DVLH http://www.lukehadley.com The Riddlebox is the third studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on October 10, 1995 by Jive Records. It is the third Joker's Card entry in the group's Dark Carnival saga. The eponymous Riddlebox is a jack-in-the-box that decides whether your soul is sent to Shangri-La or Hell's Pit in the afterlife. The album's themes mostly revolve around those of death; in "12", Insane Clown Posse rapper Violent J takes revenge and kills 12 juror members who were involved in sentencing him to death. There are four different versions of the album: the standard pressing, a version containing a bonus track of snippets from four (h?d) p.e. songs, a version with reversed colors on the disc and a remastered version. The Riddlebox was the second Insane Clown Posse album to be certified Gold. The album spawned one single, "The Joker's Wild". The album contains 16 studio tracks. "Chicken Huntin'", which was remixed for The Riddlebox, was previously released on Insane Clown Posse's 1994 album The Ringmaster. "Dead Body Man" was also previously released in 1994, on the group's second EP The Terror Wheel, in a slightly lower key. The album makes several references to American popular culture. "The Joker's Wild" is based on the quiz show of the same name, though Insane Clown Posse's rendition is set in Hell and is used as a means to punish the wicked rather than reward people. "Ol' Evil Eye" is loosely based around Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story The Tell-Tale Heart, and features excerpts from the story being read. The Great Milenko is the fourth of six "Joker's Cards" albums released by the Insane Clown Posse. The Great Milenko is a necromancer and master of illusions, who tempts people into following a path of hedonism and evil for material comforts. Released in 1997, this is perhaps Insane Clown Posse's most popular album; it features some of ICP's most famous tracks, including "Hokus Pokus", "Boogie Woogie Wu", "The Neden Game", "Down With The Clown", and "Hall of Illusions". The album was recorded at the studios of Hollywood Records, a Disney-owned record label. After recording was completed, a board of Disney representatives threatened to halt the release of the album unless some significant changes were made to its material. Fearing that their major-label debut would never see the light of day, ICP obliged and was forced to remove three whole songs from the album, and alter the content of others, as requested by Disney. However, just hours after the album's initial release, it was unexpectedly pulled from the shelves, ICP's upcoming tour was cancelled, and they were dropped from the record label. It was later revealed that Disney had received much criticism from certain religious organizations, and in fear of tarnishing their reputation, forced Hollywood Records to drop the act. A media frenzy soon followed, fueled by ICP appearances on MTV expressing outrage over their plight by Hollywood Records. Originally unwilling to nullify ICP's recording contract and relinquish ownership of the album, a deal was eventually reached with Island Records (which ironically was owned at the time by Hollywood's then-distributor PolyGram), who promptly rereleased the album in uncut form. In the end, the controversy turned out to be a blessing in disguise for ICP; the high-profile debacle had created huge public interest in the group and their music. The album went on to become certified platinum. The Calm is an Extended play by Insane Clown Posse that was released on May 17, 2005. This CD is the first after ICP's Jokers Card saga. The title refers to the popular phrase "the calm before the storm". The intro sets up The Tempest, their next CD released on March 20, 2007. On the cover art, the crop circles make up the letters "ICP" in a logo adopted by the group since the end of the Jokers Cards. Several tracks on the album make references to crop circles, and a year after the release o