Insane Clown Posse Album: “The Wraith: Shangri-La [PA]”

It started like this....i had heard of icp from buddies but never was that interested. I heard them all talking about this song by the group and reciting the lyrics. It sounded hella funny so i asked, man could u burn me one of their CDs.

The next day, he brought to school a copy of the Amazing Jeckel Bros and i brought it home with me and listened to it all that weekend nonstop until i had memorized every beat and every lyric on the thing. It was like a religion to me. I studied it and analyzed them. When i came to school on monday, i told the kid how much i liked it. He said that you should buy a copy to support them. I went on amazon and ordered a copy of that CD and then Bizaar. I collected everything. Then Wraith came out.

I got home with the cd in my hands. I had been reading everything about this online. I sat down and listened to all one hour and five minutes of it. I had already heard one song, Blam!! and the rest were new. I said to myself when i was done with the thing, "What a strange CD!" The next day i listened to it again and it started to make sense. It was the greatest thing ever. I watched the Seminar thats included as a bonus DVD. I loved every thing on this. I read some of the other reviews and some say this is whack. Those are the people that dont understand the meaning of this. The are explaining everything, you idiots. They arent just out there for the money, this is for the true fans.

This CD had such great songs that really help you understand who iCP is. Each song has a great meaning and for that subject, a great beat with good lyrics.

1. Walk into the Light (8/10) --This song is the intro and a whole nother song. It's a great lead-in. After about a minute and a half, the intro stops and the song starts. It's a rock and roll song with rap in it. Shaggy shines really bright on this one. It explains everything they've been talking about in their last albums since Bassment Cuts.

2. Welcome to the Show (9/10) --The beat is exceptional. It's the happiest song of the album. It's very funny and the group does great arranging the lyrics. This explains all about the dark carnival is going to be like when u die.

3. Get Ya Wicked On (10/10) --Even though this is a happy album, they still show that they are the most wicked in this song. It is very funny. It resembles an older song from Bizaar called Whut. Shaggy is hogging the mic but thats alright. Even though its very short it's a great song to open the album with.

4. Murder Rap (8/10) -- It starts right out of track 3 and goes from there. It has the same kinda feel as Get ya Wicked On. The reasaon it isnt 10/10 is because the lyrics on shaggy's part werent that great and the chorus was kinda weak. It still is a classic song, but i have to say, they got a little lazy with it.

5. Birthday B*t*hes (10/10) -- This is an Icp song that has a plot. Shaggy is a birthday clown that doesnt want to work. He is hilarious and this is one of the best rhyming songs ever. The chorus is hella catchy. it end with Violent J saying It Ain't Mine Mothafaku! It's short but it's definitely worthwile

6. Blam!! (10/10) --ICP goes completely Heavy Metal on this song. It's still a great song and one of their best but its a lot different. The plot is that Violent J gets a magic lamp and his genie gives him everything he wants. It has funny. This is the song that shows ICP isnt all about money

7. It Rains DiamondS (10/10) --ICP hides a track in this song. After It Rains Diamonds is over, 2 minutes into the track, another song starts called B*tch Slappas (featuring Blaze Ya Dead Homie) It rains diamonds is an okay song that is metal and then B*Tch Slappas is a hilarious song with a tight old school beat. The track is worth a mil

8. The Staleness (7/10) -- This track was just alittle lame in the beginning. Some queer was doing the voices with Shaggy. I liked it by the end but it was dumb at Shaggy's part. U can tell in the track that shaggy wasnt even feelin it so its all good. Violent J was a great rapper in this song. He tells a tale of when he almost escaped from an asylum.

9. Hell's Forecast (10/10) --In the midst of all this happy, funny and wicked sh*t comes a forecast of what Hell's Pit is going to be like. J does a great job to portray the depths of Hell and the Wickedness.

10. Juggalo Homies (7/10) -- This is featuring Twiztid & ABK. It's a good song, but the lyrics drift off at Twiztid's part. Juggalo Homies represents that all ICps homeys will be up in Shangrila chillin.

11. Ain't Yo Bidness (10/10) -- This is my favorite song off the whole album. It shows the ICP that everyone knows in just the way u'd think. "It ain't yo bidness how we act. Ain't yo bidness, gonna get slapped. Ain't yo concern what we do, unless u want ur face slapped too" It contains another bonus track called Soopa Villains. It's a tight track with Esham

12. We Belong (10/10) --Instant classic. This song is all about the way ICP is. They don't belong anywhere but the carnival.

13. Cotton Candy & Popsicles (5/10) --Nothing great but it's okay i guess. Zug ISland is featured and they are great here but it's still not a great beat. Violent J is good and so is J, there's just something bad about it. If u have heard it u know what i mean.

14. Crossing the Bridge (10/10) --Another classic and the second most meaningful song. It's all about how they have never had a normal life. It's a great song because its like nothing they've ever done. It's a rock ballad and its hella hard

15. Ravens Mirror (9/10) -- Great song. Shaggy is the sun of this sh*t. It has an okay chorus, great beat and funny a*s lyrics.

16. The Wraith (9/10) --Good song. This represents what death is. Not in a wicked way, but who death is.

17. The Unveiling (10/10) --The most meaningful song throughout the album. It's the meaning of every joker card. It is so deep. This is the one that they end everything with. it's great. It's a raprock. "May the juggalo's find us."

Average song rating = 8.94/10

most meaningful cd out of psychopathic. mcl my juggalos.