POSSE PROFITS FROM PUBLICITY OF CENSORED CD

by Ken Dunkin

Insane Clown Posse
The Great Milenko
(Island)

Having their album yanked off the shelves on its first day of release was the best thing that ever happened to the Insane Clown Posse.

Hollywood Records, or Disney, the parent company, pulled the disc after only six hours on the shelf because it was supposedly filled with "obsence" lyrics and bad messages. This caused a mad rush and major publicity. The disc sold a lot of copies.

The group left Hollywood and signed to Island, great move. It was still mainstream and hit the market still hot.

Having been a fan for three years, I find it weird that Hollywood didn't know what it was getting. The previous disc 'Riddle Box' did after all have songs about carrying dead bodies in an ice cream truck and stinking up the neighborhood.

The new disc is no different. It is actually much better than work from six and seven years ago. With better beats, better written lyrics and more hooks than a tackle box, this disc explodes in your radio.

Led by a definition of their self-created word "juggalo," the song "What is a Juggalo" is one of the best songs on the disc. A killer beat and weird, creepy, twisted lyrics make the song a track to remember.

The disc also features three previously unreleased songs cut from the Hollywood version: "Neden Game," "Boogie Woogie Wu" and "Under The Moon." Though the three are strangely good in ICP's own creepy way, they disappoint. I expected a lot more from songs that were deleted from the original copies.

ICP will always be one of those bands that is known but never played on the radio, shunned by parents and loved by younger listeners. This release is no different.