Forgotten Freshness

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1995 compilation album by Insane Clown Posse

Forgotten Freshness

Compilation album by

Insane Clown Posse

Released| August 22, 1995
Recorded| 1991–1995
Genre| Hip hop
Label| Psychopathic Records
Insane Clown Posse chronology
| 'A Carnival Christmas'
(1994)  | Forgotten Freshness
(1995)  | 'Riddle Box'
(1995)

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Forgotten Freshness is a rarities album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse. Released in 1995, the album features unreleased and "lost" tracks that are harder to find elsewhere.[2]

This album features some samples that were not cleared for national distribution; therefore, this album was only released in the Detroit area and the mid-west and in limited copies. In 1998, the group released Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2. "Ghetto Zone", "Life At Risk", and "Ask You Somethin" were not featured on the re-release, with "Ask You Somethin" not appearing on any other release until the 2020 reissue of the Dog Beats EP. The edits of "Southwest Strangla" and "3 Rings" are also exclusive to this compilation, the former featuring an intro that would later become part of "12" from the Riddle Box album and the latter featuring an answering machine message. It is the group's first installment in the "Forgotten Freshness album series", their 1st compilation album, and their 6th overall release.

## Music and lyrics

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The song "Southwest Strangla" was planned to be released on Shaggy 2 Dope's second solo album Shaggs The Clown, but the entire project was scrapped.[3] In the beginning of the song, a news brief is played about the actual looting of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 which crashed on I-94 in Detroit in 1987. With a change in beat and lyrics, the song "Hey, Vato" became "Wagon Wagon" found on the Ringmaster album.[3] Some lyrics from the song are also found on the song "Who Asked You", also on the Ringmaster.

The song "Fat Sweaty Betty" was originally intended for Riddle Box.[4] It was eventually given away as a single at the group's two "Mental Warp" shows.[3] "Ask You Somethin" is a cover of Clarence Carter's song "Strokin" and was originally intended for Carnival of Carnage.[5] The song "3 Rings" was later released on the album Riddle Box with slightly altered lyrics. "Dead Pumpkins" was the first Hallowicked single given away in 1994.[6]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Music| Length

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1.| "Ghetto Zone"| from Dog Beats| 5:59
2.| "Santa's a Fat Bitch"| from Carnival X-Mas| 4:24
3.| "Clown Luv"| from Fuck Off!| 3:39
4.| "Dog Beats"| from Dog Beats| 4:59
5.| "Southwest Strangla"| from unreleased Shaggs The Clown| 4:42
6.| "Red Christmas"| from Carnival X-Mas| 4:27
7.| "Hey, Vato"| scrapped from Ringmaster| 5:03
8.| "Life at Risk"| from Dog Beats| 3:26
9.| "Fat Sweaty Betty"| scrapped from Riddle Box| 4:40
10.| "Ask You Somethin"| scrapped from Carnival of Carnage| 2:45
11.| "3 Rings"| from Fuck Off!| 5:27
12.| "Dead Pumpkins"| from Hallowicked 1994| 4:54

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Insane Clown Posse (1995). Forgotten Freshness. Liner notes. Psychopathic Records.
3. ^ a b c Insane Clown Posse (1998). Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2. Liner notes. Psychopathic Records/Island Records/PolyGram Records.
4. ^ Bruce, Joseph; Echlin, Hobey (August 2003). "Complete Discography". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 548–549. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
5. ^ Juggalo News Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Bruce, Joseph; Echlin, Hobey (August 2003). "Ringmaster's Word". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. p. 253. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.

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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

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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