Why does everyone hate ICP?

[Hatebreed]

Ok, hey guys before i get into this i need to do a little intro. I MYSELF hated ICP for over 10 yrs till a few weeks ago when i actually started listening to them. I myself am a thorough metalhead in my late 20's and to even listen to RAP is...well my friends are baffled. lol. I Listen to Hatebreed, Slayer, Lamb of God, Threat Signal etc, but anyways on to the thread here..

I started listening to ICP a few weeks ago and i dont even remember why. Now ya soon after i re-discovered how many people 'hate' ICP. And ya thats all good i'm all about free opinions and expression but what i really dont understand is why?

I mean sure i could see if ICP were serious, but i mean come on, they dont even take themselves seriously lol. I believe Violent J put it best when he said "How can anyone think we're serious when i'm up on stage singing with fukn clown make-up all over my face?" and LOL thats true.

I asked a guy at work, who is a complete moron why he didnt like ICP, and he said becuase the lyric's were crap, and derogitory. OK, yes granted they are, but again who takes it seriously? And theres been MUCH worse rapped and sung then ICP has ever done. Altho they are a great band which i loved RATM was far more dangerous then ICP becuase they're lyrics were supporting political movements etc.

They're fan base? Juggalo's as they're called, have actually gotten a bad rap. Jacob D. Robida was a self proclaimed Juggalo that went on a killing spree but he was also a neo-nazi, ICP promptly tho dencounced this action and violence and racism. They are serious when they have to be be. Article is here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_D._Robida

And the six joker cards actually are lessons. A few explanations of a few etc. are as follows.

THE GREAT MILENKO: Is someone that forces someone to look at someones inner illusions of themselves that justify the bad actions they take.

THE JECKEL BROTHERS: Jack Jeckel juggles one ball for every one of someones sins while Jake throws in ones that are commited their after, thus the balance of the soul.

Each card actually has a positive meaning behind all the BS in the albums.

Me myself i dont like rap but i find they rap SLOWER and i can understand ICP and the big part is i get a laff out of them? So just asking why so many people hate on such a harmless band? Thats all.

Edited September 17, 2006 by Hatebreed

[Sparky191]

Never heard of them.

[an0nym0usmuse]

I think ICP is pretty good... not the sort of rap that I seek out, but not bad. Although they sound better after I've had a few beers .

I think it's just music snobbery. It's fashionable to show how musically cool you are by professing hatred of certain groups. In any given decade, certain artists and acts are regarded as "cool" and others are not. And you demonstrate your cool by hating the groups regarded as uncool. And then ten years later, "cool" is redefined and often totally opposite of what it was years before... A lot of it is based on marketing and commercial brainwashing.

I say: Listen to what you want to, and to hell with what anyone thinks about it. I still remember my freshman roommate, who was into Jimmy Buffett and a lot of country-rock acts, sneering at me because I liked Elton John. (Which should give you some idea of how long I've been watching the wheels go round...)