Remembering Forgotten Insane Clown Posse Albums Like Icps Tunnel Of Love Ep

Back in the day, record labels and their artists would release albums once every few years. That meant for artists that, other than the year or so process of, recording, releasing and touring, there wasnt much going on. That is far from the case in 2012.

However, some artists saw the days of constant releases and media attention coming long ago, including horror rap luminaries Insane Clown Posse. If you look at the release schedule of Insane Clown Posse albums during the beginning of their career in the early 90s, youll notice that the group thought it so important to release as many Insane Clown Posse albums as possible that they diverted from their Dark Carnival saga every year or so to release more lighthearted EPs.

This meant that approximately every year, there was a new Insane Clown Posse album unleashed on the world of horror rap. One of these “Sideshow EPs” was rare yet fan favorite EP, ICPs Tunnel of Love.

Now it would be a mistake to judge ICPs Tunnel of Love with the same criteria used to judge more well known Insane Clown Posse albums, because they are perceived differently by both the artists and their horror rap fans.

For instance, ICPs Tunnel of Love is a largely carefree album thats point is to humor and downright entertain horror rap heads. You wont find as many dark or serious tracks on the sideshow EPs, including ICPs Tunnel of Love.

Many tracks are implicitly or explicitly about women, and Im not talking about love songs, per se. Some of these tracks even fit more in the world of recorded standup comedy than they do in the horror rap scene or on an Insane Clown Posse album. Id you dont believe me, just read some of the Juggalo reviews about the album on sites like Amazon. The first thing mentioned is always the humor.

But thats not a bad thing. Horror rap could learn a thing or two from the world of comedy. Youll also find more sexual content on this not-so-horror rap Insane Clown Posse album, as the title Tunnel of Love might suggest. Believe it or not, there was even an alternative, x rated album cover printed for ICPs Tunnel of Love that featured Shaggy 2 Dope and some Juggalettes fooling around. That version of ICPs Tunnel of Love was only sold at concerts, but today is a coveted item for Insane Clown Posse album collectors.

Some fun facts about ICPs Tunnel of Love: It was the first Insane Clown Posse album to be released independently in some timeone day after the horror rap group ended their contract with Jive and one day before they started a new one with Hollywood.

Also, ICPs Tunnel of Love contains a hidden track on the end that contains a phone number. When horror rap enthusiasts called the number, it revealed the name of the next Jokers Card, The Great Milenko.