"Retaliation" is a single by Hip Hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks is a hip hop duo with Vinnie Paz from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jus Allah from Camden, New Jersey. The group was founded by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz and former producer/DJ Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind...

, the third released from their second album Violent by Design

Violent By Design

Violent by Design is the second album by underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Despite never reaching any Billboard album chart, the album sold 50,000 copies in its first week on shelves. . The album was originally released on JMT's self-run Superegular Records on October 3, 2000. JMT's...

, following "Heavenly Divine

Heavenly Divine

"Heavenly Divine" is a single by Hip Hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, released in the summer of 1999 through the group's self-run label Superegular Recordings . The track's violin and background vocals are both sampled from "Andante" by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma. The song marks the debut of...

" and "Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan (song)

"Genghis Khan" is a single by Hip Hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. The original press, distributed through JMT's Superegular Recordings, was released as a promo in early 2000. The group's current label, Babygrande Records, re-released the single in 2003 with wider distribution. The track is named after...

". Released in 2001, the single was the group's last release on self-run Superegular Recordings http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/392078. The following year, the group migrated to Babygrande Records

Babygrande Records

Babygrande Records is an independent record label based in New York City founded by Chuck Wilson. Babygrande is distributed by the The Orchard, and represented by the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood.-Discography:...

 http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/512246. "Retaliation" contains a musical sample from "El Rio Y Las Rosas" by Rosita Peru, a vocal sample from "Cross My Heart" by Killah Priest

Killah Priest

Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest, Iron Sheik from the Middle East, or Masada, is an American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate who was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant & Brownsville neighbourhoods in Brooklyn. He is known for intensely spiritual lyrics loaded with metaphors and religious...

, and a vocal sample from "Money in the bank" by Kool G. Rap. The single also contains the edited "Retaliation (Remix)", and the B-Side track "Blood Runs Cold", featuring Heltah Skeltah

Heltah Skeltah

Heltah Skeltah is a hip hop duo consisting of members Rock and Ruck . The two are members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C....

's Sean Price

Sean Price

Sean Price is an American rapper and member of the hip hop supergroups Boot Camp Clik and Random Axe. He came to fame as one-half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruckus, or in short Ruck, along with partner Rock. He also is featured in the video game NBA 2K11 as a playable...

, both originally only available on this single http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/392078. Babygrande Records re-released Violent by Design in 2004, including both "Retaliation (Remix)" and "Blood Runs Cold" as bonus tracks http://hiphop.discogs.com/release/569129.

The "Retaliation" single marked the last appearance from group member Jus Allah

Jus Allah

Jus Allah is a New Jersey rapper who made his official debut on Jedi Mind Tricks second album Violent by Design in 2000. He is known for his aggressive lyrics that are commonly Afro-centric...

 on a Jedi Mind Tricks track. By 2002, he had split from the group due to personal conflict, returning the group to its original lineup of Vinnie Paz

Vinnie Paz (rapper)

Vincenzo Luvineri, better known as Vinnie Paz , is a Italian-American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks...

 and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind

Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind

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. His production is often the most acclaimed aspect of the group's work...

. Jus reconciled with the group in 2006, and appeared on the group's latest album, A History of Violence http://www.philaflava.com/vinnie_paz.htm.

A-Side

1. "Retaliation" (Dirty Version)
2. "Retaliation" (Instrumental)
3. "Retaliation (Remix)" (Clean Version)
4. "Retaliation (Remix)" (Instrumental)

B-Side

1. "Blood Runs Cold" (Dirty Version) (feat. Sean Price)
2. "Blood Runs Cold" (Clean Version) (feat. Sean Price)
3. "Blood Runs Cold" (Instrumental)

"Blood Runs Cold"

• Intro/First verse: Sean Price
• Second verse: Jus Allah
• Third verse: Vinnie Paz
• Chorus: Vinnie Paz