Detroit Deli (Explicit Version) (2004)

Product Summary Label: Capitol Records UPC: 00724358304329 Release Date: 6/29/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61007312 Item#: MQUV75 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Zoom - (with Phat Kat) ~ Slum Village 2. Do You - (with MC Breed) ~ Slum Village 3. Dirty - (with Dirt McGirt) ~ Slum Village 4. Late 80's Skit ~ Slum Village 5. Selfish - (with Kanye West/John Legend) ~ Slum Village 6. Closer - (with Dwele) ~ Slum Village 7. Shining Star / Old Girl - (with Melanie) ~ Slum Village 8. Keep Holding On - (with Melanie) ~ Slum Village 9. It's On - (with MC Breed) ~ Slum Village 10. Hours, The ~ Slum Village 11. Things We Do ~ Slum Village 12. Count the Ways - (with Dwele) ~ Slum Village 13. Reunion - (with J Dilla) ~ Slum Village   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Additional personnel: J Dilla, Dirt McGirt, Dwele, John Legend, Kanye West, MC Breed, Phat Kat, Melanie Rutherford, Big Herk. Recording information: 2004. When Slum Village emerged in the 1990s, they were ostensibly a trio of Jay Dee, T3, and Baatin, However, the Detroit group quickly anounced itself a fluid collective, with members free to drop in and out. They weren't kidding, as on three major releases the group has sported different line-ups each time. DETROIT DELI finds Slum Village a duo of T3 and more recent addition Elzhi. However, all that turnover sees no drop-off in the level of the music and the discourse. If anything, Slum Village is at the top of its game on DETROIT DELI, flying from the gritty to the smooth to the funky with the greatest of ease. The outfit also displays its usual range in topics, from delivering a tender ode to ghetto womanhood on "Old Girl/Shining Star" to boasting defiantly, as on the club banger "Keep Holding On." The crew can employ unique and almost experimental beats, as on "Dirty" (fittingly featuring Dirt McGirt) and slide into the smoothest of comfortable grooves (the sweetly sly single "Selfish"). Jay Dee returns with a flourish on "Reunion," but the band's assertion of fluidity remains true, as whatever the official membership, Slum Village consistently releases complexly beautiful records. DETROIT DELI continues that trend.   Artist Overview Fixtures of Detroit's underground hip-hop scene, Slum Village managed to persevere despite several line-up changes, mental illness, and deaths in the family. The group originally formed in the mid '90s as the trio of Baatin, T3, and the soon-to-be legendary DJ/MC Jay Dee. Dilla left in 2002 and was replaced by rapper Elzhi, who would stay on following Baatin's departure due to struggles with schizophrenia. Despite the tumult, Slum Village released numerous excellent recordings that harked back to hip-hop's True Skool era, replete with jazzy licks, clever lyrics, and a consciousness vibe associated with a bygone era in rap. Sadly, Slum Village was dealt another blow when alum J Dilla passed away in 2006 from complications due to Lupus. Artist Influences A Tribe Called Quest | Black Sheep | De La Soul | Del Tha Funkee Homosapien | EPMD | Eric B. & Rakim | Gang Starr | Jungle Brothers | Kool G. Rap | KRS-One | Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Artist Contemporaries Common | Company Flow | D-12 | Dilated Peoples | Eminem | Goodie Mob | Kanye West | Mos Def | Outkast | Pharoahe Monch | Talib Kweli | The Roots (Rap) Artist Followers Black Milk | Platinum Pied Pipers   Compilation Appearances Office Space (Explicit Version) Like Water For Chocolate (Explicit Version) Dirty District Subject 2: 35 Pm The Beat Generation Soul Survivor 2 Hip Hop Hits: vol 9 (Explicit Version) Hip Hop Hits: vol 9 (censored) Some Kinda Popular Demand(Explicit Version) Jazzmatazz 4:hip Hop Jazz Messenger B Sketches Of A Man Death Of A Man, Rebirth Of A King(Explicit Version) Dillanthology I:dilla's Production Fo Dillanthology 2   Associated Artists and Works J-88   Technical Info Release Date : 06/29/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 83043 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724358304329   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (pp.76-7) - "DELI impresses most with production prowess....It's reminiscent of the Detroit outfit's sonically progressive debut..." - Grade: B-    Product Image