Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Tibetan Black Magicians
3. Blood In Blood Out
4. Rage Of Angels
5. Demonwomb Interlude
6. Animal Rap
7. Nada Cambia
8. Storm Of Swords
9. Boondock Saints Interlude
10. Wolf
11. Walk With Me
12. Rise Of The Machines
13. Pity Of War Interlude
14. Kublai Khan
15. What's Really Good
16. Heart Of Darkness Interlude
17. Raw Is War 2003

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69237 in Music
• Released on: 2005-10-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Solid effort well worth hearing
'Visions Of Ghandi' may not be a classic, but it is amongst the strongest hip hop albums released in 2003. It's probably becuase of the amazing production from Stoupe, who shows he can establish a recognisible style of beats whilst displaying a huge variety of music throughout. Some of the beats even sound like something more than just hip hop; with the dramatic atmosphere on tracks like 'Tibetan Black Magicians' and 'Kublai Khan', Stoupe proves he could fit the part as the composer of the musical score of a big-budget war film. Then there are several tracks with a Spanish/Latin-style melody like 'Nada Cambia' and 'Rise Of The Machines' which sound impressive.

Then there's Vinnie Paz, a rapper who you'd think would get tiresome with his constant bragging and infuriation in almost all of his performances. But he doesn't. His razor sharp voice and flow together with his distinct rhyme style over Stoupe's masterful beats make him a deadly MC, and one who will grab and maintain your attention until he puts the mic down.

What stops this album getting 5 stars is that, despite what I've just said, some of the lyrics aren't just needlessly homophobic but really very stupid and amateurish. There are some underwhelming appearances from Kool G Rap, Ras Kass and some guy called Rocky Raez which don't really improve the album's merit in any way. None of the songs on 'Visions Of Ghandi' are bad, but there's just maybe a couple which could have been left off for being uninspired. Also, the song 'Animal Rap' may be good, but they should have put on the brilliant and far superior remix version which only made it as one of the three (amazing!) bonus tracks tagged on at the end. All of this doesn't make the album a failure, but just stops it from being an essential purchase. In fact, the only person I would advise not to get this is someone completely unforgiving towards profanity ridden lyrics. Anyone else are unlikely to be disappointed.

Stunning murdercore hip-hop
Vinnie Paz (lead rapper) and Stoupe (beat creator) have created a exemplary statement of raw and emotional violence with this masterpiece.

Paz spits with such sincerity and emotion, leaving real fans hanging off every word. He voice is excellently produced (i.e. not over produced) and is at the exact right sound level. Paz spits some great bars (e.g. Paz spits "i fcukin hate you, i hate your mother and father because they made you, i hate the universe because it create you, i hate everyone and everything that embrace you"). The only thing is that the other vocalists aren't quite up to Paz's level apart from the best lyricist in the business (no not Gift of Gab (but he's still sick) i'm chattin bout Canibus). Also Sabac, Kool G, Percee P, tRADEGY Khadefi and Goretex keep it real.

Stoupes beats are immense. He crafts a dark ominous grimy soundscape (check out the driving rhythms in trk 10) occasionally tinged with a latin/salsa flavour that works so well over Paz's murdercore lyrics.

The top tracks are 2,3,4,6,7,10,12,14,17. The last track has a bonus at the end which is also great.

For the hardcore only. Rep this. You can judge this cd by its cover.

Vinnie and Stoupe take on hip hop once again......
To get things started i have to say that when you get this album don't expect another ' violent by design'. Don't get me wrong, this album's still phat just isn't as good, but i doubt that would've been possible anyway! All of the beats are top notch and stoupe turns up with the goods once again. My only problem is that some of the beats don't really mix well with vinne paz's violent verses. They kinda feel out of place. All in all this album's still quality and anyone in to the other two albums will lap this up. There's some fine apperances from the non phixion boys which was nice to see. oh yeah...... Kublai Khan is such an amzing track. Don't forget to check out the THREE hidden tracks at the end... sweet.