Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind
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Birth name | Kevin Baldwin |
Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation | Hip hop producer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Babygrande, Enemy Soil |
Website | www.badtapemusic.com |
Kevin Baldwin, better known by his stage name as Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind, is an American hip hop producer, DJ, and member of the underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Stoupe has worked with only a limited number of artists outside of Jedi Mind Tricks, including 7L & Esoteric, Canibus, Virtuoso and Guru of Gang Starr.
About.com placed him on its list of the "Top 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Producers".[1]
Career
After years as a duo and then a trio, Baldwin left Jedi Mind Tricks in 2011 and Violence Begets Violence would be their only album to not feature Stoupe production. Vinnie Paz stated in a blog on the JMT website that Stoupe had lacked interest in the group and decided to focus on other things in his career, such as his side groups, and that Stoupe would not be producing any of the tracks on the new JMT album.[2] However, Stoupe returned to Jedi Mind Tricks in 2014 and Jus Allah left the group for the second time. Stoupe and Paz worked on a new album called The Thief and the Fallen, which was released on June 2, 2015.[3]
Stoupe's only full-length solo album Decalogue was released on March 31, 2009 under Babygrande Records. It featured a mixture of underground and popular rappers (for instance M.O.P.) performing over Stoupe's productions. In 2010, Baldwin and long-time associate Liz Fullerton formed a duo together called Dutch and they released their first album A Bright Cold Day on June 8 under Enemy Soil. Fullerton had previously contributed vocals to Jedi Mind Tricks' songs Death Messiah and Razorblade Salvation.
In November 2013, as one of the first acts on Stoupe's new production company, Bad Tape Music,[4] Red Martina released their debut Intransit with Stoupe as the producer on all thirteen tracks. Other band members are rapper Noesis (from Philadelphia Slick), multi-instrumentalist Ish Quintero, and vocalist Hayley Cass.[5]
Production credits
with Jedi Mind Tricks
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The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
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Violent by Design
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Visions of Gandhi
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Legacy of Blood
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Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
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A History of Violence
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The Thief and the Fallen
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with Red Martina
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Intransit
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Come On Home
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with Canibus
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Rip the Jacker
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Other projects
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Decalogue (Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind)
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A Bright Cold Day (Dutch)
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The Waiting Wolf (Vespertina)
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The Inanimate Life (with Supastition as Vestige)[7]
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EPs, singles and other production
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Amber Probe EP (Jedi Mind Tricks)
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"Trial by Stone" (Doublespeek)
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"The Move" (Neso)
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"I Could Have Done More" (Reks)
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"Raw Is War" (Vinnie Paz)
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Baldhead Slick & Da Click (Guru)
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World War One: The Voice of Reason (Virtuoso)
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Dangerous Connection (7L & Esoteric)
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Mic Club: The Curriculum (Canibus)
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The Devil Never Dies (Slaine)
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3 Assassins (Grindhouse Gang)
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References
- ^ http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Producers.htm
- ^ http://www.hiphopug.com/jedi-mind-tricks.html
- ^ http://www.jmthiphop.com/vinnie-paz-stoupe-return-as-jedi-mind-tricks-in-2015/
- ^ http://www.badtapemusic.com/about
- ^ http://www.badtapemusic.com/artists/red-martina
- ^ http://redmartina.bandcamp.com/album/come-on-home
- ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23712/title.jedi-mind-tricks-stoupe-returns-for-the-inanimate-life-with-supastition