"Genghis Khan" 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 original press, distributed through JMT's Superegular Recordings, was released as a promo

Promotional recording

A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...

 in early 2000. The group's current label, 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:...

, re-released the single in 2003 with wider distribution. The track is named after 13th century Mongol leader Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

. The song contains a sample from "Downloading", a symphonic composition by Harald Kloser, taken from the film The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film directed by Josef Rusnak and loosely based upon Simulacron-3 , a novel by Daniel F. Galouye...

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"Genghis Khan" was the second single released from the group's 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...

, preceded by 1999's "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 followed by 2001's "Retaliation". The song features a guest appearance from underground veteran Tragedy Khadafi

Tragedy Khadafi

Percy Chapman IV, known by his stage name Tragedy Khadafi, and formerly known as Intelligent Hoodlum, is an American rapper and producer who hails from the Queensbridge housing projects in Queens, New York, which has spawned other hip hop artists such as Nas, Cormega, Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga,...

, who provides the third verse and the chorus. A sequel to the song, "Kublai Khan", named after Genghis' grandson

Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan , born Kublai and also known by the temple name Shizu , was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China...

, was released as a single in 2003, and included on the group's 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...

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A-Side

1. "Genghis Khan" (Street Version) (feat. Tragedy Khadafi)
2. "Genghis Khan" (Clean Version) (feat. Tragedy Khadafi)

B-Side

1. "Genghis Khan" (Instrumental)
2. "Genghis Khan" (Accapella) (feat. Tragedy Khadafi)

Song order

• First verse: Jus Allah
• Second verse: Vinnie Paz
• Third verse: Tragedy Khadafi
• Chorus: Tragedy Khadafi, Vinnie Paz
• Intro/Outro: Tragedy Khadafi