   jedi mind tricks (jmt) is an underground hip hop duo consisting of vinnie paz and stoupe the enemy of mankind from philadelphia, pennsylvania. the group was founded by the two high school friends, rapper vinnie paz (vincenzo luviner) and producer stoupe the enemy of mankind (kevin baldwin). in 1999 second rapper jus allah joined the group to record their second studio album, violent by design. allah left the group, until returning in 2008 for the sixth studio album, a history of violence, but in 2011 stoupe left the group, because "his heart wasn't in making jmt records anymore". in 2013, allah left again, and stoupe was planning a return in 2015. dj kwestion mainly scratches choruses on the turntable. kwestion is also a part of the group skratch makaniks. kwestion, who is the tour dj, was a replacement for jmt's previous dj, drew dollars, who is no longer affiliated with the group. jmt has collaborations with both regional mcs and rap veterans, including gza, kool g rap, 7l & esoteric, sean price, ras kass, canibus, percee p, killah priest, immortal technique, virtuoso, louis logic, r.a. the rugged man, tragedy khadafi, and ill bill. the group has sold over 250,000 albums in the united states and 450,000 albums worldwide, all of which were released independently.http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16998/title.jedi-mind-tricks-elaborate-on-stoupe-departure-beats-were-submitted ==history== ===1996-1997: amber probe ep and psycho-social lp=== jmt officially debuted with the amber probe ep. "the psycho-social, chemical, biological, and electro-magnetic manipulation of human consciousness" known as "the psycho-social" for short was released under superregular recordings and was jmt's first full-length lp. it featured 12 tracks and 6 bonus tracks. ===1998-2000: five perfect exertions ep and violent by design=== prior to the release of their first lp, vinnie paz had conceived the idea of forming a rotating, collaborative super-group of underground east coast artis
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