Single: Jedi Mind Tricks feat. King Magnetic & Block McCloud - Godflesh

Your favorite, hardcore, underground, conscious, quasi-islamic, Philly-based Hip-Hop group has officially released the second single titled "Godflesh" for their new album due out next month. While most heads have likely missed JMT's true glory day's, I can't help but admit that Stoupe's beat for "Gdflesh" is straight up nasty and harkens back to JMT's glory days. I know I'm a total sucker for production and you can call it over-empathy, but I just really hate when a great production isn't done full justice. The lack of integrity contained within this track is brought to us in part because of a sub-par and very predicitable contribution from frontman Vinnie Paz and a very awkward, very vexatious performance from one-time JMT castaway Jus Allah, who rejoined the group sometime last year.

In fact the only truly good performance's come at the hands of the guest emcee's; Brooklyn Academy member Block McCloud and Army Of The Pharoah's comrade King Magnetic both shined much brighter than Paz and Allah, something that should be a dead giveaway that there might be some lingering operation problems for JMT fans to hear come November 11th when "A History Of Violence" drops. Paz and Jus Allah just failed to spark that old chemistry that first got people talking back when they were going off on "Violent By Design". Truly a disappointment considering how many JMT fans were so eagerly awaiting Jus's return to the group.

As far as what transpires lyrically on this new album, that's anyone's guess really, personally I think people still can hold out hope that this grating effort from Paz and Jus might only be a glitch in the Matrix. On the other hand one thing that I know heads are ready to hear are some new Stoupe beats..."Godflesh" has a sing-songy and somewhat off-putting chorus and only a 50% success ratio when it comes to the four verses spit by it's emcee's, but the perfectly placed kicks, masterfully layered samples and concise pattern fluctuations will amp up fans of Stoupe's excellent beat crafting.

-BIG D O






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