Riddle Box [Explicit Lyrics]

Insane Clown Posse

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 10, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B00000057M
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (150 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,323 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

The first major label release from this controversial rap duo hailing from Detroit. The Riddle Box is the third in a series of conceptual releases know as the Joker Cards and features the singleChicken Huntin',which received loads of radio airplay and inspired theMTV set to get Down WithThe Clown. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best ICP album ever!, October 29, 1999

By A Customer

I feel that out of all of there Cd's, The riddle box is the best! My favorite songs are 'Lil Somthing Somthing and Toy box.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It looks like the joke's on you!, April 18, 2000

By	DEAN VASQUEZ (United States Of America) - See all my reviews

After putting together two entertaining and intriguing albums ("Carnival of Carnage" & "Ringmaster"), ICP found their formula and hit their creative peak with this masterpiece. "Riddlebox" is the ultimate ICP album. On the 3rd Joker's Card J and Shaggy deliver a hip hop album with so much punch it could crack somebody's ribs if they were turned sideways while this CD was playing. Outrageously funny at times, and psychotic all the way through, the album hits hardest after the track 'Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'' ends. The final four songs (especially the haunting song "12", which is arguably ICP's best song ever) create the dark mood that best describes the world of the Juggalos and the Dark Carnival, and sets the stage for the 4th Joker's Card, "The Great Milenko". And as for some people saying ICP can't put out good music like Korn or Limp Bizkit? Just check out the remix of "Chicken Huntin'" which came out the same time Korn's first album did, and WAY before L.B. Finally, I will say that if you don't own "Riddlebox", or have never heard it, you will never truly understand yourself.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time for the Juggalo Show, January 2, 2003

By	"axeeugene" (Alexandria, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

Easily the Juggalo favorite! And as it should be. The Riddle Box mixes horror clown edge with a** shaking beats, making a person dance while snickering in disgust. It's bouncy rhythms and nursery rhyme lyrics call to mind it's Cyprus Hill influence but this is not a bad thing. In fact it seems a perfect fit for ICP. Enough, that it takes their sound to a (over used expression ahead) new level. The downbeat tone that started on the "Ringmaster" is still here but it doesn't hesitate to give way to a more fun and smiling level of sadism. With the cringe inducing but goofy indulgences taken in the lyrics, producer Mike Clark perfectly parallels it with side splitting cartoonish embellishments. So ICP's descriptive lyrics, vividly revel in its own jolly carnage. Songs like "Toy Box", "Ol' Evil Eye", and "3 Rings" are fully immersed into ICP's dark carnival spirit of macabre storytelling. While "Cemetery Girl," "Jokers Wild" and "Headless Boogie" testify for their hammy necro-disgusto cred. ICP never seemed happier, bragging about the clown life and the listener is along for the gleefully perverse ride. Even two semi hits rear their heads with the demanding sing along style of "Chicken Huntin" and the bong hitting beats of "Dead Body Man". Too bad for J and Shaggy that Jive records chose not to give "Riddle Box" a national push when they had the chance because it is ICP's most accessible and shocking release. Notorious but successfully sound ingredients for a hit. If you were around for, and bought into the "Milenko" hype, this release deserves your attention. Unlike ICP's more recent releases, you'll be happy you did!