This is where satanic imagery and music go hand in hand. Ironically, these guys were on a label that Disney themselves owned, which is hilarious in retrospect. Insane Clown Posse was a Detroit-based Rap duo, heavily interested in devil worshipping and the like and was likely an inspiration for IT as they dressed like evil clowns. On the day of release, Hollywood Records pulled it from the shelves back in 1997, which is quite hypocritical considering that they spent $1 million USA dollars on making this album. This only added to the notoriety of the duo. The Great Milenko itself is a reference to a necromancer who brings out the worst in human beings. This is probably a bigger satanic phenomenon than when John Lennon commented that The Beatles were “bigger than Jesus” back in 1966. The album itself is now seen as mediocre, but still, it is worth hearing as a historical reference as a piece of music. Let’s hear it.

Intro begins with the sound of a pub and pool being played in the background. A lady says, “Put some music on, I feel like dancing!” and there is a weird Country tune initially played in the background of it all, followed by the sound of a record changing and slowing down. The Insane Clown Posse then take over here and launch their satanic mantra into the place. It is an awesome fictional scenario, and this is a strange yet hilarious introduction. This is not designed to be easy listening, especially for those who are Christian. A really awesome listening experience, this concludes with the record being shut off, amidst some commotion in the pub. Excellent start to the album.

Great Milenko begins with the song title being chanted, along with some false laughter. This quickly launches into another warped listen, and needless to say, this is absolutely brilliant. It’s Hip Hop/Rap for those who have a very warped mind. A really decent and thrilling listen, this is satanism set to Rap music. A pleasing listen regardless, with references to voodoo and other demonic deeds, one needs to be a cynic to hear this one. Really awesome music, all the same, it kickstarts the album nicely. Brilliant.

Hokus Pokus launches right into it with psychotic Rapping and a strange backing track, before continuing into an excellent Hip-Hop flavoured tune that continues the demonic mastery of the Insane Clown Posse. This is surprisingly well done, it is not just here today, gone tomorrow trash. Instead, it has a great melodic sensibility and an air of innovation in the music here. The lyrics are amongst the most downright profane and explicit lines ever written. There is also a good backing track, with a descending organ, mammoth beats and other brilliant touches throughout. The chanted chorus is great, too. A really awesome and cool listen, there is a DJ-scratched guitar solo here, along with “F*** off!” and other obvious profanities thrown into the mix. The Insane Clown Posse is here to make you laugh and enjoy the weirdness. This music is extremely odd and totally silly, but great as well. Another great listen, not to be taken seriously. A great tune, and worth repeat listens.

Piggy Pie begins with crickets and the sound of footsteps on gravel. A pig grunting sound enters, and the sound of a pig being killed. Seriously. The tune then starts, and this is a mockery of the Three Little Pigs fairytale. Yes, that is correct. The lyrics are the most profane and out there you will ever hear, and give modern Rappers a real run for their money. A really awesome and great tune to hear, this is designed to offend many and to scare parents, from 1997 all the way into today. An interesting tune, the musical backing is as warped as the rapid-fire lyricism. If you aren’t offended by this album, then you really have thick skin. The chorus has Metal guitars and more Rapped lyrics that are cool, making this a very catchy listen. An awesome tune to hear, the climax in the second half is really interesting and brutal. There are many references to violence and other horrors (at least if you aren’t prepared for it) on this album, but hey, it’s a couple of clowns making Rap music. Fantastic regardless, the chorus repeats for some time. There is a lengthy outro recording a phone call with a suicidal man on one end of the phone, along with a guy who deliberately provokes him. The ending is extremely brutal.

How Many Times? begins with a semi-Psychedelic stoner-styled groove, quickly launching into a decent listen that sounds repetitive, but anthemic. Nonetheless, this kicks in with a brutal tune that is aggressive, satanic and downright nasty. It covers the amount of human stupidity and horrors throughout, all wrapped up into a six minute song. This tune would definitely be excellent to mosh along to, and no, don’t take this music seriously. Just like The Sex Pistols and Kid Rock, that is the musical intention, it’s called irony. The song progresses nicely along with some interesting sounds, namely punchy beats and awesome textures. All in all, this is another great tune to listen to, just don’t play it to your grandmother or grandfather. Lyrics about stealing, violence and other selfish deeds, this is a really incredible tune for what it is. With some interesting and warped lyrics about the strangest of scenarios, this is the beginning of the end of civilisation, put into an album. A great tune, but it does seem a little lengthy and repetitive towards the end. But, that’s okay, these clowns are awesome. It ends with the beats and backing track present here. The sounds of birds chirping and another skit commences here, with a conversation and some super macho male wannabe talk. It has a good conclusion.

Southwest Voodoo begins with some tribal sounds and bongo drums, before quickly launching into another oddball tune about the phenomenon of voodoo itself. Regardless of whether you believe it is real or not, this is a tune directly about it all. A really cool tune about attending a voodoo ritual, this again, is fantastic to listen to and proves that the Insane Clown Posse could do music very well. A very awesome Hip Hop tune, which is full of energy, hooks and a clever attitude. It has some great and interesting lyricism about it. This is proof that evil (at least according to the Insane Clown Posse) is alive and well in this world. Nonetheless, the beats and chorus are extremely catchy throughout. If you have a good sense of humour, you will definitely appreciate this tune. A great headbanging tune throughout, this has a clever array of lyrics, rapping, beats and textures to keep you interested from start to finish. The outro has bongo beats and a circus like scenario which is really cool, but goodness knows what it is here for.

Halls Of Illusions begins with a cymbal, banging beats and some direct and nasty lyrics. Another awesome listening experience with some gory lyrics, the Insane Clown Posse made some great brutal Hip-Hop/Rap music to freak out society with, at least back in 1997. The music has some deep and violent lyrics present, with references to the Great Milenko in the chorus. Again, this music is highly underrated and has a real vicious quality and a very hard and brutally insane edge to it. If music were to ever begin wars, the Insane Clown Posse would be a good starting point for it. A really awesome, with references to wild, out-of-control children and other horror movie styled imagery present, this is absolutely crazily brilliant. A powerful, punchy and different tune, the heavy guitars make this sound fantastic. A really great tune and inspired listen, this proves that both actions and words, musically at least, are as important as each other. It ends with some humming guitars.

Under The Moon begins with a spooky intro that sounds scarily satanic. It’s darker than Nine Inch Nails. Soon enough, the tune enters and is about childhood fears. It’s excellent music to listen to and continues the general flow of the Rap music from hell. There are some interesting textures and sonic samples throughout that add to the demonic and scary nature of the music. It’s about being crazily in love with a girl who eventually breaks off a relationship that doesn’t work out. It is a weird, wacky and indeed for some, close-to-the-bone tune. Nonetheless, it does sound thoroughly great. A really cool and interesting listen, this is not that different to Eminem’s Stan which was released a few years later after this album. Some manic and deep screaming about romantic loss is here, and this sounds rather insane. The outro builds up well and sounds really cool. It sounds very disturbing, to say the least. Good tune, however, although a bit repetitive towards the end.

What Is A Juggalo? begins with some strange tape loops, which are close to Industrial Music. Soon enough, this tune kicks in and this begins a rather humourous story about a said Juggalo who is a strange character who is really confused about life in a messed up way. An interesting and decent tune that continues the satanic Rapping, complete with beatboxing. A weird tune to listen to, this has an almost stop moment in the middle of the track, before it promptly starts up again. Nonetheless, this is a really strange tune, likely about someone that the duo hated. Regardless, there are some good voice samples and studio trickery to keep this tune grooving and catchy. Worth a good listen, much like the rest of the album before it. The outro is very singalong, which is cool. It ends with the beatboxing re-emerging.

House Of Horrors is a fake introduction to a scary House Of Horrors for adults. It is really interesting listening. Soon enough, this launches into a very decent and interesting tune about what human beings can fear in such a scenario. This is really cool and interesting music, and it points out the stupid things people have irrational fears about in their lives. It’s cool, only the Insane Clown Posse could pull off a tune like this. An awesome listen with some quirky samples, brutally violent lyrics and some genuinely great beats. The second half of the tune gets even more brutal as it progresses, detailing a hellish experience. Again, Christians should not hear this sort of music. A really cool tune, the manic laughter towards the end and the freaky audio experience are both awesome. All in all, this is a really cool tune that ends with a gunshot, people screaming and some good House Of Horrors styled announcements. Very clever.

Boogie Woogie Wu begins with some documentary style speech, before some dark and different Electronic sounds enter, along with some screaming and chanting. Soon enough, these Insane Clown Posse clowns enter the scene and deal with the fear that children have of the boogie man. This is a low point of the record, it just doesn’t add anything here really, and is a bit of a musical drag. Despite that, it fits the album well, it just could have been better thought out. Still, the backing track is catchy and the Rapping is quite good. In any case, the clowns abound made a point of childhood fears that even adults may fear. This tune is a weaker moment on this album, but it is a good thing for teenagers to shock their parents. A random tune, this is definitely not the best listen from this album. It’s skippable, so do so if you wish. It segues into the next track.

The Neden Game begins with a fake game show presenter involving the Insane Clown Posse. Pretty hilarious, it is an interesting listen and quickly launches into a chaotic and catchy tune that sounds really brutal, interesting, imaginative and hilarious simultaneously. This does sound really cool and awesome. There is some crowd cheering and clapping, whilst this skit-based tune continues on nicely. It is really gold and hilarious this tune, and it is really quirky, interesting and devilish. A really cool listening experience, this is very funny and not designed to be taken at all seriously. This is not easy listening music, instead, it is laugh-out-loud gold. The audience claps and cheers again after that part is rapped out, and the game show continues. Nonetheless, the tune progresses nicely and the two Insane Clown Posse guys battle it out for winning the lady of the show. Excellent and brilliant, it ends with laughter and piano. Pretty weird, right?

Hellalujah begins with the sound of TV channels being changed, with some seriously wacky sounding channels on air. It then leads onto a Christian preacher show with people chanting, “Give God your first portion of income!” which is completely weird. Soon enough, this tune gets going into a dark, evil and rather scary sounding tune that works wonders. Beats, muted guitars, electronic sounds and furious rapping are here. Soon enough, this launches into more “preacher talk” about giving money to heal someone. The music then begins again. Obviously, this is an anti-Christian piece of music. There is another intermission piece before the music resumes. Spoiler alerts aside, this kicks the proverbial. The music and sounds are out of this world, and this very satanic tune works well. A really direct, explicit and evil sounding track, this quickly breaks back into the skit at hand. It is a strange listening experience, and if you have ever been to Church in your life and not found God, this makes plenty of sense. A really weird and out-there skit, this tune ends with a nonsensical room service order and sounds really weird. Still, it is cool.

Down With The Clown begins with some hardcore screaming with profane lyrics, quickly launching into a really decent and different statement by the Insane Clown Posse. This is the mission statement by the duo, and nonetheless, sounds really cool and great. An awesome and powerful piece of music with downtuned Metal guitars, harmonies and other intricate and interesting Rap styled sounds throughout. A different, decent and amazing tune, this is a wacky and interesting listen. The fact is that Insane Clown Posse are deeply misunderstood, their music isn’t supposed to be taken seriously at all. Regardless, this tune sounds really warped, weird and interesting throughout. The chorus in particular is a devilish listen. Chanting continues throughout the second half of this track, and the beats and textures sound very original and brilliant. Another worthy and cool addition to listen to, and is a solid piece of Insane Clown Posse effort. The ending has a skit with a telephone call and some music playing in the background before some abuse is thrown out there on the call. Weird.

Just Like That launches straight into a manic Rap music piece with some explicit lyrics and some interesting music to boot. Really cool and interesting, these guys were out there to show the world not to take anything seriously, the Insane Clown Posse included. A short track over a minute long, this is a good effort with some humour thrown into it. A gunshot ends the song.

Pass Me By is likely a reference to The Beatles own Don’t Pass Me By on the White Album. It begins with some more preacher talk and some electric piano. Soon enough, this track begins with some basic Rap beats, rapping and a reflection on life. This is a more serious sounding tune, which is disappointing. It is a weird addition to this album and doesn’t seem to totally fit here, which is probably why it is last here. All the same, it is a strange and serious additional listening here. Regardless, an interesting listen about what (metaphorically) might happen when we pass on. Truth is, nobody truly knows where we really go at the end of life, unless we have experienced something deep to prove otherwise, which is a subject for debate. The Insane Clown Posse point out that they are only human, after all. It’s not a good way to finish this album to be fair, the seriousness and moodiness of this tune is a disappointment. We all have our own spiritual/religious opinions, and the Insane Clown Posse aren’t the greatest people to discuss a serious topic musically with. It has a false ending with guitar sounds, and guitar amplifier hum and launches back into the tune, unnecessarily. Regardless, a good effort but too serious for these guys. Interesting listening, however. The chorus is repeated through to a fade out. A disappointing end to an otherwise good album.

This is a good album that sounds like it came out of a lunatic asylum. Many people missed the point of this album upon release, it is a laugh-out-loud and warped listen that, for the most part, is not supposed to be taken seriously. Many people came out against the Insane Clown Posse, unnecessarily missing the point. Like the clown from IT, this is a laugh. Should you listen to this album? If you love the idea of an anti-Christian and anti-Authoritarian Rap duo who is out to cause trouble, start here. There are a few duff tracks on this album, but these are easily overlooked. Just don’t be easily offended and you’ll like this one.

Rap based humour well done.

8/10