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Trinity (Past, Present & Future)  Hear it Now

RS: 3of 5 Stars

2002

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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 Tribe Called Quest's soul-clap minimalism, Slum Village step forward on Trinity -- even if, at sixty-nine sprawling minutes, it could have used some serious pruning.

PETER RELIC
(RS 906 - October 3, 2002)



(Posted: Sep 10, 2002)

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