| Smothered, Covered, and Chunked! | |
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| Released | August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 54:00 |
| Label | Psychopathic |
| Producer | Mike E. Clark |
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Smothered, Covered, and Chunked! is acover album by Americanhip hop groupInsane Clown Posse. Released August 14, 2012, it was released alongsideThe Mighty Death Pop! and was never sold separately. It was prepackaged with theRed Pop variant edition ofThe Mighty Death Pop!,[1][2][3][4] and is the group's fourth album with producerMike E. Clark since his return toPsychopathic Records.
On April 20, 2012, Psychopathic Records released aninfomercial for the albumThe Mighty Death Pop!, announcing that it will be available in three separate editions, each with a variant color cover and prepackaged with a bonus album.[5] The first variant edition, dubbed theRed Pop edition, contains an album ofcover songs entitledSmothered, Covered & Chunked, which features appearances by Psychopathic artistsTwiztid,Anybody Killa,Blaze Ya Dead Homie,Jumpsteady,Cold 187um andDJ Clay, as well asLimp Bizkit frontmanFred Durst, the band Downtown Brown,[6] and the rapperLil Wyte.[5] The title was originally announced asCovered, Smothered & Chunked, but later corrected toSmothered, Covered & Chunked.
On July 19, 2012, 30 second snippets ofThe Mighty Death Pop!,Smothered, Covered & Chunked, and the other two bonus albums pre-packaged withThe Mighty Death Pop! were released onAmazon. A day later, the snippets were removed from the website per Psychopathic Records' request. On August 8, the album along withThe Mighty Death Pop! and its other bonus albums were all released early in the 13th AnnualGathering of the Juggalos. The art forSmothered, Covered & Chunked was designed by a local Detroit artist and designer Patrick Hatfield and features traditional and digital illustration and design.
On January 9, 2013, it was announced that a music video for the cover for "Jump Around" was in production. The music video for the song was released on February 1, 2013, viaPsychopathic Records'YouTube channel.
On March 8, 2017, the second single and music video was released for the song "Beautiful".
Insane Clown Posse contacted Fred Durst, as they sought to record a collaboration that no one would expect.Violent J said that Durst didn't want to be paid for his contribution to the album, as he "was just happy and surprised that we wanted him on it."[7]Boondox was originally announced as having an appearance on "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" during theMighty Death Pop! infomercial,[5] while the final released version featuredAnybody Killa instead.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Daily Blam | (favorable)[8] |
| The Oakland Press | (favorable)[9] |
| Yahoo! Music | (favorable)[10] |
ReviewingThe Mighty Death Pop! for The Daily Blam, Kevin Skinner favorably reviewedSmothered, Covered & Chunked, calling it his favorite of the bonus discs, but did not assign the bonus album a star rating.[8]The Oakland Press also considered it to be the best of the bonus albums.[9]
The track listing for the bonus albumSmothered, Covered & Chunked was released as part of theMighty Death Pop infomercial.[5] An updated version of the track listing has been confirmed.[6]
| No. | Title | Original artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Prelude" (featuringCold 187um andPsychopathic Family) | N.W.A | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Jump Around" | House of Pain | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Shout" (featuringBlaze Ya Dead Homie) | Tears for Fears | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'" | MC Breed &DFC | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Hold Still" (featuring Downtown Brown) | Yo Gabba Gabba! | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Bitch Betta Have My Money" (featuringFred Durst) | AMG | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Night of the Living Baseheads" | Public Enemy | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Beautiful (Indestructible)" | Christina Aguilera | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me" (featuringABK andLil Wyte) | Geto Boys | 5:17 |
| 10. | "State of Shock" | The Jacksons andMick Jagger | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Love for Dem Gangsters" (featuringCold 187um) | Eazy-E | 4:19 |
| 12. | "Guess My Religion" | Willie D | 6:25 |
| 13. | Untitled (Outtakes) | Insane Clown Posse,Psychopathic Records, & Downtown Brown | 6:14 |
| Total length: | 54:00 | ||
"Jump Around" samples "Batman" byNeal Hefti
