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Dog Beats is a 1991 EP by Inner City Posse (later Insane Clown Posse), marking their first professional recording and the first release from Psychopathic Records and last release as Inner City Posse. Released on February 4, 1991, this Detroit hip-hop EP is known for bass-heavy, gangsta-style tracks and is highly collectible. It preceded their shift to the horrorcore style but not fully. For the cover, Violent J had his friend, Don, hang from a rope in Delray dressed as a clown. Don would later perform with ICP in their early days as a hype man, but eventually tension caused him to drop out. This album features samples of other artists lyrics and songs. "Life at Risk" contains some lyrics from the Ice Cube track "Who's the Mack?". The title track uses a looped sample from the George Clinton's song "Atomic Dog" as its bassline and refrain. "Ghetto Zone" uses a sample from Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?". "Wizard of the Hood" was later re-released, slightly different, on ICP's debut album Carnival of Carnage. The remaining three tracks were included in the first Forgotten Freshness compilation, while the re-release of said compilation Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2 included only "Dog Beats", omitting the other two tracks. -------------------- Track-listing: 1. "Ghetto Zone" - 6:02 2. "Wizard of the Hood" - 5:18 3. "Life at Risk" - 4:04 4. "Dog Beats" - 4:51 -------------------- Line-up: Violent J (Vocals/ Mixing/ Recordings) Shaggy 2 Dope (Vocals/ Mixin
