Insane Clown Posse
The Great Milenko
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AMG Review of The Great Milenko
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThe Insane Clown Posse had a cult following around their hometown of Detroit in the mid-'90s, eventually winning a major-label contract with Jive. Their deal with Jive was short-lived, since Riddle Box didn't do so well. Still, they retained a devoted local following, which led to Hollywood Records signing the group in 1996. Hollywood spent a million dollars on the recording of ICP's label debut, The Great Milenko, which let the group work with name producers and guest artists like Slash. As a result, it was a better record than its predecessors, boasting a tougher sound and some actual hooks, without losing the juvenile vulgarity that pleased their following. So, everything should have worked out -- ICP had a commercial album that would have brought them a big audience, if the marketplace could overlook the fact that the duo was dressed like evil clowns. But things didn't work out as planned. On the day of the release of The Great Milenko, Hollywood pulled the album from the market, claiming that they were unaware of the offensive content of the record. That seems a little unlikely, since a company wouldn't really sink a million dollars into a project being "unaware" of what it was about. Still, the resulting furor meant that the Insane Clown Posse became national figures, and The Great Milenko gained a sort of hip status. It's one of the better albums in ICP's work.
Bad lyric showcase
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I have everything ICP has ever done, just because I'm the type who won't bash something until I've heard it. I like the song "The Juggla" from Carnival of Carnage, just because of the music. I really like Violent J's Wizard of the Hood album, too. And their best album is The Great Milenko without a doubt. But I was really focusing on the lyrics the other day, and I noticed they are really s...
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