The verdict is still out on whether or not Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" was a good or bad thing for the infamous horror rap duo. On one hand, it was easily the most public and viral ridicule that Violent J and 2 Dope have ever had to deal with. The band has been around since Juggalo and anti-Juggalo websites ever existed, but in the year 2010 (when Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" was released), online ridicule is everywhere.
However, on the other hand, the saying that "no publicity is bad publicity in the music industry" may never have been truer than in this scenario, when The Mighty Death Pop! is to be released in a month.
Yes, Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" was a virtual punching bag for all who disdain what the group stands for and those on anti-Juggalo websites, but that's only looking at half of the equation; the video's viral spread also gained the band thousands of new fans who'd never heard anything by ICP before, let alone visited a Juggalo website. These people may very well make The Mighty Death Pop! a huge success.
Which of these two scenarios do you think is more apt? I'm willing to bet that the group's forthcoming album, The Mighty Death Pop!, will be the band's most successful to date, thanks in part to the reception of Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" "debacle."
And that's only one of the reasons why. Saturday Nighty Live helped fuel the fire that was Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" video going viral on YouTube, but that process did more than anger constituents on Juggalo websitesit angered the Juggalo creators themselves.
Violent J has repeatedly said in interviews that The Mighty Death Pop! is going to be the realest ICP record to date because they have fuel from haters (like those on anti-Juggalo websites that dissed Insane Clown Pose's "Miracles") like they've never felt before. But there's always been a considerable amount of distaste for ICP among mainstream music enthusiasts, what is different about Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles", this album cycle, and The Mighty Death Pop!?
The most straightforward answer here is the advent of the Internet. When someone didn't like ICP back in the late 90s, there were no Juggalo websites for them to attack. And vice versa, there were no Juggalo websites to defend what was being said by the haters. The hostile environment that The Mighty Death Pop! is being born into in a little more than a month could not be more different.
Juggalo websites defending the horror rappers and all they create abound in 2012. Similarly, Juggalo websites that do the opposite also exist, and it's safe to say that clash for the ages is brewing between both sides, something that Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" undoubtedly fueled. Get your popcorn ready now for when The Mighty Death Pop! is released!
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