"Animal Rap" is the lead 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...

 from their third album Visions of Gandhi

Visions of Gandhi

Visions of Gandhi is the 3rd album from underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. Jus Allah split from the group after the release of their album Violent by Design , returning the group back to its original lineup of Vinnie Paz and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind...

(2003). The first vinyl pressing was released in 2002 and the CD pressing was released in 2003. The single was the group's first release on Babygrande Records

Babygrande Records

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. There are two versions of the song; "Animal Rap (Arturo Gatti

Arturo Gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...

 Mix)" and "Animal Rap (Micky Ward

Micky Ward

Micky Ward , nicknamed Irish, is a retired American junior welterweight professional boxer and a former WBU champion from Lowell, Massachusetts...

 Mix)"—both referencing the rivalry between the boxers. The former features an intense orchestral sample, matched with Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old...

 interview clips, and the latter features a melancholy guitar loop, matched with a light, sung vocal sample.

The song features a guest appearance by Kool G Rap

Kool G Rap

Nathaniel Thomas Wilson , better known by his stage names Kool G Rap , Kool G. Rap, and Giancana , is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew...

, who is considered by Jedi Mind Tricks vocalist 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...

to be "the greatest of all time". The CD version of the single features a bonus Vinnie Paz interview, conducted by "Fat Tony the Ill Sicilian". While Visions of Gandhi received mixed reviews by critics, "Animal Rap" was well received by fans and critics, and was considered to be a standout track on the album. The "Arturo Gatti" version was featured on the album, listed plainly as "Animal Rap", while the "Micky Ward" version was included as a hidden bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Animal Rap (Arturo Gatti Mix)" (dirty version)
2. "Animal Rap (Micky Ward Mix)" (dirty version)
3. "Animal Rap (Arturo Gatti Mix)" (clean version)
4. "Animal Rap (Micky Ward Mix)" (clean version)
5. "Animal Rap (Arturo Gatti Mix)" (instrumental)
6. "Animal Rap (Micky Ward Mix)" (instrumental)
7. "Animal Rap" (accapella)
8. "Vinnie Paz Interview with Fat Tony the Ill Sicilian"

Song order

• Intro: Kool G Rap, Vinnie Paz
• First verse: Kool G Rap
• Second verse: Vinnie Paz
• Outro: Vinnie Paz, Kool G Rap