- Slum Village
Infobox musical artist
Name = Slum Village
Img_capt = Slum Village in 2004
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Detroit,Michigan ,United States
Genre = Hip hop
Years_active = 1996–present
Label = [http://www.BARAKRECORDS.com/ Barak] (2005-present)Capitol Records (2000-2005)GOOD Music (2004-2006)
URL = [http://www.slumvillage.com/ SlumVillage.com]
Current_members = T3 (1996–present)Elzhi (2002–present)
Past_members = Baatin (1996–2004)
Jay Dee (1996–2002) (deceased)Slum Village is a hip hop group from
Conant Gardens ,Detroit, Michigan .The group was formed by three members:
rapper s Baatin and T3, plus rapper and producer Jay Dee. Jay Dee left in2002 to pursue a solo career withMCA Records and was replaced byElzhi , after which Baatin also left due to health complications. The group has played a vital role Fact|date=August 2008 in the careers of several Detroit-based Hip-hop artists, such asFrank-N-Dank ,Platinum Pied Pipers ,Dwele , andBlack Milk .History
Jay Dee era
Baatin, T3, and Jay Dee grew up together in the
Conant Gardens neighborhood ofDetroit and attended Pershing High School. The group steadfastly became popular in Detroit's underground hip hop scene. Jay Dee also became a member of the production team known asThe Ummah , who produced hits for a number of R&B and hip hop musicians. Slum Village's first album, 1996's "Fantastic, Vol. 1 ", was not officially released until 2005 but highly sought after in underground circles. In 1998, the group opened for another hip hop trio,A Tribe Called Quest , on their farewell tour.Originally signed to the now defunct A&M record label, the group were forced to postpone the release of their official debut album due to label politics, but in June 2000 they released "
Fantastic, Vol. 2 " onGoodVibe Recordings . Also that year they released an album called "Best Kept Secret ", under the alias J-88, which featured remixes and leftover material from "Fantastic, Vol. 1".Elzhi era
For the 2002 release of "
Trinity (Past, Present and Future) " on Barak/Capitol Records , Baatin brought inElzhi to join the group as Jay Dee left to focus on his solo career. The album was a moderate success and contained the single "Tainted", produced byKarriem Riggins and featuringDwele . Also in 2002, "Dirty District", a compilation of songs by Detroit rappers largely produced by T3 and "RJ" Rice, was released.The group then became a duo consisting of T3 and Elzhi, when Baatin became sick touring in France shortly before the release of their 2004 album, "
Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) " and departed to seek treatment Fact|date=February 2007. The album included the hit single, "Selfish", produced byKanye West and featuringJohn Legend . The song samples a part of the intro to the hit song "Call Me" byAretha Franklin . After parting ways with Capitol Records in 2005, they released "Prequel To A Classic ", a mixtape of mostly previously unreleased material, followed by a self-titled release in October of the same year.In his Slum Village years, Elzhi has released 2 mixtapes and one album, The mixtapes
Witness my growth andEuropass . His albumThe Preface was released onFat Beats Records on the 12th of august,2008Former member Jay Dee died on
February 10 ,2006 after being diagnosed with TTP and Lupus. Fact|date=August 2008Future projects by Slum Village include an album made with unused J Dilla beats [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_v4FJalhU YouTube - dropmagazine.com Slum Village Interview - Part 1 ] ] , and an album produced mostly by Black Milk. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-eHl0r7DWQ YouTube - dropmagazine.com Slum Village Interview - Part 2 ] ]
Discography
tudio Albums
*
1997 "Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) " (official release:2005 through Counterflow Records)
*2000 "Fantastic, Vol. 2 " (GoodVibe Recordings)
*2002 "Trinity (Past, Present and Future) " (Barak/Capitol Records )
*2004 "Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) " ( [Capitol Records] )
*2005 "Slum Village" (Barak Records)Compilations
*
2000 "Best Kept Secret" (under the alias J-88) (Groove Attack Productions )
*2002 "Dirty District" (Sequence Records )
*2005 "Prequel To A Classic " (Barak Records)ingles
*
1999 "Get Dis Money " (Interscope)
*2000 "Climax" (GoodVibe Recordings)
*2000 "Raise It Up " (GoodVibe Recordings)
*2002 "Tainted" (featuringDwele ) (Barak/Capitol Records)
*2002 "Disco (Remix)" (featuringMs. Jade &Raje Shwari ) (Barak/Capitol Records)
*2004 "Selfish" (featuringKanye West andJohn Legend ) (Capitol Records)
*2004 "Do U" (Capitol Records)
*2005 "EZ Up" (Barak Records)Appearances
*2000: "One-4-Teen (Funky For You)" (from the
Bahamadia album "BB Queen ")
*2000: "Thelonius" (from the Common album "Like Water For Chocolate ")
*2001: "LTAH" (from theHi-Tek album "Hi-Teknology ")
*2003: "Wolves" (from thePhat Kat album "The Undeniable LP ")
*2004: "Da Villa" (from thePete Rock album "Soul Survivor II ")
*2005: "Keep On" (from theDwele album "Some Kinda... ")
*2006: "Time Has Come" (from the Exile album "Dirty Science ")
*2007: "Cuz I'm Jazzy" (from Guru album "")
*2007: "Action" (from theBlack Milk album "Popular Demand ")
*2007: "Gangsta Boogie" (from thePete Rock album "NY's Finest ")
*2007: "Got Me Goin' (Hip Hop)" (from theStatik Selektah album "Spell My Name Right: The Album")
*2008: "Brandy" (from theDwele album "Sketches of a Man ")External links
* [http://www.slumvillage.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.dropmagazine.com/slum-village-video-interview/ Slum Village Video Interview at dropmagazine.com]References
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