The Wraith: Shangri La

Review

(Psychopath/D3)
Release Date: 11/05/2002 12:00

Reviewed by Rob Kemp

Even before Eminem put Detroit’s 8 Mile on the rap map, Insane Clown Posse were Motor City motormouths. On their fifth album, the two imbecilic white rappers conclude The Dark Carnival, an incoherent, quasi-mystical narrative that stretches over all their albums and is made no clearer here. Though they don’t share the dexterity of their nemesis Eminem, “Birthday Bitches” (in which Shaggy 2 Dope terrorizes kindergarteners he’s been hired to entertain) and “Juggalo Bidness” (which celebrates their fans) exude charming, good-natured idiocy. These beefy, braying morons tap into the delight of vulgarity, and The Wraith is as chuckle-inducing as a WWE battle.

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