Twiztid, are the hardcore hip-hop artists who have pioneered the musical genre known as horrorcore, maintaining their career with a handful of studio albums to their name.
The band was signed to Psychopathic Records in 1997, and released their debut album, “Mostateless” with the label in 1997. Their contemporaries at the time, Insane Clown Posse signed with Island Records and helped Twiztid form a relationship with the label too. Island helped the band with the distribution of their album, which went to number 8 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart.
With moderate success on their first album, Twiztid released their sophomore album “Freak Show” on October 31st 2000. The album managed number 51 on the Billboard 200. They released their first EP, “Mirror Mirror” which peaked at number 5 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The ensemble was on a roll, releasing albums three or four times a year. “The Green Book”, released on July 1st 2003, made it to number 2 on the Top Independent Charts, and number 52 on the Billboard 200.
The band maintained similar chart positions throughout the 2000s until their highest charting album “W.I.C.K.E.D” (2009) became their highest charting album, making it to number 11 in the Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Top Independent Albums Chart.
Twiztid departed from Psychopathic Records after releasing their 22nd album. They made quite the comeback when they released their 25th album “Get Twiztid on April 15th 2014. The group had started their own label entitled Majik Ninja a couple of months before to propel the release of their forth-coming EPs and full length releases, such as “The Darkness” and “The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For”.
Joe Bonamassa
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