The Thief and the Fallen

The Thief and the Fallen
Studio album by Jedi Mind Tricks
Released	June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)
Recorded	2014–15
Studio	Badtape Music
Genre	Conscious hip hop underground hip hop
Length	42:46
Label	Enemy Soil
Producer	Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind
Jedi Mind Tricks chronology
Violence Begets Violence (2011) The Thief and the Fallen (2015) The Bridge and the Abyss (2018)
Singles from The Thief and the Fallen
"Deathless Light" Released: May 6, 2015 "Fraudulent Cloth" Released: 2015

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
RapReviews	7.5/10

The Thief and the Fallen is the eighth studio album by American Philadelphia-based underground hip hop duo Jedi Mind Tricks. It was released on June 2, 2015 through Enemy Soil Entertainment. Production was handled entirely by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind, who had left the band before their 2011 album Violence Begets Violence. It features guest appearances from Yes Alexander, Eamon, A-F-R-O, Dilated Peoples, Lawrence Arnell, R.A. the Rugged Man and Thea Alana. The album peaked at number 105 on the Billboard 200, at number 11 on both Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Independent Albums charts, at number 10 on both Top Rap Albums and Tastemakers charts, and at number one on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States.

Background

In March 2015, Jedi Mind Tricks founders Vinnie Paz and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind announced they had reunited to make their first album together since 2008's A History of Violence. Former member Jus Allah, who rejoined the group in 2006 but then left again in 2013, did not appear on the album, making it the first Jedi Mind Tricks album in which he did not appear since 2006's Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell. On May 6, 2015, the duo released a single and music video for "Deathless Light", along with a release date and cover art. Vinnie Paz's lyrics on the album were partly inspired by the written works of British author Clive Barker. The album cover was designed by Andrew Haines, and was intended to be unlike other hip hop albums.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Kevin Baldwin	0:31
2.	"Poison in the Birth Water"	Vincenzo Luvineri Baldwin	2:55
3.	"Rival the Eminent" (featuring Lawrence Arnell)	Luvineri Baldwin Lawrence MacMillan	3:09
4.	"Hell's Messenger"	Luvineri Baldwin	2:56
5.	"Merchant of War"	Luvineri Baldwin	2:41
6.	"La Montagna del Dio Cannibale (Interlude)" (featuring Yes Alexander)	Baldwin Yes Alexander Ish Quintero	1:18
7.	"Fraudulent Cloth" (featuring Eamon)	Luvineri Baldwin Eamon J. Doyle Albano Carrisi Alessandro Colombini	4:11
8.	"And God Said to Cain" (featuring A-F-R-O, R.A. the Rugged Man and Eamon)	Luvineri Baldwin James Gutierrez R.A. Thorburn Doyle	3:38
9.	"Destiny Forged in Blood"	Luvineri Baldwin	2:19
10.	"Il Tuo Wizio e una Stanza Chiusa e Solo Io Ne Ho la Chiave (Interlude)" (featuring Yes Alexander)	Baldwin Alexander	1:01
11.	"Deathless Light"	Luvineri Baldwin Brian Profilio Thomas Brenneck Daniel Foder, Jr. Jared Tankel Andrew Greene Mike Deller	2:42
12.	"No Jesus, No Beast"	Luvineri Baldwin	2:28
13.	"The Kingdom That Worshipped the Dead" (featuring Dilated Peoples)	Luvineri Baldwin Michael Perretta Rakaa Taylor	3:36
14.	"The God Supreme"	Luvineri Baldwin Mario Collazo Craig Lanciani	3:10
15.	"In the Coldness of a Dream" (featuring Thea Alana)	Luvineri Baldwin Thea Alana Finstad Quintero	3:19
16.	"Lemarchand's Box" (featuring Yes Alexander)	Luvineri Baldwin Alexander	2:52
Total length:			42:46

Sample credits

• Track 7 contains a sample of "Io Di Notte" written by Albano Carrisi and Alessandro Colombini
• Track 11 contains a sample of "Aphasia" written and performed by The Budos Band

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	105
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	11
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)	10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)	10

External links

• The Thief And The Fallen at Discogs (list of releases)