Jedi Mind Tricks (Vinnie Paz + Stoupe) - "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" [Official Audio]

[@CharlieMarno100]

R.A's verse is one of the best I've EVER heard. Pure art.

[@Alex-------]

+Albert Wesker Yeah literally the best flow ever

[@Najstefaniji]

biggie sad he was one of the best he'v heard.

[@wp1925]

Albert Wesker truth

[@CanalTuvez]

Just watched Tin Foil Hat with R.A as a guest

[@biesman5]

@Jason Reyes Haha that's amazing!

[@chrisjenkins963]

15 years ago I used this track to get my 63 year-old dad into rap. He's a Vietnam vet. Now he listens to Run the Jewels at 78.

[@jamessmith7205]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@edgar11226]

Tell your pops welcome home

[@harryg9150]

That’s super fucking cool

[@marin0sSs]

Say hello to Leroy

[@ryanjung4416]

@@incrdble9704 that’s Jedi mind tricks for ya, they are wayyy ahead of time in producing and rapping yet they keep the old style alive

[@ronaldmcdon]

i love how its told from two different view points, one always hated the war and the other was blind to the evil he was doing

[@Jackson_bouge]

+ronaldmcdonald155 What if I told you they aren't different view points?

[@darkestification]

+Celina Stampfli Correct

[@HardHatDIver412]

+darkestification It is a battle within himself.

[@rogelioacuna7219]

He isn't blind to the evil, he's embracing it.

[@ventsi9096]

NOBODY IS SAYING HE IS BLIND TO THE EVIL ....

[@actionottawa]

That last line packs a punch! 💥 “I still try to think positive Cause in life, God take, God give”

[@rcflem]

Crazy to know he's rapping about his own father in that verse. For those that don't know, RA the Rugged Man's dad was Sgt. John A. Thorburn and this was his actual story.

[@micheledevoll]

Sweet

[@TheBlakus420]

​@@micheledevollNot sweet. Very fucked up. Very sad. RA's siblings are all really disabled due to agent orange...

[@stiptreezy8481]

This makes sense man, such a unique but incredibly detailed perspective, this makes it so much heavier tho 😅

[@Respect2theFallen]

Thanks for the info

[@jrzurmanful]

Ra is super underrated one of the greatest mcs to ever grace the mic

[@blindorize]

This is a masterpiece. Stoupe is a God, the beat is fucking haunting made in to sound. Vinnie steps up big, and RA the Rugged brings complete and total ruin.

[@TheSeanito925]

The truth!

[@smokedoubt1262]

Stoupe is the GOAT

[@Respect2theFallen]

I gotta check more of his stuff out. I mostly rep C-lance cuz I see alot of his work with artists I've discovered over past 5 yrs along with his jmt work

[@AzAkh60]

There is only one God.

[@brandonwong2488]

There is no Jedi Mind Tricks without Stoupe. Haha

[@KikkoTheApostle]

This track is the example of why Hip-Hop is so important in our society as a form of artistic expression and social commentary. Absolute Masterpiece.

[@babygrande]

Thank you for your continued support.

[@derrenjohn8527]

The pleasure is all ours. Thank you for the salvation in the most prestigious of raps. Adore this 🙏🏼🔥❤️ 🙌🏼🖤❤️💛💚

[@TheBlakus420]

Still jamming this. The crazy part is that it's about RA's dad. It's a true story. They even wanted to make a documentary on his story but it never happened. RIP RA's pops. I just hope he was able to find peace with his past before it was his time. The burden of that kind of guilt had to be hard...

[@hendriksteller5818]

Kick them asses so they do Another Album over your Beats which are pure Art 💚

[@alexandregauvreau1270]

I made a project at my school about this song, the teacher gave me a fking good grade and now he shows it to every other class that he has since 2010.

[@Theodiorr]

Cool.

[@oldguyjeff6646]

I would like to see it, honestly. Do you have a link to somewhere we could view it ?

[@thephenomenalone5995]

send me the assignment, I'm doing one as well

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

We had to do a presentation on a book about slavery in middle school and I spat KRS's lines about overseer==officer from Sound of da police

[@ATXW00D420]

Fuck yeah. Thats awesome.

[@5T3PH3N100]

I swear this song gets me high every time I listen to it.

[@alirocksize]

its too good

[@bushpoke]

5T3PH3N100 lol

[@TekSC]

lmao ok

[@gv8521]

Listen to the psycho social biological manipulation of human consciousness

[@maruchannuudle657]

It definitly gives me a certain high and makes me think about life. Always coming back to this song every once in awhile

[@m.lincoln]

"Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later." - Benjamin Franklin

[@blakebortles6098]

all wars are bankers wars

[@harumygarza9957]

Just came back to this song after hearing a little snippet of the intro, at :21 seconds, right now in my US history class in college! I was watching a video created for children in the 50's during the cold war, to teach them to "duck and cover" from bombs. When I heard it, I said, that sounds familiar! And then I got it! It's a tiny snippet in the intro of this song singing the "duck and cover" part at ! For them to throw it in there knowing that little piece of history is just ART. They knew only a few would catch that.

[@bossmans_offie]

I think when a verse still gives you goosebumps after 15 years of listening to it thats got to be the best of all time R.A. this is beyond incredible to this day

[@El-Gato69]

Can you fucks stop reminding me it's been 15 years... i'm almost 30 now. 15 years and still hasn't been surpassed

[@NadeemMalik-dv7dx]

R.A's verse is better than most rappers careers!!!

[@NYjetsLove23]

+Nadeem Malik real talk

[@carljames5292]

+Nadeem Malik agreed

[@NadeemMalik-dv7dx]

i'm glad you guys agree...

[@TheBX47]

Nadeem Malik I swear LMAO

[@elijahh5510]

Yeah he's a well respected under ground artist. He raps about the realest shit

[@packersfan117]

I usually don't listen to hip hop. I listen to death metal mostly. But I just listened to this song 7 times in a row. Absolutely unreal talent on display here.

[@MW-tv4mv]

Mate don't disregard a genre because of the commercial songs and advertisements. Hip-Hop is incredible, it's the most complex genre. You've got so much to explore im jealous!!

[@goregoregadgetx6774]

Fellow death metal head here. Been jamming JMT for years

[@random_acuity9203]

Army of the pharaohs are the kings of heavy metal rap

[@yoshijb9428]

Dude Vinnie Paz is an O.G. in the rap game. Same with R.A. The Rugged Man they are amazing. I love death metal too, but expanding your tastes is always awesome. Jedi Mind Tricks are always solid too.

[@matthewvaughan8192]

If you’re a metal fan you’ll probs like Jus Allah; Supreme, Divide And Conquer. He’s lyrically like the most metal of underground ‘superhuman portrayal’ hip-hop world, which Jedi Mind Tricks generally fall under when they’re not being philosophical.

[@havocgodking6319]

The shit is priceless, you'll be thinking about it like an hour after you done heard it. Hip hop at its finest

[@ramocardi4724]

This gotta be the best story telling song of all time. My big bro put me onto this when I was literally like 8 years old. I’m 24 now. I can almost rap R.A’s verse word for word. I even broke this song down for a school project in high school 😭😭😭

[@o.a.5287]

3.2M views isn't enough. This is one of the greatest records of ALL-TIME.

[@MatthewMosconi]

We all do stupid things in college. Mine was listen to nothing but mainstream rap. My roommate showed me this song one day and I never looked back. Fast forward 17 years, and this isn’t just real hip hop. This is elite story telling at its finest. This is one of the sickest beats coupled with flawless, raw lyricism. And this is an absolute work of art that should give rap fans the chills 100 years from now.

[@jeremytrzeciak590]

U got it right, I just found this shit a few months ago

[@Intact-gf5zz]

LOL similar thing over here! listened to rap through college and beyond, and then a random recommendation put this on my radar this past year...have probably heard it a few dozen times since. song hits harder than anything else I know.

[@Redhood42]

R. A. the Rugged Man's verse is the best verse in Hip-hop history!!

[@redshady4182]

@aryan raina Calm down bro... You know there are some verses in hip-hop History at least as good than this, right ? Even in "mainstream garbages"... Some subjects can Hit people in different ways. Plus the guy recognized this is one of the greatest, what are you expecting ? You want everybody to think this is the greatest rap ever no matter what ? Then it would probably become one the "mainstream garbages" you spit on... You need a bit more maturity bro.

[@pierremariejeanahlstrom7714]

It's in the running because the subject matter is powerful.

[@conlooka9356]

@@redshady4182 man must've had a bad day or smth

[@DetroitThrower]

My favorite verse was "for press use only, Babygrande records"

[@lockedrunner6130]

Yes, very rarely it plays at just the perfect time, time to perfection

[@gabrielstafford5174]

Some of this is true. Ra had two siblings that had their lives destroyed by Agent Orange. He rapped in his dad's perspective. This is a great but depressing song.

[@jasjfl]

Yeah same deal with "Rooster" by AIC. That song was written from the perspective of Jerry Cantrell's father who fought in Vietnam.

[@SEKTION]

But its sad Though 😢 agree wit me

[@raulabeyta7853]

Yep. Two perspectives, one (VP) who can't stand it; and the other (R.A.) who lives for the chaos.

[@ashc4167]

Yeah this is so fucked up. Every disability and disease he named his siblings suffer from due to agent orange and his father was a green beret(special ops) who got a Purple Heart in the Vietnam war after being shot down in a helicopter. His whole verse is from his dad’s perspective.

[@GAS.MASK1]

Because truth always hurts

[@STRETCHPTB]

such a perfect song, im a combat vet (not vietnam) and this shit encapsulates two mentalities SO WELL. 2nd verse is absolutely god mode, goose bumps everytime.

[@tahi4622]

That's cool as my guy ❤❤

[@prodbypoetics]

Everyones like RA RA RA. and im like "Yooo, Vinnie killed it too."

[@ashc4167]

Lol

[@林景夫]

dead right

[@fuckwhatyouthink7409]

Boxcutter!!!

[@the8thgate543]

I actually liked his perspective better as it shows how hard it is for people who don’t have it in them to kill innocent people, i think most can relate it’s pure evil. Really cool song tho i like both perspectives

[@anonymousemcee3907]

@@the8thgate543 it was RA’s dad prospective RA was probably talking about how his dad got manipulated to kill people and what he was doing was amusing him

[@sophiestar6816]

R.A. The Rugged Man's voice is hypnotic in his verse. I go into a trance hearing it. Such a great song. Deep lyrics, haunting loops, tight bars, and sick beats. This is a great example of what rap should aim to be.

[@Ryu_hayabusa561]

*hip-hop

[@sophiestar6816]

@@Ryu_hayabusa561 thanks for being a prick

[@TheBlakus420]

​@@Ryu_hayabusa561agreed

[@JordanR]

Powerful.

[@JDC2389]

Because it speaks the dirty truth.

[@TheBlakus420]

​@@JDC2389Yup...

[@Chance57]

Are there any specific, legitimate reasons why this shouldn't be in the top 10 best raps of all time? No? Good.

[@antscain4882]

because theres better, but this is great

[@Detreesful]

Ant Scain There isn't better. It is the reality of Vietnam, and it is fucked.

[@alex931022]

Ant Scain what are other good raps that can compare to this? id like to give em a shot if uve got any links

[@Chance57]

alex931022​ dance with the devil - immortal technique. Most other IT raps too for that matter. revolutionary vol. 2 was pretty fire.

[@kuningas1101]

Ant Scain Chino XL, Pharoahe Monch, Tonedeff, Cormega and Tech N9ne. They have bars for days.

[@Anton-os5lk]

This is the type of verse you havent heard in 7 years but still know almost word for word due to how fucking great it is and how much you memorized it back in the day.

[@cky3457]

i remember being in highschool around 2010-2011 and the chills this song gave me. really opened up my mind to the suffering endured during these times. masterpiece, plain and simple.

[@kanelic]

the rugged man's verse is just insane. The most intense verse I've ever heard. Fucking insane

[@potterstephenie]

one of the most incredibly written songs I will ever hear in my life

[@CipknotP1]

One of my favorite songs ever. Its literally a real story. Amazing lyrics everything just flowed. Ending almost brings a tear to my eye

[@aaronvandyke100]

Anyone still here?? NOV 2024

[@harumygarza9957]

Just came back to this after hearing a little snippet of the intro, at 0:21 seconds, right now in my US history class in college! I was watching a video created for children in the 50's during the cold war, to teach them to "duck and cover" from bombs. When I heard it, I thought, that sounds familiar! And then I got it! It's the tiny snippet in the intro of this song singing the "duck and cover" part. For them to throw it in there knowing that little piece of history is just ART. They knew only a few would catch that.

[@SmAsHit520]

Yupppp

[@jonathandoe2316]

Yeah just came back still the shit.

[@spyczech]

Listening to this in the morning fucked me up I forgot how potent it is, what a song

[@jonnhyqwango7695]

3017 an im still here, JMT will always live on in the hearts of those who know what real life is. Reapect to this group, its nice to find a non corrupt voice that speaks for the silent 👏👏👏👏

[@deluxeasshat8547]

Man's living 995 years in the future

[@curtkobain8982]

R.A tells his dads story so good, paints a vivid picture with words!!!! Best verse in Hip Hop period!!!!!!!

[@sntpro]

R.A. just straight up destroys this song.

[@erickgoon4729]

Beautiful song showing love to the many people who serve their countries all across the world by putting us in their shoes/mindset of being in a war. Wat veterans should never be left and forgotten by their countries no matter what country they fought for. War only destroys.

[@57badarse]

One of the things i love about RA's insane bar is his intensity. Vinnie is cool as hell as always to split a track with RA. One of the finest tracks ever laid down.

[@runswithbears3517]

Legit one of the hardest musical pieces ever.

[@mikewalthert1061]

I think you never heard psycho frame but yeah hard is a point of view, musically wise it isnt a hard track, lyric wise its one of the heaviest !

[@afropunk902]

this whole album gets me into a self-reflective and bummy mood. especially songs like this, serenity in murder, and when all light dies. great stuff. love JMT

[@ASM187]

Vinnies flow + Stoupe on production + R.A & ONE of the greatest verses = CLASSIC .. Still here for this in 2020 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loganespinor5428]

This is one of the heaviest hitting rap songs I've ever heard in my life, and that verse from R.A is just insanely written. This is a beautiful song.

[@remoariad2419]

Sometimes i just sit here listening to this shit for like an hour. I think it just reminds me of life in the past idk... One day i'll feel like i did when i first started to listen to hardcore shit

[@7792eric]

My favorite war song ever

[@Tane_Colt45]

Easily the greatest feature verse of all time. I don't want to hear none lip otherwise.

[@Cooter69]

This is some of the best rapping I’ve heard in my life

[@Despikabil]

Hip-Hop doesn't get much better.

[@DLITINTHEHOUSE]

Steve McGrath simple statement, but could not be more true.

[@darylmoy8203]

Tonight I saw this song preformed live, life is complete

[@TheBlakus420]

No way!!!

[@Pinero1999]

This song was always incredible to me..IMO RAs verse is his greatest work written between the lines..Not to mention, The genius of Vinnie Paz.. primed that piece of ice with his own artillery fire power 🔥🔥🔥 🧊🧊🧊 Cant put a price on the level of skill that these dudes can come with. The fact we're praising artists with no push or pull from a major label ..Speaks for itself...Hip Hop in its purest form .

[@Blessedne]

This is the best song I've heard actually describing the mentality of a Soldier on the front line of war

[@simoncarlile5190]

One of the most haunting hip hop songs ever produced. You can seriously learn more about what the Vietnam War was actually like in a little over 4 minutes here than in 4 years of a high school "education".

[@Phatzoot]

U heard never again on the swarm album? Thats pretty heavy

[@tarasn3829]

what's crazy is that JMT have given a lot of heavy weights and legends features/verses on their albums. Black Thought, Sean Price, Canibus, Kool G Rap, Ras, Killah Priest, GZA, Tragedy Khadafi have all appeared and yet R.A. comes in and spits arguably the best verse of all time..

[@ltace4555]

Props to the ones who were here before this vid had hit even 300k. Come back every year since the release, beyond amazing job. That last bar is the main reason I listen to it.. “my son died he ain’t live, but i still try to think positive cause In life god take god give. “ .. My boy i hope your living an amazing life up above..

[@joerivde]

Still one of the songs with the most powerful lyrics ever!

[@Timmyskills]

One of the dopest tracks ever made. Instrumental is on another level

[@pongrocks12]

shivers down my spine every time... rugged man's verse and the last part of dance with the devil are the only songs that give me that feeling of intense chills

[@Zanezahoo]

The part where he talks about his friends intestines and body parts flyin its fucking intense

[@ayrsine]

This song is much, much more relevant to us now than when it was released. May God bless you for this. 🔥❤️

[@davidgregory19]

If you choked back tears to verse 2, you’re still alive.

[@farQuhar85]

I'm in tears every time listening to it and still I can't stop.

[@RaoulDuke1776_]

farQuhar85 same

[@JasonRiveraLongshotProductions]

Rugged Man one of the greatest verses in Hip Hop period

[@i2Shea]

Too hard to comprehend sadly. If half of the people who listen to the radio actually KNEW what R.A., Vinnie were saying in this song, they would have their mind blown half way through.

[@DizzyDez613]

If this song doesn’t give you goosebumps, please see a physician.

[@dhdhensmsm3280]

Was listening to older rugged man albums on spotify, heard this gem, its fulfills me with tears every time. Probably my all time favourite song(rugged mans verse alone is my favourite)

[@Liv-gd8wh]

2022 and this song still runs wild in my mind.

[@hannsvernor5125]

This is on another level. Honestly one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

[@brianhoody]

What makes a song great?

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

The beat is historically accurate, it’s almost as if you’re in the forest surrounded by gunfire with the military playing the horror screams through speakers to scare the Vietnamese… you have the jungle drums this might be the greatest concept beat ever.

[@TheBlakus420]

Very true. And with those intro samples

[@harumygarza9957]

to top it off, the intro at 0:21 plays a little snippet of a song/video created in the 1950s to teach children to "duck and cover" from bombs. So for them to include that is just absolute ART. They knew only a few would catch that.

[@johanmichell445]

Hands Down one of the best songs ever made .... In All of music!

[@dwright1380]

As a war veteran this is some powerfull shit.... your right they are the same cause I am both

[@PhilipLandon]

True story....I was at a new job (warehouse) sort of managerial spot. We had a new guy name Thornburn. I looked up from my clipboard when taking attendance that morning and I saw his name was 'John A'. I asked him, "John A, Staff Sargent?" He started to spill out half this verse in reply and then Chuckled "No, not that one." we both smiled it was surreal.

[@greatstuff8554]

Brutal tune....wicked beat....excellent lyrics.....

[@17thwonder]

an absolute masterpiece of a song, this is a song I would show to one of my friends or co workers who still listen to radio rap

[@SirZapdos]

This is without doubt the best rap verse I’ve ever heard of.

[@franklin3271]

Holds so much truth. I WILL NEVER FORGET...

[@Todd6374]

My uncle Gary Tanner. Passed the military exam at 21 years old with a score so high that they allowed him to bypass officers school. They sent him to Nam as a captain. When i was in high school i brought home deer hunter to watch with the family. My mother exploded. Like I've never seen, out of no where of something seemingly harmless as it was "just" a movie. I never really got it then. I am in my 30's now and i get it. This song means so much to me i cant express. Its truth. Its brutal. Its revealing It means and says something we should all intimately understand. FOR THE FUTURE.

[@TheBlakus420]

Very true

[@jedimind5076]

Yeeeah!!! Jedi mind!!! Real shit. Vinny Paz, R.A all these fools are the real deal...

[@sleggarlaw4740]

RA THE RUGGED MAN'S verse is insane . his name should really be on this since the story he tells is about his father in the vietnam war

[@brandonwong2488]

The last line in the song is beyond powerful.

[@HanSoloxcs]

Amazing song, captures it perfectly.

[@Cmon3yduzit]

2024 and came back n loved it. Missed this track.

[@Louie_D.]

"I don't wanna be here... I'm scared... I just wanna go home! You fuckin' kiddin' me! Don't be a pussy! Don't you love your country?! I like be in here! I'm ready!" 💀 Priceless 🫡

[@bigjamez9448]

2023 had to comeback to this fire track!

[@2pkjs1351]

People allergic to words of wisdom- lowkey, he was right my generation is stupid af listening to Drake and wayne while masterpieces like this are not noticed

[@ThaCharmer]

you're so right

[@ManiakZack1]

I feel you that this generation's stupid, but vinnie and them are satisfied with where they are, if they wanted to be a pop. act like Drake & Wayne he'd of made more love & partying/ comedic songs,

[@ThaCharmer]

MrVidsAllDay you're a true poet.

[@brollan1234]

May Allah look over Lowkey.

[@Youareanexperiment]

Shoaib Khan WORD

[@kumartheory]

God bless this channel please i pray this music will be alive when my kids are alive i will make sure they know what hip-hop is!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

[@jaxonrap7549]

I heard this Track yesterday for the first time and I'm astonished what a great song I've been missing out for a long time

[@isaboteur2562]

What Nadeem Malik said couldn't be more true. I just turned it up and my son and I who happens to be handicapped and is cordically blind listened to his verse. Quite possibly one of the best verses I've ever heard...I'm 43 so that says alot.

[@kou2275]

His flow is godlike

[@brettpit1]

I have forgotten so many times how good hip hop can be....but then I discover vinnie paz for new at once!

[@melimel961]

dope! just discovered this on Pandora!

[@FaKePlebMaster]

same :D what station did you find it on?

[@hendriksteller5818]

Message in ur face .... So dope Should be 24 7 in media this Album is a gem ❤

[@manassehdawkins4826]

That second verse doe 🔥🔥🔥

[@untrue7295]

manasseh dawkins such a flow!!!

[@coryjones5287]

By far my favorite album of all time, and one of the most overlooked albums of al times

[@KidKapamTv]

as an underground rapper sometimes i feel as tho god writes my shit rather then myself on certain songs and verses when every bar spills out of you before you have time to write it, i think thats what happened when ra herds this beat and wrote his shit, his verse is actually based on a true story about his father

[@violator2695]

Been listening to this since 2008 im sure ... it was a blessing to find jedi mind tricks, then sadistik, cunninlynguists, immortal technique ... but it all started here. I love the lyrics on this ... i didnt realise hip hop/ rap could be like this.

[@thugishrugishbone]

this is the greatest rap song iv heard

[@sk8madman]

JMT and Vinnies comment sections are straight up positive feedback silos. The love shown to each other here is powerful. Fuckin love it!

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

This song hits different when your grandfather died of heart disease after agent orange and now I have connective tissue disorders and nerve disorders. 😊

[@geraldlevin1383]

This pure brilliance,period.

[@morgigeadler]

What a masterpiece

[@michaelabraham4833]

I first listened to this song 10 year's ago and I'm coming back to it today because of RA's verse! Priceless.