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Psychopathic Records Hurricane of Diamonds Album Download Discografie Psychopathic Records - Psychopathic Records Discography psychopathic records hurricane of diamonds album download Discografie Psychopathic Records - Psychopathic Records discography. Psychopathic Records este o casă de discuri americană independentă, cu sediul în Farmington Hills , Michigan ,specializată în muzică hip hop . Deținut demembrii Insane Clown Posse Joseph Bruce și Joseph Utsler , casa a fost fondată de grup și managerul lor Alex Abbiss în 1991. Cunoscută atunci sub numele de Inner City Posse, grupul a lansat primul album al etichetei, Dog Beats , în acel an. De la înființare, eticheta a prezentat 23 de artiști și formații din Statele Unite , în principal în Detroit, Michigan . Două etichete subsidiare acum dispărute, Ax & Smash Records și Urban Music Zone, au fost create sub Psychopathic Records. În 2007, Psychopathic a fondat a treia marcă filială, Hatchet House . 9 Pistolas. Having worked with the Insane Clown Posse and their in-house producer, Mike E. Clark, since the time the evil clowns opened the Riddle Box (1995), Legz Diamond is Psychopathic Records' great jack of all trades, willing to lend his voice, spoken word, or guitar to any juggalo-aimed release that needs it. Practically no one was asking for a Legz solo album, so this debut effort may seem like ICP giving their weed carrier or duffle-bag boy a gift, but the humble, humorous, and hatchet-minded 9 Pistolas is a quirky blast, like a nerdy journey through Wonka land with ICP's very own Mayer Hawthorne. The title track shuffles with some 1940s-style gangster cool, "Mary Jane" gives bud smokers an infectious singalong with strain names ("Cat Piss, White Window, Al-Caeda, and Pineapple"), while "Not in Real Life" is a Romeo and Juliet-sized breakup number with a shaky-voiced Legz professing his love but apologizing that he "could never leave the streets." It all sounds like these "streets" are a cul de sac and not the mythical concrete jungle of Detroit called 8 Mile, while elsewhere, you'd swear you can hear this bona fide gangster pushing his glasses up his nose, but the hooks, the good times, and the great feeling are always present on this attractive ride through rap-rock and whatnot. Fringe Psychopathic folks Sugar Slam and Jumpsteady provide the "& the Purple Gang" part of the record and give loyal ICP fans some fodder for message boards, but those who enjoy quirky cool transmissions from Planet WTF will think Legz is their savior, or at the very least, quite charming. VA – Psychopathic Records: Holiday Heat (CD) (2010) (FLAC + 320 kbps) 01. Santa’s A Fat Bitch – Insane Clown Posse 02. Decorate Your Christmas Tree – Twiztid & Blaze Ya Dead Homie 03. I Hate Santa Claus – Insane Clown Posse & Anybody Killa 04. X-Mas List – Axe Murder Boyz 05. Red Christmas – Insane Clown Posse 06. Rydaz Holiday – Psychopathic Rydaz 07. Psycho Killer – Twiztid 08. Santa Killaz – Insane Clown Posse, Mike E. Clark, & Fink 09. My Favorite Things – Madrox & Blaze Ya Dead Homie 10. Kill Santa Man – Anybody Killa 11. Waiting On Christmas Gifts – Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Violent J, & Syn 12. Skanta Claws – Insane Clown Posse, Anybody Killa, Twiztid, & Syn 13. Sad Christmas Song – Twiztid & Blaze Ya Dead Homie 14. Hatchet House – Insane Clown Posse, Axe Murder Boyz, Boondox, Twiztid, & Blaze 15. Silent Night – Mike E. Clark. Related posts: 3 comments "VA – Psychopathic Records: Holiday Heat (CD) (2010) (FLAC + 320 kbps)" FLAC link iz dead! please reupload this compilation!! wikid clowns don’t die! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. This blog does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided on other servers. This blog is for preview purposes only and all music downloaded should be deleted within 24 hours. If you want to support the artist or artists that recorded and released this music, please go and purchase their music. Psychopathic records hurricane of diamonds album download. Saturday 24th February, 2018 by PunkRockJuggalo | 26 Comments. Violent J took to twitter last night to announce some major freshness set to be released! Psychopathic is going to release a 17 track album entitled, Hurricane of Diamonds ! This album will feature 3 unheard Insane Clown Posse tracks , Also, it will featured the tracks for every music video Psychopathic released in 2017 . The album will be available for purchase on the upcoming Slam Fest tour. It will also be available on Psychopathic Merch in a couple weeks. Here are the tweets that were posted on ICP’s twitter account last night. From ICP’s Twitter: The unreleased, unavailable anywhere else on the entire planet for two more weeks “Hurricane of Diamonds!” CD! This has 3 brand new, never heard before ICP joints! Plus the song for every music video Psychopathic Records dropped in 2017! We’re talkin 17 tracks in all and like 13 never been on CD! This magnificent CD will be available in 2 weeks on Psychopathic Merch & on the Mighty Slam Fest Tour with Attila and Cage! Here are the tweets: The unreleased, unavailable anywhere else on the entire planet for two more weeks "Hurricane of Diamonds!" CD! This has 3 brand new, never heard before ICP joints! Plus the song for every music video Psychopathic Records dropped in 2017! — Insane Clown Posse (@icp) February 24, 2018. Psychopathic Records – New Websites and Free Music. Psychopathic Records has launched new websites: http://juggalomarch.com/ – insaneclownposse.com – and psychopathicrecords.com for 2017. THE YEAR OF THE JUGGALO! Do not miss The Juggalo March! In case you missed it – they have done quite a bit including signing a new artist: Lyte Also they have released Free Music! Yes you heard that right, each Psychopathic artist has: FREE MUSIC […] Psychopathic Records has launched new websites: http://juggalomarch.com/ – insaneclownposse.com – and psychopathicrecords.com for 2017. THE YEAR OF THE JUGGALO! Do not miss The Juggalo March! In case you missed it – they have done quite a bit including signing a new artist: Lyte. Also they have released Free Music! Yes you heard that right, each Psychopathic artist has:.
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