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What many ninjas dont know is that icp ain't nuttin new. Before the 700 billion album sales, naked chicks and starring movie roles (hell yeah), ICP dwelled only in Detroits underground music scene. In 1990, ICP and there manager, Alex Abbiss started their own independent record label and called it Psychopathic Records, because no other label was stupid enough to put out somethin as crazy as ICP. ICP debuted on Psychopathic with their very first release of a 4 song EP entitled DOG BEATS, which didnt sell shit.

Then it was on to the Jokers Cards, starting with the first in 1991, Carnival of Carnage which did OK. Then came the Ringmaster in 93,and that did even better. At this poimt, ICP started to get some props, but they still lived like homeless crackheads.

Alex Abbiss signed icp to a small record deal with Jive Records and together with Psychopathic, they put out the third Jokers Card in 1995, The Riddlebox. Jive treated ICP like a booger...they picked them and then for some sick reason they tried to eat them.

The Clowns escaped the jaws of Jive and landed at Hollywood Records (owned by Disney), of course Jive had to be paid first and paid they got. Hollywood Records was great. They treated Shaggy and Violent J like the Jackson 2. We're talkin limos, money, chicks, and all that shit. But then on the day the 4th Jokers Card, The Great Milenko came out, Hollywood's daddy, mickey mouse got pissed and threw ICP and there album right the fuck out of the magic kingdom. I guess Mickey was scared of the controversy. Funny thing was ICP never complained when Mickey used to bone Minnie Mouse in his office with the door wide open. She used to come walkin down the halls with her big cartoony titties all fallin out and shit, yet nobody cared. As soon as ICP stepped out of line however, they got the bone.

While ICP and Abbiss were sitting around plotting Mickey's murder, here comes Island Records. BANG! Before you can say "Where can i sign?" they gave ICP money, booze, chicks, helicopters,cars with power windows, you name it. Island treated ICP like they're multi-platinum superstars even though they really aint shit. As soon as ICP signed the contract however, Island smacked em' across the lips and took all their fresh shit back. Island did however put The Great Milenko back in the record stores and that's enough for ICP.They do a good job with ICP's music , so they're happy with Island.

In between the albums ICP has released along their career, they would often release EP's to keep the juggalo's interested...These EP's were: Beverly Kills EP in 92, Terror Wheel in 94, and The Tunnel of Love in 96. Shaggy 2 dope even released a solo EP somewhere in there called "Fuck Off!". Also there were ICP Christmas and Halloween releases, and free give away singles. To fully capture the complete catalog of the Insane Clown Posse is next to imposible, yet the hardest to find singles and rarest songs ICP ever made are on two CD's. These CD's, Forgotten Freshness (volume 1 and 2), is the CD where ICP put all there rarest shit at. It was full of out takes, B-sides, re-mixes, songs that got scraped, songs that suck, songs that couldn't fit on albums and all that shit.

About a year later, the time for the fifth Joker's Card had arrived. Finally on May 24 (and without being re-called) the Amazing Jeckel Brothers dropped. Juggalos ran out and bought this album and AJB stayed in the top 10 for a short time then all of the sudden dropped out of the list. Soon, ICP started a brand new tour, the Wicked Clowns From Outer Space tour, and ICP and Twiztid began to rock America. Then one day while a peaceful Nitro was in progress, ICP run out and kick mad ass. ICP quickly joined forces with Vampiro and Raven to form the Dead Pool. This new edition to WCW only lasted 3 weeks. Raven left about 3 weeks later to join ECW and statc formed between ICP and WCW. Then a bunch of shit happened. At one time they were going bac then they wasnt, then they was going to WWF... something like that. Eventually ICP said "Fuck it" and they continued with their tour.

Then at the turn of the new year, ICP finally got some props from the media.... Alterantive Press bitch!!! AP named them band of the year and sh*t. F*ck yeah! What a way to end the millineum!

-Tom Dub, Psychopathic Records