Mostasteless

The alternate covers of Mostasteless. An alternate cover depicted a two-headed fetus (left), while the national release version contained comic book-styled artwork (right).

Mostasteless was initially released on August 4, 1998, by Psychopathic Records; while alternate cover artwork depicted a two-headed fetus, the main cover artwork depicted the faces of Spaniolo and Methric.[3] Psychopathic had not had success with attempting to release albums by artists other than Insane Clown Posse, but Mostasteless was well received by ICP's Juggalo fanbase.[8] While on tour with ICP, Twiztid learned that Psychopathic would pull Mostasteless from stores, and that it would be reissued by Island Records.[8]

The Island reissue reorganized the track listing, deleting a hidden track at the end of "Renditions of Reality", Violent J laughing at the end of "1st Day Out", and sampled dialogue from the film Halloween III: Season of the Witch at the beginning of "Whatthefuck!?!?". The removed songs were "Murder, Murder, Murder", "Somebody's Dissin' U", "Meat Cleaver", "She Ain't Afraid", "Smoke Break", and "Anotha Smoke Break". The added songs were "Rock the Dead", "Spin the Bottle", "Blink", "Bury Me Alive", and "Hound Dogs". Additionally, some of the lyrics in "Diemuthafuckadie" and "Whatthefuck!?!?" are censored on the Island reissue. This version was released on June 22, 1999, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #149 on the Billboard 200.[9]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
Exclaim!	(favorable)[1]

In his review of the reissued album, Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "[Although] the thought of a group of Insane Clown Posse protégés isn't exactly inspiring", the album "may take you by surprise...Mostasteless actually works better than most ICP records," that "Twiztid often is more convincing than [its] Dark Carnival colleagues," and concluded that "if you don't buy into the whole comic book-horror shtick, Mostasteless...will be irritating, but if you've bought into it, you'll enjoy this record as much, if not more, than most ICP albums."[6] Exclaim! reviewer Thomas Quinlan called it "a good fun album that ranks among the best ICP releases."[1]

Following the Island reissue, rare tracks from the original version of Mostasteless appeared on the compilations Psychopathics from Outer Space, Cryptic Collection and Cryptic Collection Vol. 2. "Whathefuck!?!?", "Somebody's Dissin' U" and "Renditions of Reality" were remixed on Cryptic Collection. In 2008, DJ Clay released a remix of "Diemuthafuckadie!" on Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1, with a newly recorded verse by R.O.C. "Hound Dogs", which appeared on the Island reissue, was included on Insane Clown Posse's compilation Featuring Freshness in 2011. The beat of "Murder, Murder, Murder" was reused in Cold 187um's song "An Offer He Can't Refuse" from his 2012 album, The Only Solution.

In mid June 2017 it was announced that Twiztid will take part in a 20th Anniversary Mostasteless Tour, performing the album in its entirety. It was also announced that Blaze Ya Dead Homie will be performing the Blaze Ya Dead Homie EP in its entirety. The lineup for the tour was Twiztid, Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Whitney Peyton, and Andrew W. Boss.[10]

On Mostasteless, the track "How Does It Feel?" abruptly ends during Madrox's verse. Although the reasoning was unknown, the track was visited again on Twiztid's 2017 album The Continuous Evilution of Life's ?s, as the song is continued at the end of the track "That's Why They All Hate Us More Than You'll Ever Know".