Tales from the Lotus Pod is the first album

Album

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 by American

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group Dark Lotus

Dark Lotus

Dark Lotus is an American hip hop supergroup based in Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1998, the group consists of Psychopathic Records-associated rappers Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler of Insane Clown Posse, Jamie Spaniolo and Paul Methric of Twiztid, and Chris Rouleau.-History:Dark Lotus made its...

. Released in 2001, the album featured the first and only appearance of former member Marz, who was soon dismissed from the group. Mike E. Clark

Mike E. Clark

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 was brought in to produce the album, but left the project after producing four songs. Fritz the Cat was brought in to finish the album.

In 2002, the album was reissued in a different version that excised Marz's vocals, which were replaced by newly recorded verses performed by Anybody Killa

Anybody Killa

James Lowery, also known as Anybody Killa, or ABK, is a Native American rapper from Detroit, Michigan whose stage persona is that of a Native American warrior. He is signed to Psychopathic Records.-Biography:...

. The reissue is currently the only commercially available version of the album. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard

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 Heatseekers chart

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, #158 on the Billboard 200

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and #6 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Track listing

Although there are no track titles listed on the album's back cover, they have been listed elsewhere, such as Amazon.com.

#	Title per Amazon.com	Time (original)	Time (reissue)
1	"Intro"	1:21	1:21
2	"Ali Baba"	4:21	4:21
3	"Something"	4:20	3:59
4	"Hurt Myself"	5:10	5:09
5	"Call Upon Your Gods"	4:57	4:57
6	"And We Danced"	4:37	4:36
7	"cigaM kcalB"	4:57	4:56
8	"Gimme Dat Blood"	3:39	3:39
9	"Headache"	5:38	5:36
10	"Bad Rep"	4:46	4:47
11	"Bitch I'm Sexy"	3:50	3:30
12	"Swarm"	4:46	4:45
13	"I Wanna Die"	3:52	3:51
14	"The Crows"	3:52	3:52
15	"Juggalo Family"	6:06	6:06
16	"Dot Com"	4:48	4:46