Detroit Deli (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Zoom ~ Slum Village

2. Do You ~ Slum Village

3. Dirty ~ Slum Village

4. Late 80's Skit ~ Slum Village

5. Selfish ~ Slum Village

6. Closer ~ Slum Village

7. Shining Star / Old Girl ~ Slum Village

8. Keep Holding On ~ Slum Village

9. It's On ~ Slum Village

10. Hours, The ~ Slum Village

11. Things We Do ~ Slum Village

12. Count the Ways ~ Slum Village

13. Reunion ~ Slum Village

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Additional personnel: J Dilla, Dirt McGirt, Dwele, John Legend, Kanye West, MC Breed, Phat Kat, Melanie Rutherford, Big Herk.
	When Slum Village emerged in the 1990s, they were ostensibly a trio of Jay Dee, T3, and Baatin, However, the Detroit group quickly anounced itself a fluid collective, with members free to drop in and out. They weren't kidding, as on three major releases the group has sported different line-ups each time. DETROIT DELI finds Slum Village a duo of T3 and more recent addition Elzhi. However, all that turnover sees no drop-off in the level of the music and the discourse.
	If anything, Slum Village is at the top of its game on DETROIT DELI, flying from the gritty to the smooth to the funky with the greatest of ease. The outfit also displays its usual range in topics, from delivering a tender ode to ghetto womanhood on "Old Girl/Shining Star" to boasting defiantly, as on the club banger "Keep Holding On." The crew can employ unique and almost experimental beats, as on "Dirty" (fittingly featuring Dirt McGirt) and slide into the smoothest of comfortable grooves (the sweetly sly single "Selfish"). Jay Dee returns with a flourish on "Reunion," but the band's assertion of fluidity remains true, as whatever the official membership, Slum Village consistently releases complexly beautiful records. DETROIT DELI continues that trend.
Producer: Young RJ; Black Milk; RL "T3" Altman III

Compilation Appearances

	Subject
	2: 35 Pm
	Some Kinda
	Office Space (Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

J-88

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/29/2004
	Original Release Date : 2004
	Catalog ID : 83043
	Label : Capitol/EMI Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00724358304329

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (pp.76-7)
- "DELI impresses most with production prowess....It's reminiscent of the Detroit outfit's sonically progressive debut..." - Grade: B-