''A History of Violence'' is the sixth studio album by

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hip hop group

Jedi Mind Tricks Jedi Mind Tricks (JMT) are an American underground hip hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1996 by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz (Vincenzo Luvineri) and producer Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin). In 19 ...

, released on November 11, 2008 on

Babygrande Records Babygrande Records is an American independent record label based in New York City, founded by Chuck Wilson. Babygrande is distributed by The Orchard and represented by the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood. History Babygrande Records was ...

. 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 Vincenzo Luvineri (born October 5, 1977), better known as Vinnie Paz (formerly known as Ikon the Verbal Hologram), is a Sicilian Americans, Sicilian American rapper and producer behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks ...

-executive produced projects ''Jedi Mind Tricks presents

Doap Nixon Kenneth Greene (born August 12, 1984), better known by his stage name Doap Nixon, is an American hip hop artist and rapper who is a former member of supergroup Army of the Pharaohs. He has collaborated with a variety of underground hip hop artist ...

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'', ''Jedi Mind Tricks presents

King Syze David Albaladejo (better known by his stage name King Syze) is an underground rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Puerto Rican descent. He is a member of the underground hip hop supergroup Army of the Pharaohs (AOTP), having featured on ...

: The Labor Union'', and ''Jedi Mind Tricks presents

OuterSpace OuterSpace is an underground hip hop duo from North Philadelphia. Originally a trio consisting of three Puerto Rican friends that then took the artist names Planetary, Jedeye and Crypt the Warchild. The founding member Mario Collazo (Planetar ...

God's Fury ''God's Fury'' is the third studio album from the hip hop duo OuterSpace, released on September 30, 2008, by Babygrande Records. The album features collaborations by Jedi Mind Tricks member Vinnie Paz, Sick Jacken & Cynic of Psycho Realm, and fell ...

''. The album's first single ''Monolith'' was released on October 2, 2008. Their second single ''Godflesh'' was released on their website and it featured King Magnetic and Block McCloud. The album features former Jedi Mind Tricks member Jus Allah's return to the group.

Sales

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

Track listing

All songs are produced by

Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind Kevin Baldwin, better known by his stage name Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind or simply Stoupe, is an American hip hop producer, DJ, and member of the underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Stoupe has worked with only a limited number of artis ...

Charts

Notes

* "Deathbed Doctrine" contains samples from " Last Dayz" by

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, "Rock On" by

Funkdoobiest Funkdoobiest was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, United States, composed of rappers Jason "Son Doobie" Vasquez, Tyrone "Tomahawk Funk" Pacheco and DJ Ralph "Tha Phunky Mexican" Medrano. They are members of the Soul Assassi ...

, "Da Graveyard" by

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and "

C.R.E.A.M. "C.R.E.A.M." (an acronym of "Cash Rules Everything Around Me") is a song by the American hardcore hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released on January 31, 1994 by Loud Records, as the second single from their debut studio album ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 ...

" by

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. * "Monolith" samples "Erotiko" by

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* "Trail of Lies" samples from "Land of Make Believe" by

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*The dialogue in "The Sixth Gate Shines No More (Interlude)" is sampled from the 1957 film version of the Canadian

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production of the

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adaptation of the play ''

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'' by

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. It is spoken by

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, the voice of

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in the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey.''

References

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