Twiztid Album: “W.I.C.K.E.D.”

As time moves on these guys progress. I can't say that for but a few groups ever.

This is a great album. Every Juggalo should rejoice the first time these tracks enter their ears.

It takes a couple listens, but if you're a Juggalo/Juggalette you will dig this disc. Twiztid takes scary to a new level. And track 3 "Buckets of Blood" is off the hook!

Twiztid has expanded their horizons with W.I.C.K.E.D. bringing the feel of their oft spoken love of horror movies into their album. Songs seperated by sound effects creating a scene you can see clearly. The album has no guest stars (except Blaze but I can't figure out where) and does not need them.

With HAHAHAAHAHAH Twiztid experiments with a stranger format and it works, not much of a single, but as part of the CD it is perfect.

The album maintains its aura throughout both in sound and lyric. This is a horror movie brought to your home stereo.

Props to Twiztid.

I'd buy it again!

Now at first listen of this album, I was thrown off. I thought here we go the downfall! After several listens later I was just amazed at the layering of this album, and the now obvious view of how much time and effort was taken in placing all the elements. I am a fan of twiztid and icp, I get what this label is trying to do so I guess it puts me at an advantage in discovering things thru different eyes. With that said if you don't care about these artists you are not gonna get it and you should stick with the jonas bros. Independent labels rule!

Ever since the epic release of Man's Myth and Mutant, things have been going downhill for Twiztid. I absolutely loved those two albums. Their follow-up album Independents day I didn't enjoy as much but I ended up enjoying it far far more than W.I.C.K.E.D. I haven't gotten around to doing this review in so long because along with Bang Pow Boom it's hard to pinpoint the problems.

One flaw I see in this album is the production. Independents' Day had a lot of good beats that popped out at you and shined in catchy glory. This cd is a little low and dreary and nothing besides "Whoop Whoop" bumps that hard.

I can understand how everyone wants to return to the blood and guts from the old days. However that time has come and gone. I don't think you can try to rehash it and have it slam hard the way it did before. A better example of a wicked album is Hell's Pit. I think I enjoy that album a ton more because its way more creative. This album has a feel of mindless hacking and slashing. While thats what juggalos want, it gets boring after awhile. Give me an album that varies in subject matter.

While I have my criticisms, I cannot bring myself to give anything less than 3 stars. W.I.C.K.E.D. is not a bad album. It is an album I have mixed feelings for, but its not bad. Songs I like are: "Kill with us"(Best song on the album), "Death Note", "Whoop Whoop", "That's Wicked", "They Told Me", and my second favorite song "When I get to Hell". I love the beat on "Kill with Us" and I'm stuck yellin' the lyrics from "When I get to Hell" every day.

So in the end, it's not the best of Twiztid. If you want to dish out the money expect to like at least a couple of songs. Everyone seems to enjoy it much more than I do, but if you're a guy like me who listens to all different types of music and pops into the psychopathic library from time to time, then you might not find this as valuable as Psychopathic's golden days.