Just minutes ago, SPIN.com announced that it is now streaming the Insane Clown Posse‘s new Joker’s card: The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost) straight from their website! I don’t know about you, but I didn’t see this coming at all.
The story starts out with an article which talks about everyone’s opinions of ICP, Juggalos, the Dark Carnival, and the overall message of the new Joker’s card.
Check the article, and stream the entire album below:
Insane Clown Posse Unveil the Faith-Full ‘The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost’ to Their Faithful
Everyone has an opinion on Detroit horrorcore lifers Insane Clown Posse, but no one can dispute that 1) they have one of the most loyal fan bases in the universe, so much that they commandeer their own festival, hell, their own subculture — move over, KISS Army, the Juggalos are wanted by the FBI — and 2) they love their fans to Faygo-spattered pieces. So much, in fact, that tomorrow, on Violent J’s 43rd birthday, the duo releases their first album in three years, The Marvelous Missing Link: LOST, which complements a second release, naturally entitled FOUND, to be released on July 28th, during this summer’s Gathering of the Juggalos. (If you follow the group’s “Dark Carnival” mythology, this is the first part of the third card in the second deck of Joker’s Cards.) It’s one of the most serious releases they’ve ever put out — Violent J told Billboard there’s “no comedy on it,” all saved for FOUND, which is “about the good times.”
The group themselves explain, “This new album is unquestionably the most direct and in-your-face Joker’s Card we’ve ever released. The Marvelous Missing Link: LOST challenges the listener to consider the importance of faith in their life and how they are truly Lost without it. This record dares you to think about the big issues in your life … while at the same time delivering the ruthless Detroit wicked shit that the world has come to expect – and fear — from the Insane Clown Posse. Mad clown love to our Juggalo family all over the world!”
Indeed, songs like “Falling Apart” sound more like Linkin Park at their most self-effacing than any kind of blood-and-gore circus rap. It may still surprise outside how Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J rap about faith in a higher power to defeat evil on a track like six-minute-plus album closer “I See the Devil,” but it won’t be jarring to longtime fans familiar with the group’s born-again about-face The Wraith: Shangri-La. Regardless, ICP are born entertainers and the first single “Vomit,” indeed delivers the grotesque goods.
Stream The Marvelous Missing Link: LOST below.
Faygoluvers Comments
Jason Caffey
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 12:19 pm GMT -5 at 12:19 pm
FUCK SPIN
“Indeed, songs like “Falling Apart” sound more like Linkin Park at their most self-effacing than any kind of blood-and-gore circus rap.”
yeah, I’m gonna take that opinion.
Violentdope
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 12:40 pm GMT -5 at 12:40 pm
I made it this far….not gonna cave in now…cant wait for tomorrow!! whoop whoop!!
bayAreaShaman
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 02:10 pm GMT -5 at 2:10 pm
YeH i know im waiting too!
dramaman127
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 03:22 pm GMT -5 at 3:22 pm
violent dope i feel you man , i wanna wait to buy it but this is tempting dammit
Juggalo Josh B
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 06:28 pm GMT -5 at 6:28 pm
I’m waiting till tomorrow I got it reserved at F.Y.E. plus I pre-ordered it off HG but I caved a lil n listened to the first 6 songs lol so a lil less than half and so far its fucking amazing and I’m cised to hear the rest of it tomorrow bumping it in my car
Mr.Bitches
Comment posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 11:13 pm GMT -5 at 11:13 pm
“You Should now” is the only track on the album I skip….Rest is Solid as fuck.I hated the album on the first spin or 2 but the shit grew on me quick.They shoulda threw Otis a verse tho.They got him on half the album singin like Krizz Kalico
ElectroheadDante
Comment posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 01:43 am GMT -5 at 1:43 am
Anyone that ordered from HatchetGear whose order is still sitting on “Printed” status, despite the claim that they’d be mailed out days before the release date?
RoamingSasquatch
Comment posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 02:02 am GMT -5 at 2:02 am
Yeah, I preordered the night they went up on hatchetgear and the status still says Printed…
I hope this isn’t like when I preordered Reindeer Games and had to wait 3 weeks after the release date until it finally got here. They said it took so long to ship because I preordered that a few days before the release.. I didn’t expect that one to get here on the release date but 3 weeks later? That was some bullshit
purplekushy
Comment posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 02:36 am GMT -5 at 2:36 am
DAM that album is pretty grim. Well done. Its been a while since I’ve felt any kind of relevant emotion (besides disappointment) after bumping an ICP album. First one in a while. Some of the beats and delivery sounded a little repetitive throughout but ill give it a rare thumbs up compared what they have been putting out recently.
Leksisamisfit
Comment posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 03:20 pm GMT -5 at 3:20 pm
Not feeling it but who knows, took a few listens for BPB to grow on me.
LostLinkFound
Comment posted on Friday, May 1st, 2015 08:48 am GMT -5 at 8:48 am
Mr Bitches quit worrying about shit like throw Otis a verse he’s lucky he got to sing on the few tracks he did if you can’t tell no guest spots on this album probably on Found, Otis doesn’t need a verse on that either though he’s blessed to be working on a jokers card and I’m sure he’s plenty happy about that.
Btw Lost is the shiZ ICP is as good as they’ve ever been and anyone hating on this or any album needs to quit worrying about ICP and just listen quit trying to be a fucking critic
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