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Visions of Gandhi is the third album from underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Jus Allah split from the group after the release of their album Violent by Design (2000), returning the group back to its original lineup of Vinnie Paz and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind. Producer Stoupe expands his dark sounds, including beats with grand orchestral samples and Latin-tinged production. Vinnie Paz lessens his lyrical topics to focus on his thug persona. Album guests include Canibus, Kool G Rap, Percee P, Ras Kass, and Tragedy Khadafi, as well as underground peers Crypt the Warchild, Planetary of Outerspace, and Non Phixion members Ill Bill, Sabac Red, and Goretex.
[edit] Title significance
The album title was inspired by Foxy Brown's verse on the song "Affirmative Action" from Nas' 1996 album It Was Written, in which she raps "They praise Allah with visions of Gandhi". Vinnie Paz explained that it was "always something that stuck in my head but I never applied it to anything. Then I thought with everything going on in Palestine, the war with Iraq, Mumia's in jail. I just felt this is a time right now that the world and society need someone like Gandhi. So Visions of Gandhi just kind of reflects that."[1]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks produced by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind.
| # |
Title |
Performer(s) |
Time |
| 1 |
"Intro" |
|
1:06 |
| 2 |
"Tibetan Black Magicians" |
Vinnie Paz, Canibus |
4:50 |
| 3 |
"Blood in Blood Out" |
Vinnie Paz |
4:06 |
| 4 |
"The Rage of Angels" |
Vinnie Paz, Crypt the Warchild |
3:22 |
| 5 |
"Demonwomb Interlude" |
|
0:37 |
| 6 |
"Animal Rap" |
Vinnie Paz, Kool G Rap |
3:39 |
| 7 |
"Nada Cambia" |
Vinnie Paz |
4:58 |
| 8 |
"A Storm of Swords" |
Vinnie Paz, Planetary |
4:00 |
| 9 |
"Boondock Saints Interlude" |
|
0:37 |
| 10 |
"The Wolf" |
Vinnie Paz, Ill Bill, Sabac Red |
3:45 |
| 11 |
"Walk with Me" |
Vinnie Paz, Percee P |
3:26 |
| 12 |
"Rise of the Machines" |
Vinnie Paz, Ras Kass |
2:50 |
| 13 |
"Pity of War Interlude" |
|
1:14 |
| 14 |
"Kublai Khan" |
Vinnie Paz, Tragedy Khadafi, Goretex |
3:37 |
| 15 |
"What's Really Good" |
Vinnie Paz, Rocky Raez |
3:22 |
| 16 |
"The Heart of Darkness Interlude" |
|
0:52 |
| 17 |
"Raw Is War 2003"1 |
Vinnie Paz |
17:04 |
1 Also contains three hidden tracks:
- "I Against I (Revisited)" performed by Planetary, Crypt the Warchild, and Vinnie Paz
- "Animal Rap (Micky Ward Mix)" performed by Kool G Rap and Vinnie Paz
- "The Army" performed by King Syze, Esoteric, and Vinnie Paz
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