
Off Detroit producer Young RJ’s latest mixtape, Seventh Son, which you can grab right here. R.I.P. Baatin.
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Here’s Slum’s RJ stepping in front of the camera, with the help of Vice.

Before there was Eminem and company; Slum Village undoubtedly were the first MC’s to put the city of Detroit on their back. The trio consisted of T3, J Dilla, and Baatin, and even though J Dilla would leave the group to pursue other endeavors, he remained close with SV, and even more so by blessing newcomer (at the time) Elzhi to be his successor.
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T3, Elzhi, Baatin, and J Dilla: All members of Slum Village at one point in their careers. Although Baatin and J Dilla have passed away, and Elzhi isn’t seeing eye-to-eye with original member T3— all four MC’s from Detroit make their way onto the group’s sixth album, Villa Manifesto.
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