When Slum Village emerged in the late 1990s, the highly regarded Detroit tr… Read Full Bio ↴When Slum Village emerged in the late 1990s, the highly regarded Detroit trio of T3, Baatin and Jay Dee made a startling admission: their group was a liquid association with members coming and going during the group's evolution. True to their word, Slum Village has already gone through a number of line-up changes.
Rapper-producer Jay Dee left after the group's first national album, 2000's Fantastic, Vol. 2 (Barak) and rhymer Elzhi was added to the mix for 2002's Trinity (Past, Present And Future) (Barak/Capitol). Now, with the release of Slum Village's new album, the stunningly impressive Detroit Deli (Barak/Capitol), the group consists of just T3 and Elzhi. Throughout the changes, Slum Village's musical mission has remained constant: to deliver soul-stirring sonics that represent Detroit to the fullest. That vision is fully realized on Detroit Deli. Throughout the sensational 15-cut collection, T3 and Elzhi give listeners an intimate look at life in The D, from where they shop, hang with friends and eat to the type of cars they drive (check "Zoom") and what clothes they wear.
Slum Village represents the Midwest's funk heritage on the inspirational "Do You," which was produced by Jay Dee, and teams with Chicago's Kanye West on lead single "Selfish," a sly, piano-driven song where T3, Elzhi and West rap about their desire to have a monopoly with women. They then team with Ol' Dirty Bastard on the riotous "Dirty" about having to battle for a woman and deliver a Player's Hand Guide of sorts on the sensuous "Count The Ways," Both produced by B.R. Gunna.
Even though Slum Village excels at making this type of lighthearted music, they show on Detroit Deli that they also hit hard with more serious subject matter. On the moving, guitar-driven "Keep Holding On," they rap about people not losing faith in their lives, while on the stirring "Old Girl/Shining Star," T3 and Elzhi send a open letter of hope and support to single mothers working hard to survive.
"The inspiration came from my boy's niece who has a gang of kids and is out here struggling," Elzhi says. "She's stringing her kids around on the bus, just to get by. By me just looking at that, I'm like, 'I need to write a song because I know she's not the only one going through it.' Slum Village has never touched on ladies like that and everybody is calling girls hoes and Bs, dissing these ladies, so we wanted to touch the ladies in a different way."
The group also takes a different route on "Reunion." Jay Dee joins T3 and Elzhi on the insightful cut, which offers three different takes on the group's status. "It's like you're going through three state of minds at one time kind of in reverse," T3 says. "What we're trying to say is that we wish we were together, we might be together and then we're not together at all. We're trying to give you all the aspects of how people are coming at us, the type of stuff we're dealing with and kind of give you a glimpse of the stuff we're dealing with in the group."
Indeed, songs such as "Keep Holding On," "Old Girl/Shining Star" and "The Reunion" signal Slum Village's evolution; they mark the first time the group has let listeners in on their personal feelings. "I don't think people really know us and we never really touched on our emotions like that," T3 says. "We wanted to bring some realness, besides just the soul music. Elzhi, as a guy that saw Slum Village on the outside, he brought it to my attention that we never touched on serious topics and that we should try to touch on them more. I was with that and I have a lot to say, so why not?"
Detroit Deli also stands as Slum Village's most musically rich album to date. B.R. Gunna producers Black Milk and Young RJ, both 20 years old, handled the majority of the beats, while Kanye West produced "Selfish," Jay Dee handled "Do You" and T3 along with young RJ produced "Closer" and "Count The Ways." The beats are as divergent as the album's subject matter, ranging from soulful to futuristic, but they always remain powerful and innovative.
The same can be said for Slum Village's storied career. After releasing Fan-tas-tic Vol. 1 independently, Slum Village became one of hip-hop's hottest groups. While working on Fantastic vol. 2, they were joined in the studio by such luminaries as D'Angelo, Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, Pete Rock, and A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, among others. The resulting album became an underground classic and Slum Village was seen as the second coming of the Native Tongues (A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul) by member Q-Tip, as well as fans and journalists alike.
Jay Dee left the group after Fantastic, vol. 2 in order to work on his solo career, but Slum Village pressed on, releasing in 2002 the Dirty District mixtape and later that year its third album and first with new member Elzhi, Trinity. Many fans looked at rapper-producer Jay Dee as the group's backbone, but Trinity proved that Slum Village could provide without its sonic architect, as that album's single "Tainted" became the group's biggest hit.
"We've always stuck to our guns," T3 says. "We've never tried to change to get commercial success. We always just did what we did and when you do what you do, eventually somebody's going to have to give you your respect for having the courage to do what you do."
Now back where they started, Slum Village yet again thrills and delights fans and gains yet a larger audience hungry for the smoking beats under the hot lyrical talent of T3 and Elzhi. Slum has begun to bring more of their personal feelings to their music, allowing the listeners and fans to touch more on the emotions and realness and touched on more serious topics. Prequel to a Classic features previously unreleased joints and jams from Slum Village with production by B.R. Gunna, J Dilla and Kareem Riggins. The mixtape gives listeners the best of some of their material since Fantastic Vol. 1.
T3 has said in a recent interview that slum village has reunited with Baatin and has added Illa J(J Dilla's Brother) to bring a Dilla effect. He is quoted "Slum Village is totally not that at all,” T3 adds. “I’m incorporating Baatin, and I’m putting Illa J in—not to take Dilla’s place, but just to have that essence of Dilla on this new project. I’m pulling together all the producers that we’ve used before—Black Milk, Wajeed , Kareem Riggins, Pete Rock and all the people who have been down with SV from day one.”
J Dilla died on February 10, 2006 after being diagnosed with TTP and Lupus.
Baatin died on July 31, 2009.
www.slumvillage.com
Rapper-producer Jay Dee left after the group's first national album, 2000's Fantastic, Vol. 2 (Barak) and rhymer Elzhi was added to the mix for 2002's Trinity (Past, Present And Future) (Barak/Capitol). Now, with the release of Slum Village's new album, the stunningly impressive Detroit Deli (Barak/Capitol), the group consists of just T3 and Elzhi. Throughout the changes, Slum Village's musical mission has remained constant: to deliver soul-stirring sonics that represent Detroit to the fullest. That vision is fully realized on Detroit Deli. Throughout the sensational 15-cut collection, T3 and Elzhi give listeners an intimate look at life in The D, from where they shop, hang with friends and eat to the type of cars they drive (check "Zoom") and what clothes they wear.
Slum Village represents the Midwest's funk heritage on the inspirational "Do You," which was produced by Jay Dee, and teams with Chicago's Kanye West on lead single "Selfish," a sly, piano-driven song where T3, Elzhi and West rap about their desire to have a monopoly with women. They then team with Ol' Dirty Bastard on the riotous "Dirty" about having to battle for a woman and deliver a Player's Hand Guide of sorts on the sensuous "Count The Ways," Both produced by B.R. Gunna.
Even though Slum Village excels at making this type of lighthearted music, they show on Detroit Deli that they also hit hard with more serious subject matter. On the moving, guitar-driven "Keep Holding On," they rap about people not losing faith in their lives, while on the stirring "Old Girl/Shining Star," T3 and Elzhi send a open letter of hope and support to single mothers working hard to survive.
"The inspiration came from my boy's niece who has a gang of kids and is out here struggling," Elzhi says. "She's stringing her kids around on the bus, just to get by. By me just looking at that, I'm like, 'I need to write a song because I know she's not the only one going through it.' Slum Village has never touched on ladies like that and everybody is calling girls hoes and Bs, dissing these ladies, so we wanted to touch the ladies in a different way."
The group also takes a different route on "Reunion." Jay Dee joins T3 and Elzhi on the insightful cut, which offers three different takes on the group's status. "It's like you're going through three state of minds at one time kind of in reverse," T3 says. "What we're trying to say is that we wish we were together, we might be together and then we're not together at all. We're trying to give you all the aspects of how people are coming at us, the type of stuff we're dealing with and kind of give you a glimpse of the stuff we're dealing with in the group."
Indeed, songs such as "Keep Holding On," "Old Girl/Shining Star" and "The Reunion" signal Slum Village's evolution; they mark the first time the group has let listeners in on their personal feelings. "I don't think people really know us and we never really touched on our emotions like that," T3 says. "We wanted to bring some realness, besides just the soul music. Elzhi, as a guy that saw Slum Village on the outside, he brought it to my attention that we never touched on serious topics and that we should try to touch on them more. I was with that and I have a lot to say, so why not?"
Detroit Deli also stands as Slum Village's most musically rich album to date. B.R. Gunna producers Black Milk and Young RJ, both 20 years old, handled the majority of the beats, while Kanye West produced "Selfish," Jay Dee handled "Do You" and T3 along with young RJ produced "Closer" and "Count The Ways." The beats are as divergent as the album's subject matter, ranging from soulful to futuristic, but they always remain powerful and innovative.
The same can be said for Slum Village's storied career. After releasing Fan-tas-tic Vol. 1 independently, Slum Village became one of hip-hop's hottest groups. While working on Fantastic vol. 2, they were joined in the studio by such luminaries as D'Angelo, Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, Pete Rock, and A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, among others. The resulting album became an underground classic and Slum Village was seen as the second coming of the Native Tongues (A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul) by member Q-Tip, as well as fans and journalists alike.
Jay Dee left the group after Fantastic, vol. 2 in order to work on his solo career, but Slum Village pressed on, releasing in 2002 the Dirty District mixtape and later that year its third album and first with new member Elzhi, Trinity. Many fans looked at rapper-producer Jay Dee as the group's backbone, but Trinity proved that Slum Village could provide without its sonic architect, as that album's single "Tainted" became the group's biggest hit.
"We've always stuck to our guns," T3 says. "We've never tried to change to get commercial success. We always just did what we did and when you do what you do, eventually somebody's going to have to give you your respect for having the courage to do what you do."
Now back where they started, Slum Village yet again thrills and delights fans and gains yet a larger audience hungry for the smoking beats under the hot lyrical talent of T3 and Elzhi. Slum has begun to bring more of their personal feelings to their music, allowing the listeners and fans to touch more on the emotions and realness and touched on more serious topics. Prequel to a Classic features previously unreleased joints and jams from Slum Village with production by B.R. Gunna, J Dilla and Kareem Riggins. The mixtape gives listeners the best of some of their material since Fantastic Vol. 1.
T3 has said in a recent interview that slum village has reunited with Baatin and has added Illa J(J Dilla's Brother) to bring a Dilla effect. He is quoted "Slum Village is totally not that at all,” T3 adds. “I’m incorporating Baatin, and I’m putting Illa J in—not to take Dilla’s place, but just to have that essence of Dilla on this new project. I’m pulling together all the producers that we’ve used before—Black Milk, Wajeed , Kareem Riggins, Pete Rock and all the people who have been down with SV from day one.”
J Dilla died on February 10, 2006 after being diagnosed with TTP and Lupus.
Baatin died on July 31, 2009.
www.slumvillage.com
The Hours
Slum Village Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Hours' by these artists:
Absence Of Doubt & C42 For hours We've been fallin' From every single night That yo…
Adam & Joe Meteor could hit any minute But this life's for livin' we…
Alphabeat I'm just waiting for the hands to take me till…
Babeheaven Oh god, I’m back in the place again Back where the…
Baron Von Bear I walk outside to the public eye and I finnd my…
Beach House Ahh Ahh Can I wait the hours 'til you find me? Climb up…
Beach House攀 Ahh Ahh Can I wait the hours 'til you find me? Climb up…
Dekker & Johan Like birds in the wind Spiral again Reach for an answer Reme…
Duster It's the rarest of times When we can spend the night But…
Ida & Lumbago I've always heard that haste makes waste So I believe in…
Instrumental Now is the hour When we must say goodbye. Soon you'll be…
Jean-François Vrod You have to shut up And work and work and work…
KITCHEN 1 - Beach House Ahh Ahh Can I wait the hours 'til you find me? Climb up…
Mary Milne All across the faded line the cart man came fed us lies…
Max Cady We're on the wave And I gotta say man That all this…
Neeti Mohan & Rashid Ali रे DJ वाले भाई साहब लगा दू कोई डोपचिक डोपचिक तू…
Nits When the hours When the hours of the day Grow long like…
Ofln - Beach House Ahh Ahh Can I wait the hours 'til you find me? Climb up…
Silent and Listen นั่งมองดูรูปเราที่โต๊ะทำงาน นั่งคิดเรื่องวันวานจินตนาการถึงเ…
The Hours - Ali In The Jungle (Extended Mix) I stay awake on countless nights Look around my room in…
The Kays Lavelle sleep don't sleep wake me up against your heartbeat breathe …
The Smallgoods Spotted you across the water and you waved like you…
There Were Wires This must be the sole reason for cold stares, so…
Threshold Everything you want from me And everything I long to be Are…
Z-Star Fighting for a love that's real Waiting long for time to…
zippy-music.net Em, may I help you Like Do we got a problem You looking…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Slum Village:
1-800-S-L-U-M You look and stare I see you took it there Wassup wit'chu? H…
11. Fall In Love One-two one-two To fall in love With the things you do Don'…
2 U 4 U You look and stare I see you took it there Wassup wit'chu? H…
2 You 4 You You look and stare I see you took it there Wassup wit'chu?…
2U4U You look and stare I see you took it there Wassup wit'chu? H…
5 Ela All of y'all, is on our dicks Stop ridin, you might…
5 Ela Remix (feat. 5 Ela, Jay Dee) All of y'all, is on our…
80's Skit FM 92.2 2002 You in the mid-day cruisin fair with the…
All-Ta-Ment First class Full blast Smash Everything, women wiggle that a…
Beef N Dem And get drunk off my dick tonight I want you to…
Beej N Dem Beej N Dem" And get drunk off my dick tonight I want…
Call Me [Chorus] All that I want is to show you love All I…
CB4 Every time you try to do what you can To get…
Climax You ain′t gotta play hard to get I know you, I…
Climax (Girl Shit) [Jay Dee] You ain't gotta play hard to get I know you,…
Closer There's somethin' I wanted to know Can we get closer? Yeah,…
Closer (feat. Dwele) Slum Village Closer, Feat Dwele Detroit Deli: A Taste of Det…
Closer ft Dwle There's somethin' I wanted to know Can we get closer? Yeah,…
Conant Garden Where we come from is a place we call Conant…
Count da Ways There's many ways to touch ya I been thinkin' of you Let…
Dirty [Intro: Ol' Dirty Bastard] Yo this O.D.B. and Slum Village D…
Disco Yo me and my man fin to get on some…
Do You Yo, FC for life, ha, ha, ha Things you do to…
Dope Man 睨めっこしてる習慣 入り込む僕だけの空間 光り輝いて夢のよう 目の保養いや胸の鼓動 正確にスタイル タイプな気がした 疲…
Earl Flinn Now when this hit the fan you would smell like…
Estimate I remember the day that you showed your ass Full moonin,…
Eyes Up Fake niggas, talkin shit about me and my click What to…
Ez Up Fake niggas, talkin′ shit about me and my, my click What…
Fall In Love One-two one-two To fall in love With the things you do Don'…
Fantastic Does y'all niggas just gotta test the S? It's the fantastic,…
Fantastic (interlude 2) (T3) Yo, Hold it to me your f**king cash's about to…
Fantastic 2 Aiyyo, this is for y'all to dance to real slow Cause…
Fantastic 3 Two... one, two We say fan-ta-serro You say, huh, what, yo…
Fantastic 4 We say fan-ta-serro You say, huh, what, you know It's that…
Faster Hold your breath Yeah yeah Whoa oh oh Yeah I'm feelin' like …
Fat Cat Uh, yes yes, y'all To the beat, and the S.V.'s is…
Fat Cat Song (feat. Fat Cat) Uhh, yes yes, y'all To the beat, and the…
Forever Dear us, we had a gang of ups Stay side-to-side when…
Forth & Back Alright, I'm on your radio dial! 107.5 Detroit Motown, and M…
Forth and Back Rock to the rhythm, forth and back Forth and back, forth…
Get Dis Money Chorus(2x) Hey, hey, hey, h-hey, hey What you say, get this …
Giant [Elzhi] [Elzhi] The Moment of truth, from the flow in the b…
Give This Nigga [J Dilla:] Now if you, see this nigga give this nigga…
Go Ladies Ay yo yo yo, and ya don't stop Go ladies Ay yo,…
Greatness Some of the basic laws of metaphysics understand itself Und…
Hoc Yo, plea-plea, plea-plea, please listen to my demo I got a…
Hoc N Pucky Yo, plea-plea, plea-plea, please listen to my demo I got a…
Hoes (One, one.)Don′t fuck it up! (One) So feel it y'all (One) So…
Hold Tight Hold tight, this is the last time you hear me I'm…
How We Build This one goin' out to, all these bitch niggas Talk shit…
How We Bullshit This one goin' out to all these bitch niggaz Talk shit…
I Don't Know (feat. Jazzy Jeff) (James Brown sample) (I don't know) Yo, yo, yo Yo I dont kno…
I don't konw I don't know why the fuck I'm fucking with you You,…
Insane Yeah, as we click and the furuistic zillionares you know wh…
Interlude You have reached the main menu For revenge on jealous niggas…
Intro 2 We come to [Incomprehensible] While you're playin' in your …
It'z Your World Yeah come on, hey" let′s do it girl We can. ham'…
Jealousy You know if you make moves some people will envy Say…
Just Like A Test Say it with me (really wanna be with you) You wanna…
Keep Holding On Keep Holding On â?? Slum Village Detroit Deli (A Taste Of…
Keep It On It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I…
Late 80's Skit FM 92.2 2002 You in the mid-day cruisin fair with the…
Live it Up Turn it up New S-V Raise it up Raise it up I ain't about…
Look of Love [53 seconds of a live performance to open] What is the…
Look of Love RMX What is the look of It got something to do with,…
Once Upon a Time I'm on a mission I hold the pen and stay twisted The…
One [T3] (One, one) Don't fuck it up! (One) It only takes (One…
Player It's the 788 DDT'n, just like Jake The Snake Actually we don…
Pregnant Fuck, cause you're a whore Whassup? Really nuttin - much~! …
Push It Along Coming from the urban city ghettos But we still King, queen,…
Raise It Up Turn it up New S-V Raise it up Raise it up I ain't about…
Reunion Yo EL and 'Tin kill'n em, Three kill'n 'em You thought…
Reunión Yo L and Ten killin' 'em, Three killin' 'em You thought…
Rock Rock Rock to the rhythm, forth and back Forth and back, forth…
S.O.U.L [T3] There I was sitting there looking, waiting Waiting fo…
S.O.U.L. [T3] There I was sitting there looking, waiting Waiting for …
Selfish I'm callin' (yeah maybe I'm selfish) Out to (I want…
Selfish feat. Kanye West & John Legend I'm callin (Yeah maybe I'm selfish) Out to (I want…
Selfish (feat. Kanye West & John Legend) Artist: Slum Village featuring: Kanye West & John Legend Son…
Selfish Featuring Kanye West & John Legend I'm callin (Yeah maybe I'm selfish) Out to (I want…
Star You have reached the main menu For revenge on jealous niggas…
Summer Breeze Uh, I be the best you ever had when I…
Tainted Real love, true love (It feels good girl) Tainted love (It's…
Tainted (feat. Dwele) (feat. Dwele) [Intro & Chorus] Real love, true love (It…
Tainted feat. Dwele Real love, true love (It feels good girl) Tainted love (It's…
Tell Me Tell me if you want some and you can just,…
The Look of Love [53 seconds of a live performance to open] What is the…
The Look of Love Pt. 1 What is the look of It got something to do with…
The Things You Do Yo, FC for life, ha, ha, ha Things you do to…
Thelonious Ha, yeah, yeah Uh, yeah, yeah, play at your own risk Act…
Thelonious Feat. Common Ha, yeah, yeah Uh, yeah, yeah, play at your own risk Act…
Thelonius Ha, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, play at your own risk Act like…
Thelonius - Ha, yeah, yeah Uhh, yeah, yeah, play at your own risk Act…
Thing U Do Yo, FC for life, ha, ha, ha Things you do to…
Time Travel Yo I remember, I remember coming back from the corner…
Untitled Yo, you owe it to me, get fucking cash about…
Up Fake niggas, talkin' shit about me and my click What to…
We Do It Yeah I got a rhyme for those dudes who lie about…
We On This one goin' out to, all these bitch niggas Talk shit…
What Is This (Elzhi) Mona Lisa, how long have I waited for this day For…
What It's All About (feat. Busta Rhymes) (Busta Rhymes) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Yea…
What's It All About First class Full blast Smash Everything, women wiggle tha…
What's That All About First class Full blast Smash Everything, women wiggle that a…
Who Are We Sé que no te tengo aquí y que tu estas…
Yes Yes Straight out the headphones Yeah, yeah Funk Master Flex, bab…
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