The rumors are true. Jedi Mind Tricks members Vinnie Paz and Stoupe are back in the lab constructing their fourth album, LEGACY OF BLOOD, scheduled to be released by Babygrande Records on August 24, 2004.

Frontman, Vinnie Paz, says, "We've been a group that generally takes a long time to make records, but we hit a creative streak after finishing Visions of Gandhi, going on tour and whatnot. We decided to get back in the lab."

Answering the critics of Visions of Gandhi's more polished sound, Vinnie says, "At first, people weren't sure how they felt about Violent By Design as a follow up to Psycho-social and I think, to some extent, Visions of Gandhi is a similar situation. We didn't want to make Violent By Design 2. Each record is a personal message sent from a different period in our lives. With Visions of Gandhi, I needed an outlet for the anger I was feeling about personal issues and other shit going on in the world and the record reflects that."

Speaking on the expectations surrounding their newest effort, Vinnie says, "Critics will always compare our records, but all of our records have been made with a similar aesthetic. We've always made the records we've wanted to make. We've always made records that pay homage to the rawness of the Golden Era of Hip-Hop, the records made between '88-93. We've always been about raw beats and raw rhymes."