The Family Jedi Mind Tricks/Army Of The Pharaohs-Tear it Down
Started by Jedi Mind Tricks in the late nineties, the original AOTP line-up included five MCs: Vinnie Paz, Chief Kamachi, Esoteric, Virtuoso and Bahamadia. This version of the group released The 5 Perfect Exertions EP before parting ways. Around 2005 Vinnie P brought back Esoteric and Kamachi, as well as many new members to put out an LP which would end up being The Torture Papers, released in March 2006. From the beginning Vinnie had envisioned the group as a loose collaboration between the biggest names in east-coast underground hip-hop, very similar to the original Wu-Tang Clan.
