The tone of the album is hateful by nature, but its over the top qualities lose their charm and character quickly. Violence Begets Violence is no less intense without Stoupe's input, with an overwhelming amount of gory rhymes and enormous buzzsaw beats on standout tracks like "When Crows Descend Upon You" and "F**k Ya Life." The scratchy prog rock sample that "Target Practice" is built around makes the song and adds fire to Paz's fervent delivery.
Stoupe's production helped mold the group's sound, and offered a gruff, hard-edged background for rage-spewing rhymes that approached horror movie levels of violence from MCs Vinnie Paz and off-and-on member Jus Allah. It is spoken by Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL 9000 in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.The first album by long-running Philadelphia hip-hop collective Jedi Mind Tricks since 2008's A History of Violence is also their first outing without production by founding member Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind. The dialogue in "The Sixth Gate Shines No More (Interlude)" is sampled from the 1957 film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles."Trail of Lies" samples from "Land of Make Believe" by Bobby Sherman."Monolith" samples "Erotiko" by Eleftheria Arvanitaki."Deathbed Doctrine" contains samples from " Last Dayz" by Onyx, "Rock On" by Funkdoobiest, "Da Graveyard" by Big L and " C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan."The Sixth Gate Shines No More (Interlude)" "Godflesh" (featuring Block McCloud & King Magnetic) "Seance of Shamans" (featuring Doap Nixon & OuterSpace) "Deadly Melody" (featuring Block McCloud & Demoz) Track listing Īll songs are produced by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind No. The album sold 4,451 units in its first week out. The album features former Jedi Mind Tricks member Jus Allah's return to the group. Their second single Godflesh was released on their website and it featured King Magnetic and Block McCloud.
The album's first single Monolith was released on October 2, 2008. The album followed multiple summer releases from the Jedi Mind Tricks camp, including the group's first DVD, titled Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks, and the Vinnie Paz-executive produced projects Jedi Mind Tricks presents Doap Nixon: Sour Diesel, Jedi Mind Tricks presents King Syze: The Labor Union, and Jedi Mind Tricks presents OuterSpace: God's Fury.
A History of Violence is the sixth studio album by Philadelphia hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, released on Novemon Babygrande Records.
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