Bizaar
question marks on a black and white circular design
Studio album by
Insane Clown Posse
ReleasedOctober 31, 2000 (2000-10-31)
Recorded1999–2000
Genre
Length66:11
LabelIsland Records
Psychopathic Records
548 174
ProducerMike E. Clark
Insane Clown Posse chronology
The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
(1999) 		Bizaar
(2000) 		Bizzar
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
NME[1]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable)[4]

Bizaar is the sixth studio album by the American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse. Released on October 31, 2000, by Island Records in association with Psychopathic Records, it is the first half of the Bizaar Bizzar double album, released the same day as its companion album, Bizzar. It is the 14th overall release by Insane Clown Posse.

Release and reception

On the August 20, 1999, episode of The Howard Stern Show, Insane Clown Posse clashed with fellow guest Sharon Osbourne, and she bet Violent J $50,000 that ICP's next album would not sell more than 200,000 copies, and that it would be subsequently dropped from its distributor. Violent J then increased the bet, predicting that the group's next album would sell at least 500,000 units.[5]

Bizaar and Bizzar combined to sell 400,000 units, which fell short of Violent J's prediction, but exceeded Sharon Osbourne's expectations. Following the release of the albums, Insane Clown Posse left Island Records after its contract expired because, according to the group, they did not want to release its sixth Joker's Card through Island Records.[6]

Both Bizaar and Bizzar received three-out-of-five-star ratings in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, the highest rating that the magazine ever gave to any Insane Clown Posse album.[7]

"Tilt-a-Whirl" was ranked by VH1 as one of the 40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs...Ever.[8]

The song "Still Stabbin'" is a sequel to "I Stab People".

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 2:07
  2. "Take Me Away" – 4:39
  3. "Fearless" – 4:14
  4. "Rainbows and Stuff" – 4:11
  5. "Whut?" (featuring Twiztid) – 4:55
  6. "Still Stabbin'" – 4:03
  7. "Tilt-A-Whirl" – 3:58
  8. "We Gives No Fuck" – 3:39
  9. "Please Don't Hate Me" – 4:18
  10. "Behind the Paint" – 4:33
  11. "My Homie Baby Mama" – 4:09
  12. "The Pendulum's Promise" – 21:25

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 20

References

General

  • "Outrageously violent lyrics define Detroit's hardcore hip-hop scene". The Detroit News. November 14, 2000. Retrieved March 30, 2009.

Specific

  1. ^ a b Staff (September 12, 2005). "Insane Clown Posse : Bizzar/Bizaar". NME. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ MacMurdo, Walker (October 29, 2015). "All 13 Insane Clown Posse albums ranked". Willamette Week. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ Fischer, Blair R (August 20, 1999). "Insane Clown Posse and Sharon Osbourne Battle on Howard Stern Radio Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  6. ^ Bruce, Joseph; Hobey Echlin (2003). "Hatchet Rising". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 470–496. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
  7. ^ Brackett, Nathan, ed. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 405–6. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ "Insane Clown Posse Discography". Psychopathic Records. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Insane Clown Posse Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-13.



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