Uncommon Valor
2006 · Babygrande BBG-CD-1002 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Artist
- Jedi Mind Tricks
- Title
- Uncommon Valor
- Release
- Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
- Year
- 2006
- Label
- Babygrande # BBG-CD-1002
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Hip Hop · Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop group, formed in 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Membership included Vinnie Paz, Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin) (1993-2011, 2014-present), DJ Kwestion (1997-present), and Jus Allah (1999-2001, 2006-13). The group released multiple Vietnam War-related songs: "I Against I" (2000), "The Wolf" (2003), "And So It Burns" (2004), and "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" (2006) (with R.A. the Rugged Man). Vinnie Paz also referenced the war in his solo material: "And Your Blood Will Blot Out the Sun" (2012), "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train" (2012), "God Bless" (2013), "Writings on Disobedience and Democracy" (2016), "Ninety Three" (2016), and "Pray for Sleep"(2018).The song "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" (Babygrande # BBG-LP-1052) started out with sound-clips / samples of gunfire, helicopters, and Richard Nixon. It took an anti-war perspective, narrated from the perspective of a soldier in the conflict, opposed to the indiscriminate killing: "I didn't sign up to kill women or any children, for every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians". It made a comparison to World War Two, claiming that Vietnam was not justified…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American hip-hop group formed 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Nixon · Sound-Effects · VC · Agent Orange · Jungle · Foxhole · Anti-Government · WW2 · Operation Rolling Thunder · War Lineage · Credibility Gap · Anti-War · Family Vet