Slum Village have returned with an electrifying new album, F.U.N., their first in nearly a decade.
The 12-track venture was launched on Friday (Could 3) and consists of collaborations with Robert Glasper, Cordae, Larry June and extra.
Whereas the group have develop into synonymous with a sure sound since their formation nearly 30 years in the past, F.U.N. finds them branching out into sudden sonic territory — however one which shares musical DNA with their hometown of Detroit.
“We wished to simply strive one thing new, so we targeted on making Disco-inspired music,” Younger RJ defined in a press launch, whereas T3 added that the recording course of “started with gathering previous Disco data.”
Explaining the that means behind the title, T3 mentioned: “Slum remains to be right here. We’re nonetheless related and we’re nonetheless attempting to push the envelope. Generally folks put too many guidelines on music, and with out sounding cliche, we wished to simply have enjoyable with [this album].
“So, in three phrases: Fuck U N-ggas.”
Slum Village’s first album since 2015’s Sure!, F.U.N. might be streamed beneath.
Whereas getting ready to launch their new album, RJ made a shock revelation a couple of basic launch from founding member, the late, nice J Dilla.
In an interview with Shirley Ju, the Detroit native revealed that Dilla’s beloved 2006 LP Donuts was impressed by Kanye West.
RJ remembered Dilla — who had left Slum Village a couple of years earlier however continued to sometimes produce for the group — coming all the way down to the video shoot for the Kanye-produced “Egocentric,” the place he was taunted by an affiliate over Ye’s soulful beats.
“He reveals as much as the video and we sitting again there. A man named Scrap Soiled like, ‘Man, this your group and also you gon’ let Kanye come by means of and do that? He killing the soul shit!’” he recalled.
“Dilla’s sitting within the stands like, ‘Oh phrase? That’s what you suppose?’ He goes again… that’s whenever you get all of the stuff that you simply heard on Donuts, all of the soul stuff. He was making his level that, ‘I’m unfuckwittable.’”
In the identical interview, RJ and T3 additionally revealed that Kanye charged the group $90,000 for his work on “Egocentric” as “payback” towards a document label govt who had handed over him when he was attempting to land a deal.
“We stroll within the studio and he’s like, ‘That is the joint.’ Ain’t no choices. This the beat for y’all. We’re like, ‘Okay, we are able to work with this,’” RJ recalled.
After T3 revealed Ye’s price ticket, RJ mentioned: “The one cause he charged that’s due to a sure A&R that turned him down when he was in search of a document deal. He was getting payback.”
