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, ...

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 ...

Sex is a part of life. In hip-hop and R&B, rappers and singers have never been afraid to express themselves sexually in a song -- they get right to the point. Five Best Songs From Slum Village's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

One of the ways J Dilla can be remembered after his passing is through his lyrics showcased on Slum Village's Fantastic, Vol. 2 album, which celebrates its 25th anniversary today (June 13). Slum ...

Detroit rapper T3 could have given up music years ago. As the only surviving original member of Slum Village, closing the book on the pioneering hip-hop group would have been an easy decision. After a ...

Baatin, a rapper who co-founded the progressive hip-hop group Slum Village, was found dead Saturday morning in Detroit. He was 35. Ty Townson, a family friend, confirmed Baatin’s death to the Detroit ...

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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 ...

Slum Village, of Conant Gardens, Detroit, carries the heavy shadow of original members J Dilla and Baatin, who have both passed away. T3 is the sole survivor from the crew’s founding lineup. And now ...

Excuse me while I take Chris Brown's "She Ain't You" out of my summer playlist and replace it with this new one from Elzhi, which uses a much better sample of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature." T3 of ...

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 ...