my favorite is Riddle Box personally but all those early records have so many classics on there 

The Triple Threat:

The Wraith

The Great Milenko 

And the 

Riiiiingmaster!

iINhaleCHEMtrails said
Really???? cuz rhymes like

 

And he’s gotta pitbull dog
And it’s sitting on my chin like a frog on a log

Don’t fuck with me cuz I’m going to grade 3!!!

Well, I don’t understand the phenomenom
We fucking these hoes that look like spallala

Met this bum in the back of a dumpster
Fucked her in the rumpster, juggaluga humpster

 

Are fuckin fire!!!!!

I get its the first jokers card and the beginning of the saga but its easily the worst album they’ve ever put out   

Nooooooo, he’s saying it’s the best Inner City Posse album.  Which in that case, it is.

iINhaleCHEMtrails said

I’ll take intelligence and violence basement cuts and dog beats over coc all day   

Yea, it’s not in my top 10 for joker cards.  I still like it, tho.  My personal ranking currently is:

1. Amazing Jeckel Bros

2. Great Milenko

3. Riddlebox

4. Hell’s Pit

5. Ringmaster

6. Bang Pow Boom

7. Death Pop

8. Shangri-LA

9. Found

10. Lost

11. Carnival of Carnage

And FFF is in the 7 or 8 range based on what I’ve heard thus far.

Bonesaw Wizardstick said

iINhaleCHEMtrails said

I’ll take intelligence and violence basement cuts and dog beats over coc all day   

Yea, it’s not in my top 10 for joker cards.  I still like it, tho.  My personal ranking currently is:

1. Amazing Jeckel Bros

2. Great Milenko

3. Riddlebox

4. Hell’s Pit

5. Ringmaster

6. Bang Pow Boom

7. Death Pop

8. Shangri-LA

9. Found

10. Lost

11. Carnival of Carnage

And FFF is in the 7 or 8 range based on what I’ve heard thus far.  

Yeah i dont hate it or anything its got some gems like psychopathic, taste, never had it made hell is that you? is a a banger for the 90s haha 

Gotta give it to riddlebox though. something bout that album just embodies what the dark carnival sounds like. 

Riddlebox

Hells Pit

Shangri La

Ringmaster

Amazing Jeckel Brothers 

Great Milenko 

Carnival of Carnage

First Day Out is my favorite ICP song but the album isnt top 3 to me. But I always go back to that album and play it start to finish. Something about the rawness of it always makes me wanna play it. Plus a song with kid rock that I actually like is rare enough. Annnnd my daughter is named Joanna so that one clip always makes me laugh

Why? Nostalgia? I’m not going to say it’s not fun to listen to. It was a great introduction as the clowns showing off J’s ability to paint with his words, Shaggs still sounding very young, because he was and the short lived appearance of I forget if it was Greez-E or John Kick Chass, But top 3? Ehhh.

 
Tossing my hat into the ring you said albums, not Jokers, so here are my top 3. Feel free to tell my I’m wrong or agree, it’s whatever. 

In no real order but still top 3. 

1. Bizzar/Bizaar: I count it as one album because they came out on the same day and who the fuck wasn’t going to get both? Even if you could only afford one, Bring a friend and have them buy the other, That’s literally what I did and it was worth it. 
So, Why top 3? It was a break between the 5 before and the final and they did a fan fucking tastic job of reflecting that mood with the tone of the album. It seemed like everything was pushed to the max of their potential at the time and it showed. It was everything it needed to be, high energy and both hit on all cylinders. Dark, Funny, Murderous, Hopeful, Reflective, Louder, More rock tones.  PLUS bonus tracks, PLUS hidden artwork, the fuck more do I need to say? 

2: The Tempest: Same kind of story here, They were done with the jokers cards, they had a decision to make, Where do we go from here? As a fan I was eager to see and once again I was not disappointed. 16 tracks of a good time hitting all those notes from before and some new ones. Songs seemed more relatable and artistically playful than before. Not doing it because they had to, but because they want to. It was a fucking banger, Everybody singing along, heads bobbin to the bet. 

3: The Wraith; Shangri-la: This was Psychopathic at their height, They were a fucking force.  ICP, Twiztid, Blaze, ABK, ESHAM, Zug Izland (axe and smash?) They were doing Rydas and Dark Lotus at the time as well so they were in their prime of working together. Brighter, a bit more positive reflecting the journey that had taken and where they were at the time. Half the end of an era and a fun goodbye that let’s you know things will be okay. Well, that’s how it felt anyway but, life. 

Bonus: Beverly Kills: It’s just fun. 

So yeah, none of these were huge successes like they had before, but they all marked a turning point, a change in sound, tone, intensity and the ride to come. I see them as artistic peaks even if not sales wise. 

Thoughts?

David_Black said
Why? Nostalgia? I’m not going to say it’s not fun to listen to. It was a great introduction as the clowns showing off J’s ability to paint with his words, Shaggs still sounding very young, because he was and the short lived appearance of I forget if it was Greez-E or John Kick Chass, But top 3? Ehhh.
 
Tossing my hat into the ring you said albums, not Jokers, so here are my top 3. Feel free to tell my I’m wrong or agree, it’s whatever. 
In no real order but still top 3. 
1. Bizzar/Bizaar: I count it as one album because they came out on the same day and who the fuck wasn’t going to get both? Even if you could only afford one, Bring a friend and have them buy the other, That’s literally what I did and it was worth it. 
So, Why top 3? It was a break between the 5 before and the final and they did a fan fucking tastic job of reflecting that mood with the tone of the album. It seemed like everything was pushed to the max of their potential at the time and it showed. It was everything it needed to be, high energy and both hit on all cylinders. Dark, Funny, Murderous, Hopeful, Reflective, Louder, More rock tones.  PLUS bonus tracks, PLUS hidden artwork, the fuck more do I need to say? 
2: The Tempest: Same kind of story here, They were done with the jokers cards, they had a decision to make, Where do we go from here? As a fan I was eager to see and once again I was not disappointed. 16 tracks of a good time hitting all those notes from before and some new ones. Songs seemed more relatable and artistically playful than before. Not doing it because they had to, but because they want to. It was a fucking banger, Everybody singing along, heads bobbin to the bet. 
3: The Wraith; Shangri-la: This was Psychopathic at their height, They were a fucking force.  ICP, Twiztid, Blaze, ABK, ESHAM, Zug Izland (axe and smash?) They were doing Rydas and Dark Lotus at the time as well so they were in their prime of working together. Brighter, a bit more positive reflecting the journey that had taken and where they were at the time. Half the end of an era and a fun goodbye that let’s you know things will be okay. Well, that’s how it felt anyway but, life. 
Bonus: Beverly Kills: It’s just fun. 
So yeah, none of these were huge successes like they had before, but they all marked a turning point, a change in sound, tone, intensity and the ride to come. I see them as artistic peaks even if not sales wise. 
Thoughts?  

I also am a huge Tempest fan. Lots of unique tracks, fun beats, just overall an interesting album. 

I forget about the Bizarres, they were great despite a couple similar-themed filler tracks. The shining stars of them were indeed the bonus skits and tracks… “Florida Joe”.. “Right Here, Right Here!”.. the freestyles… the mama jokes… that Shaggy solo.

I think overall I like Carnival of Carnage over Ringmaster and Milenko over Riddlebox.

The Bizzar/Bizaar albums are so fucking good I played them to death, the booklets, secret songs, pretty much everything about them is dope to me and I kinda consider them to be MEC’s 6th Joker Cards, especially considering those two dope intros.

I converted a lot of people into being fans of ICP with the Bizzar/Bizaar albums mostly because I had them on repeat for at least two years until The Wraith was released.

BEST ICP RECORDS.

1. MISSING LINK LOST

2. MILENKO

3. BIZZAR / BIZAAR