It is up to us how we handle the situation, “Look and find, don’t stop your quest.” This track has a noir-ish intro that follows throughout as a Friday the 13th Part II (1982) like theme plays underneath. It tells the story of the devil’s displeasure in our happiness, so he has to throw a wrench in the works. The mastering on The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost is so seamless that the space from “Intro” to the next track, “Lost,” is non-existent. In tradition of their other albums, The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost begins with an Intro, a piano solo accompanies a wicked voice announcing, “The mysterious missing link.” Insane Clown Posse’s smooth delivery breaks the hypnotic synthesized air whistle as the bass kicks in, proclaiming to find your link, your faith, but really believe in your faith…to find the light. Thirteen albums on (divided by what the group terms decks, ten in the first deck, now three in the second), fans are brought to 2015’s The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost, produced by Mike Puwal and Otis and released by their Psychopathic Records on Violent J’s 43rd birthday, April 28th. As they say it, the rest is history and Insane Clown Posses has become one of the biggest acts in the entire world. That night, Bruce says he had a dream in which “spirits in a traveling carnival appeared to him”-an image that would become the basis for the Dark Carnival mythology detailed in the group’s Joker’s Cards series. Adding to their legacy, getting an idea from their former hype man, Insane Clown Posse decided to wear make-up. With the new musical style established, the guys decided a name change was in order amd Insane Clown Posse was created based on a dream Bruce had of a clown running around in Delray. With money tight, the group left the trending Gangsta Rap genre for Esham’s Horrorcore style, marrying Detroit’s Acid Rap utilizing the Horror-themed lyrics to talk about their life experiences, and not overtly talk about Satan like Esham. After jail, Bruce began his professional wrestling career, but quickly tired of the politics, so he fell back on doing Hip Hop in clubs using the stage names Violent J, 2 Dope, and John Kickjazz, under the name of their gang, Inner City Posse with manager Alex Abbiss, they established the Psychopathic Records label in 1991. There, he formed a gang with the guys he regarded family, Joseph Utsler, Rudy Hill, other friends of Bruce, and a number of other connections he made in Southwest Detroit, thus, landing him in jail for ninety days in 1989–1990 for death threats, robbery, and violating probation an experience that convinced him to 86 his involvement in gang life. Problems at home made Bruce move in with Rudy “The Rude Boy” Hill in nearby River Rouge. Going by the name, JJ Boys, Joseph Bruce, as Jagged Joe, Joseph Utsler, as Kangol Joe, and John Utsler, as Master J, released the single titled “Party at the Top of the Hill” just to do it, but nothing serious. Without Clark's ridiculous and rich productions, The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost) is just too dark and too dour for those outside the ICP fan club.Insane Clown Posse Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler), came straight out of Detroit Michigan, specifically Oak Park, listening to pioneering Hip Hop groups like 3rd Bass, Beastie Boys, N.W.A, as well as local rappers like Awesome Dre while backyard wrestling. "Confederate Flag" has nothing good to say about the "rebel rag" the song is named after, and even if the rock-rap duo deliver plenty of worthy social commentary among all this bad news, it is still a wealth of bad news, negative outlook, and mall brat nihilism. "Apocalypse" sets the tone with lyrics like "A man is on fire and runnin' down my block/I put him out of his misery, and blast him with rock," while "Neighbors Are Fighting" is an especially brutal example of conflict and chaos with a looped cranium crack of the baseball bat driving home the cut's tight beat. So is humor, since this joker card is decidedly dark. In other words, this conceptual continuation is hardly the place for newcomers to jump in, and it might not be the reentry point for the casual fan, either, as frequent collaborator and producer Mike E. Part of the Insane Clown Posse's epic, multi-album Dark Carnival series, The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost) represents the third joker card in the second deck, or at least part one of that joker card, with The Marvelous Missing Link (Found) being part two.
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