The intro to the new Insane Clown Posse album, The Mighty Death Pop!, predictably starts with a death. A Juggalo and his lady-friend are standing on a rooftop. After less than a minute of braggadocio, the man takes a running leap off the roof attempting to reach the next building and plummets to his demise. The two man posse then launch into a refrain of “This is your life; you better respect it!”
Once the second, eponymous track fills your ears with melodic bliss, the listener discovers that “the mighty death pop” refers to a bullet being shot. From there it becomes painfully obvious that this album is barely more than two men murdering music.
Obviously, no one ever taught the “wicked clowns,” Violent J or Shaggy 2 Dope, the art of subtlety. Every track is saturated with slaughter. “The Blasta” is a ditty about a man who grows up with homicidal tendencies which he unknowingly passes to his son. “Chris Benoit” tells of “a catastrophic demise.” A Wikipedia search would alert one that Chris Benoit was a professional wrestler who killed his wife and son in 2007, committing suicide by weight machine two days later.
Though the lyrics are generally unintelligible, hearing them makes you wish you hadn’t. In “Mighty Death Pop,” the chorus unfolds, “With the mighty death pop,/ everything stops./ You either rise or drop.” Rising and dropping could refer to either which afterlife one enters, or being the victor or victim in a shootout. A seeming reprise of “Miracles” — the only song most non-Juggalos know by ICP — “Ghetto Rainbows” discusses beauty in a life of poverty and violence: “How the fuck could this be/ up in the sky?/ There is a rainbow over the ‘hood.”
And what would any hip-hop album be without some guest appearances? “Skreeem!” featuring the illustrious Tech N9ne and Hopsin, is a completely incoherent romp through rapping and shrill-sound-making. It also ends with a death. Apparently, “smurfing” (or inhaling a substance until you turn blue) is a thing and you can die from. This album has a specific audience in mind and doesn’t bother to branch out. That’s probably alright with most music lovers.
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Who ever wrote this is obviously one track minded and probably hurt because no one cares about his or the bands he likes. I think most critics are synical assholes anyway and so the butt munch that wrote this.
Seriously, how do you have a job? This review doesn’t sound like a professional wrote it, it sounds more like a high school kid forced to write about a band he doesn’t like so he does a half assed job of it. And all of the words used in here that keep this piece from totally flunking on Paperrater come from ICP’s lyrics which means that ICP has a bigger vocabulary than you do. Are you really employed here because I don’t see how this would be acceptable in a news reporting environment unless it’s not meant to be a legitimate, respectable news source?
*SMACKS FOREHEAD* “Are we all being tested? Fail me than. So much fucked up shit, where to begin. Some kids are born with a silver spoon. Others born with a needle born in a world of doom. Little girl found up taped and raped and the killer escaped?! Give me a break!” Duh!! it is about having faith in something better than ourselves. “I get it we all need hope to cope, but collection plate money goes to dope.” What is that referencing?! Do people just look for a reason to slander these guys just because they actually say something better than Taio Cruz “Just take a dirty picture for me” ya ok. Or maybe Nicki Minaj “My friend lily, lily! lily! LILY!” Really? Lady Gaga “I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.” she spent 3 minutes of my life talking about have sex and that is considered smarter than talking about how no one respects individual life anymore? Just because you do not understand it does not mean that it origin is stupid. There is a chance that you are the one who is stupid.
you know i am a juggalo and by the way not a gang member like the F.B.I would sugggest and the new album rocks but peaking at number 4 on the billboard 200 means nonthing and 41,000 copys sold means nonthing you sir need to do some real research behind this band instead of condeming it and juggalo’s are not a gang we are family fans who all come together who like i.c.p to your review i say fuuuuccckkkk oooofffffff !!!!!
well we all know with the mighty death pop he will drop, in a catastrophic demise, there wont be a rainbow over his hood
dude your so stupid, the pop is literally a pop not a bullet, doesnt even sound like that, the blasta is about a guy giving bullies what they deserve. and well everyone else has allready chewed your ass out so ill just say that your an idiot and really shouldnt be doing this as your job, cus your terrible at it.
I have this EPIC idea… Actually sit and listen to the lyrics and take some time to learn about what it is you are writing about. As it stands your journalistic integrity is null and void. Just because you hate something does not give you the right to lambast it on that alone. Either be an actual journalist or quit pretending. Thanks.
to the contrary, every critic has their own personal preference. I personally wouldn’t send a music critit who prefers blue grass out to see a cypress hill concert. This is his opinion of the music not yours. we should practice tolerance not trolling
This is so ignorant it’s funny. MUCH LOVE to my family.
Quit journalism now, u have no idea how to approach an article LMFAO
Clearly this dude didnt listen to even 10 seconds of this album MMFWCL
I agree with every post below. If you are being paid for reviewing albums, they should dock your pay for this one. It really seems like you “read the cliff notes” on this one… (You really should take it down or give the album a full listen)
this articles makes no sense lol and of course you can die from smurfing.. dumbass
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If this review were a high school book report, Cara’s teacher would have given her an ‘F’ with ‘Did you even read the book??’ beneath it. If yr going to diss the intelligence of the artists and the their audience, don’t look like a complete moron while doing it.
This is YOUR life, better respect it! If your not down, you’ll neva understand so just stfu.
This is not a helpful comment.
your an idiot and obviously didnt listen to ANY of the album. The Deathpop is about taking chances with your life, and not being careful with the one life you have….it is NOT a “bullet”….The Blasta….is a song about Bullies, and how the world is over them, “Chris Benoit” is about coping with daily lives untill something builds and explodes….almost every song on this album has an underlining moral message about how to live our lives to the fullest and not take chances……its a wonder how you got your Journalist job sir, when clearly you dont know what your doing in a professional manner, by just pulling shit out your ass after listening to 5 second snippets of songs….you sir are the REAL joke here.
no doubt fukkin nutbag suckin’ r-tard fish-baby these morons always seem to
misinterpreted the lyrics
F*cking magnets, how do they work?
Lets see.. A review of your review, in listed form.
#1, the “Death Pop” is a balloon being popped, a carni reference (of course) of a monsterous version of a balloon forming clown. Each jokers card has a moral or a background story, this one gives a theme of your life fizzling out in an instance (and that you should avoid it), causing the card to appear at the moment of death. Such as the jeckel brothers’s juggling act were of bloody balls with the weight of your sins.
It has nothing to do with a gun or victims of a shoot out. None of the skits refer to this either.
#2, chris benoit is a song about going crazy onto everything around ya.. using a reference point from their love of wrestling. It is cartoony in their usual way.
#3 Ghetto Rainbows.. is kind of funny in its own way. But you actually reviewed that song well.
#4 Think what you want of Skreeem, its your own judgement, but its just as clear as other songs in hip hop.
#5 smurfing is an in-skit joke “hes turning blue, we should call this smurfing” before the character dies by his own stupidity. .. As they say “This is your life, you better respect it!”
#6 This album was made with a specific audience in mind. And you reviewed it with the knowledge of being entirely outside it, and the expectation that you would remain outside of it even afterwards, as tho your boss handed you a chore. Half the review is missed references.. and even as “make fun of things” review, you could have made it funnier. I feel as tho you just kept pressing the fast forward button and listened to a few specific tracks to throw this up in under 30 minutes.
DUDE smurfing is smoking meth!it was his dumb ass idea to take the whole thing and then POP
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You sir are the shit :) Couldn’t have said it better myself!