Tales from the Lotus Pod
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| Studio album by Dark Lotus | ||||
| Released | July 17, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Horrorcore, hardcore hip hop, indie hip hop | |||
| Length | 70:52 66:19 (reissue) |
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| Label | Psychopathic | |||
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Mike E. Clark Fritz the Cat |
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| Tales from the Lotus Pod | ||||
2002 reissue.
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Tales from the Lotus Pod is the first album by American hip hop group Dark Lotus. Released on July 17, 2001, the album featured the only appearance of former member Marz, who was soon dismissed from the group. This was the first Insane Clown Posse/Twiztid related album to be released after their label Psychopathic Records left Island Records.
Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid recorded a collaboration called "Echoside" under the name Dark Lotus. The song was released as a single in 1999, with all-black artwork and labels. The song was intended to appear on the Dark Lotus album Tales from the Lotus Pod, but because the album's production took longer than expected, it was instead released on ICP's 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Between this time, Blaze Ya Dead Homie joined the group, and Insane Clown Posse toured with the rap metal band Marz, whose leader, also named Marz, was impressed by ICP's performance style, and was embraced by the Juggalo fanbase.Joseph Bruce made plans to sign Marz to Psychopathic and have him join Dark Lotus, but Marz was still signed with another label, E-Magine Records. However, he claimed that he could get out of his contract with the label in order to join Psychopathic.
Although the rest of Dark Lotus was not as impressed with Marz as Bruce was, Marz joined the group and recorded vocals for Tales from the Lotus Pod. Mike E. Clark was brought in to produce the album, but left the project after producing four songs. Fritz the Cat was brought in to finish the album.Mike Puwel contributed guitars and other instruments and also contributed to mixing the album alongside Bruce, Puwel, and Fritz The Cat.
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