Ringmaster is the second Joker's Card in Insane Clown Posse's Dark Carnival concept album series. Jumpsteady and Capitol E appear as guests on the album. Ringmaster was recorded at The Tempermill Studio in Ferndale, Michigan with Mike E. When they felt the building anticipation for the second Joker's Card, the duo began work on Ringmaster. The group also released their first EP, Beverly Kills 50187, in 1993. To increase interest and popularity, they produced a mass amount of promotional material such as demo packages, flyers, and fan club newsletters. The Carnival, a metaphoric limbo in which the lives of the dead await to be judged, was planned to be elaborated through a series of stories called Joker's Cards, each of which offers a specific lesson designed to change the " evil ways" of listeners before "the end consumes us all." įollowing the release of the first Joker's Card, Carnival of Carnage, the group began to build a local following. In 2004 the original version also earned a gold certification by the RIAA.įollowing a dream by group member Joseph Bruce in which "spirits in a traveling carnival appeared to him", Insane Clown Posse created the mythology of the Dark Carnival. Ringmaster was reissued by Island Records in 1998 and earned a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It features guest appearances by Capitol E and Jumpsteady. Clark, who would work with the group throughout much of their career. The album was the first Insane Clown Posse album which was composed solely by producer Mike E. The album's lyrics describe the leader of the Carnival, who serves as one of the judges of one's soul in the afterlife, as being created from the listener's own evils. The album is the second Joker's Card in the group's Dark Carnival mythology. Recording sessions for the album took place in 1993 at The Tempermill Studio. Ringmaster is the second studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on March 8, 1994, by Psychopathic Records.
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