Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind

Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind
Birth name	Kevin Baldwin
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Hip hop producer
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Babygrande, Enemy Soil
Associated acts	Jedi Mind Tricks, Vinnie Paz, Canibus, Dutch, Red Martina
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

Album information
The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness Released: November 4, 1997 Label: Superegular
Violent by Design Released: October 3, 2000 Label: Superegular
Visions of Gandhi Released: August 26, 2003 Label: Babygrande
Legacy of Blood Released: August 24, 2004 Label: Babygrande
Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell Released: September 19, 2006 Label: Babygrande
A History of Violence Released: November 11, 2008 Label: Babygrande
The Thief and the Fallen Released: June 2, 2015 Label: Enemy Soil

with Red Martina

Album information
Intransit Released: November 5, 2013 Label: Bad Tape Music
Come On Home Released: November 17, 2014^[6] Label: Bad Tape Music

with Canibus

Album information
Rip the Jacker Released: July 22, 2003 Label: Babygrande

Other projects

Album information
Decalogue (Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind) Released: March 31, 2009 Label: Babygrande
A Bright Cold Day (Dutch) Released: June 8, 2010 Label: Dusty Pockets/Enemy Soil
The Waiting Wolf (Vespertina) Released: May 10, 2011 Label: Dusty Pockets
The Inanimate Life (with Supastition as Vestige)^[7] Released: Fall 2016 Label: Dusty Pockets

EPs, singles and other production

Album information
Amber Probe EP (Jedi Mind Tricks) Released: 1996 Label: Superegular
"Trial by Stone" (Doublespeek) Released: 1996 Label: OneSoul Productions B-Side: "Remind Body", "Black China"
"The Move" (Neso) Released: 1997 Label: Superegular B-Side: "Mad Coolout", "The Balance"
"I Could Have Done More" (Reks) Released: 2000 Label: Raptivism Track: "In Who We Trust"
"Raw Is War" (Vinnie Paz) Released: 2000 Label: Direct Tracks: "Language Is Fatal"
Baldhead Slick & Da Click (Guru) Released: 2001 Label: Landspeed Track: "War Tactics"
World War One: The Voice of Reason (Virtuoso) Released: 2001 Label: Brick Track: "All We Know"
Dangerous Connection (7L & Esoteric) Released: 2002 Label: Brick Track: "Terrorist's Cell"
Mic Club: The Curriculum (Canibus) Released: 2002 Label: Mic Club Track: "Liberal Arts"
The Devil Never Dies (Slaine) Released: 2010 Label: Suburban Noize Records Track: "The Deadzone"
3 Assassins (Grindhouse Gang) Released: 2014 Label: iLL-Legit Records Track: "Isolation"

References

Jedi Mind Tricks

Vinnie Paz Jus Allah Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind

Studio albums	The Psycho-Social CD Violent by Design Visions of Gandhi Legacy of Blood Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell A History of Violence Violence Begets Violence The Thief and the Fallen

EPs	Amber Probe EP

Singles	"Heavenly Divine" "Genghis Khan" "Retaliation" "Animal Rap" "Kublai Khan" "Rise of the Machines" "Before the Great Collapse" "The Age of Sacred Terror" "Heavy Metal Kings" "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story"

Jedi Mind Tricks presents	Outerspace The Torture Papers Ritual of Battle The Unholy Terror The Labor Union

Related artists	Army of the Pharaohs Lost Children of Babylon OuterSpace

Related articles	Discography "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" Army of the Pharaohs

Authority control	MusicBrainz: c8720225-6fb8-428a-8eff-a75c8bc533e0

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