Insane Clown Posse - The Amazing Jeckel Brothers [Explicit Content] - (Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics) - [CD]

Emerging from the Dark Carnival, like dark smoke drifting into the minds of men, they are the Amazing Jeckel Brothers. The latest release from Insane Clown Posse, the Amazing Jeckel Brothers represents the 5th "Joker Card" and features appearances from Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Ol Dirty Bastard and the Jerky Boys. Tracks include "Jake Jeckel," "Another Love Song" and "Mad Professor." The rise of the Insane Clown Posse--or a group very much like them--was probably inevitable; somebody had to play the part of Howard Stern in the rap world. That it was two guys in clown makeup who rap--badly--over prerecorded tracks and spray their audiences with soda was a pure accident, brought about when their former record label dropped the act on the eve of the release of The Great Milenko. The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, their first proper follow-up album to Milenko, capitalizes on their notoriety; it features guests like the Jerky Boys and Ol' Dirty Bastard and issues challenges to MTV, Lollapalooza, and Kiss bassist Gene Simmons--whom ICP accuse of stealing their "shit" (though shtick would be a more appropriate word, and it was Simmons's in the first place). ICP stick with the formula on Jeckel Brothers that they've, um, perfected; it's not for everyone, but fans won't be disappointed. --Randy Silver