Vinnie Paz, the Italian-American rapper and lyricist behind Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
The list of guest artists on this album was also their longest, including Mr. Lif, Planetary of OuterSpace, Louis Logic, Diamondback, Philip King Rappah,Coffee Gangsta Child L-Fudge, B.A. Barakus, J-Treds, Killa Sha, C-Baz and Tragedy Khadafi, plus a couple of odd phone-call interludes by Mr. Len.
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During the course of Violent by Design's 1999–2000 recording period, Paz changed his alias to Vinnie Paz, inspired by the boxer of the same name.
New Tricks | New Tricks (TV series) | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Return of the Jedi | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Jedi Mind Tricks | Jedi | Mind | Lone Star State of Mind | Evil on Your Mind | Unconscious mind | The Mind Robber | The Mind of Evil | The Captive Mind | Odyssey of the Mind | Jedi vs. Sith | Empire State of Mind | World Mind Sports Games | The New Jedi Order | Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | Philosophy of mind | Out of Your Mind | Mind uploading | mind reading | Mind Garage | mind control | Mind (charity) | Jedi Council |
The guests include Jus Allah of Jedi Mind Tricks, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Sabac Red of Non Phixion, A-Plus and Pep Love of Hieroglyphics, Chief Kamachi of Army of the Pharaohs, Guru of Gang Starr, Mike Ladd, Rob Sonic, Holocaust, Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship, Virtuoso and Awol One.
After years as a trio and then a duo, Baldwin left Jedi Mind Tricks and Violence Begets Violence would be the first album without Stoupe production.
This album is similar in style to Jedi Mind Tricks "The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness" album.
Paz formed the outfit in the late 1990s with the original roster of Bahamadia, Chief Kamachi, Virtuoso, 7L & Esoteric, plus Jedi Mind Tricks' other members Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind and Jus Allah.