Slum Village - Trinity (Past, Present & Future)
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Rolling Stone Rating: 3
Detroit might be Rock City, but Slum Village helped put it on the hip-hop map. An acclaimed debut (1999's Fantastic Volume 2) sporting a classic single ("Get Dis Money") set the stage for this headphone-ready follow-up. Slum's seemingly contrary essence -- venomous lyrics spit over languorous beats -- still commands attention. On "Get Live," new guy Elzhi exhorts us to "get more stoned than Fred and Wilma's wheels." Original producer Jay Dee contributes only three tracks (including the lean, sizzling "Let's"), but high-profile beat-makers Hi-Tek and Scott Storch are super substitutes. By combining the cinematic ambition of Massive Attack with A...
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