The legendary rap group Slum Village means so many things to so many people. The group which originally consisted of the iconic producer James “J Dilla” Yancy, Titus “Baatin” Glover and T3 has had ...

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Detroit's Slum Village boast a prolific catalog and whenever new music is unearthed from their discography, fans congregate to take part in breaking down the rhymes. Last week (April 20), Slum village ...

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Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village is gearing up to release a new album, its first in seven years. The group, now a duo featuring rapper T3 and producer Young RJ, dropped a new single on Friday, ahead ...

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 ...

sounds like the latest in a series of diminishing returns for Slum Village. Once considered a leader of the hip-hop vanguard for its acid, chopped-up raps and Jay Dee’s sylphlike beats, the group has ...

At this point in its development, hip-hop is all about the marketing. Crossing over to the pop side of town is incredibly lucrative, but doing so too overtly puts street cred at risk. That’s why acts ...

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 ...

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, ...

Detroit Pistons power forward John Salley, right, launched a record label, Hoops, where J Dilla got his first break with Slum Village. Credit: Courtesy photo, Shutterstock A new book — Dilla Time: The ...

After 10 years of building his brand as Mega Ran, a video game obsessive whose way with a pop culture reference has made him one of nerdcore's most beloved underground MCs, Raheem Jarbo was starting ...