Juggalo News Presents: The Carnival Grounds with Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television
Maximillian Young
32 episodes
9 months ago
What is a Juggalo? There's a lot of different answers to that question as it turns out, and most of them have the word "fuck" in them. The short answer is a hardcore fan of the Detroit Wicked Shit Rap duo the Insane Clown Posse, or as they are more colloquially known, ICP. The full answer, however, may surprise you.
People have always assumed that Juggalos are mostly just a bunch of white trash losers who constantly act a fool and do tons of drugs at concerts and their annual festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos. Those people are correct. If you can get past the grit and grime though, you'll be made privy to a world you might have never though possible. Juggalo Culture is a very real and deeply hallowed thing to hundreds of thousands of American men, women and children, if not millions of people the world over. We're looked at as outcasts, and that might be true, but for all of our obsession with Axes, facepaint, and cheap soda pop there is a tangible and powerful energy at the core of this following.
Join two long time adherents of Juggalo Culture, Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television, as they take you on a journey through the smoke and carnival rides of the Juggalo Worldwith a look at Juggalo Culture that very few others could give you. Maxxx, a self proclaimed Juggalo Rapper of nearly 20 years, got his start in 2004 when Violent J flew him to Detroit to see if he wanted to work with him after hearing one of his songs online. Spoiler alert, he didn't. With that said, he has lived, eaten, slept, and breathed Juggalo culture since many years before that moment and every single moment since. The same could be said of Reverend Television, a longtime Juggalo who has been making independent art, music, and movies since the early 2000's. His work is gritty and subversive, and he credits Juggalo Culture as one of his most influential inspirations. This isn't just a couple of dimwits getting stoned and talking about a bunch of stupid shit. Well, it is that, but it's much more than that. This is a much more educated, even academic look at the works of not only just the Insane Clown Posse, but the multitude of other artists and musicians who have at one time or another entered the sphere of Juggalo Culture. Artists like Ice T, Snoop Dog, Eminem, the Beastie Boys, and that's just the famous ones. That doesn't include the dozens if not hundreds of artists out there who work with ICP or have been directly influenced by their work. There is much, much more through the gates on The Carnival Grounds than you could have ever imagined, so step right up and buy your tickets. There'll thrills, chills, and at least a few spills, though they wont be spills you want to be anywhere near. Unless it's some Faygo, of course.
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What is a Juggalo? There's a lot of different answers to that question as it turns out, and most of them have the word "fuck" in them. The short answer is a hardcore fan of the Detroit Wicked Shit Rap duo the Insane Clown Posse, or as they are more colloquially known, ICP. The full answer, however, may surprise you.
People have always assumed that Juggalos are mostly just a bunch of white trash losers who constantly act a fool and do tons of drugs at concerts and their annual festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos. Those people are correct. If you can get past the grit and grime though, you'll be made privy to a world you might have never though possible. Juggalo Culture is a very real and deeply hallowed thing to hundreds of thousands of American men, women and children, if not millions of people the world over. We're looked at as outcasts, and that might be true, but for all of our obsession with Axes, facepaint, and cheap soda pop there is a tangible and powerful energy at the core of this following.
Join two long time adherents of Juggalo Culture, Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television, as they take you on a journey through the smoke and carnival rides of the Juggalo Worldwith a look at Juggalo Culture that very few others could give you. Maxxx, a self proclaimed Juggalo Rapper of nearly 20 years, got his start in 2004 when Violent J flew him to Detroit to see if he wanted to work with him after hearing one of his songs online. Spoiler alert, he didn't. With that said, he has lived, eaten, slept, and breathed Juggalo culture since many years before that moment and every single moment since. The same could be said of Reverend Television, a longtime Juggalo who has been making independent art, music, and movies since the early 2000's. His work is gritty and subversive, and he credits Juggalo Culture as one of his most influential inspirations. This isn't just a couple of dimwits getting stoned and talking about a bunch of stupid shit. Well, it is that, but it's much more than that. This is a much more educated, even academic look at the works of not only just the Insane Clown Posse, but the multitude of other artists and musicians who have at one time or another entered the sphere of Juggalo Culture. Artists like Ice T, Snoop Dog, Eminem, the Beastie Boys, and that's just the famous ones. That doesn't include the dozens if not hundreds of artists out there who work with ICP or have been directly influenced by their work. There is much, much more through the gates on The Carnival Grounds than you could have ever imagined, so step right up and buy your tickets. There'll thrills, chills, and at least a few spills, though they wont be spills you want to be anywhere near. Unless it's some Faygo, of course.
Juggalo News Presents: The Carnival Grounds with Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television
1 hour 18 minutes
1 year ago
Episode 31 - Hold My Chips Babe...
On this very late episode of The Carnival Grounds, Maxxx and the Reverend have their first discussion about the 3 part 2nd Deck Joker's Card they've been anticipating, The Mighty Death Pop. This discussion focuses on the core album itself and not the additional albums that are the cover album and Freaky Tales. This conversation also dips into the state of the underground at the time of the initial release and how it was received as well as the other artists of the time like Hopsin who were becoming more well known during that period.
Juggalo News Presents: The Carnival Grounds with Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television
What is a Juggalo? There's a lot of different answers to that question as it turns out, and most of them have the word "fuck" in them. The short answer is a hardcore fan of the Detroit Wicked Shit Rap duo the Insane Clown Posse, or as they are more colloquially known, ICP. The full answer, however, may surprise you.
People have always assumed that Juggalos are mostly just a bunch of white trash losers who constantly act a fool and do tons of drugs at concerts and their annual festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos. Those people are correct. If you can get past the grit and grime though, you'll be made privy to a world you might have never though possible. Juggalo Culture is a very real and deeply hallowed thing to hundreds of thousands of American men, women and children, if not millions of people the world over. We're looked at as outcasts, and that might be true, but for all of our obsession with Axes, facepaint, and cheap soda pop there is a tangible and powerful energy at the core of this following.
Join two long time adherents of Juggalo Culture, Madd Maxxx and Reverend Television, as they take you on a journey through the smoke and carnival rides of the Juggalo Worldwith a look at Juggalo Culture that very few others could give you. Maxxx, a self proclaimed Juggalo Rapper of nearly 20 years, got his start in 2004 when Violent J flew him to Detroit to see if he wanted to work with him after hearing one of his songs online. Spoiler alert, he didn't. With that said, he has lived, eaten, slept, and breathed Juggalo culture since many years before that moment and every single moment since. The same could be said of Reverend Television, a longtime Juggalo who has been making independent art, music, and movies since the early 2000's. His work is gritty and subversive, and he credits Juggalo Culture as one of his most influential inspirations. This isn't just a couple of dimwits getting stoned and talking about a bunch of stupid shit. Well, it is that, but it's much more than that. This is a much more educated, even academic look at the works of not only just the Insane Clown Posse, but the multitude of other artists and musicians who have at one time or another entered the sphere of Juggalo Culture. Artists like Ice T, Snoop Dog, Eminem, the Beastie Boys, and that's just the famous ones. That doesn't include the dozens if not hundreds of artists out there who work with ICP or have been directly influenced by their work. There is much, much more through the gates on The Carnival Grounds than you could have ever imagined, so step right up and buy your tickets. There'll thrills, chills, and at least a few spills, though they wont be spills you want to be anywhere near. Unless it's some Faygo, of course.
