Insane Clown Posse - Ringmaster

The second studio album by Southwest Detroit rap group Insane Clown Posse
The second of the original six Joker's card albums

Capitol E. is featured on "House Of Mirrors" but is uncredited. He is credited as a writer, producer, and for vocals on the track but not credited as a featured artist.

Track 14 is called "Bugz On My Nugz" in the booklet and "Bugz On My Nutz" on the back cover

This version of the album is the reissue by Island Records

Ringmaster is Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

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[The following text is from the album's booklet]

Ringmaster

WHO'S GUILTY?
THE DAY HAS COME, THE TIME OF RECKONING. WHO WILL PERISH IN DREADED HELL AND WHOSE SOUL WILL BE CONTENT WITHIN THE PLEASURES OF HEAVEN? LOOKING PAST THE WORDS SPOKEN WITH A WICKED TONGUE AND LOOKING PAST THE EVIL DEEDS DONE WITHIN ONE'S LIFE, BUT INSTEAD LOOKING INTO THE CONSCIOUS OF MAN.

WHAT IS THE REAL EVIL THAT SEEMS TO PLAGUE MANKIND? WHO ARE THE REAL DEMONS THAT WALK THIS EARTH? IS IT THOSE WHOSE MINDS HAVE BECOME DEVIOUS BECAUSE OF A LIFETIME SPENT INSIDE OF A CAGED HELL, OR IS IT THOSE WHO INVENTED THIS CAGED HELL YEARS AGO AND HAVE DONE NOTHING TO HELP DESTROY IT YET? WHO'S GUILTY, FRANKENSTEIN OR THE DOCTOR WHO CREATED HIM? THE SWORD OR THE MAN WHO HAS SLAIN WITH IT? WHICH IS THE REAL EVIL, THE MAN WHO KILLS ANOTHER FOR FOOD OR THE MAN WHO DOES NOT SHARE HIS FOOD TO AVOID THE KILLING? WHILE YOU SIT IN JUDGEMENT OF A CRIMINAL, YOU MAY VERY WELL BE THE ONE WHO'S GUILTY. GUILTY OF GREED, DECEPTION, AND HATE.

THOSE WHO ARE REJECTED AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN, SHALL BE DRAGGED OFF INTO THE PITS OF HELL. VICIOUSLY TORN FROM THIS LIFE BY THE NON-LIVING, THE PHANTOMS OF THE DEAD, THESE BEASTS TAKE THE FORM OF A DEMENTED CARNIVAL, THAT OF A WICKED, DARK, CIRCUS, LED BY ONE. ONE WHO WAS CREATED BY YOUR OWN EVIL WAYS. ONE WHO WILL JUDGE YOUR VERY FATE. THE ONE KNOWN ONLY AS............. THE RINGMASTER.

©1994 Psychopathic Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 314 524-515-2 BKO2

Ⓟ1994 Psychopathic Records

"Capitol E" appears courtesy of "Birth Star Records"

"THANKS" MOSTLY GOES TO:
THE GOD ABOVE!!!
LINDA AND RON, DONNA AND ROGER, SUE, ROB THERESA AND TONY, ANGELA JOY, SARA, DANIEL, MICHAEL THOMAS, LORI, APRIL, JAMESA, NATE, CHUCKIE, BILLY, LACEY, JESSE, AND ALEX. THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING ON TO US EVEN WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

"SHOUTS" GOES OUT TO:
YES, ALEX ABBISS AND THE PSYCHOPATHIC RECORDS STAFF- FROM DAY ONE WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WE'D BE DOWN UNTIL THE FAT LADY RAPS (BESIDES MISS MELODY), M.C. LORAX- THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS ALBUM, YOU'RE THE SSHHXTTT! ALSO ALL OF OUR BOYS, JUMP STEADY, CHUCKIE MUTHA FXCKIE, NATE THE MACK, LAY LOW, AND RUDE BOY-WHEN WE'RE ALL DEAD, I GUESS WE'LL PIMP THE GRAVE YARD LIKE WE DO DETROIT! ALSO TALL JESS, JAVIER AVILA, PEDRO IBARRA, DANNY PAYNE, GREEZ E, AND THE HAUNTED ONE "DARK" MIKE CLARK- WHO FREAKS THE BOARD LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. BILLY BILL, LORENZO, "BUBBALUBBA" BUBBA,- GOOD LOOKIN' OUT FROM THE "PUNK ROCK O.G.", MIKE "FISHBOY" FISHER- WHO MOVED TO TENNESSEE AND CAME BACK WITH HIS LOCS ON, "DEEP" STEPHAN "q", LAURA GRABB- THE TECHNO QUEEN, CAPITOL E - DROPPIN' SERIOUS FUNK ON THE CITY SOON, ALL SOUTHWEST RAPPERS AND D.J.'S ALSO THE RIGHTEOUS RHYMER... BIG DANNY K. - B.K.A. GIANT GONZALEZ, DAN SOTO. LINDA, AND ALL OUR FREAKS AND PSYCHOTIC HOMEBOYS IN MELVINDALE, "THE LAST WOLF" LONEWOLF RANDY, ESHAM, T-N-, MASTERMIND, JAMES AND EVERYBODY AT REEL LIFE, CRAZY DOUG, "WILD" ROD STERLING, CHRIS WRIGHT - BOOMIN' IN YA JEEP, GEORGE CLINTON,- FUNKADELIC FUNKADELCATESSEN, ERIC BOINE, KAREN CHITA- YOU WAS DOWN FROM THE START, SO I'LL BE DOWN 'TILL THE END. BEN "RED HORSE" ROSENBURG, BACK BOY - BACK FOT THE 9 OHS, VINCE AND THE GHOUL, CHRIS "COMBONE" CONLEY- THE FRESHEST SINGER, THE BADDEST GUITAR PLAYER, AND MOST DEFINITELY THE DOPEST BAGPIPE PLAYER THERE IS (GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW BAND.... "FLOCK OF SEAGULLS"). PEACE TO JOHN FROM "HELMET", ABOVE THE LAW, MC REN, PROPER GROUNDS- THE DOWNTOWN CIRCUS GANG, ST. ONE, BOYS NIGHT OUT- OF COURSE, CLAUDE YOUNG JR, AND SR., JIMMY JACK, HOSS AND DORY FUNK, THAT BXTCH WITH THE FAT ASS ON "PICKET FENCES", ALSO OUR ACE IN THE HOLE... ROB VAN DAMME-KICKIN' MUCHO ASS FROM GEORGIA TO BUDAPEST! MALCOLM MONROE, ALAN, PERRY HOLLY, CHAMPTOWN, AND THE WICKEDEST MUTHA FXCKAS WE KNOW- THE I.C.P. FAN CLUB, YOU TOO, MIKE "THE RIDDLER"! AND TO EVERYONE READING THIS, FROM THE CRAZYS OF THE GHETTO TO THE THUGS OF THE VALLEY, FROM THE JOKERS OF THE COUNTRY TO THE JOKERS OF THE CITY, FROM THE CROOKS IN THE BIG HOUSE TO THE KID IN THE HOSPITAL WITH THE BUSTED HEAD.. BEWARE, THE RINGMASTER IS THE DEMON IN YOUR MIRROR, SO WATCH YOUR BACK CAUSE YOU MIGHT FXCK AROUNG AND JACK YOURSELF.

"FXCK YOUR MUDDA" GOES TO:
THE GOVERNOR- FOR CUTTIN' WELFARE AND TAKIN' AWAY PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THINKING THAT EVERYTHING'S COOL. FXCK YOU BXTCH, I WANT MY HOUSE BACK, TO... THE CROOKED COPS IN YOUR CITY FOR SITTIN' ON THEIR FAT ASSES , EATIN' DOUGHNUTS, WHILE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TEAR DOWN CRACK HOUSES. TO... THOSE TEACHERS WHO MAKE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND ASK IF YOU CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM, LIKE A NAZI WAR CAMP, BXTCH, IF I GOTTA GO I'LL SHIT ON YOUR DESK! TO... CONCERNED MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO SEND US HATE MAIL AND CALL US EVIL CAUSE WE CUSS ON RECORDS, AND THEN GO HOME, SAY THEIR PRAYERS, PUT THE KIDS TO BED, AND THEN BLAZE UP JOINTS, GET DRUNK, PEEP PORNOS, AND FUCK EACH OTHER ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR ( THEY'RE JUST MAD 'CAUSE THEY AIN'T GOT NOBODY TO JOCK EVER SINCE ELVIS'S FAT ASS DIED). TO... PEOPLE WHO WAS ONCE DOWN FOR A CAUSE, BUT NOW LOOK LIKE DILLON AND HANG OUT WITH ZAC MORRIS. TO... MR. NEVERS WHO TRIED TO USE HIS BADGE AS AN EXCUSE TO KILL SOMEONE, BUT NOW GETS FXCKED UP HIS FAT ASS IN PRISON, AND WILL PROBABLY GROW TO LIKE IT OVER HIS 7 YEAR STAY, AND YES, LAST BUT NOT LEAST...... "NDRCKCEKEFSU" - JUST UNSCRAMBLE IT.

-DEDICATED TO THE BUTTERFLY-

THERE WILL BE SIX FACES OF THE DARK CARNIVAL

AFTER ALL SIX HAVE RISEN, THE END WILL CONSUME US ALL.

Ⓟ©1994

Printed in the USA.

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