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Calm

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i don't think i'd consider myself a juggalo, necessarily. i love icp, i love twiztid, and the whole psychopathic records, and all the stuff the label has put out has kept me in a pretty good mood throughout the garbage i've had to go through...so...maybe i am, i don't know. that's not the point. i was reading through some of these older album reviews and i was pretty upset by what some people have said about icp, their fans, and this record. hip hop heads have this tendency to be unbelievably elitist, and that's what i was reading, about how "our hip hop is better than your hip hop" and all this garbage. hip hop was started as a counterculture and because the mainstream cats just don't understand what we're all about...because it's different. so who are you to say what's too counterculture or not cool because you don't like it? grow up, man. if kids want to express themselves by painting their faces and spraying rootbeer, it's no weirder than you wanting to get a slab of cardboard and breakdance on a corner with your boys, or anything like that. i hate people who think they can tell everyone their music is great and everyone else is dumb because they don't like a million artists with goofy names who nobody but you and your boys have heard of because the dude probably recorded his mixtape in the backseat of your baby momma's car last week and now you're upset because he was throwing copies at people and nobody wanted it. nobody dissed you for that, so leave icp and their fans alone. as far as the record is concerned, it's not as good as some of their other albums, but i think in terms of ICP themselves, i like Violent J more with every release, and Shaggy's doing less rapping and more hyping, which is good and bad, he's as good of a hype man as he is an MC, if not better. the beats are a little more of a throwback to some of their older stuff, and they're a lot more on the up and "happy" side, compared to Hell's Pit, which was one of the darkest records on Psychopathic since the first Dark Lotus cd. the lyrics are pretty funny most of the time, especially Violent J, who I'm starting to think while he might not be the greatest MC ever, is one of the wittiest MCs I've ever heard, the rhyme schemes might not be jaw dropping, but he's a very funny guy. I'm interested to see what these guys do now that the Joker's Saga is over and a lot of their supergroups are on hold (two of the seven members of Psychopathic Rydas, the sixth member of Dark Lotus, and two of the three MCs in Soopa Villainz are all no longer on the label). It ought to be an interesting next few years, sportsfans. stay tuned. and everyone who doesn't like icp doesn't have to listen to them. it shouldn't be hard...they're not on BET's Freestyle Filez or MTV's TRL or on your radio unless you live in the D...and i'm not even sure they're on the radio there either. thanks for listening to me ramble.

I love ICP, they created our thing, developed our thing, and work harder then any other music group in this industry... And maybe that's the problem.

This CD is flipping terrible, not one thing I want to listen to on it (Luckly it only cost me 5 bucks). It's beats and lyrics were crap. This is definately ICP's worst CD.

Now I'm not saying ICP is gonna disappear like all these Armagedon types and I don't have a beef with them switching from Mike Clark to Mike P and Moving back to Mike Clark again (Both of those guys know how to make good beats for em). I'm just saying this was ICP's worst album and that's bad since they are not about talent but are about a combination of gimmik, message (Yeah there is a message so FU), and insanity.

ICP is a special group, yeah maybe in the paint chip eating way but they are still special. Their big problem is, they are going to burn themselves out! They have been out for 13 years and have 19 CD's out! That's just ICP CD's not including Psycopathic family stuff which is another 7 CD's! So these guys have done 2 CD's a year in their entire career. Name one person in the Industry that is prolific as that! You can't!

What I'm saying is relax guys, ---- you made your point. You created something all on your own, something that others wish they could do.

Take a year off, hell take two you made 26 god dammed CD's. Enjoy yourselves, sign more talent to your label. Oh and fix those dammed contracts, they piss people off. ABK should not have left Psychopathic it is a mistake for both him and Psychopathic. If anything him and Blaze should have done more stuff together, they just make a good team.

-PS on E-Sham he works better alone, I don't know why it's just the way it is with him. He should stick with solo albums and N.A.T.A.S. Psychopathic is just not a fit for him.

That's all I really have to say, keep Strugglin my brothers.

Ok...now before all you other Juggalos get pissed I just want you to know that I'm going to be COMPLETELY honest with this review...I'm a Juggalo too but I would never tell someone to buy a CD that I felt wasn't any good...To tell the truth I haven't like very much since Shangri La: The Wraith...the beats have seemed to change a bit and so has Violent J's delivery with his lyrics...however the song "Rollin Over" is great and sounds like their older stuff. The other songs I like are "We'll Be Alright" and "Deadbeat Moms" w/Esham, but the chorus totally sucks and sounds like it took 3 seconds to come up with...So I say if you're collecting CD's buy it, if you're looking for a good CD buy one of their older ones or buy KMK's upcoming CD.

The clowns I know sing chicken huntin and Piggy Pie with some wicked sh*t mixed in like dead body man. Hells Pit was horrible. Not one track on that CD was tolerable. Now Ive been down for 8 years but I have to say that since they got rid of Mike Clark ICP isnt ICP anymore. It's either the producing or J seems to have let the weed get to his head and thinks everything sounds good. This CD is an improvement over hells pit but not much. Atleast they are back to thier comedic ways but its still not to the likes of Riddlebox or Milenko. Only two songs are bangin and the rest are just ok. The only terrible song on the CD is "We Like It Like That" because thety repeat that saying every 5 seconds...literaly. The Best song on the cd is Rollin Over which is somewhat back to their roots. In my opinion, ICP needs Mike Clark back and needs to realize why we all became juggalos in the first place. Get back to your roots ICP!!!!!

i liked this album because it had an upbeat side right after the hell's pit album which was by far the darkest album they had released. not to say that was a bad thing. it is like ICP are bipolar or something, so i know how that goes. even though this cd wasn't a continuous story all the way through, it did remind me of the wizard of the hood cd for it's light sounds. this cd is easy going from beginning to end and i enjoyed every track, even the ones that a lot of people are saying are wack.

this cd is a good cd for most of it,but mike clark needs to come back the one song has esham in it definetly buy this cd if your a juggalo or major icp fan even kmk fans would like this but icp does need to boost their beats and rapping up,for most of it this is an B+ cd

First off, I'm a die hard fan. I thought Hell's Pit was the beginning of the end for ICP. Hell's Pit was a disaster in my opinion, with much of the blame on the lack of Mike E. Clark. So when this EP was announced and they had NO producer, I thought it was going to be even worse.

To my surprise, its actually damn good. Definitely not their best, but a step in the right direction. The beats and music/samples are much better. All the tracks are solid, but not one really stands out like a "Superballs" or "Cemetary Girl". I'd put it up their with Beverly Kills.

Please bring back Mike E. Clark!!!!!!!

I bought The Calm the night before it came out, at a release party at a store here in Utah called Juggalo Homiez, and when I first heard it I was a little disapointed. Then I listened to it 1 or 2 more times and I started to like it. My favorite tracks are Crop Circles, We'll Be Alright and Like It Like That(a great Juggalo anthem). Before I end this I just want to say sumthin to all you mutha f*ckos & mutha f*ckettes out there who hate Shangri-La because all the other Jokers Cards before it weren't "about god" and all religeous n stuff. Do you actually LISTEN to ICP or do you just hear them? Read the Ringmaster booklet and tell me that sh*t aint about god or religeous or whutever. The Great Milenko had so many messages in it. The intro of Milenko gave the whole thing away "Before the coming of Shangri-La a dark carnival will sweep across the land...." It was always religeous. Death itself is religeous. So there for that wicked ass murder music sh*t is religeous. Much Mutha F*ckin Wicked Clown Luv!

The Calm is the first cd that ICP have produced entirely themselves, and it was okay. I liked "Rollin' Over" and "Rosemary," but the rest of the songs were pretty sub-par. I'm glad that ICP finally came to their senses and got back with Mike E. Clark, because their music was slowly but surely dying without him.

Here's my thoughts on `The Calm'. A track-by-track review of it brought to you, once again, by a juggalo who cares. (Don't worry, this ones not as bad as A-1-Yola)

1.) Intro - Just an intro, not to much to say. I will say, though, that I don't really like the sound of `The Tempest' for some reason...I just think `The Storm' sounded better as it was without naming it something else. Oh well... n/a

2.) Rollin' Over - This is a track that reminded me a lot of the intro-ish tracks from previous albums ("Bring it On" from AJB & "Welcome To The Show" from Shangri-La. Not amazing or anything, just a typical ICP track. Beat is pretty nice & the skit at the end had me laughing... 3.5/5

3.) Rosemary - This is the first track on the disc that grabbed my attention. I really like the storytelling aspects of it & the beat is pretty nice. I love the twist at the end of the story as well. Best track on the album IMO but that might change later... 5/5

4.) Crop Circles - I don't know what it is...maybe I just don't "get" this track yet or something. I love the beat...and for the most part the chorus is really catchy. I just don't get some of the lyrics. Also, Shaggy is mumbling (like he didn't do that already) but its really hard to understand some of his lyrics in this track. Maybe after a couple more listens I'll love this track...right now it's a 3/5.

5.) Deadbeat Moms - Hmmm...seems like a remake (and not even as good as the original) of "My Homie Baby Mama". I know the subject matter is different but it seems like that track except continued & featuring Esham. J has an alright verse...so does Esham...Shaggy's is average...there's really nothing else to say. Funny in places but nothing amazing... 3/5

6.) We'll Be Alright - Another track that I haven't really "got" yet. It seems like another average track...I just can't get into it that much. Aside from saying that there's really nothing else to say... 2.5/5

7.) We Like It Like That - Now one thing "grabbed" me in this song & made me enjoy it - the beat. Lyrics are pretty average, sometimes funny ("I'll ride a pogo-stick on yo face!" LOL) but the beat is really what makes me enjoy this track. Nice juggalo-anthem in a way...2nd best on the disc IMO. 4.5/5

8.) Off The Track - Well by now I'm sort of disappointed, but still have hope. I thought this track would be the one to "unveil" all the new information of what's going on but really its just kind of a recap (in a way) of their lives throughout the Jokers Cards. Pretty average but something (probably the lyrical content) made me enjoy this track more... 4/5

Overall - 3.5/5 or 7.5/10.

Summary: Not the best thing ICP's done...not even on par with most of their other EP's. But still worth a listen if you're a juggalo (which everyone here is anyway).