The Wraith: Shangri-La
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| Studio album by Insane Clown Posse | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2002 | |||
| Genre | Midwest hip hop, indie hip hop, rap metal | |||
| Length | 64:11 | |||
| Label | Psychopathic Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Puwal | |||
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The Wraith: Shangri-La is the eighth studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on November 5, 2002, by Psychopathic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in 2002 at multiple recording studios throughout the United States. The album is the first of two albums representing the sixth Joker's Card in the group's Dark Carnival mythology. The album's lyrics describe the titular Wraith's exhibition of heaven.
The album was the first Insane Clown Posse album that producer Mike E. Clark did not contribute to. It features guest appearances by Jumpsteady, Anybody Killa, Zug Izland, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Twiztid and Esham. The Wraith: Shangri-La was released in two different versions as well as in DVD-Audio format. It debuted at number 15 on the Billboard charts, and in 2010, became eligible for gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is the 6th Joker Card in the first deck, and the group's 18th overall release.
Following a dream by group member Joseph Bruce in which "spirits in a traveling carnival appeared to him," Insane Clown Posse created the mythology of the Dark Carnival in 1991. The Carnival, a metaphoric limbo in which the lives of the dead await to be judged, was planned to be elaborated through a series of stories called Joker's Cards, each of which offers a specific lesson designed to change the "evil ways" of listeners before "the end consumes us all." The group originally planned six Joker's Cards to be released, with the final, "The Wraith", being two separate albums.
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