"My son, Christopher Colt Kelley, was murdered on December 21, 2001. He was 15 years old and he was a real Juggalo. He used to try and get me to play ICP cd's all the time whenever we were riding in the car together and I wouldn't listen to them. When he was murdered I took the time to sit and listen to what he was in to. I haven't stopped listening to ICP yet. I met Violent J once before Shangri-La came out and I told him all about my son. He held my hand and told me in these words that I will never forget, "You should not be sad that he is gone, you should always look at it like this, whenever it rains, that's him Raining Diamonds down on you." Then Shangri-La dropped and I heard It Rains Diamonds...and I could not stop crying. Now I am a 37 year old Juggalette and I'll be that way 'til I'm dead in the ground. My son was buried with an ICP shirt on and a Hatchetman round his neck. And I plan on going the same way. Everyone has their own thoughts about ICP and the Dark Carnival...but if you're not a true Juggalo....you'll never get it. MCL and R.I.P. Colt....we miss you."
This CD May Be Bizaar, But That's ICP For Ya
Shawn | Canada | 07/14/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Hey, Shawn the Juggalo from Canada here. Insane Clown Posse's Bizaar is strictly for true ICP fans known as Juggalos. During the Great Milenko and Amazing Jeckel Brothers eras, the ICP introduced rock with their rap and it seemed to fit well. Tons of new fans bought those records, plainly because heavy guitar riffs were included in songs such as "Piggy Pie", "Halls Of Illusions", "Assasins" and "F' The World". On Halloween on 2000, ICP came out with twin CDs. Bizzar and Bizaar. Note the spelling differences. These two albums were everything ICP had in them to make Juggalos happy. This time, they didn't have to worry about capturing new fans, icluding a Dark Carnival Joker's Card message or anything the other albums did. They just wanted to make good music that people would strive to listen to. And they did exactly that. I think Bizaar is slightly better than Bizzar only because the songs were more typical ICP. But don't get me wrong, Bizzar is a good CD. So if you, for some reason, are a Juggalo, and don't have this album I suggest you buy both of them. But get this one first. Peace out Juggalos."
This was the turning point..
Real Music Lover | Wilmore, Ky USA | 02/05/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Bizaar is slightly better than Bizzar, but still sub-par when you compare it to everything ICP previously did. These albums are when ICP started to sell out and make happy music that your grandma could listen to, which is what led to the departure of Mike E. Clark. I did enjoy some of the songs on here however, such as "Still Stabin'" "Tilt-A-Whirl" and "Whut" but overall the music just didn't have that ICP sound that I knew and loved. Now that Mike E. Clark is back, I hope that all changes with The Tempest."
Upbeat yet great
J. Irps | sparta | 10/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Judging fairly, i have to say i like both bizaar and bizzar and they should have just come as a two disc set so as not to confuse some of the other a--holes that don't know the difference. although this album does have a few songs i wouldn't call great, the majority of the album is just absolutely great. I liked the songs pendulum's promise and crystal ball off the other album the most. they had the most important message over the entire CDs. i was just disappointed that i couldn't have those songs by themselves instead of with all the extra hidden songs at the end of the albums. i thought those extra songs were a good addition and would have thought they would have been better if added as extra tracks rather then having to fast forward over quite a bit of empty space.
as for placing in the ICP catagory of worst to greatest with the Dark Lotus Revisited being a lame 1 (because they redid it removing Marz for personal reasons. i loved the original version) and The Amazing Jeckel Bros. being a 10 (i just really loved that album), i place this album at about 8 for the couple of songs that weren't exactly great."
Bizaar
F. Dean | UK | 01/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is my review from Amazon UK which i decided to put on here because i don't want to review it again.
Intro: A song that samples the movie Escape from New York theme song and really gets you ready for whats in store. 3/5
Take Me Away: Brilliant song and lyrics, this song will be on replay for along time. 5/5
Fearless: J and Shaggs rapping about how fearless they are. 3/5
Rainbows and Stuff: Rock track which starts off really nice untill the lyrics start to turn nasty. 4/5
Whut: I wasn't really fond of this song. 2/5
Still' Stabbin': The second part to 'I STAB PEOPLE FROM AJB' but this song is longer and so much better. 5/5
Tilt-a-Whirl: I love this song, you will have this songs chorus in your head for days, one of there best. 5/5
We Gives No F**k: Another great crazy song. 5/5
Please Don't Hate Me: Really dirty song which turns out to be a diss at Eminem and thats always fun. 5/5
Behind The Paint: A very serious song for ICP, showing that they can talk about more than killing. 5/5
My Homie Baby Mama: I hate this song, the beat gets on my nerves really bad. 1/5
Pendulum's Promise: A good song which needs to be heard. 5/5
Overall:I think this is one of there best albums, one you should buy like any other ICP album.