The discography of Joseph Bruce, an American rapper better known by his hip hop persona of the wicked clown Violent J, consists of one studio album, one single, and three extended plays. Music videos and collaborations are also included, as are film and television appearances, home video releases, and literary releases. In addition to his solo career, Bruce has also been involved with seven hip hop groups; JJ Boys (1988–1989), Inner City Posse (1989–1991), Insane Clown Posse (1991–present), Golden Goldies (1995), Dark Lotus (1998–2017), Psychopathic Rydas (1999–2017), Soopa Villainz (2002–2005) and The Killjoy Club (2013–2016).
He has gained success predominantly as a member of the duo Insane Clown Posse, where he has earned three gold albums and two platinum albums. Along with member Joseph Utsler, Bruce founded the independent record label Psychopathic Records with Alex Abbiss as manager in 1991. He has also produced, written, and starred in the feature films Big Money Hustlas and Big Money Rustlas.
Solo albums
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Group albums
With Inner City Posse
| Year
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Album details
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| 1990
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Ghetto Territory
- Released: 1990
- Format: CS
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| 1990
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Intelligence and Violence
- Released: 1990
- Format: CS
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| 1991
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Bass-ment Cuts
- Released: 1991
- Label: Rude Time Records/Psychopathic Records
- Format: CD, CS
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| 1991
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Dog Beats
- Released: 1991
- Label: Psychopathic Records
- Format: CD, CS
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With Insane Clown Posse
| Year
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Album details
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| 1992
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Carnival of Carnage
- Released: October 18, 1992
- Format: CS, CD
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| 1994
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Ringmaster
- Released: March 8, 1994
- Format: CS, CD
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| 1995
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Riddle Box
- Released: October 10, 1995
- Format: CS, CD
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| 1997
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The Great Milenko
- Released: June 24, 1997
- Format: CD
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| 1999
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The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
- Released: May 25, 1999
- Format: CD
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| 2000
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Bizaar
- Released: October 31, 2000
- Format: CD
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| 2000
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Bizzar
- Released: October 31, 2000
- Format: CD
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| 2002
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The Wraith: Shangri-La
- Released: November 5, 2002
- Format: CD
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| 2004
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The Wraith: Hell's Pit
- Released: August 31, 2004
- Format: CD
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| 2007
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The Tempest
- Released: March 20, 2007
- Format: CD
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| 2009
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Bang! Pow! Boom!
- Released: September 1, 2009
- Format: CD
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| 2012
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The Mighty Death Pop!
- Released: August 14, 2012
- Format: CD, Digital
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| 2015
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The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost
- Released: April 28, 2015
- Format: CD, Digital
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| 2015
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The Marvelous Missing Link: Found
- Released: July 31, 2015
- Format: CD, Digital
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| 2019
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Fearless Fred Fury
- Released: December 7, 2018
- Format: CD, Digital
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| 2021
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Yum Yum Bedlam
- Released: October 31, 2021
- Format: CD, Digital
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With Golden Goldies
| Year
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Album details
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| 1995
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Gimme Them Fuckin' Nuggets Bitch, Or I'll Punch Your Fuckin' Face
- Released: 1995
- Label: Psychopathic Records
- Format: CD, CS
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*Performed as Golden Jelly
With Dark Lotus
| Year
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Album details
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| 2001
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Tales from the Lotus Pod
- Released: July 17, 2001
- Format: CS, CD
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| 2004
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Black Rain
- Released: April 6, 2004
- Format: CS, CD
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| 2008
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The Opaque Brotherhood
- Released: April 15, 2008
- Format: CS, CD
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| 2014
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The Mud, Water, Air & Blood
- Released: July 29, 2014
- Format: CS, CD
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With Psychopathic Rydas
*Performed as Bullet
With Soopa Villainz
*Performed as Mr. Diamond
| Year
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Album details
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| 2005
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Furious
- Released: August 11, 2005
- Format: CS, CD
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W/The Killjoy Club
| Year
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Album details
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| 2014
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Reindeer Games
- Released: September 2, 2014
- Format: CS, CD
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W/3 Headed Monster
| Year
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Album details
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| 2023
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Obliteration
- Released: June 1, 2023
- Format: CS, CD
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Guest appearances
Solo
w/Shaggy 2 Dope (Insane Clown Posse)
- Anybody Killa: Hatchet Warrior (2003) - "Gang Related", "Sticky Icky Situation"
- Anybody Killa: Dirty History (2004) - "Down Here", "Charlie Brown"
- Blaze Ya Dead Homie: 1 Less G n da Hood - (2001) "Str8 Outta Detroit", "Given Half The Chance", "Hatchet Execution"
- Blaze Ya Dead Homie: Colton Grundy: The Undying - (2004) "Mr. Dead Folx"
- Blaze Ya Dead Homie: Clockwork Gray - (2007) "Zip Codes 'n Time Zones"
- Boondox: South of Hell (2010) - "Watch Your Back"
- Boondox: The Harvest (2006)
- Boondox: Krimson Creek (2008) - "Freak Bitch", "Trailer Park Creepin'"
- Boondox: PunkinHed (2007) - "Sleep Stalker"
- Cold 187um a.k.a. Big Hutch: From Pomona With Love: The Mixtape (2011) - "Rock The Hate"
- Esham: Repentance (album) (2003) - "Dem Boyz"
- Esham: Race Riot (compilation) (2000) - "Cunt Killer"
- Jumpsteady: Chaos Theory (album) (2002) - "Joke Ya Mind"
- Jumpsteady: Master of the Flying Guillotine (album) (2005) - "Ima"
- Prozak:Tales from the Sick (2008) - "Insane"
- Shaggy 2 Dope: F.T.F.O. (2006) - "Fuck the Fuck Off", "They Shootin'" and "Half Full"
- Shaggy 2 Dope: Fuck Off! (1994) - "3 Rings","Fuck Off" and "Clown Love"
- Twiztid: Mirror Mirror - (2002) "Leff Field"
- Twiztid: The Green Book - (2004) "Marsh Lagoon"
- Twiztid: Cryptic Collection Vol. 3 - 2004 "Lil Secret"
- Twiztid: Man's Myth (Vol. 1) - (2005) - "So High", "Get Ready"
- Twiztid: Mutant (Vol. 2) - (2005) - "Manikin"
- Twiztid: The Toxic Terror Tour EP - (2008) - "Sex, Drugs, Money & Murder Ver. 2"
- Zug Izland: Cracked Tiles - (2003) - "Fire"
- Ol' Dirty Bastard: The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones - "Dirty & Stinkin'" & "Dirty & Stinkin'(Remix)"
- Myzery: Demon Angel - (2014) - "Knocking On Heaven's Door"
Original contributions to compilation
Solo
w/Shaggy 2 Dope
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Song
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Album Artist
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Album
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Label
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Performed As
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| 2000
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The Dirtball (w/Twiztid)
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Various
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Psychopathics from Outer Space
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Joe & Joey Records
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| $50 Bucks
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| Sleep Walker
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| Slim Anus
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| Dead End (w/Ice-T)
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| The Amazing Maze
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| Meat Cleaver (w/Twiztid & Myzery)
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| 2003
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Out There (w/Bushwick Bill)
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Psychopathics from Outer Space 2
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| Demon Faces (w/Twiztid, Esham & Anybody Killa)
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| Wicked Wild (w/Esham & 2 Live Crew)
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| Under The Big Top
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| 2007
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Further Away
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Psychopathics from Outer Space 3
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Dark Lotus
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| Truth Dare
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| 2008
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Alley Rat (Remix)
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DJ Clay
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Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1
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Hatchet House
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| Get Ya Wicked On (Remix)
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| Rollin Over (Rock Remix)
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Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2
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| Rare Never Before Heard "The Great Milenko Skit"
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Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3
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| Kept Grindin (w/Twiztid, Drive-By, Axe Murder Boyz, Boondox & DJ Clay)
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| 2009
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I Shot A Hater (w/Twiztid & Three 6 Mafia)
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Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 4
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| Hi-Rize (Remix)
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| 2010
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Whoop! (w/Axe Murder Boyz & DJ Clay)
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Book of the Wicked, Chapter One
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| Who Is It?
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Book of the Wicked, Chapter Two
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| 2013
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Goblin
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A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape
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| When I'm Clownin (w/Kreayshawn) (Ceemix)
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| SKREEEM!!!! (w/Tech N9ne & Hopsin)
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- Psychopathics from Outer Space (2000) - "The Dirtball", "$50 Bucks", "Sleepwalker", "R-U-A Ryda?(as Psychopathic Rydas)", "Slim Anus", "Dead End(w/Ice-T)", "Red Neck Hoe '99(w/Twiztid)", "The Amazing Maze", "Who?(as Psychopathic Rydas)", "Meatcleaver(w/Twiztid & Myzery)"
- Psychopathics from Outer Space 2 (2003) - "Demon Face", "Conquer"(as Soopa Villainz featuring ABK), "Some Fuckin' How", "Graverobbers"(as Dark Lotus), "Wicked Wild featuring Esham, Fish & Gritz and Fresh Kid Ice of 2-Live Crew", "Mr. Sesame Seed", "Free Studio"(as Psychopathic Family)
- Psychopathics from Outer Space 3 (2007) - "Put It Down", "If I Was God", "Last Day Alive(Shaggy 2 Dope, Monoxide & Boondox)"
- The Butcher Shop (2008) - "Global Warming"
- Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1 (2008) - "Frankenstein", "Global Warming"
- Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2 (2008) - "In Love With A Hooker featuring Esham", "4Ever Detroit", "Dead Man Walking"
- Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3 (2008) - "Duke Of The Wicked", "Kept Grindin"
- Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 4 (2009) - "I Shot a Hater"
Videography
- ICP's Strangle-Mania (1995), as Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas[8]
- Shockumentary (1997), as Violent J[8]
- ECW Hardcore Heaven (1997), as Violent J
- WWF Summerslam (1998), as Violent J[8]
- Backstage Sluts (1999), as Violent J[8]
- Strangle Mania 2 (1999), as Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas[8]
- WCW Road Wild (1999), as Violent J[8]
- WCW Fall Brawl (1999), as Violent J
- Born Twiztid: Beyond the Freakshow (2000), as Violent J[8]
- JCW, Volume 1 (2000), as Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas, and as Violent J[8]
- JCW, Volume 2 (2001), as "Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas, and as Violent J[8]
- XPW Redemption (2001), as Violent J[8]
- JCW, Volume 3 (2003), as "Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas, and as Violent J[8]
- Bootlegged in L.A. (2003), as Violent J
- Psychopathic: The Videos (2007), as Violent J
- JCW: SlamTV - Episodes 1 thru 9 (2007), as Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas
- JCW: SlamTV - Episodes 10 thru 15 featuring Bloodymania (2007), as Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas, and as Violent J
Filmography
Film appearances
Television and internet programs
Bibliography
Music videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Violent J Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Violent J Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Violent J Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Violent J Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Violent J - Bloody Sunday". Apple Music. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ↑ Kennelty, Greg (2022-12-23). "DAVID ELLEFSON & INSANE CLOWN POSSE's VIOLENT J Just Dropped A New Song Together". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ↑ Metal Hammer (2023-01-20). "Ex-Megadeth man David Ellefson has hooked up with Insane Clown Posse's Violent J to cover Faith No More and... wait, it's not April 1 already, is it?". loudersound. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Bruce, Joseph; Hobey Echlin (2003). "Complete Discography". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 550–591. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
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