Old Mr Dangerous said

– “OK” is like a culmination of ICP finally getting a certain type.of track theyve been playing with for years, right.

Good call.

That track has grown to be my favorite off Found.

I love singing along to the chorus, it gives me good vibes.

I really dig found, and listen to it a lot.  I run to it.  songs like Found, OK, Mr.Whitesuit, Juggalo Party, The World is yours, and Time are just so fucking great to listen to, and a breath of fresh air. So much positivity to it, and yes Miklo, they are fun to sing to.

The addition of Young Wicked… or Otis…. I don’t like either names, lets just call him, Steve,  was a good choice.

Interesting thoughts OMD. I liken Found to The Shining as well. Definitely has that vibe.

Not sure if I feel the same about comparing the new deck’s individual cards to the old deck’s, but it’s interesting to think about.

I’ve gotten use to Otis over the past few years so he doesn’t bother me. It is a very different overall sound without Legz though. More so than MEC for me. Hopefully Legz is just taking a bit of a break.

A female joker’s card huh…? I like the idea, but for it to work I think they’d need many features by female artists. Not saying I wouldn’t like it or it wouldn’t work, but it would come off as more of a concept album to me. However, aren’t all the joker’s card just concept albums…? Now I’m confusing myself 

I think mighty death pop was a riddlebox style card. Warning of the impending doom of living a wicked life. 

I’m pretty sure J said that the last card would still be a two part Shangri LA and hell’s pit tho.. which I thought was weird because I thought that’s what missing link was.

DrFreshness said

Old Mr Dangerous said

Bostin said
I think mighty death pop was a riddlebox style card. Warning of the impending doom of living a wicked life. 

I’m pretty sure J said that the last card would still be a two part Shangri LA and hell’s pit tho.. which I thought was weird because I thought that’s what missing link was.

so for now we will go with:

Bang!Pow!Boom! = Amazing Jeckel Bros.

The Mighty Death Pop! = Riddlebox

The Missing Link: Lost = The Wraith: Hell’s Pit

The Missing Link: Found = The Wraith: Shangri-La

 

perhaps the last will end as it begun, with a Carnival of Carnage type album, although I’m not sure how they could pull that one off… bringing back John Kickchass, Jumpsteady, Greez-Ee, Esham, and that dude that produced the tracks before Mike Clark lol… shit would be crazy odd.

back into the sewers… back to Del Ray… 

maybe an ending like The Dark Tower… lol 

The man in black fled across the desert, and The Wicked Clowns followed.

I don’t think it’s all that calculated and planned out though.  

The message of the first deck is externally focused, it’s about how you treat other people, karmic retribution if you do wrong, etc.  

The message of the second deck is internally focused, it’s about being good to yourself, not fucking up the opportunity to take advantage of the good things in life, etc. 

I thought Lost seemed kind of forced when I first heard it, like they said they were going to do a Joker’s Card and so they had to do one whether the inspiration is really there or not.  But now in the context of Found and listening to them both together I think TMML is in a way the best realization of the Joker’s Card concept they’ve ever done.

I don’t think “internal” vs “external” really works either though.

Bang! Pow! Boom! was all about evil people going to a carnival and being murdered, same as carnival of carnage or ringmaster.

I feel ya. I mean my mind goes right towards the mythology and how it’s built.

You’re right though, we can interpret the albums in a lot of different ways to find comparisons with each other because they’re created by the same artists and they function, essentially, for the same reason.