PrometheusComplex said
This album slaps hard. Haven't felt this level of wicked clown energy since 2002. 

The only caveat(s) for me are the lines "The rich have got it no better than you; Those meant to be screwed best believe are screwed", which honestly feels like a betrayal of Carnival of Carnage. It preaches a belief that we know isn't true. Plenty of evil people have gotten away with bullshit and plenty of completely innocent people have been tortured, obstructed, scapegoated and killed. So I don't know what they were thinking of in regards to those lines.

But other than that, best album in at least a decade. They really went all in on this one; it hits harder than the actual Jokers Card (at least for me). It kind of feels like the album was laced with both the Original Deck and Second Deck in regards to sound, production, lyrics and energy. Absolutely love it. Pleasantly surprised. I usually expect EPs to be throw-aways to make money off of unused content, but ICP usually violates that expectation anyway.  

That line means the rich won't have it any better in death than you, even though you might have had a worse time in life than the rich.  It's saying "everybody dies and everybody gets what's coming to them."  As if to say "all the money in the world isn't going to buy salvation."

J says inner floob lol

The wicked vic intro, clown bounce & Hyde Park peddler are the 3 I jam most so far. 

Yeah I think they really nailed it on this one. People love the carnival beats, and this EP hast he highest concentration of it we've heard in a long time. I think Kuma did most of the tracks, and I always gravitate towards the songs he produces and I don't know know why they don't roll with him more on Joker Cards outside of a song or 2. 

I don't care for the Hungry Like The Wolf cover. I wonder if they had any idea Twiztid already did the same thing like 2 years ago. But regardless of that, it's just kind of silly and I don't see myself listening to it ever again. The Ain't No Time remix is fine, but it's another one that I don't see myself returning to. 

BZA said
Mike Clark has to produce the 6th but if he doesn't I'd rather kuma over the trap producers they have now  

Kuma primarily. With a splash of Esham. Also, Mike P. 

Or, just MEC. 

Are y’all actually playing this on repeat? I listened to it once and was over it. You keep focusing on who is making the beats but ICP just aren’t bringing it like they used to. Too much time with the wife/daughters/girlfriend, etc. In their prime they were fucking zeroed in and were super restrictive in their approach. We need the patriarchal barbarian ICP back. They’re nutless suburbanites now.

PanickinMannequin said
Are y’all actually playing this on repeat? I listened to it once and was over it. You keep focusing on who is making the beats but ICP just aren’t bringing it like they used to. Too much time with the wife/daughters/girlfriend, etc. In their prime they were fucking zeroed in and were super restrictive in their approach. We need the patriarchal barbarian ICP back. They’re nutless suburbanites now.  

Yeah, man, it's the women's fault! Fuckin triflin hoes with their Gucci bags and cake batter lipstick covered in tampoons!

So you feel that the clowns have lost their edge, perhaps? Perhaps J should go off his pills again like he did in preparation for "Hell's Pit"? Where he started having panic attacks and seeing people that weren't there?

Or maybe they should both go full "Method Actor".... give away all their money so as to properly become true scrubs, true Floobs, even! They could find some sewer skanks and move right into that big pipe on Zug Island. Drink old forty bottles full of Bloody Mary. Intercourse ONLY with morbidly obese and/or deformed females (also, barrels of toxic waste if in a pinch). Spray voodoo gang tags all over the Masonic temple where they filmed "Hate Her to Death".  Then they should start terrorizing that rich kid that J wrote about in the book, even though he is a grown man now. Then they can reintroduce "faggot" to 70% of their recorded tracks. Hell, go find Twiztid and have them drop a few "niggas" here and there for good measure. Alex Abiss will return and Legs Diamond will sing. Some songs to be released will include "Still Blackin Yo Eyes".. "A Return to the House of Mirrors".. "Chicken Huntin' (Old School Sludge Mix)" and "Fatter Sweatier Betty (Varicose Vein Mix)". They will use non-diet Faygo at their shows (only Michigan and Ohio) because who cares about the sugar ruining sets and audio equipment, we need authenticity!!!

Backwards, not forward, but BACKWARDS!!!

Just joking around. But yeah, I think they're sounding pretty damn good lately. I couldn't entertain an argument that this is their weakest era lyrically or musically. That belongs to the Missing Link era, even though I largely enjoy some of those tracks.