Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks is an underground hip-hop duo hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising high school friends DJ Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (K. Z. Baldwin) and emcee Vinnie Paz (Vincenzo Luvineri, formerly Ikon The Verbal Hologram).

Known for dark, gritty production, creative rhymes, and a long list of collaborations with regional underground peers and legends (including Kool G Rap, Sean Price a.k.a Ruck of Heltah Skeltah, Ras Kass, Canibus, Killah Priest, and the GZA/Genius).

MT officially debuted with the Amber Probe EP in 1996. The B-side of that album was also included in their first LP, The Psycho-Social LP, which was released a year later. On this album Vinnie Paz called himself Ikon the Verbal Hologram.

The album contained themes of conspiracy theories and ancient Middle-Eastern mythology. It also featured the recording debut of fellow Philly rap-group Lost Children of Babylon and Connecticut's Apathy of the Demigodz on multiple songs. However the Lost Chil...