if yall like the wizard of the hood song up on here then check out the wizard of the hood ep violent j released. that album is just crazy awesome.

anyway this cd ain't like the rest of ICP's music except for their ep released the year after this called Beverly Kills 50187 which has some of its own decent stuff on it. COC is more early 90's gangsta rap style then the rest of their stuff, but they had to take roots somewhere. after all, they only sold 17 albums on the first day released and look where they are now.

i like riddle box, wizard of the hood ep, and all of the psychopathic rydas cds they released better then this one, but it is up there with just about all of the rest of their cds. if you are expecting funny lyrics, you ain't gonna get much in this one, but they are insane lyrics.

some current day juggalos (any after jeckel bros) might not like this style because that is when they started sounding more rock then rap, but if you like this, check out the psychopathic rydas cds. there's 3 out there, dumpin', ryden dirtay, and check in yo s**t b*tch. they stole the beats of other rappers songs and layed their own raps over them and sounded pretty good doing it.

also check out twiztids first cd for a better version of first day out in my opinion, and psychopathics from outer space vol 1 for an updated version of redneck hoe. if you like the originals, you won't be disappointed with the newer ones.

THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL CARINVAL OF CARNAGE, THIS ONE DOES NOT INCLUDE "NIGHT OF THE AXE" OR 'BLACKEN YOUR EYES'...THIS IS THE PUSS CENSORSHIP RE-ISSUE, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FIND THE ORIGINAL IF YOU SCROLL DOWN SOME, OTHERWISE THIS ALBUM KICKS HELLA ASS, FULL-FLAVORED OLD SCHOOL WITH ALL THE FUNKY BEATS AND WICKED CLOWNS THAT YOU WANT!

I think that CARNIVAL OF CARANGE is better then RINGMASTER and RIDDLE BOX(don't get me wrong those joker cards are still da shxt).It's tied with GREAT MILENKO and THE AMAZING JECKEL BROTHERS. The best thing about it is all the song are pure rap! Cause ya know ICP likes to mix rockin roll in a few songs.Every song on here is da bomb my favorite is REBEL FLAG. so go out and buy it, it's well worth the money for eny juggalo or somebody who loves rap! STAY DOWN WIT DA CLOWN 4 LIFE JUGGALOS!

This album has simply the best intro there ever was for an album. Scary, misterious and unusual, the Dark Carnival begins, and those who listen to it, shall have their place in Shangri-La, and those who ignore what the Dark Carnival is saying, will sure have their spot in the deepest Hell's Pit.
This one has, along with Riddle Box, the best Joker's Card story. It tells about the ghetto and all the violence in it, and most people outside the ghetto don't care. But what if all this ghetto violence just got out of the ghetto and comes to your neighborhood? That's when everyone will witness the Carnival Of Carnage, a wicked carnival of freaks.
Even though the story and the intro are serious and scary, most part of the album is funny as hell. I mean it, I've never laughed so hard than in songs like The Juggla, and Never Had It Made.
Comparing this album to the lastest ICP works, you can see they were much more of a rap group, but you could see, since this beggining, they were different. This isn't probably the best album to start an ICP dollection if you don't mean to complete it at first (I'd suggest The Great Milenko for ICP rookies), but it's a must buy if you liked some of their other albums.

I really don't know why they remastered this album cutting off two great tracks. Maybe because "Blackin' Your Eyes" contains violence agains women, and that's a thing ICP is against nowadays, and violence against children in "Night Of The Axe", but I think it wasn't a nice idea to cut those songs. The remastered version added very little quality in sound. Believe me because I have listened both versions of the album and this one, the Uncut Version, is the one I own.
I have to say all tracks in this album are good, but they sound like a totally different band if you listen this one and The Wraith, or even Great Milenko, Amazing Jeckel Brothers... This album sounds way more like a rap record. My favorite songs in this one are The Juggla, Red Neck Hoe, Is That You and Never Had It Made. For those of you who like guest appearences in albums, this one has Detroit rappers Kid Rock (now one of ICP's enemies) and Esham (who has joined ICP's label Psychopathic Records).
This isn't the best Joker's Card, but if you want to own all Joker Cards and you have none yet, you can star with this one. But if you're not sure if you'll buy them all, try to get The Great Milenko or The Wraith first.