Visions of Gandhi

Infobox Album
Name = Visions of Gandhi
Type = studio
Artist = Jedi Mind Tricks


Released = August 26 2003
Genre = Underground hip hop
Length = 63:25
Label = Babygrande
Producer = Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind
Reviews = *AllHipHop rating|4.5|5 [http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2003/08/25/18134112.aspx link]
*Allmusic rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ua9ds31wa3xg link]
*"The A.V. Club" (favorable) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/14630 link]
*Pitchfork Media (4.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18953-visions-of-gandhi link]
*RapReviews (9/10) [http://rapreviews.com/archive/2003_10_gandhi.html link]
*Review-Christgau|hm3|name=Jedi+Mind+Tricks
*The Situation (3/5) [http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/jedi_mind_review.html link]
*Sputnikmusic (3.5/5) [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7608 link]
Last album = "Violent by Design"
(2000)
This album = "Visions of Gandhi"
(2003)
Next album = "Legacy of Blood"
(2004)Singles
Name = Visions of Gandhi
Type = studio
single 1 = Animal Rap
single 1 date = 2002
single 2 = Kublai Khan
single 2 date = 2003
single 3 = Rise of the Machines
single 3 date = 2003

"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.

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." [Joel & Andy. [http://web.archive.org/web/20060128203655/http://www.artofrhyme.com/interviews/vinnie_int.shtml Vinnie Paz Interview] . Art of Rhyme. Accessed April 13 2008.]

amples

Blood in Blood out-(intro)Tolis Voskopoulos-Ke si tha figis(main)Edita Peha-"Our Neighbor"

Track listing

All tracks produced by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind.

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

Charts

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