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I think the ICP Wiki page is inadvertently hysterical.
I cut and paste the "Criticism" part because it is exceptional although their life is pretty funny too. Here is a link if you want more: ICP WIKI
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Criticism
ICP have been voted the worst band of any genre of music in various magazine polls including Spin and Blender.[5] Rolling Stone referred to them as "the ultimate wack MCs."[6] The satirical newspaper The Onion ridiculed the perceived immaturity of the musicians (and, by extension, their fan base) in an article titled "Insane Clown Posse Gets Ride To Concert From Mom." They have also been criticized for the extreme violent and lyrically dark content of their music.[7][8]
ICP also had a publicized "beef" with Eminem. Among other actions taken on their side of the feud, ICP recorded over one of Eminem's songs (My Name Is into Slim Anus).
This diss song was a shot at Dr. Dre and Eminem as gay lovers; ICP
merely replaced certain words in Eminem's song. Eminem responded in his
Multi-Platinum album, The Marshall Mathers LP
in his song "Marshall Mathers," as well as in a Skit on the same album.
ICP finally responded with the original track "Nothing but a Bitch
Thang." Originally released as a free download on ICP's website, the
track was later re-released on Forgotten Freshness 3, as well as in the
Pendulum series of comic books. Though ICP addressed certain aspects,
many critics regarded the track as derivative, the majority of it
consisting of accusations of homosexuality of both Eminem and Dr. Dre;
Eminem, however, used the same tactic on "Ken Kaniff" on The Marshall Mathers LP.
On February 1, 2006, self-proclaimed Juggalo Jacob D. Robida attacked people in a gay bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts with a handgun and a hatchet, a weapon featured on the logo of ICP's record label, Psychopathic Records. Robida wore a swastika tattoo and flaunted Nazi insignia and paraphernalia on his website, and was a former teen cadet in the Junior Police Academy. [9] On February 5,
he killed a traffic officer at a routine stop. When police stopped him,
he killed his girlfriend (Jennifer Bailey, whom he had picked up from
Charleston, WV) and opened fire on the police. He was shot twice in the
head during the shootout with the police and died later in the
hospital. [10]
On February 7, 2006,
Insane Clown Posse released a statement on the Robida attacks. Alex
Abbiss, ICP's manager, extended ICP's condolences and prayers to the
families of the victims. "This guy had problems," said Abbiss, and
"anyone going into a bar swinging an axe and shooting a gun ... would
clearly have to be insane and out of their mind to do this." He went
on, "it's quite obvious that this guy had no clue what being a Juggalo
is all about. If anyone knows anything at all about ICP, then you know
that they have never, ever been down or will be down with any racist or
bigotry bullshit." Abbiss claimed ICP was being scapegoated by the
media. [11]
ICP is ranked at number 1 on Blender's "50 Worst Artists in Music History" list.[12]
Fan Criticism
Insane Clown Posse's sound during the 1990s, as heard on The Riddlebox and The Great Milenko,was almost pure rap, and was noticeably darker and more violent than the group's current sound in the 2000s, as heard on The Wraith: Shangri-La and The Tempest,
which still contains excessive profanity, but contains a more
rock-oriented sound, and either more serious and/or comedic lyrics.
This has led to criticism from some fans, especially older ones, who
feel the group should return to their darker roots. Others feel like
the group's newer sound is equal to that of the older one, also seeing
that had the music stayed the same, it would be a sign of selling-out,
which ICP is against.
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