Thursday, June 10, 2010
New Music: Slum Village - Faster feat. Colin Munroe
OK, slowly getting into some T.dot Thursday ish now. No, not the Slum - they from the D of course. Colin Munroe is a T.dot/Canada representer though! This track, produced by Young RJ, is from the new Slum Village album, Villa Manifesto dropping July 29:
Slum Village - 'Faster' feat Colin Munroe [mp3 audio stream]
I'd credit where I swiped this from but I forgot to bookmark it and don't remember and I'm not wasting back going through my URL History to find out (although it's probably Semtex based on recent posts....)
Labels: Colin Munroe, Its a T.dot Thing, Slum Village
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Baatin of Slum Village, R.I.P.
I know I'm way late at this point and I only got motivated to do this in the end, partially out of guilt after realizing I had done mulitple posts on the passing of Mr. Magic and now this memorial post for Saigon's mother just moments ago.
But after I had initially promised to do a tribute post for the passing of Baatin from Slum Village, I realized that as much as I love their music, I never really knew that much about any of the members of the group, much less Baatin. So I'm gonna simply leave it at this: as much as haters used to knock the group for having great beats but being light on the lyicial tip (hmm...), you know what: you can still listen to Fantastic Vol. 2 all these years later and it sounds as fresh today as the day it came out. On top of that, many missed his absence on what was the (in my opinion) still-excellent Detroit Deli album.
One other thing's for sure though: with the passing of Dilla and now Baatin, we will never again have the version of the Slum that gave us Fanatstic Vol. 2 and that alone is a sad thing....
Here are some more tributes for Baatin from around the hip hop blogging interwebs:
R.I.P Baatin. [No Trivia]
R.I.P. Baatin. [Straight Bangin']
On Cloud 9: Baatin (1974-2009). [Beats and Rants]
Baatin's Friends Speak on the Slum Village Pioneer, Plus His Final Track. [Suite 903.com]
Dart Adams presents Baatin, Come Back To Earth! [Poisonous Paragraphs]
GhostlyCast (Ghostly Records Podcast) #26: Tribute to Baatin - mixed by Waajeed of Triple P: odeo stream | direct mp3 [right click and save as via Ghostly Int'l]
The Slum Village Baatin/Dilla Tribute T-Shirt. [Kevin Nottinhgam]
Slum Village - "Actin’ Normal" video. [iLuvLova] <-- last video with Baatin!
Video of T3 speaking about why Baatin had to be a part of the new Slum Village album (as well as his upcoming solo project). [via Nah Right]
The T3 and Elzhi-edition of the Slum speaking on Baatin in the track, "Reunion" from Detroit Deli:
Labels: J. Dilla, Slum Village
Thursday, August 13, 2009
New video: Slum Village - "Actin' Normal"
Tell me this ain't the track that my boy Mickey Factz said was better than "Selfish"??
R.I.P. Baatin of course.....
Labels: Mickey Factz, Slum Village
DJ Rasta Root presents The Rest of Dilla Vol. 1
GREAT mix of some of Dilla's best production moments including joints by Slum Village (of course), Common, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Guilty Simpson and more. Get the full tracklisting here.
Check out DJ Rasta Root's The Rest of Dilla Vol. 1 mixtape here: Stream | Download [Direct mp3 links, right click and save as]
RIP Baatin & Dilla. Baatin tribute post coming soon-ish (maybe.....)
Related:
New Run DMC logo-inspired Slum Village t-shirt.
[via Mick Boogie]
Labels: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Dj Rasta Root, J. Dilla, mixtapes, Slum Village
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
More Dilla!
Slum Village, Frank Nitti & Illa J - "Homage to Dilla" (prod. Focus) [sharebee download link via 2DopeBoyz]
A Suite for Ma Dukes - an EP, proceeds from the sale of which go to Dilla's mom who is now sick herself. [Classic Drug References]
Click here for previous posts on Dilla on The Kitchen.
Labels: Focus, Illa J, J. Dilla, Slum Village
Friday, September 19, 2008
New music: eLZhi - The Preface
Tracks by the Slum Village MC from his solo album, The Preface in stores now. Check it out:
"Talkin In My Sleep" | "Save Ya (feat. T3 of Slum Village)" | "Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5'9")"
[all direct mp3 links, Right Click and Save As]
Buy The Preface album here via itunes.
Online:
eLZhi - MySpace
Labels: eLZhi, Royce the 5'9, Slum Village
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
New release: J. Dilla - Jay Love Japan OUT NOW
About the album:
"After nearly a year of this release in limbo, one of J-Dilla's last projects before he died is available. Originally a Japanese only release, Operation Unknown have done the right thing and released this internationally. Mostly instrumental (who's complaining?), a few of the songs feature guests such as Baatin (of Slum Village) and Ta'Raach."
Preview and buy it here.
Labels: J. Dilla, Slum Village
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
New Music: Hezekiah feat. Bilal - "Looking Up"
I love this. It's got a Slum-ish vibe to it (even though dude is actually from Philly apparently) so I expect some of my peoples to dig this too:
Hezekiah feat. Bilal - "Looking Up" [YSI MP3 link]
(courtesy Matt of Movement Marketing)
Online: MySpace | Website
Labels: Bilal, Hezekiah, Slum Village
