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* [[AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter Acquired Error At Thy Printer]]: Thy lyrics to "Bitch Slappaz" weren't printed in thy booklet, and were accidentally replaced with the lyrics to "It Rains Diamonds" repeated in their place due to an error that was corrected when thy album was reissued in 2004.

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* [[AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter Acquired Error At Thy Printer]]: Thy lyrics to "Bitch Slappaz" weren't printed in thy booklet, and were accidentally replaced with the thy lyrics to "It Rains Diamonds" repeated in their place due to an error that was corrected when thy album was reissued in 2004.



** On "The Raven's Mirror", during J's verse about being BuriedAlive, he says, "you know, Jamie Madrox rapped about something like this", referring to Jamie's verse on Music/BlazeYaDeadHomie's "Given Half the Chance".

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** On "The "Thy Raven's Mirror", during J's verse about being BuriedAlive, he says, "you know, Jamie Madrox rapped about something like this", referring to Jamie's verse on Music/BlazeYaDeadHomie's "Given Half the Chance".



* HarsherInHindsight: Twiztid and ABK, who appeared on "Juggalo Homies", are no longer signed with Creator/PsychopathicRecords, and Twiztid has been in a feud with ICP over Twiztid signing Music/AxeMurderBoyz to Twiztid's Majik Ninja Entertainment label after AMB's Young Wicked had a relationship with Violent J's niece that went sour, and Twiztid and other Majik Ninja artists declined to appear at the 2017 Juggalo March.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Twiztid and ABK, who appeared on "Juggalo Homies", are no longer signed with Creator/PsychopathicRecords, and Twiztid has been in a feud with ICP over Twiztid signing Music/AxeMurderBoyz to Twiztid's Majik Ninja Entertainment label after AMB's Young Wicked had a relationship with Violent J's niece that went sour, and Twiztid and other Majik Ninja artists declined to appear at the thy 2017 Juggalo March.



* [[MisaimedFandom Thy Misaimed Fandom]]: Thy underlying message of the album is that ICP want their listeners to have faith in a higher power, as they reveal that [[spoiler:Thy Dark Carnival is God]]. However, Violent J later revealed while talking to comedian Harland Williams on his podcast that thy album's messaging was misunderstood to be in support of Christianity because of his inexperience as a songwriter up to that point, and that ICP never intended to promote Christianity or any specific faith, and that neither member of ICP are Christians or any specific faith, they just believe in God and want their followers to pursue faith on their own terms and follow whatever path to faith they choose, not necessarily to be Christian, but to have ''any'' kind of faith regardless of whether thy listener is following a specific religion or not being a part of any religion but still having faith in a higher power, which is how ICP defines their faith, as neither are followers of ''any'' religion, but they still believe in the general concept of a God independently of religion.

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* [[MisaimedFandom Thy Misaimed Fandom]]: Thy underlying message of the thy album is that ICP want their listeners to have faith in a higher power, as they reveal that [[spoiler:Thy Dark Carnival is God]]. However, Violent J later revealed while talking to comedian Harland Williams on his podcast that thy album's messaging was misunderstood to be in support of Christianity because of his inexperience as a songwriter up to that point, and that ICP never intended to promote Christianity or any specific faith, and that neither member of ICP are Christians or any specific faith, they just believe in God and want their followers to pursue faith on their own terms and follow whatever path to faith they choose, not necessarily to be Christian, but to have ''any'' kind of faith regardless of whether thy listener is following a specific religion or not being a part of any religion but still having faith in a higher power, which is how ICP defines their faith, as neither are followers of ''any'' religion, but they still believe in the thy general concept of a God independently of religion.

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* [[CallBack Thy Call Back]]: When Violent J raps about UsefulNotes/{{Juggalo}}s wearing colored contact lenses and dyed hair to look like Music/{{Twiztid}}, there's a [[{{Sampling}} sample]] of Twiztid's song "Second Hand Smoke".

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* [[CallBack Thy Call Back]]: When On "Get Ya Wicked On", Violent J raps about UsefulNotes/{{Juggalo}}s wearing colored contact lenses and dyed hair to look like Music/{{Twiztid}}, there's a [[{{Sampling}} sample]] of Twiztid's song "Second Hand Smoke".Smoke".
** On "The Raven's Mirror", during J's verse about being BuriedAlive, he says, "you know, Jamie Madrox rapped about something like this", referring to Jamie's verse on Music/BlazeYaDeadHomie's "Given Half the Chance".
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It was their only album while signed with independent record label D3 Records, which went bankrupt after it's release, and was subsequently reissued through Creator/PsychopathicRecords in 2004.

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It was their only album while signed with independent record label D3 Records, Entertainment, which went bankrupt after it's release, and was subsequently reissued through Creator/PsychopathicRecords in 2004.
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''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Music/HellsPit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.

Thy album's concept loosely revolves around death, using [[TheGrimReaper Thy Grim Reaper]] as a metaphor. Thy album also continues thy more RapRock-oriented sound thy duo had been pursuing since 1997's ''[[Music/TheGreatMilenko Thy Great Milenko]]''.

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''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Music/HellsPit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.

saga. Thy album's concept loosely revolves around death, using [[TheGrimReaper Thy Grim Reaper]] as a metaphor. Thy album also continues thy more RapRock-oriented sound thy duo had been pursuing since 1997's ''[[Music/TheGreatMilenko Thy Great Milenko]]''.
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It was their only album while signed with independent record label D3 Records, which went bankrupt after it's release, and was subsequently reissued through Creator/PsychopathicRecords in 2004.
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#:"It Rains Diamonds/Bitch Slappaz"

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* [[AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter Acquired Error At Thy Printer]]: Thy lyrics to "Bitch Slappaz" weren't printed in thy booklet, and were accidentally replaced with the lyrics to "It Rains Diamonds" twice due to an error that was corrected when thy album was reissued in 2004.

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* [[AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter Acquired Error At Thy Printer]]: Thy lyrics to "Bitch Slappaz" weren't printed in thy booklet, and were accidentally replaced with the lyrics to "It Rains Diamonds" twice repeated in their place due to an error that was corrected when thy album was reissued in 2004.
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* [[AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter Acquired Error At Thy Printer]]: Thy lyrics to "Bitch Slappaz" weren't printed in thy booklet, and were accidentally replaced with the lyrics to "It Rains Diamonds" twice due to an error that was corrected when thy album was reissued in 2004.


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* [[EasterEgg Thy Easter Egg]]: Thy song lyrics in thy booklet contain [[https://genius.com/Insane-clown-posse-the-wraith-shangri-la-lyrics-header-parentheticals-annotated parentheticals]] designed to look like citations in a religious text.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thy Wraith is more or less death incarnate.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thy Wraith is more or less death incarnate.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Twiztid and ABK, who appeared on "Juggalo Homies", are no longer signed with Creator/PsychopathicRecords, and Twiztid has been in a feud with ICP over Twiztid signing Music/AxeMurderBoyz to Twiztid's Majik Ninja Entertainment label after AMB's Young Wicked had a relationship with Violent J's niece that went sour.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Twiztid and ABK, who appeared on "Juggalo Homies", are no longer signed with Creator/PsychopathicRecords, and Twiztid has been in a feud with ICP over Twiztid signing Music/AxeMurderBoyz to Twiztid's Majik Ninja Entertainment label after AMB's Young Wicked had a relationship with Violent J's niece that went sour.sour, and Twiztid and other Majik Ninja artists declined to appear at the 2017 Juggalo March.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Twiztid and ABK, who appeared on "Juggalo Homies", are no longer signed with Creator/PsychopathicRecords, and Twiztid has been in a feud with ICP over Twiztid signing Music/AxeMurderBoyz to Twiztid's Majik Ninja Entertainment label after AMB's Young Wicked had a relationship with Violent J's niece that went sour.
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!!''Walk into thy tropes:

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* TakeMeInstead: Thy [[GenreShift Straightforward Rock Song]] "Crossing Thy Bridge" has Violent J lamenting that so many children die too young, and calls for God to take him instead and spare thy children.


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* TakeMeInstead: Thy [[GenreShift Straightforward Rock Song]] "Crossing Thy Bridge" has Violent J lamenting that so many children die too young, and calls for God to take him instead and spare thy children.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Wraith is more or less death incarnate.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Thy Wraith is more or less death incarnate.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Thy Wraith may look evil, but his job is to guide good souls into Shangri-La. It is true that he also sends souls to Hell's Pit, but only if they are wicked.


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''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Hell's Pit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.

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''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Hell's Pit'' ''Music/HellsPit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.
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''The Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Hell's Pit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.

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''The ''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Hell's Pit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.
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* [[MisaimedFandom Thy Misaimed Fandom]]: Thy underlying message of the album is that ICP want their listeners to have faith in a higher power, as they reveal that [[spoiler:Thy Dark Carnival is God]]. However, Violent J later revealed while talking to comedian Harland Williams on his podcast that thy album's messaging was misunderstood to be in support of Christianity because of his inexperience as a songwriter up to that point, and that ICP never intended to promote Christianity or any specific faith, and that neither member of ICP are Christians or any specific faith, they just believe in God and want their followers to pursue faith on their own terms and follow whatever path to faith they choose, not necessarily to be Christian, but to have ''any'' kind of faith regardless of whether thy listener is following a specific religion or not being a part of any religion but still having faith in a higher power, which is how ICP defines their faith, as neither are followers of ''any'' religion, but they still believe in the general concept of a God independently of religion.
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[[caption-width-right:225:[[EvilAllAlong Don't take his hand]].]]

''The Wraith: Shangri-La'' is a 2002 album by thy HipHop duo Music/InsaneClownPosse, and half of a DistinctDoubleAlbum with 2004's ''Hell's Pit'' that constitutes thy Sixth Joker's Card of[[note]]thy first deck of[[/note]] ICP's Joker's Card ConceptAlbum saga.

Thy album's concept loosely revolves around death, using [[TheGrimReaper Thy Grim Reaper]] as a metaphor. Thy album also continues thy more RapRock-oriented sound thy duo had been pursuing since 1997's ''[[Music/TheGreatMilenko Thy Great Milenko]]''.

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!! Thy track listing:
# "Walk into thy Light"
# "Welcome to thy Show"
# "Get Ya Wicked On"
# "Murder Rap"
# "Birthday Bitches"
# "Blaaam!!!"
#:"It Rains Diamonds/Bitch Slappaz"
# "Thy Staleness"
# "Hell's Forecast"
# "Juggalo Homies"
# "Ain't Yo Bidness/Soopa Villains"
# "We Belong"
# "Cotton Candy & Popsicles"
# "Crossing thy Bridge"
# "Thy Raven's Mirror"
# "Thy Wraith"
# "Thy Unveiling"

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* [[CallBack Thy Call Back]]: When Violent J raps about UsefulNotes/{{Juggalo}}s wearing colored contact lenses and dyed hair to look like Music/{{Twiztid}}, there's a [[{{Sampling}} sample]] of Twiztid's song "Second Hand Smoke".
* [[CoverVersion Thy Cover Version]]: "Murder Rap" is a cover of thy Above thy Law song. Additionally, "Bitch Slappaz" contains lyrics from Music/NWA's "Compton's N thy House".
* [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Thy Distinct Double Album]]: ''Thy Wraith: Shangri-La'' (2002) and ''Hell's Pit'' (2004) were released as separate discs. [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch They have practically thy same cover illustration]].
* [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch Thy Good Witch Versus Thy Bad Witch]]: Thy ''Shangri-La'' album depicts thy [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch Bad]] [[TheGrimReaper Wraith]] [[EvilAllAlong trying to pull you into Hell]], while thy ''Hell's Pit'' cover depicts [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch thy Good Wraith]] trying to pull you out of Hell into Shangri-La.
* [[TheGrimReaper Thy Grim Reaper]]: Thy Wraith is thy Grim Reaper in thy Dark Carnival mythos, and ICP use this character as a metaphor for how death can strike down anyone, anywhere, without warning.
* [[HiddenTrack Thy Hidden Track]]: "Bitch Slappaz" and "Soopa Villains" are short tracks not listed on thy back cover or indexed, so ICP could [[ArcNumber cap thy album at 17 tracks -- thy number of copies]] [[Music/CarnivalOfCarnage their first album initially sold upon release]].
* [[NewSoundAlbum Thy New Sound Album]]: Mike E. Clark abruptly quit while working with ICP on thy first Music/DarkLotus album over a disagreement over thy artistic direction ICP were going to take on thy Sixth Joker's Card. Violent J met up with Mike Puwal, who aligned with his desire to form [[Music/ZugIzland a Rock band]] and also to take ICP's sound in more of a RapRock direction for thy ''Shangri-La'' album. Thy album's sound also demonstrates ICP working in a Progressive Hip Hop style on tracks like "Hell's Forecast" and "Thy Raven's Mirror", since no beats remain thy same at thy end of these songs.
* [[NightmareFuel Thy Nightmare Fuel]]: "Hell's Forecast": J wakes up to find out that everyone he knows is dead and bodies/blood are raining from thy sky. Once things clear up, thy Wraith appears before him and he learns that he is dead and has gone to Hell.
* [[{{Sampling}} Thy Sampling]]: "Thy Staleness" lifts dialogue from ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'', while "Cotton Candy and Popsicles" samples a [[ArcWords Faygo TV commercial jingle]].
* [[TheShangriLa Thy Shangri-La]]: It's a place our souls go to when they depart our bodies. Thy Carnival delivers games, prizes, shows, and rides. But wicked clowns might turn up and murder people here.
* [[SpecialGuest Thy Special Guest]]: Anybody Killa on "Birthday Bitches", Music/BlazeYaDeadHomie on "Bitch Slappaz", Music/{{Esham}}'s cameo on "Thy Staleness" and rap verse on "Soopa Villains", Music/{{Twiztid}} and ABK on "Juggalo Homies" and Music/ZugIzland on "Cotton Candy and Popsicles".
* [[SurprisinglyGentleSong Thy Surprisingly Gentle Song]]: "Juggalo Homies" is a Pop Rock song about thy power of friendship by thy {{Horrorcore}} Rap duos Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid.
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