Earlier today we posted Jus Daze’s new track ‘Superman’s Dead’, a song all detailing the last days of Superman. It was a clever and engaging track, and I was wondering if we’d get sent any other songs that focused as heavily on storytelling and narrative as Jus Daze, and was just as self-aware and articulate . Well, a few hours later this appeared in our inbox. I wasn’t aware of Slum Village and their previous material, but this was an instant favourite. I had to give it a good few listens to fully follow the story and linear of the song, but I realised it’s not a strictly A to B type track, and every time I listened to the song, more things jumped out at me. Whether it was a nice instrumental cut, or vocal line-I was impressed.
‘No Mas’ was extremely reminiscent of YZ and Rae and Christian’s song ‘Now I Lay Me Down’, and early Jeru Tha Damaja, and was a really good introduction to Slum Village as a group and made me want to hunt them down, and find out more material by them. Their album ‘Dirty Slums 2’ (which will be hosted by Mick Boogie) drops tomorrow and I’m excited to see what else these guys can come out with.
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