Produced by Mr. Green

Produced by Mr. Green

First leak from The Enemy of Mankind’s collabo project with singer Liz Fullerton, three years in the making.

Dutch (Stoupe + Liz Fullerton) – Just Before The Rain

WarGhosts (Holocaust and Bomshot) – Power Eye Jedi (Jedi Mind Tricks Diss)

via thecrypt

I sat through most of the first season of Big Love, the least he could do is drive his kid to some shows. But seriously, I guess what Bill Paxton thinks is not of any significant interest here. It’s more about the random name checks on pop tv. Something that always catches us off guard. Kind of like when I first heard Eminem had a video playing on rotation on mtv. Peace to Vega. (video should skip to 2:20)

Off of the solo debut from Stoupe. Check TheCrypt for the mp3.

Now, Stoupe steps out on his own with “Decalogue,” a modern masterpiece. Crafted with an exacting eye towards maintaining the balance that has made his production style instantly recognizable the world over (and has inspired an entire sub-genre of imitators and impersonators), Decalogue is the long-awaited
producer album from one of underground hip-hop’s best. Pairing up with the upper echelon of indie emcees from across the hip-hop spectrum, such as Slaine (La Coka Nostra), M.O.P., Saigon, Joell Ortiz, Outerspace, the Army of the Pharaohs fam & more, Stoupe truly expands the scope of indie hip-hop with this album. True fans of the underground sound stand up for this one!

peace to babygrande

Jedi Mind Tricks – Godflesh

Babygrande released this promo single with voiceovers ’cause they must think that’s an effective anti-bootleg strategy. I’m still checking for JMT but can’t say I’ve been hype about their shit since Psycho-Social or Violent By Design. That probably says more about me than them but whatever. Have to say though, hearing Jus Allah on this takes me back. Word. A History Of Violence is set to drop on November 11th, 2008. via sa who have a non-ihiphop friendly link.

Jedi Mind Tricks – Monolith

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Jedi Mind Tricks and Babygrande Films presents the Divine Fire DVD trailer, the first ever official DVD chronicling the twelve year journey of one of independent hip hop’s most renowned and respected groups. In 1996, lyricist Vinnie Paz and producer Stoupe concocted a sound that redefined the entire underground hip hop landscape. The DVD offers the first ever insight into the journey into underground dominance; from psycho-social to servants in heaven and beyond. The DVD also includes over sixty minutes of bonus footage including live performances, video shoots behind the scenes, Vinnie being tattooed, a gag reel, a collection of videos through the years and much more. Raw, uncut and uncompromising; this is the story of Jedi Mind Tricks. Available now.

Quick, before it gets taken down. This is not a good look for Kmart, Jedi Mind Tricks, or Martha Stewart, whose name is blazoned on the same page. I thought this was a personal auction at first but now it’s starting to seem more and more like an officially edited listing. Link (via Know Good Music / sidenote: *inside joke taken down, wasn’t funny*)

Head over to Babygrande for 3 sample tracks from JMT’s new album; they probably made the voiceovers extra corny this time to help “persuade” people to actually buy the single:

Before the Great Collapse
On the Eve of War featuring Gza (Julio Chavez Mix)
On The Eve Of War featuring Gza (Meldrick Taylor Mix)

Babygrande has relaunched their site. Like they say in their update they’ve been busy dropping albums left and right, with the most recent release being Brand Nubian’s Fire In The Hole. The site is now loaded with more graphics and other media (which I can’t say is necessarily a good thing) and they have pics of Babygrande Films posted everywhere. In case you didn’t know Babygrande is partially (primarily?) funded by selling hollywood scripts. They, and when I say they I mean Chuck Wilson, is responsible for the script behind Tical’s “Soul Plane” and according to this press release (peep excerpt below) Chuck is getting ready to direct his first movie “Meet The Mo’Fockers” (not to be confused with Meet The Fockers). Anyway, keep an eye out for Babygrande, especially Jedi Mind Tricks next 12inch featuring the GZA. One more thing, Babygrande has some interesting numbers posted on their site, they actually made some soundscan scores available for the public, check it out.