To clear up some miss-assumptions...
1. The icp connection is the man who makes the instrumentals has worked on most ICP releases. Everything ICP rapped on for 10+ years was made by one of the guys in PDM.
2. Prozak isnt white, hes arabic.
3. Tech is indeed on the album. The reason they got signed to strange was, after tech recorded his part, they sent him a complimentry copy of the cd and he loved it. He presumably knows the history between ICP and Mike and knows people will buy this cd to hear what Mike's been up to since he and ICP split. It was a smart buisness move.
4. This cd isnt very similar to ICP. On ICP cds, you laugh alot, you hear some crazy carnival beats and are preached to about a carnival that will save your soul. this cd has some lyrics that are deep and spiritual but not in the same vein as ICP and there is nothing funny on the cd.
5. No, not all "horrorcore" is the same. As stated, there are reasons PDM resembles ICP, it doesnt make them "generic". In fact, they sound so much like ICP because, again, the guy who makes the music(and raps on various parts) was as involved in ICP as J and Shaggy were for 10 years. if anything, it makes them authentic.
Anyway, I think the cd is good. its different. I like different. I hate cheesy gangsta rap, i hate fucking mindless disses. I like violent, dark imagery filled, beligerant as hell FUCK YOU music. PDM are exactly what I wanted from them.