Back in the day, Insane Clown Posse concerts took place in a small corner of their native Detroit. There were no ICP tours, the term Juggalo hadn’t been born yet, and the Internet was so infantile there couldn’t have been more than one or two hip hop sites.
Some 20 odd years later, ICP tours a good amount, Juggalos are everywhere, and the Internet is so enormous that more hip hop sites than we can count thrive featuring new artists and content every day.
However, painting Insane Clown Posse’s progress like that is myopic. Just because the band has gotten exponentially larger does not mean that their image and message have stayed the same, nor does it mean that Juggalos of the early 90s are the same as Juggalos today. In fact, many Juggalos contest that being a Juggalo in 1993 was much more real, and meant way more, than being a Juggalo does in 2011.
The possible reasons for this are many. With as many ICP tours having taken place since the band’s inception, the number of Juggalos has ballooned. And, just as with any movement, sentiment, especially radical sentiment like that spawned by ICP, tends to dilute with larger numbers.
Furthermore, once a movement or idea hits the Internet (possibly a hip hop site in this case), there’s no controlling where it goes or how it’s interpreted. Hip hop sites have shed some light on the Juggalo phenomenon, but most of ICP’s Internet presence has to do with ICP tours or mainstream scrutiny. After all, part of being a Juggalo means being misunderstood by the outside world!
This all begs the question, if Juggalos were clamoring for more after the earliest ICP tours, how did Juggalos receive this latest fall ICP tour?
According to horror hip hop sites, the fall ICP tour was consumed with as much fervor as ICP’s tours were 20 years ago. Even websites that don’t have a history as general hip hop sites, like Ticketmaster.com, have glowing reviews from Juggalo attendees.
One in particular says he had literally the best time of his life when the last ICP tour terminated in Detroit for Hallowicked. Other fans gushed about the other Psychopathic records artists that tagged along on the fall ICP tour, with a few mentioning they played most of their greatest hits.
So, while many hip hop sites frequented by Juggalos of past and present still play host to the argument that being a Juggalo present at an ICP tour date doesn’t mean the same as it did in the early 90s, the general consensus among modern Juggalos is that life as a Juggalo is just fine.
In fact, ICP’s tours have invaded so many venues across the country, some of them become known as hip hop sites beyond the night that Insane Clown Posse plays their set.
Resource Box:
The Insane Clown Posse is horror rap duo that’s been going on tour since the early 90s, catching the attention of die-hard Juggalos and previously oblivious hip hop sites everywhere they go. To learn more about ICP Tours, the ICP hip hop site or Juggalos in general, please visit http://insaneclownposse.com.
Some 20 odd years later, ICP tours a good amount, Juggalos are everywhere, and the Internet is so enormous that more hip hop sites than we can count thrive featuring new artists and content every day.
However, painting Insane Clown Posse’s progress like that is myopic. Just because the band has gotten exponentially larger does not mean that their image and message have stayed the same, nor does it mean that Juggalos of the early 90s are the same as Juggalos today. In fact, many Juggalos contest that being a Juggalo in 1993 was much more real, and meant way more, than being a Juggalo does in 2011.
The possible reasons for this are many. With as many ICP tours having taken place since the band’s inception, the number of Juggalos has ballooned. And, just as with any movement, sentiment, especially radical sentiment like that spawned by ICP, tends to dilute with larger numbers.
Furthermore, once a movement or idea hits the Internet (possibly a hip hop site in this case), there’s no controlling where it goes or how it’s interpreted. Hip hop sites have shed some light on the Juggalo phenomenon, but most of ICP’s Internet presence has to do with ICP tours or mainstream scrutiny. After all, part of being a Juggalo means being misunderstood by the outside world!
This all begs the question, if Juggalos were clamoring for more after the earliest ICP tours, how did Juggalos receive this latest fall ICP tour?
According to horror hip hop sites, the fall ICP tour was consumed with as much fervor as ICP’s tours were 20 years ago. Even websites that don’t have a history as general hip hop sites, like Ticketmaster.com, have glowing reviews from Juggalo attendees.
One in particular says he had literally the best time of his life when the last ICP tour terminated in Detroit for Hallowicked. Other fans gushed about the other Psychopathic records artists that tagged along on the fall ICP tour, with a few mentioning they played most of their greatest hits.
So, while many hip hop sites frequented by Juggalos of past and present still play host to the argument that being a Juggalo present at an ICP tour date doesn’t mean the same as it did in the early 90s, the general consensus among modern Juggalos is that life as a Juggalo is just fine.
In fact, ICP’s tours have invaded so many venues across the country, some of them become known as hip hop sites beyond the night that Insane Clown Posse plays their set.
Resource Box:
The Insane Clown Posse is horror rap duo that’s been going on tour since the early 90s, catching the attention of die-hard Juggalos and previously oblivious hip hop sites everywhere they go. To learn more about ICP Tours, the ICP hip hop site or Juggalos in general, please visit http://insaneclownposse.com.
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