Violent J discography

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Violent J discography
Studio albums1
Music videos1
EPs3
Singles4

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[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B/HH
[2]
US Rap
[3]
US Indie
[4]
The Shining 48 28 14 5
Bloody Sunday
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that country.

Extended plays[edit]

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B/HH
[2]
US Indie
[4]
Enter the Ghetto Zone
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: N/A
Wizard of the Hood
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Psychopathic
89 31 3
Brother!
  • Released: December 31, 2018
  • Label: Psychopathic
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that country.

Singles[edit]

Year Song Artist Album Label
2003 Shiny Diamonds Violent J Wizard of the Hood EP Psychopathic Records
2009 Jealousy The Shining
2013 Fuck My Dad (Richard Bruce) Father's Day 2013 Single
2016 Sick Kidz Violent J, Young Wicked, Nova Rockafeller, Lil Eazy-E Violent J Charity Solo Tour Single

Group albums[edit]

With Inner City Posse[edit]

Year Album details
1990 Ghetto Territory
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: CS
1990 Intelligence and Violence
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: CS
1991 Bass-ment Cuts
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Rude Time Records/Psychopathic Records
  • Format: CD, CS
1991 Dog Beats
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Psychopathic Records
  • Format: CD, CS

With Insane Clown Posse[edit]

Year Album details
1992 Carnival of Carnage
  • Released: October 18, 1992
  • Format: CS, CD
1994 Ringmaster
  • Released: March 8, 1994
  • Format: CS, CD
1995 Riddle Box
  • Released: October 10, 1995
  • Format: CS, CD
1997 The Great Milenko
  • Released: June 24, 1997
  • Format: CD
1999 The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
  • Released: May 25, 1999
  • Format: CD
2000 Bizaar
  • Released: October 31, 2000
  • Format: CD
2000 Bizzar
  • Released: October 31, 2000
  • Format: CD
2002 The Wraith: Shangri-La
  • Released: November 5, 2002
  • Format: CD
2004 The Wraith: Hell's Pit
  • Released: August 31, 2004
  • Format: CD
2007 The Tempest
  • Released: March 20, 2007
  • Format: CD
2009 Bang! Pow! Boom!
  • Released: September 1, 2009
  • Format: CD
2012 The Mighty Death Pop!
  • Released: August 14, 2012
  • Format: CD, Digital
2015 The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost
  • Released: April 28, 2015
  • Format: CD, Digital
2015 The Marvelous Missing Link: Found
  • Released: July 31, 2015
  • Format: CD, Digital
2019 Fearless Fred Fury
  • Released: December 7, 2018
  • Format: CD, Digital
2021 Yum Yum Bedlam
  • Released: October 31, 2021
  • Format: CD, Digital

With Golden Goldies[edit]

Year Album details
1995 Gimme Them Fuckin' Nuggets Bitch, Or I'll Punch Your Fuckin' Face
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Psychopathic Records
  • Format: CD, CS

*Performed as Golden Jelly

With Dark Lotus[edit]

Year Album details
2001 Tales from the Lotus Pod
  • Released: July 17, 2001
  • Format: CS, CD
2004 Black Rain
  • Released: April 6, 2004
  • Format: CS, CD
2008 The Opaque Brotherhood
  • Released: April 15, 2008
  • Format: CS, CD
2014 The Mud, Water, Air & Blood
  • Released: July 29, 2014
  • Format: CS, CD

With Psychopathic Rydas[edit]

*Performed as Bullet

Year Album details
1999 Dumpin'
  • Released: December 1999
  • Format: CS, CD
2001 Ryden Dirtay
  • Released: GOTJ 2001
  • Format: CS, CD
2004 Check Your Shit In Bitch!
  • Released: GOTJ 2004
  • Format: CS, CD
2007 Duk Da Fuk Down
  • Released: GOTJ 2007
  • Format: CS, CD
2011 Eat Shit N Die
  • Released: GOTJ 2011
  • Format: CS, CD

With Soopa Villainz[edit]

*Performed as Mr. Diamond

Year Album details
2005 Furious
  • Released: August 11, 2005
  • Format: CS, CD

W/The Killjoy Club[edit]

Year Album details
2014 Reindeer Games
  • Released: September 2, 2014
  • Format: CS, CD

W/3 Headed Monster[edit]

Year Album details
2023 Obliteration
  • Released: June 1, 2023
  • Format: CS, CD

Guest appearances[edit]

Solo[edit]

Year Song Artist Album Label Role Performed as
1998 Witching Hour Myzery Para la Isla EP Psychopathic Records Guest Verse
2001 Panic Attack Esham Tongues Reel Life Productions
Everyone
Str8 Outta Detroit (w/Anybody Killa) Blaze Ya Dead Homie 1 Less G n da Hood Psychopathic Records
2002 Leff Field Twiztid Mirror Mirror EP
2003 Sticky Icky Situation (w/Blaze Ya Dead Homie & Esham) Anybody Killa Hatchet Warrior
Gang Related
Marsh Lagoon Twiztid The Green Book
Boom! Esham Repentance
Dem Boyz
2004 Lil Secret Twiztid Cryptic Collection Vol. 3
Down Here Anybody Killa Dirty History
Mr. Deadfolx Blaze Ya Dead Homie Colton Grundy: The Undying
2005 Ima Jumpsteady Master of the Flying Guillotine
So High Twiztid Man's Myth, Vol. 1
Get Ready
Manakin Mutant, Vol. 2
2006 This Bitch (Mic Mix) (w/Monoxide Child) Jamie Madrox Phatso: Earth 2 Version
2007 Zip Codes N Time Zones Blaze Ya Dead Homie Clockwork Gray
2008 Freak Bitch Boondox Krimson Creek
Trailer Park Creepin'
Sex, Drugs, Money & Murder pt. 2 Twiztid Toxic Terror EP
2009 Hell Ride End Of Days EP
2010 3 Evil Wizards Blaze Ya Dead Homie Gang Rags
2011 Born On Halloween Vanilla Ice W.T.F.
Nightline Axe Murder Boyz Body In A Hole EP Hatchet House
2012 Homies To Smoke With Twiztid Kronik Collection Psychopathic Records
So High
2013 Mountain Climbing (w/Awesome Dre) Big Hoodoo Crystal Skull
2014 Kickdoe Boondox Abaddon
Infectshun Various The Wormwood Tour EP Mobstyle Music Backing Vocals (w/Sugar Slam)
Knocking On Heavens Door (w/T.O.N.E.-z) Myzery Demon Angel Poor Manz Entertainment
2015 F U 2 (w/Yelawolf) DJ Paul Master Of Evil Psychopathic Records
2016 Run (w/JellyRoll & Madchild) Bukshot Non Album Single Mobstyle Music
2017 Foggin' Up The Window Shaggy 2 Dope F.T.F.O.M.F. Psychopathic Records
2018 Witching Hour Myzery 20th Anniversary: Para la Isla Psychopathic Records/Poor Manz Entertainment
The Demon Angel Knocking On Heavens Door
2022 Saddle Up And Ride[6] The Lucid Saddle Up and Ride SpoilerHead Records
2023 Sweet Toof[7] The Lucid Saddle Up and Ride SpoilerHead Records

w/Shaggy 2 Dope (Insane Clown Posse)[edit]

Year Song Artist Album Label Performed As
1995 Graveyard Project Born Born Dead EP Psychopathic Records
1997 $85 Bucks An Hour Twiztid Mostasteless
Spin The Bottle
Meat Cleaver (w/Myzery)
Hound Dogs (w/Blaze Ya Dead Homie) Dark Lotus
2000 Wickit Klowns Kottonmouth Kings High Society Suburban Noize Records
Just Another Crazy Click (w/Twiztid) Three 6 Mafia When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1
Shittalkaz (w/Twiztid) Blaze Ya Dead Homie Blaze Ya Dead Homie EP Psychopathic Records
Maniac Killa Twiztid Freek Show
All I Ever Wanted
Wut Tha Dead Like
2001 Given Half A Chance (w/Twiztid) Blaze Ya Dead Homie 1 Less G n da Hood
Hatchet Execution (w/Twiztid)
I Don't Care Twiztid Cryptic Collection Vol. 2 Dark Lotus
Drunken Ninja Master (w/Drive-By)
2002 Ninjas In Action (w/Twiztid & Drive-By) Jumpsteady The Chaos Theory EP
2003 Hard Times Esham Repentance
2004 Keep It Movin Twiztid Cryptic Collection Vol. 3
Shock & Awe Dark Lotus
2005 Bonus Flavor Man's Myth (Vol. 1)
2006 Lady In The Jaguar Boondox The Harvest
2007 Monsters Ball Twiztid Independents Day
Think 4 Yourself (w/Lady Love) Kottonmouth Kings Cloud Nine Suburban Noize Records
2008 Walking After Midnight Boondox Krimson Creek Psychopathic Records
Insane Prozak Tales from the Sick Strange Music
U Ain't No Killa Anybody Killa Mudface Psychopathic Records
2010 Fuck The Police Kottonmouth Kings Long Live The Kings Suburban Noize Records
Birthday Blaze Ya Dead Homie Gang Rags Psychopathic Records
Keep It Wicked Anybody Killa Medicine Bag
2011 Gimme More Twiztid Cryptic Collection Vol. 4
2012 Abominationz Abominationz
2013 Spells Big Hoodoo Crystal Skull
2014 Might Go Mad Axe Murder Boyz The Garcia Brothers
My Night Boondox Abaddon
2015 Fuck Off Kottonmouth Kings Krown Power United Family Music
2016 Monster Squad (w/Axe Murder Boyz, Anybody Killa & DJ Paul) Big Hoodoo Asylum Psychopathic Records
2017 FTTBBR Lyte Psychopathic Monstar EP
2018 Diamonds Ouija Macc Gutterwater
Let Me Go Myzery The Demon Angel

Original contributions to compilation[edit]

Solo[edit]

Year Song Album Artist Album Label Performed As
2003 Conquer (w/Esham & Anybody Killa) Various Psychopathics from Outer Space 2 Joe & Joey Records Soopa Villainz (ft. Anybody Killa)
Some Fuckin How
Mr. Sesame Seed (w/Anybody Killa)
2007 Put It Down (w/Blaze Ya Dead Homie & Jamie Madrox) Psychopathics from Outer Space 3
If I Was God
2008 Frankenstein DJ Clay Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1 Hatchet House
Global Warming
In Love With A Hooker (w/Esham) Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2
4Ever Detroit (w/Blaze Ya Dead Homie & Awesome Dre)
Dead Man Walking
Duke Of The Wicked Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3
2010 The Opener Book of the Wicked, Chapter One
Soopa Ninja
Fuck The Radio (w/Bonez Dubb) Book of the Wicked, Chapter Two
Hey Hoe (w/Young Wicked)
2013 Officer Hatchet A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape

w/Shaggy 2 Dope[edit]

Year Song Album Artist Album Label Performed As
2000 The Dirtball (w/Twiztid) Various Psychopathics from Outer Space Joe & Joey Records
$50 Bucks
Sleep Walker
Slim Anus
Dead End (w/Ice-T)
The Amazing Maze
Meat Cleaver (w/Twiztid & Myzery)
2003 Out There (w/Bushwick Bill) Psychopathics from Outer Space 2
Demon Faces (w/Twiztid, Esham & Anybody Killa)
Wicked Wild (w/Esham & 2 Live Crew)
Under The Big Top
2007 Further Away Psychopathics from Outer Space 3 Dark Lotus
Truth Dare
2008 Alley Rat (Remix) DJ Clay Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1 Hatchet House
Get Ya Wicked On (Remix)
Rollin Over (Rock Remix) Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2
Rare Never Before Heard "The Great Milenko Skit" Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3
Kept Grindin (w/Twiztid, Drive-By, Axe Murder Boyz, Boondox & DJ Clay)
2009 I Shot A Hater (w/Twiztid & Three 6 Mafia) Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 4
Hi-Rize (Remix)
2010 Whoop! (w/Axe Murder Boyz & DJ Clay) Book of the Wicked, Chapter One
Who Is It? Book of the Wicked, Chapter Two
2013 Goblin A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape
When I'm Clownin (w/Kreayshawn) (Ceemix)
SKREEEM!!!! (w/Tech N9ne & Hopsin)

Videography[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Film appearances[edit]

Television and internet programs[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Behind the Paint by Violent J with Hobey Echlin (2003) - Autobiography ISBN 0-9741846-0-8

Music videos[edit]

Year Song Additional Performers Album Label Director
2009 Jealousy The Shining Psychopathic Records

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Violent J Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Violent J Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Violent J Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Violent J Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Violent J - Bloody Sunday". Apple Music. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.