Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales
Studio album by Insane Clown Posse
Released August 14, 2012
Genre Dirty rap
Label Psychopathic
Producer Mike E. Clark & Brian Kuma
Insane Clown Posse chronology

Smothered, Covered & Chunked
(2012)		 Freaky Tales
(2012)		 The Missing Link: Lost (2015)

Freaky Tales is the fourteenth studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse. Released August 14, 2012 prepackaged with the Black Pop variant edition of The Mighty Death Pop!,[1][2][3][4][5] it is the group's fifth album with producer Mike E. Clark since his return to Psychopathic Records.

Background

On April 20, 2012, Psychopathic Records released an infomercial for the album The Mighty Death Pop!, announcing that it will be available in three separate editions, each with a variant color cover and prepackaged with a bonus album.[6] The second variant, the Black Pop edition, contains the album Freaky Tales, consisting of a single, album-length rap.[6]

On July 19th, 2012, 30 second snippets of The Mighty Death Pop!, Freaky Tales, and the other two bonus albums pre-packaged with The Mighty Death Pop! were released on amazon.com. A day later, the snippets were removed from the website per Psychopathic Records' request. On August 8, the album along with The Mighty Death Pop! and its other bonus albums were all released early in the 13th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos.

Concept and lyrics

Freaky Tales consists of over 60 minutes of "hoe flows".[6] It was inspired by Too Short's song of the same name,[6] a nine+ minute long sex rap which appeared on his 1987 album Born to Mack.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Daily Blam (favorable)[8]
Spin (favorable)[9]

Reviewing The Mighty Death Pop! for The Daily Blam, Kevin Skinner favorably reviewed Freaky Tales, calling it "funny but it's definitely the most difficult to grasp".[8] Spin called it "a party record and boundaries-busting endurance test, all at once."[9] The Mighty Death Pop! and Freaky Tales were named the 39th best Hip Hop album of 2012 by Spin.[10]

Track listing

The track listing for the bonus album Freaky Tales was released as part of the Mighty Death Pop infomercial.[6]

Freaky Tales
No. Title Length
1. "Freaky Tales"   60:15
2. Untitled (outtakes) 2:50

Personnel

Band members and production
Other personnel
  • Todd Shaw – original lyrics, concept
  • T. Bohanon - original lyrics
  • Eric Shetler - album design

References

  1. ↑ "Insane Clown Posse Release ‘The Mighty Death Pop’ Details + Infomercial". Loudwire.com. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Insane Clown Posse Reveals Details For Upcoming LP, 'The Mighty Death Pop'". BallerStatus.com. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Insane Clown Posse Release Over-the-Top Infomercial for Their Upcoming Album". Noisecreep. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Detroit's ICP sets dates for new album release, Juggalo gathering". theoaklandpress.com. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Daily Dish » Insane Clown Posse Announce New Album With Informercial". Popyoularity. 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Insane Clown Posse - The Mighty Death Pop - Infomercial". YouTube. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Songs - Top 100 Rap/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time - Check out the Top 100 Rap Songs Ever". Rap.about.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Skinner, Kevin (August 16, 2012). "Music Review: INSANE CLOWN POSSE – The Mighty Death Pop!"". The Daily Blam. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.spin.com/blogs/rap-release-of-the-week-insane-clown-posses-freaky-tales
  10. ↑ http://www.spin.com/articles/spin-40-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2012?slide=2

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