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Psychopathic Records

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Image:HatchetMan.jpg right|thumb|Psychopathic Records Logo, designed by Utsler. '''Psychopathic Records''', also known as "the Hatchet," is an independent record label based in Michigan, United States. Formed in 1990 by Alex Abbiss and Hip hop music rap group, Insane Clown Posse, the label has explored many avenues throughout its tumultuous history. Psychopathic Records, though often shunned upon and underestimated by mainstream media and fanbases, has built itself from the ground up, acquiring many accolades, including, but certainly not limited to: *An independently owned and almost entirely self-promoted record label including several artists and subsidiary record labels (Urban Music Zone Entertainment, Axe & Smash records, and Joe and Joey Records) with worldwide distribution. *A wrestling promotion, the third highest grossing in the United States, behind the WWE and the TNA, called Juggalo Championshit Wrestling. *A European headquarters. *A clothing line. *A webstore, with close to $5,000 in sales daily, with a variety of items. A susidiary Joe and Joey Records was created to release Psychopathic Rydas, to avoid lawsuits because the use of stolen beats from popular mainstream artists by Psychopathic Rydas. The employees of Psychopathic are public figures themselves, and are well known by Juggalos. They often make appearances in Psychopathic videos, songs, etc. Employees are organized in the following manner: '''Dons''' - Dons are the top level leadership of the company, and have final say in all business matters. There are currently seven Dons: Joe "Violent J" Bruce, Joey "Shaggy 2 Dope" Utsler, Alex "Double A" Abbiss, "Billy" Bill Dail, Rob "Jumpsteady" Bruce, Paul "Monoxide Child" Methric, and James "Jamie Madrox" Spanolio. The Dons are distinguished by the platinum Hatchet Man charm. '''Warriors''' - Warriors take on a middle management role, overseeing specific events and projects. They are directly responsible for the Soldiers under their charge. Some Warriors include Rudy "the Rude Boy" Hill, Stephan Kudek, Netmaster Gordon and "Psycho" Patrick Dub. The Warriors are distinguished by the gold Hatchet Man charm. '''Soldiers''' - Soldiers do the "dirty work" of Psychopathic, i.e. manning the phones, boxing and mailing merchandise ordered through HatchetGear, JCW ring set up, etc. Soldiers are identified by the silver Hatchet Man charm.

History
The record label began after the ICP, then known as Inner City Posse, handed a copy of their ''Dog Beats'' EP into Hot Hits, a record store in Roseville, Michigan, where Alex Abbiss was employed in 1990 and sold 17 copies. Alex agreed to manage the ICP, and a lifelong relationship was born. The Hatchet Man symbol was created by ICP member Shaggy 2 Dope, drawn on a napkin just minutes before a meeting with Alex. The Inner City Posse became the Insane Clown Posse in 1991. Promotion in the early 1990s was done completely by ICP and their friends in the streets, handing out flyers and demos. ICP (the only group on Psychopathic at the time) was selling tens of thousands of records each time out by 1995 using this method, which they perfected, but did not get signed to a major record label until 1995. In 1995, Psychopathic signed rap group Project Born out of Flint, Michigan, but unfortunately, a falling out occurred after the group released their EP, and they left the label. However, by this time, Psychopathic had finally made enough noise on its own to get the attention of New York City-based record label Jive Records. Much to the dismay of the Hatchet, rather than broadening distribution for ICP, Jive only promoted and distributed in the midwest, where ICP was already popular. Psychopathic resorted to their time-tested street team promotion tactics, this time taking it to Dallas, Texas. Their Jive contract was purchased by Hollywood Records, a Walt Disney owned label. In 1997, Disney pulled ICP's ''The Great Milenko'' from shelves six hours after it was released, causing a media controversy (not so much out of concern for ICP as much as it was that Disney was already under fire from the media). This media controversy gave ICP much more exposure than they had ever had previously, and ''Milenko'' ultimately attained platinum status. Throughout 1998 and 1999, Psychopathic now had the means for expansion. ICP had several labels bidding to buy out their Disney contract, with Island Records finally winning. They acquired new talent, including Myzery and Twiztid. The former had a similar falling out that Project Born previously had, and the latter was comprised of two-thirds of the Detroit rap group House of Krazees. Psychopathic began moving into the wrestling world, as ICP made appearances at World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling events. They were getting mainstream exposure, with albums featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Snoop Dogg and even a set at Woodstock in 1999. In 1999, Psychopathic produced Big Money Hustlas, a movie starring ICP, Twiztid, several Psychopathic employees, and actors Harland Williams, Rudy Ray Moore, prank call specialists the Jerky Boys and WWF wrestler Mick Foley. The Misfits also made a cameo appearance. By 2000, the mainstram popularity resulting from the Disney hype began to wane. Many people believe it was around this time that ICP lost their "edge" and began "selling out". Many people cite the loss of long time producer Mike E. Clark. The fans who remained took on a very elitist attitude calling themselves "true Juggalos" and the former fans who lost interest "bandwagon riders" ICP was released from their Island Records obligations in 2000, and Psychopathic has since been independent. In July, Psychopathic put on the first annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Novi, Michigan. The GOTJ would go on to be an annual event, and would be an event that many Juggalos would look forward to every year. In the early part of the 2000s decade, many new artists were being signed to the label. The Psychopathic Rydas, and gangsta rap group, had been formed in the late 1990s, and was comprised originally of ICP, Twiztid, and Myzery rapping under different names, though membership has since changed. A rock band called Perpetual Hype Engine was signed to Psychopathic records and performed on the song "Let's Go All The Way" on ICP's Bizzar album. The deal ended up falling through and no album was released by Perpetual Hype Engine on Psychopathic Records. Blaze Ya Dead Homie was introduced to the label by Twiztid and released his debut in 2001. Anybody Killa started off as Blaze's hypeman and would go on to release his debut in 2003. Dark Lotus, a Psychopathic supergroup, finally formulated, originally comprised of ICP, Twiztid, Blaze, and Marz, though membership had changed before and since their debut in 2001. And Psychopathic made an adventure into the world of rock by signing the group Zug Izland, which eventually released an album in 2003. At the 2002 Gathering, the world of the underground and horrorcore music was stunned when it was announced that "The Godfather of Acid Rap," Esham the Unholy had signed to Psychopathic as Esham the Boogieman. In late 2003 and early 2004, beef arose in the ranks of Psychopathic, when Twiztid and their crew planned to eventually separate from Psychopathic and form Majik Records. The label essentially split into two sides: the ICP side and the Twiztid side. It was eventually discovered that the beef was being aggravated by Psychopathic Warrior Tom Dub spreading rumors to both sides. Dub wanted to separate and join Twiztid on Majik for what appeared to be selfish reasons. After the discoveries were uncovered, Dub was fired. To date, a legal battle continues between Twiztid and Dub over the rights to Majik. In 2004, Psychopathic became more united than ever. By 2005, it appeared that Twiztid had begun to outshine their proteges, ICP. By this time, almost all "bandwagoners" from the Milenko era hype had gone. There is a very obvious and apparent change in direction for the Hatchet compared to just a few years earlier; whereas they used to try to promote to all audiences, they now concentrate on the Juggalos, with little to no regard for what goes on in the outside world. The Soopa Villainz group was formed, made up of ICP, Esham, and Lavel rapping under different names(Mr. Heart, Mr. Diamond, Mr. Club and Mr. Spade), after almost three years of hype and speculation. At the 2005 Gathering of the Juggalos, it was unveiled that the Soopa Heroz would also be formed, with the mission of "destroying the Soopa Villainz." To date, Soopa Heroz consists of Twiztid, while rumors of who the other two members include the ROC, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and Anybody Killa. Esham had left the label in October 2005. As of January 2006, Esham has been feuding to an extent (though no official response has come out from Psychopathic Records offices) with Psychopathic, making personal attacks on Violent J. As a result of this all future Soopa Villainz plans were cancelled and subsequently, so were the Super Heroez. On February 3, 2006 It was announced that Anybody Killa left the label. He had a phone interview with [http://www.faygoluvers.net faygoluvers]. He said he is still going to make the album Mud Face as well as re-releasing Rain From the Sun. On [http://www.insaneclownposse.com ICP.com] they announced that they are still going to keep making Dark Lotus and Psychopathic Rydas albums.

Current and Past Artists
*Anybody Killa *Axe Murder Boys *Blaze Ya Dead Homie *Bone Crusher *Dark Lotus *Drive By *Esham *Greez E *Inner City Posse *Insane Clown Posse *John Kickchass *Leval *Jumpsteady *Marz *Mc Breed *Myzery *Perpetual Hype Engine *Project Born *Psychopathic Rydas *Samhein Witch Killaz *Soopa Heroez *Soopa Villainz *Twiztid *V-Sinizter *Vampiro *Vanilla Ice *Zug Izland

See also
* List of record labels

External links

- Insane Clown Posse official site
- Psychopathic Records official site*
- Colton Grundy A.K.A. Blaze Ya Dead Homie official site
- Twiztid official site
- Axe Murder Boyz official site
- Faygoluvers.net The number 1 ranked Juggalo source for everything Psychopathic featuring the undergroud favorites Scottie D, Dfens, and Bonko
- Juggalonews.com A News source for all Psychopathic Records happenings
- HatchetRadio.com The best Juggalo Radio station on the net Category:American record labels Category:Independent record labels Category:1990 establishments de:Psychopathic Records

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