The
Inner City Posse was a
Detroit-area gang that had a few members that rapped on the side. The
ICP had three releases,
Basement Cuts,
Intelligence and Violence and
Dog Beats. The members of the
ICP that rapped were
Violent J,
2 Dope, and
John Kickchass(
2 Dope's brother).
Violent J and
2 Dope went on to form the
Insane Clown Posse while recording an album called
Gangsta Codes. Halfway through the recording of this album,
John quit the group and
2 Dope and
J went from
gangsta rap to a
clownified form of
horrorcore. A good portion of the former members of the
Inner City Posse gang now work as employees of
Psychopathic Records, the label of
Twiztid, the
Insane Clown Posse,
Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and others.
Track listings:
Basement Cuts:
Intro,
Set It Off,
Locked Down,
Play That Hoe,
Insane,
Unarmed,
Crime Pays,
Shout Outs
Intelligence and Violence:
Intro,
Intelligence and Violence,
Wizard of Delray,
Violent J's Tha Mack,
Gangsta Codes,
Interlude,
Gangsta Times,
Something to Say,
Violent Crimes,
D DayDog Beats:
Dog Beats,
Ghetto Zone,
Life at RiskThe album
Dog Beats was reissued at the
2000 Gathering of the Juggalos.
Basement Cuts was re-issued at the 2001 Gathering. The track
Dog Beats also appeared on the
Insane Clown Posse album
Forgotten Freshness, on disk 2,
IIRC. The
Wizard of Delray track was remade for the original
Insane Clown Posse album
Carnival of Carnage.