構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 01:09:25

Personnel: Rude Boy , "Sweet" Sugar Slam, Big Hoodoo, Matt Estep, Lyte, Ouija Macc, Str8jaket, DJ Cartlito, Becky Pulsifer, Ant G (vocals); Shaggy 2 Dope (scratches). Photographer: Josh Ulrich. Thirty years in, it's hard to separate Insane Clown Posse's music from their looming legacy. More attention has been paid to the Insane Clown's Faygo-spraying antics and the cultural phenomenon of their cultishly devoted fans than the music they've been making since 1989. At the core of the entire circus is a brand of horrorcore rap that jumps between proudly juvenile and theatrically violent lyrics, with the duo of Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J perpetually expanding on the Dark Carnival mythology they began in the early '90s. Fearless Fred Fury is the group's 15th studio album, and like much of their bottomless discography, the songs here are over-the-top depictions of gore, stabs at social commentary, or detours of sophomoric humor. A loose concept follows a demonic character named Fred Fury who terrorizes mortal souls wasting the opportunities life offers them, though Fred only shows up implicitly on a few songs. The multisyllabic flows on "Fury!" and the anthemic "Freedom" are more technically advanced than the group's usual rhyme patterns, and they play more with interconnected rhyming here than usual. The lowbrow cleverness of lyrics about everyday experiences is no doubt a huge part of ICP's charm, and that crass wit is on full display on tracks about gamers wasting away in their parent's basements ("Game Over") and appreciating the hand you've been dealt ("Satellite") as well as on a plethora of horror raps. There's also a sense that they're branching out musically, with several unexpected production turns. The subdued "Nobody's Fault" is ICP's take on atmospheric sad boy rap and "Low" creatively flips the beat from a Zombies song. ~ Fred Thomas