In May 2000, Ice wrestled in a match promoted by Juggalo Championship Wrestling, then known as Juggalo Championshit Wrestling, filling in for Insane Clown Posse member Shaggy 2 Dope, who had been injured during a match. MTV News reported that Insane Clown Posse would make an appearance on Ice's next album, tentatively titled "Bomb Tha System". In October 2000, Ice announced that his next album would be titled "Skabz", and that Chuck D was confirmed to appear on the album. It was initially planned as a double album featuring a disc containing rock-oriented material and a disc of hip hop songs. In July 2001, Ice performed at the second Gathering of the Juggalos. On October 23, 2001, "Skabz" and "Bomb Tha System" were released together as "Bi-Polar". The album also featured La the Darkman, Perla, Insane Poetry and Bob Kakaha. Bradley Torreano of Allrovi disliked the album, criticizing it as "wildly uneven and at times hilariously bad", but also stating "Vanilla Ice is still better than a lot of the rap-metal bands that erupted in 2000/2001." and the rap beats on "Bomb Tha System" "are surprisingly solid". In "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide", Rob Kemp gave the album one out of five stars, calling the album "utterly listless". According to a Sony BMG executive, sales of "Bi-Polar" were "not bad...for Vanilla Ice. That's pretty respectable. Seriously."