Visions of Gandhi

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{{Infobox album
| name = Visions of Gandhi
| type = studio
| artist = [[Jedi Mind Tricks]]
| cover = Visionsofgandhi.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 26, 2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Hardcore hip hop]], [[underground hip hop]]
| length = 63:25
| label = [[Babygrande]]
| producer = [[Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind]]
| prev_title = [[Violent by Design]]
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Legacy of Blood]]
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Visions of Gandhi
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Animal Rap]]
| single1date = 2002
| single2 = [[Kublai Khan (song)|Kublai Khan]]
| single2date = 2002
| single3 = [[Rise of the Machines (song)|Rise of the Machines]]
| single3date = 2003
}}
}}

{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllHipHop
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2003/08/25/18134112.aspx AllHipHop review]</ref>
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r651854}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[The A.V. Club]]
| rev3score = (favorable)<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/content/node/14630 The A.V. Club review]</ref>
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev4score = 4.9/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18953-visions-of-gandhi Pitchfork review]</ref>
| rev5 = RapReviews
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>[http://rapreviews.com/archive/2003_10_gandhi.html RapReviews review]</ref>
| rev6 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev6score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=jedi |title=Jedi Mind Tricks |publisher=[[Robert Christgau]] }}</ref>
| rev7 = The Situation
| rev7score = 3/5<ref>[http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/jedi_mind_review.html The Situation review]</ref>
| rev8 = Sputnikmusic
| rev8score = 3.5/5<ref>[http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7608 Sputnikmusic review]</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Visions of Gandhi''''' is the third studio album from [[underground hip hop]] group [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], and their first album on the [[Babygrande]] record label. [[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]], [[Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind]] and [[DJ Drew Dollars]]. 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 (rapper)|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 Abu-Jamal|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."<ref>Joel & Andy.{{cite web|url=http://www.artofrhyme.com/interviews/vinnie_int.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 28, 2006 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060128203655/http://www.artofrhyme.com/interviews/vinnie_int.shtml |archive-date=January 28, 2006 }} . Art of Rhyme. Accessed April 13, 2008.</ref>

==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Title
!Featured performer(s)
!Time
|-
|1
|"Intro"
|
|1:06
|-
|2
|"Tibetan Black Magicians"
|[[Canibus]]
|4:50
|-
|3
|"Blood in Blood Out"<ref group="nb">Samples from [[Tolis Voskopoulos]] – "Ke si tha figis" (intro) and [[Edita Piekha]] – "Our Neighbor" (main)</ref>
|
|4:06
|-
|4
|"The Rage of Angels"
|Crypt the Warchild
|3:22
|-
|5
|"Demonwomb (Interlude)"
|
|0:37
|-
|6
|"[[Animal Rap]]"
|[[Kool G Rap]]
|3:39
|-
|7
|"Nada Cambia"
|
|4:58
|-
|8
|"A Storm of Swords"
|Planetary
|4:00
|-
|9
|"[[Boondock Saints]] (Interlude)"
|
|0:37
|-
|10
|"The Wolf"<ref group="nb">Sound effects and dialogue from the video game [[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]</ref>
|[[Ill Bill]], [[Sabac Red]]
|3:45
|-
|11
|"Walk With Me"
|[[Percee P]]
|3:26
|-
|12
|"[[Rise of the Machines (song)|Rise of the Machines]]"
|[[Ras Kass]]
|2:50
|-
|13
|"Pity of War (Interlude)"
|
|1:14
|-
|14
|"[[Kublai Khan (song)|Kublai Khan]]"
|[[Tragedy Khadafi]], [[Non Phixion|Goretex]]
|3:37
|-
|15
|"What's Really Good"
|Rocky Raez
|3:22
|-
|16
|"The Heart of Darkness (Interlude)"
|
|0:52
|-
|17
|"Raw Is War 2003"<ref group="nb">Samples from [[Javier Solís]] – "Tú Voz"</ref>
|
|17:04
|-
|17a
|"I Against I (Revisited)"
|[[OuterSpace]]
|
|-
|17b
|"Animal Rap (Micky Ward Mix)"
|Kool G Rap
|
|-
|17c
|"The Army"
| [[Esoteric (rapper)|Esoteric]], [[King Syze]]
|
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Charts (2003)<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r651854/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Visions of Gandhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]. Allmusic. Accessed April 13, 2008.</ref>
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Top Heatseekers]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Independent Albums]]
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]
|align="center"|61
|}

== Notes ==
<references group="nb"/>
* "Blood in Blood out" samples "Ki Esy Tha Fygeis" ("Και Συ Θα Φύγεις") by [[Tolis Voskopoulos]], "Ego Trippin'" by [[Ultramagnetic MC's]], "Lyrics of Fury" by [[Eric B. & Rakim]], "I Don't Care" by [[Audio Two]], "Flava in Ya Ear" by [[Craig Mack]], and "Piosenka o sasiedzie" by [[Irena Santor]]
* "Animal Rap" samples "Coma" by [[Dave Grusin]]
* "The Rage of Angels" samples "Nothing Else" by [[Archive]]
* "Boondock Saints" samples "The Escape" by [[Burgess Meredith]]
* "A Storm of Swords" samples "La Cumparsita" by [[101 Strings]]
* "The Wolf" samples sound effects, score and dialogue from the 2001 video game, ''[[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]''
* "Heart of Darkness" samples Mike's speech from ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* "Kublai Khan" samples "Winter Warz" by [[Ghostface Killah]]
* "Raw is War 2003" samples "Tu Voz" by [[Javier Solis]]

==References==
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[[Category:2003 albums]]
[[Category:Jedi Mind Tricks albums]]
[[Category:Babygrande Records albums]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]

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