A History of Violence (album)

A History of Violence is the sixth album by Philadelphia hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, released on November 11, 2008 on Babygrande Records.^[1] 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.^[2] The album's first single "Monolith" was released on October 2, 2008 and is available free at Babygrande's official website.^[3] Their second single "Godflesh" was released on their website featuring King Magnetic and Block McCloud.

Sales

The album sold 4,451 units in its first week out.^[4]

Track listing

1. Intro
2. Deathbed Doctrine
3. Deadly Melody Feat. Block McCloud and Demoz
4. Monolith
5. Those With No Eyes (Interlude)
6. Trail Of Lies
7. Heavy Artillery
8. Seance Of Shamans Feat. Outerspace & Doap Nixon
9. Geometry In Static (Interlude)
10. Godflesh Feat. Block McCloud and King Magnetic
11. Terror Feat. Demoz
12. Butcher Knife Bloodbath
13. The Sixth Gate Shines No More (Interlude)
14. Death Messiah

Charts

Notes

• "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.
• "Monolith" samples "Erotiko" by Eleftheria Arvanitaki
• "Trail of Lies" samples from "Land of Make Believe" by Bobby Sherman

References