the point home-it does much to illustrate the earnest message behind this brooding album: Find something to believe in, or risk being lost. This attention to detail is consistent throughout the record. This is especially noticeable in the song ‘Shock’, and fits well with the theme of being unable to control your own deranged impulses, despite how off-putting it can seem at first. When not stuck in repetitive loops, the lyrics often come in disjointed bursts, as if being made up on the spot by a mind too occupied with more pressing concerns. While frantic at times, the beats seldom flirt with anything close to ‘energy’-opting rather for a more frenetic, plodding, and often vulgar feel. While never competing amongst the most technically skilled rappers, the Clowns have always turned out crisp lyrics meshing well with their energetic beats. ICP’s delivery here is significant as well. Contributing many background vocals and several choruses including on the songs ‘How’ and ‘I See the Devil’, Garcia brings a fresh and welcome sound to the album-acting often as the distant voice of hope amidst the dark rumblings of ICP’s verses. Garcia’s efforts deserve special credit here. In this way, the album is reminiscent of ICP protégé-band Twiztid’s stellar 2009 release- ‘W.I.C.K.E.D.’. The disc plays at times more like a soundscape than an ordered collection of songs, with lyrics often sampled and repeated over and over-the usual raps slipping on many occasions into something closer to a Gregorian chant. Marked by the heavy use of DJ scratching and industrial-style bass drops, the backing tracks are fast and heavy-contributing an often frantic pace to an album about the madness of lacking a sense of purpose. While every album has certainly represented a significant shift in musical style-ICP have continued to explore their artistic range even after nearly 25 years together-this stands as one of the most radical departures for the group yet. This results in a daring change to the sound. Clark at the helm, ICP have instead placed their faith in the talents of Psychopathic collaborators Mike P, Michael ‘Seven’ Summers, Brian Kuma, and one of the label’s up-and-coming stars, James ‘Young Wicked’ Garcia. With tracks such as ‘Lost’, ‘Apocalypse’, and ‘Vomit’ painting hellish stories of misplaced anger and suffering, ‘Lost’ is accordingly one of the darkest albums the Clowns have ever released. Its dark tales tell of loss, death, and torment-the experience of any soul living in such a depraved world without any belief to buffer against the daily anxieties of such a life. Specifically, ‘Lost’ is about the experience of having no belief. As a whole, ‘The Missing Link’ refers to our internal link to belief-our connection to and faith in whatever keeps us on the right track. Like all Joker’s Cards, there is a very specific theme behind ‘The Missing Link’. ‘Lost’ is only one half of ‘The Missing Link’, with the other half-‘Found’-dropping later this year, on July 31 st. This all brings us back to April 28 th-as this year, Violent J’s birthday also marked the release of the 3 rd Joker’s Card of the second deck-‘ The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost’. For more information about the genesis of the Insane Clown Posse, see the Brad OH Inc. Both describe their lives now as being filled with all the happiness and fulfillment they could have ever dreamed of. With this sense of purpose, the lives of these two Detroit youth have morphed from nightmares to dreamscapes. With the formation of their record label, ‘Psychopathic Records’, Joe and Joey have created an underground industry for themselves, bringing up countless other acts along the way. Since then, ICP’s career has stood as a blazing contradiction to the ‘mainstream’ music industry. The Joker’s Cards are a series of thematic albums, each revealing some aspect of the listener’s inner-self-they display moral quandaries and psychic terrors like so many carnivalesque freak-shows. ![]() The first in an album series known as the ‘Joker’s Cards’, ‘Carnival’ set ICP onto their lifelong musical odyssey. On October 18 th, 1992, ICP released their debut full length album, ‘Carnival of Carnage’. Along with his childhood friend Joey Ustler (aka: Shaggy 2 Dope), J built the Insane Clown Posse from the bones of defunct street gang Inner City Posse. With a childhood steeped in gang violence and accentuated by poverty, Violent J (aka: Joseph Bruce) may be lucky to have made it even beyond 20.īut something happened along the way which changed Violent J’s life forever. On April 28 th, 2015 Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J celebrated his 43 rd birthday.
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