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The Amazing Jeckel Brothers is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse. Released in 1999, it is the fifth entry in the group's "Joker's Cards" series. The Amazing Jeckel Brothers debuted fourth on the Billboard charts, and was later certified platinum by the RIAA.
[edit] ProductionBy late 1998 over one million copies of The Great Milenko had been sold,[1] and Insane Clown Posse was ready for the fifth Joker's Card, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Working with Mike E. Clark and Rich "Legs Diamond" Murrell, Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler developed their album with the highest of hopes. Hoping to receive the respect Bruce and Utsler felt they deserved, they planned to feature well-known, respected rappers on their album.[1] Bruce stated outright that he wanted to involve Snoop Dogg and Ol' Dirty Bastard. They paid Snoop Dogg $40,000 to appear on the song "The Shaggy Show." Snoop Dogg also helped them contact Ol' Dirty Bastard, who was paid $30,000 for his appearance. Ol' Dirty Bastard recorded his track in a matter of two days; however, his recording consisted of nothing more than him rambling about "bitches."[1] It took Bruce and Utsler a week to assemble just four rhymes out of his rambling, and had to re-record the track and title it "Bitches."[1] Finally, Insane Clown Posse contacted Ice-T, who charged them only $10,000.[1] The group felt that Ice-T's song did not belong on the album, and was instead released on a later album, Psychopathics from Outer Space.[1] The song "Echo Side" was originally released at an Insane Clown Posse concert in Garden City, Michigan as the first ever single from Dark Lotus.[2] To help increase their positive publicity, the group hired the Nasty Little Man publicity team.[1] The team set up a photo shoot for Insane Clown Posse that was to appear on the cover of Alternative Press magazine in Cleveland. On the set of the photo shoot, a member of the publicity team approached Bruce and explained that in the song "Fuck the World", the lyric that stated "Fuck the Beastie Boys and the Dalai Lama" needed to be changed.[1] Insulted, Bruce exclaimed that his music would not be censored again — referring to Disney's previous requirement of censure.[1] Nasty Little Man told Bruce that the Beastie Boys were not only clients of the company but also personal friends, and the Beastie Boys told the company to make Bruce change the lyric.[1] In response, Bruce fired Nasty Little Man and asked its team to leave the photo shoot.[1] [edit] Lyrical themesThe Amazing Jeckel Brothers focuses on the 19 circles of hell, and the morality of man as he is torn between righteousness and evil.[3] Jack "the sinister" and Jake "the just" emerge from the smoke of a candle to determine the fate of the dead.[4] The Jeckel Brothers juggle pulsating blood-covered balls.[4] For every sin committed during the mortal life of the dead, another ball is added.[4] Jack attempts to throw Jake curves in an attempt to see a ball drop.[4] If a soul witnesses Jake drop one of the balls, he will be damned to hell. Souls who see Jake successfully complete the act ascend to heaven.[4] During the two years between The Great Milenko and The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, Insane Clown Posse had become nationally known, but were not taken very seriously.[1] While the controversy over The Great Milenko allowed the duo to attract the attention of Island Records, it also attracted Insane Clown Posse to public criticism for their style and lyrics.[5] Bruce recalls the period as an angry era for the group due to all of the negativity directed toward them.[1] He says that they "used to keep two piles of press at [their] office. One pile was all the positive press [they've] gotten, which was under an inch tall. Then [they] had the negative press pile, which was spilling over the side of a full basket."[1] As a result, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers was recorded as a release for their anger.[1] [edit] ReceptionThe Amazing Jeckel Brothers debuted and peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200.[6][7] In 2008, it achieved platinum certification.[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a four out of five star rating, writing that "[Insane Clown Posse] actually delivered an album that comes close to fulfilling whatever promise their ridiculous, carnivalesque blend of hardcore hip hop and shock-metal had in the first place".[3] Rolling Stone writer Barry Walters gave the album two out of five stars, writing that "no musical sleight of hand can disguise the fact that Shaggy and J remain the ultimate wack MCs."[9] In reference to the song "Fuck the World," music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Personally, I think saying fuck 93 times in one song is a riot."[10] [edit] Track listing
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