Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks

A History of ViolenceJedi Mind Tricks (JMT) is a hip hop duo with Vinnie Paz from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jus Allah from Camden, New Jersey. The group was founded by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz (Vincenzo Luvineri) and former producer/DJ Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin). In 1999 the New Jersey rapper Jus Allah (James Bostick) joined the group to record the second studio album by JMT, Violent by Design but left shortly after for reasons that remain unexplained. The track "The Rebuilding" (2006) marked his unofficial return to JMT since the split, but made a full fledged return aside Vinnie Paz for the sixth studio album, A History of Violence (2008). In September 2011, Vinnie Paz officially announced the departure of Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind from the group, because "his heart wasn't in making JMT records anymore".[1]

DJ Kwestion is also a part of the group, mainly scratching choruses on the turntable. Kwestion (or Kwes) is also a part of the group Skratch Makaniks. Kwestion was a replacement for JMT's previous tour DJ, Drew Dollars, who is no longer affiliated with the group.Jedi Mind Tricks

JMT has collaborations with both regional MCs and rap veterans, including GZA, Kool G Rap, 7L & Esoteric, Sean Price, Ras Kass, Canibus, Percee P, Killah Priest, Immortal Technique, Virtuoso, Louis Logic, R.A. the Rugged Man, Tragedy Khadafi, and Ill Bill. The group has sold over 250,000 albums in the United States and 450,000 albums worldwide, all of which were released independently.

Album information
The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
  • Released: November 4, 1997 (Re-released May 6, 2003 on Babygrande Records)
  • Label: Superegular Records
  • Sales: 25,000 copies
  • Singles: "I Who Have Nothing"
Violent by Design
Visions of Gandhi
Legacy of Blood
Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
A History of Violence
Violence Begets Violence
  • Release Date: October 25, 2011[9]
  • U.S. Sales: 10,652
  • Label: Enemy Soil
  • Singles: "Target Practice","When Crows Descend Upon You","Design In Malice"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_Mind_Tricks

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