Dog Beats | ||
EP by Inner City Posse | ||
Released | 1991 | |
Genre | Midwest hip hop | |
Length | 19:51 | |
Label | Psychopathic Records | |
Producer(s) | Joseph Bruce, Chuck Miller | |
Inner City Posse chronology | ||
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Bass-ment Cuts (1990) |
Dog Beats (1991) |
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Dog Beats is a 1991 EP by Inner City Posse, later to be known as Insane Clown Posse. It was the first record ever released by Psychopathic Records.[1]
For the cover, Violent J had his friend, Don, hang from a rope in Delray dressed as a clown. Don would later perform with ICP in their early days as a hype man, but eventually tension caused him to drop out.[1] This album features samples of other artists lyrics and songs. "Life at Risk" contains some lyrics from the Ice Cube track "Who's the Mack?". The title track uses a looped sample from the George Clinton's song "Atomic Dog" as its bassline and refrain. "Ghetto Zone" uses a sample from Rod Stewart's Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?.
"Wizard of the Hood" was later re-released, slightly different, on ICP's debut album Carnival of Carnage. The remaining three tracks were included in the first Forgotten Freshness compilation, while the re-release of said compilation Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2 included only "Dog Beats", omitting the other two tracks. In 2002 to Celberate the Release of the sixth jokers card The Wraith: Shangri-La Psychopathic Resissued it in short printing. In 2009 it was reissued by Psychopathic's distributer "RED Distribution" for a nationwide release.
Insane Clown Posse at this time was a 4-piece group consisted of John Kickjazz (John Utsler), Violent J , Kid Villain (John Rode) and Shaggy 2 Dope.
Kid Villain (John Rode) left the group some time after the release of this album.
Tracks[]
- "Ghetto Zone" - 6:02
- "Wizard of the Hood" - 5:18
- "Life at Risk" - 3:30
- "Dog Beats" - 4:51
References[]
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