Insane Clown Posse Forgotten Freshness: Vols. 1 & 2 CD

Insane Clown Posse: Shaggy 2 Dope, Violent J.
Additional personnel includes: Project Born, Myzery, Twiztid.
Recorded at The Fun House, Detroit Michigan. Includes liner notes by Tom Dub.
As they gathered strength to write the follow-up to their popular breakthrough, The Great Milenko, the Insane Clown Posse busied themselves with panic attacks, assaults, bus accidents, restaurant brawls, cameos in porn films, and assembling Forgotten Freshness: Vols. 1-2. A double-disc set of B-sides, rarities, non-LP singles, unreleased tracks, and remixes, it's the mother lode for the hardcore juggalos. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As they gathered strength to write the follow-up to their popular breakthrough, The Great Milenko, the Insane Clown Posse busied themselves with panic attacks, assaults, bus accidents, restaurant brawls, cameos in porn films, and assembling Forgotten Freshness: Vols. 1-2. A double-disc set of B-sides, rarities, non-LP singles, unreleased tracks, and remixes, it's the mother lode for the hardcore juggalos. Of course, ICP are the kind of band that winds up only with hardcore fans, but even fans of The Great Milenko and Riddle Box may find that sorting through the 23 tracks is a bit of a chore, since there's a reason why many of these songs never made the album -- they're simply not very good. Ironically, amidst all this filler, there's Jason Nevins' clever remix of "Hocus Pocus," which only highlights just how pedestrian the rest of the material actually is, and it suggests that ICP would benefit from shaking up their rap-metal formula just a little bit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One of the few bands who can admit to having "songs that suck" on their b-sides and out-takes collection, Detroit's Insane Clown Posse throws in absolutely everything on FORGOTTEN FRESHNESS. Opening with the hilariously obnoxious, Cypress Hill-tinged "Hey Vato," this two disc set is filled with the over-the-top nastiness that put ICP on the map. Juvenile sex humor is abundant ("Fat Sweaty Betty," which carries an unsettling plot twist) as are violent murder fantasies ("I Didn't Mean To Kill 'Em"). Xenophobia is also addressed; "Willy Bubba" is a cartoonish, first-day-of-school nightmare. Side two finds even more raw material, notably the collection of rappers on "85 Bucks An Hour," where the ICP calls in the whole crew, even taking a page from the Jerky Boys, indulging in a little tele-terrorism.