Bowling Balls

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2004 single by Insane Clown Posse

"Bowling Balls"

Single by Insane Clown Posse
from the album  Hell's Pit
Released| 2004
Genre| Alternative hip hop, horrorcore
Length| 3:30
Label| Psychopathic
Songwriter(s)| Joseph Bruce, Mike Puwal
Producer(s)| Mike Puwal, Insane Clown Posse
Insane Clown Posse singles chronology
| "Hell's Forecast" / "Murder Rap"
(2002)  | "Bowling Balls"
(2004)  | "I Do This!"
(2006)

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"Bowling Balls" is a song written by Esham and Joseph Bruce for Insane Clown Posse's 2004 album Hell's Pit, and the fourth single released by the group that was not produced by Mike E. Clark. The song's lyrics describe decapitation and murder. A short film of the same name was produced in association with the album, appearing on a special edition. Bowling Balls was the first 3-D film shot in high-definition video.

## Music and lyricism

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As with the rest of the album, "Bowling Balls" features a hip hop oriented sound and features none of the rock influence of The Wraith: Shangri-La. As opposed to The Wraith: Shangri-La, which focused on the positive aspects of life and death, Hell's Pit focuses on darker subject matter such as hell, murder and psychosis.[1] As produced by Esham, "Bowling Balls" was intended as a throwback to the latter half of Carnival of Carnage, which featured a dark, modest sound.[1] "Bowling Balls" samples the drum beat of Madonna's "Justify My Love," which was based upon Public Enemy's instrumental "Security of the First World",[2][3] which was in turn based on the end drum break of James Brown's "Funky Drummer".[4] A remix of the song was produced by Monoxide of Twiztid; it appeared on the remix album The Wraith: Remix Albums.[5]

## Film

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2004 American film

Bowling Balls

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Directed by| Paul Andresen
Written by| Joseph Bruce
Paul Andressen
Mark Jury
Produced by| Alex Abbiss
Paul Andresen
Steven R. Stone
Starring| Joseph Bruce
Joseph Utsler
Cinematography| Joe VanDalsem
Music by| Jim Manzie, Pat Regan
Distributed by| Psychopathic

Release date

* August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)

Running time

| 22 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

In promotion of the song and album, Psychopathic Video produced a short film of the same name based around the song, directed by Paul Andresen. A long form music video and comedy horror film,[6] Bowling Balls was the first 3-D film to be shot in high-definition video.[7] The film's cast includes Mark Jury, who later appeared prominently in the Psychopathic film Big Money Rustlas.

The film was released as part of an alternate special edition of Hell's Pit, packaged with a pair of 3-D glasses. 3-D and standard versions of the film were featured on the DVD.[8] The standard version of the film was reissued as part of the compilation Psychopathic: The Videos.

### Plot

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Two girls are driving to Daytona when their car breaks down. Rather than sit in an old broken down truck in the middle of nowhere while they wait for their friends to come pick them up, they decide to go with J (Violent J), a clown, who invites them to his bed and breakfast. However, J's ulterior motives are revealed when his retarded hunchback brother, Shaggy (Shaggy 2 Dope), decapitates one of the girls. The girl's friends head to pick them up, and each are murdered by the clowns.

### Cast

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* Violent J as J
* Shaggy 2 Dope as Shaggy
* Krista Kalmus as Amy
* Lindsay Ballew as Stacy
* Kathlyne Pham as Tiffany
* Damian Lea as Brad
* Sabin Rich as Carl
* Mark Jury as Guy in Car
* Roxxi Dolt as Girl in Car

## References

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1. ^ a b Bruce, Joseph (June 25, 2004). "Weekly Freekly: Number 669". Psychopathic Records. Archived from the original on 2004-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Review of Hell's Pit". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
3. ^ Thomas, Lindsey (March 8, 2006). "She Bop". City Pages. Retrieved 2008-06-30.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ Ressner, Jeffrey (1991-08-16). "Justify My Claim". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
5. ^ "Listen to the Wraith: Remix Albums by Insane Clown Posse - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards - AllRovi". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
6. ^ "Psychopathic Records and Juggalo Ringmasters the Insane Clown Posse Team with Short Dog, Inc. To produce "BIG MONEY RUSTLAS!" Film Currently Shooting on Location in Los Angeles, California". Archived from the original on March 6, 2009.
7. ^ Anderson, John (March 26, 2009). "3-D not an alien concept in Hollywood". Newsday. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
8. ^ "Roanoke.com High School Sports". www1.roanoke.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

## External links

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* Bowling Balls at IMDb

* v
* t
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Insane Clown Posse

* Violent J
* Shaggy 2 Dope

Studio albums|

* Carnival of Carnage
* Ringmaster
* Riddle Box
* The Great Milenko
* The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
* Bizaar
* Bizzar
* The Wraith: Shangri-La
* The Wraith: Hell's Pit
* The Tempest
* Bang! Pow! Boom!
* The Mighty Death Pop!
* The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost
* The Marvelous Missing Link: Found
* Fearless Fred Fury
* Yum Yum Bedlam

EPs|

* Intelligence and Violence
* Bass-ment Cuts
* Dog Beats
* Beverly Kills 50187
* The Terror Wheel
* A Carnival Christmas
* Tunnel of Love
* Dark Carnival Action Figures
* The Calm
* Eye of the Storm
* American Psycho
* House of Wax
* Flip the Rat

Compilations|

* Forgotten Freshness
* Mutilation Mix
* Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2
* Forgotten Freshness Volume 3
* The Pendulum
* Forgotten Freshness Volume 4
* The Wraith: Remix Albums
* Jugganauts: The Best of Insane Clown Posse
* The Old Shit
* Featuring Freshness
* Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium
* Forgotten Freshness Volume 5

Box sets|

* The First Six

Collaborative albums|

* Tales from the Lotus Pod
* Black Rain
* Furious
* The Opaque Brotherhood
* The Mud, Water, Air & Blood
* Reindeer Games
* Hurricane of Diamonds

Cover albums|

* Smothered, Covered & Chunked
* Freaky Tales

Singles|

* "Chicken Huntin'"
* "Santa's a Fat Bitch"
* "Halls of Illusions"
* "Hokus Pokus"
* "Another Love Song"
* "Fuck the World"
* "Let's Go All the Way"
* "Homies"
* "Bowling Balls"
* "Miracles"
* "Leck mich im Arsch"
* "Chris Benoit"

Filmography|

* Big Money Hustlas
* Bowling Balls
* Death Racers
* Big Money Rustlas

Supergroups|

* Dark Lotus
* Psychopathic Rydas
* Soopa Villainz
* Psychopathic Family

Related articles|

* Dark Carnival
* Discography
* Behind the Paint
* Psychopathic Records
* Gathering of the Juggalos
* Juggalo
* Juggalo Championship Wrestling
* Mike E. Clark
* Legz Diamond
* Professional wrestling career

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