Insane Clown Posse – Forgotten Freshness Vol. 4 (2005)

February 11, 2024

FF4 was the first (and last) FF CD that I ever bought in person. My version came with, if I recall, a scented Hallowicked CD, which I’ll review separately (there are a few remixes / featuring tracks that are seemingly unique to this version of Hallowicked however). I remember thinking that Forgotten Freshness Vol. 4 was straight bullshit at the time. I had already heard tracks on Shaggy’s solo album, or on the Wraith remix albums, and to see them recycled here, along with a bunch of half-assed b-sides, was initially incredibly disappointing. Taking the releases chronologically however, all these years later, I can appreciate FF4 as being significantly stronger than it’s predecessor. 

There are some absolute fucking STINKERS on this thing but let’s focus on some of the total BANGERS that help even it out. “Clown Walk” has some wicked production and the left over from Hell’s Pit (“Body’s Fly”) is a brilliant song from this era. In fact, I think this era of ICP is probably my favourite outside of the early CoC/Ringmaster days. “Nobody Moves” with Mack 10 is great as is the track that features Tech N9ne. 4 songs, as good as they are, do not make an album however, so therefore I must score this low due to the insane amount of awful filler. 

I do not have high hopes for FF5 lol