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There are few artists that exemplify the spirit of Detroit: Motown… Eminem… and Slum Village. The legendary hip-hop group gave us the gift of J Dilla, Baatin, and ...
As rapper T3 tells it, Slum Village has "shaken off the fatigue, shaken off the chill moment, and now it’s go-mode time.” After a nearly decade-long break, the fabled Detroit hip-hop group is ...
The two MCs (T3 and Baatin) and rapper/producer (Dilla) formed Slum Village in 1996, the same year Proof, Bizarre, Mr. Porter, Kuniva, and Bugz founded D12. “Me and Proof were very close,” T3 ...
From the intimacy of J Dilla’s basement in Detroit's Conant Gardens to the top of the Billboard charts, Slum Village’s innovative sound has helped shape Hip-Hop for generations. After nearly a ...
This week, Amyre Makupson, our Executive Producer Impacting Communities, sits down with Detroit hip-hop pioneers Slum Village. Slum Village is known for their lyricism and underground sound.
Breakbeat Lou started off the night with a DJ set, and he joined Slum Village during their set, which included a new song from this year’s F.U.N. (and a couple of brief periods of light rain).
DETROIT (AP) — A myriad of Detroit’s greatest musical exports, including Diana Ross, Eminem and Jack White, took to the stage in a pulsating sonic spectacle held on the eve of the historic ...
Jack White, Slum Village and Patti Smith were presented with chunks of marble from the restored train station and saluted for their contributions to Detroit music. Smith was accepting on behalf of ...
The artist formerly known as Kanye West charged $90,000 for his contributions to Slum Village’s 2004 single “Selfish,” so says founding member T3. This aspect of the Detroit Deli track's ...