Juggalo Judgment

Remember Behind The Music? Now, if you're one of those Gen-Z kids we keep hearing about, that may be a little before your time. Basically, the show was about an artist and their rise (and sometimes fall) to fame. Super cool show. Well Twiztid decided to snatch that idea and put out their own fresh take! This is ANOTHER commentary track, so pop in your copy and press "play" when we say so! Get the...

Sorry for the short episode, guys. Nothing has happened. Oh well. Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think!   Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show, particularly Andrew Crocker, Carl Zay...

We all remember the story of ICP's overnight success after the infamous "Disney Scandal". With a wave of Milenko's wand, the Wicked Clowns were in the public eye, underdogs of the world who had their hard work pulled out from under them. Island Records made the big save, and they were fully behind Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. One such way of doing this was by buying out a dedicated timeslot on MTV...

Mike got some new music he wanted to chat about, and mentions some stuff coming up in the next few months to pay attention to!   Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think!   Thanks to our patrons...

You may remember that Mike wasn't the biggest fan of Myzery in the past. From his contributions to Psychopathic Rydas, his guest verse on "Meatcleaver", and the one track of his we heard on Forgotten Freshness, Vol. 1 (plus Mike's prior experience with the album in particular), he was ready to just shut the door on Les Myz until 2017 or whatever. But the season of "Shit We Missed" just left a nagg...

New music? Check. Announcements? Check. Mike? Check. All of these and more in today's episode! Big news is here if you're a fan of Mike in some capacity!   Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you thi...

Way back in 1977 Elvis Costello released his debut album. 13 years later, I was born. 20-something years later I was introduced to said album and determined it was one of the greatest things I'd ever heard, from a songwriting, compositional, really every standpoint. Does Mike have an appreciation for this kind of old-fashioned rock and roll? Does it baffle him as a temporal anomaly, existing acros...

Because Schmeev jumped the gun and didn't ask Mike if a Mike Check was coming out today due to Mike's hesitance at releasing what he initially recorded, you got that dumpster fire earlier today. But never fear, Mike is here. Well... maybe you should fear anyways. REGARDLESS, Mike's got some info on some new releases dropping that he's aware of and the possibility of some festival happening that he...

He is up there. He is up there indeed. It's a special April 17th Mike Check, because Mike didn't wanna release the Mike Check he recorded, so we now have some Juggalo Judgment lost media out there, isn't that exciting? Well Schmeev decided to take over like he does, and give you some actual updates on juggalo news...after talking about some other stuff first. So settle in, and enjoy a nice peacefu...

On Halloween in the year of our Lord 2000, an artist named Poe released a sort of companion piece to a novel released in March of the same year. At the same time, it was a tribute to her father who had recently passed, and a way to explore the grieving process of a complicated relationship. In that spirit, we also discuss the complicated relationship between listeners and artists, artists and labe...

No context. Have a good one and keep an eye out for this month's vacation! Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think! Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show, particularly Andrew Crocker, C...

You like the Psychopathic Rydas? No? Well, neither does Schmeev. You like gold? Well, neither does Mike. We're 0-for-2 right now... How about we combine the 2 and hope for the best? Around the Riddle Box era, ICP and a bunch of friends and Psychopathic Records employees did a gimmick supergroup that was basically Rydas before Rydas, but everyone had a gold name and had an incredibly limited time f...

Mike took some time out of his busy schedule to chat with you all today. Did he listen to some new stuff? Did he inform you of some other albums that were announced while potentially forgetting about others (he totally did, points if you know what they are). Whatever, here you go! Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTh...

In the early days of Psychopathic, ICP were slowly but surely making names for themselves. The Detroit area would know of the 2 white guys painting themselves up as clowns rapping about murder and carnivals. But Violent J wanted more for the label. He wanted to show that Psychopathic wasn't just ICP. Enter Project Born, Psychopathic's attempt to expand past what ICP was doing at the time. Would Ju...

Mike's back with some info for the future as well as his thoughts on the first Yum Yum Seed EP, Wicked Vic The Weed! Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think! Thanks to our patrons for supportin...

Eagle-eared listeners will remember way back when we discussed Forgotten Freshness Vol. 2 that we really dug the track "Dog Beats" towards the end. It was fun to hear something that was almost entirely different than what we'd heard from Violent J & Shaggy 2 Dope up to that point. But why leave that as some freshness meant to be forgotten? Pre-clowny Joe & Joey was a welcome treat to hear...

On "Down With The Clown", Shaggy 2 Dope declares that "this one goes out to the ninjas that's been down since Carnival Of Carnage". He proceeds to correct himself by then saying it's for those who have been down since Dog Beats. And then he mentions some other random album before Dog Beats, stating it's for the people who allegedly started listen upon THAT album's release. Well, we decided to cont...

If you can't guess what Mike is gonna talk about this episode, well... I guess you get to be surprised. Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think! Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show, p...

Juggalo Judgment has been going on for nearly 3 years. It's insane to think of everything we've been able to talk about on this show and all the people who have taken time out of their busy schedules to listen to 2 dorks who have taken time out of their busy schedules to sit down, listen to, and analyze music of the Juggalo variety. Over that time, Mike has made it a point that we only cover the a...

New Year, same old Mike! Let's chat about some music and some Juggalo news! Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/JuggaloJudgment, or get at one of us directly on Twitter @MikeSpohnTheSEJ and @Schmeev, OR hit up Mike on Instagram @StraightEdgeJuggalo. We'd love to hear your feedback, let us know what you think! Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show, particularly Andrew Crocker,...

Rounding out 2007, we got a treat for you. At that point, Psychopathic Records had been around for about 15 years, and over that time, they made a lot of music videos. What better way to check them out than by doing what a lot of other artists at the time did and compile them all on a DVD so you can binge them all? So today, in similar fashion to our Big Money Hustlas episode, we have a commentary...

Juggalo Judgment has been trucking along for almost 3 years now, and in that time, we've covered about 15 years of music from Psychopathic Records. But in that time, you think they only did their music? Fuck no! The Hatchet Family wouldn't just be restricted to their corner of the underground, and other artist were bound to take note. So on today's special episode, we're taking a look at some of t...

Mike missed his check two weeks ago and I failed to step up to the plate then, so I'm making up for that now by giving you a SECOND Christmas check (go listen to his if you haven't). Also he released on a Saturday which means technically he didn't release a proper Sunday episode so it's my time. Besides, it's Christmas so why shouldn't you get presents from both of your pod parents? Hit us up on o...

It's Christmas, so here's your present: a brand new Mike Check a day early! There's a bit of news here, but the main flavor is Mike's top 5 albums of 2021 list, so join him as he dives in and potentially makes some people mad. Thank you for another year of listening to us ramble about Juggalo music, and we hope you stick around for 2022 and beyond! Hit us up on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/...

Today, we venture into the deep deep DEEP blackness of space for the 3rd time because Psychopathic Records decided that the last time in 2003 just couldn't be the last. With the changes in the roster, Psychopathic Records was a different landscape in the time that's passed. But with some new faces on the roster, how does this compare to Juggalo favorite PFOS and the bane of our existence PFOS2? Do...