Freaky Tales
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Freaky Tales |
| type | mixtape |
| artist | Insane Clown Posse |
| cover | Freaky Tales.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 2012 |
| genre | Dirty rap |
| length | 63:05 |
| label | Psychopathic |
| producer | Mike E. Clark & Brian Kuma |
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| name = Freaky Tales | type = mixtape | artist = Insane Clown Posse | cover = Freaky Tales.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 2012 | venue = | studio = | genre = Dirty rap | length = 63:05 | label = Psychopathic | producer = Mike E. Clark & Brian Kuma Freaky Tales is a mixtape by American hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse. Released August 14, 2012, prepackaged with the Black Pop variant edition of The Mighty Death Pop!, it is the group's fifth release 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. The second variant, the Black Pop edition, contains the album Freaky Tales, consisting of an album-length rap.
On July 19, 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". Some sources say it's a cover of the song, although the track that appears on this release is over an hour in length, while the Too Short track is 9 and a half minutes long.
Reception
| rev1 = The Daily Blam | rev1Score = (favorable) | rev2 = Spin | rev2Score = (favorable)
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". Spin called it "a party record and boundaries-busting endurance test, all at once." The Mighty Death Pop! and Freaky Tales were named the 39th best Hip Hop album of 2012 by Spin.
Track listing
The track listing for the bonus album Freaky Tales was released as part of the Mighty Death Pop infomercial.
| headline = Freaky Tales
| title1 = Freaky Tales | length1 = 60:15
| note2 = outtakes | length2 = 2:50
Personnel
;Insane Clown Posse
- Violent J – vocals, lyrics
- Shaggy 2 Dope – vocals, lyrics
- Mike E. Clark – production, programmer, engineer
- Brian Kuma - production, programmer, engineer
- Jim Kissling - mastering ;Other personnel
- Todd Shaw – original lyrics, concept
- T. Bohanon - original lyrics
- Eric Shetler - album design
References
References
- (2012-04-21). "Insane Clown Posse Release 'The Mighty Death Pop' Details + Infomercial".
- (2012-04-24). "Insane Clown Posse Reveals Details For Upcoming LP, 'The Mighty Death Pop'".
- (2012-04-20). "Insane Clown Posse Release Over-the-Top Infomercial for Their Upcoming Album".
- (2012-04-21). "Detroit's ICP sets dates for new album release, Juggalo gathering".
- (2012-04-22). "Daily Dish » Insane Clown Posse Announce New Album With Informercial".
- (2012-04-20). "Insane Clown Posse - The Mighty Death Pop - Infomercial".
- (2012-04-10). "Top 100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Songs - Top 100 Rap/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time - Check out the Top 100 Rap Songs Ever".
- Skinner, Kevin. (August 16, 2012). "Music Review: INSANE CLOWN POSSE – The Mighty Death Pop!". The Daily Blam.
- (22 August 2012). "Rap Release of the Week: Insane Clown Posse's 'Freaky Tales'".
- "Insane Clown Posse – the Mighty Death Pop!: Black Pop Edition (Psychopathic) SPIN".
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