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 reopening ...
Slum Village fans were still reeling from J Dilla’s 2006 death when fellow Slum Village founder Baatin died last year, so perhaps it’s no surprise that Villa Manifesto, the group’s first album in five ...
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 back ...
Let s face it. Groups today are a rare and endangered species in Hip-Hop. With every Voltron-united collective comes a natural urge for members to forge a solo path towards their own success, beyond ...
Detroit hip-hop is a global phenomenon now. But when T3, Baatin, and J Dilla were growing up in the historically Black Conant Gardens neighborhood in the ’80s and ’90s, the scene was provincial. The ...
20 years ago, Slum Village finished recording their much-lauded album, Fantastic, Vol. 2, a 21-song project that featured appearances from Q-Tip, D'Angelo, Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, Pete Rock, and Common.
OutKast, Salt-N-Pepa, Cyndi Lauper, Thom Bell and more were among this year’s inductees. With a career that has spanned over 20 years, the group has endured many changes, yielding a rather tumultuous ...
Like the Geto Boys, Slum Village has had a revolving door of personnel, label drama, and a sound that wouldn’t budge in spite of it. Now down the original leader T3 and the refined lyrical entry, ...