Best Kept Secret featured remixes and leftover material from the heavily boot-legged Fantastic, Vol. Due to internal politics with the label, the group was forced to release their 2000 album Best Kept Secret under the alias 'J-88'. Slum Village signed their first record deal in 1998 with the now defunct Barak/A&M records.
1), however it was not officially released until 2006, 9 years after original recording. Later in 1996, J Dilla founded Slum Village which included him, Baatin, and T3.įrom 1996-1997 the group recorded their first album Fantastic (Vol. Rappers Baatin and T3 along with producer J Dilla grew up together in the Conant Gardens neighborhood of Detroit and attended Pershing High School together. Over its history the group has been through several line-up changes, which once included J Dilla's younger brother Illa J, but now the group currently exists as a duo of T3 and producer Young RJ. Elzhi joined in his absence, after which Baatin also left due to health complications.Following J Dilla's death in 2006 and Baatin's death in 2009, T3 remains the sole surviving member of the original lineup. J Dilla left in 2001 to pursue a solo career with MCA Records. The group was formed by three members, rappers Baatin (1974–2009) and T3, plus rapper and producerJ Dilla (1974– 2006). Slum Village is a hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. United StatesGenresHip hop Years active1996–presentLabelsBarak/CapitolMembersT3 Slum Village (Young RJ & T3) performing at the Nouveau Casino, Paris, in September 2014Background informationOriginDetroit, Michigan,
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