Breaking Down J Dilla’s Most Underrated Album

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Breaking Down J Dilla’s Most Underrated Album

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There’s one album that doesn’t come up in the Dilla conversation enough. It’s some of his best work, was a turning point for him as a producer, and helped birth the neo soul movement.
Today we're talking about Slum Village. If you’re a Dilla fan and you don’t know Slum Village, get ready, cuz it’s some of Dilla’s finest work, and that’s saying a LOT. If you’re already a Slum Village fan, you’re in the right place.
We’re diving into the story of Fantastic Vol 1 AND 2, of Slum Village, and of this pivotal transition time for J Dilla. We’ll dive into a few songs to see how his production evolved, why these albums aren't as well known, and how it birthed the neo soul movement.
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SOURCES
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Questlove Supreme Podcast with T3: • Slum Village Recalls T...
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Amp Fiddler Interview - • Amp Fiddler on teachin...
Full Amp Fiddler interview with the original channel its from ‪@PopkillerTV‬ • Amp Fiddler - intervie...
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TOPICS COVERED
J Dilla
Jay Dee
Slum Village
T3
Baatin
Fantastic Vol 1
Fantastic Vol 2
Fan-Tas-Tic
Detroit
Hip Hop
Neo Soul
#jdilla #hiphop #musichistory

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@diggingthegreats 5 ай бұрын

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@disrails 5 ай бұрын

Claaaaire. Genius

@ericfields2809 5 ай бұрын

Me too

@artisans8521 5 ай бұрын

From your channel, I went to Spotty, searched for SlumVillage, found them, including a remark that they were performing in my hometown soon. Got a ticket to see them live in 4 weeks.

@user-ok2hn5ek2f 5 ай бұрын

This album was so smooth. " Get this money" "PLAYERS" "Climax" & " Hold Tight"

@MegaVern1 5 ай бұрын

Facts!!!

@assistant606 4 ай бұрын

Jealousy was fire too

@npetinaud1 4 ай бұрын

Go Ladies is my favourite instrumental. Just reminds me of fine Women in the summer.

@unworthyServant08 4 ай бұрын

Add “Fall N Love” and “2U4U” to that list! All these were on repeat in my late teens to early 20’s! Along with Little Brother’s The Listening. These two albums certainly make my classics list.

@dasdabeatjunkieprod 4 ай бұрын

Untitled will always be my favorite

@lairdhercules4553 5 ай бұрын

Finally! Slum Village. Those who know...know. RIP Baatin, RIP Dilla.

@diggingthegreats 5 ай бұрын

RIP Amp Fiddler as well 🙏

@startrakambassador3632 5 ай бұрын

@@diggingthegreats word, it broke my heart when I heard he passed as well. At least they in a better places ❤️🙏🏾

@Ginger2882. 5 ай бұрын

Slum Village was actually my introduction to Dilla. Still some of my favorites of his albums.

@Bandaroj 5 ай бұрын

Same here. Which is kind of a lie, because I bought a copy of Labcabincalifornia when it was released. But I was not aware of who this JD guy was till I heard SV.

@drealinskiabel 5 ай бұрын

Same. Went from there to Welcome 2 Detroit and only learned about all the Soulquarian/Native Tongues and Pharcyde stuff way later. Suffice to say, it was a pleasant experience of catching up.

@SkylarGarriott 5 ай бұрын

i see slum village, i click

@tempeff8670 5 ай бұрын

I saw Slum Village in Chicago, upstair at Subterranean circa 2001. I probably saw Dilla but I didn't know it at the time.

@kennethbosejr.4933 5 ай бұрын

Same

@sorensmith8403 5 ай бұрын

Monkey see, monkey do

@petykash 5 ай бұрын

Facts

@artisans8521 5 ай бұрын

I'm going to see them in a few day's time in my hometown.

@tonejames2080 5 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Dilla Dawg. Shout out to the Roots on Game Theory for showing him the love he always deserved but many times never received. A genius of the hip-hop game. A legend of music in general.

@GmegaManly 4 ай бұрын

Man, I grew up in Conant Gardens and was privileged to know some of the old Motown/Funkadelic musicians who kept their equipment in the basement near their pool table. Never ran into Slum but man those were good times! And you have to understand that at that time it was nearly impossible for Detroit hip hop artists to get played outside of Detroit, so leaving the group was the only choice he could make if he wanted to be heard. Shout-out to Nunn's BBQ!

@nickolas8013 5 ай бұрын

"Rock to the rhythm, forth & back, forth & back, forth and back back back back..."

@actrite3139 4 ай бұрын

Kurupt and SV

@BritoWorx 5 ай бұрын

RIP DILLA AND AMP Thank you for y’all contributions to the world.

@tr606 5 ай бұрын

Untitled/Fantastic from Vol. 2 is just so pretty. Just incredible. Great vid as usual by the way ♥

@DocDoMuch 5 ай бұрын

My favorite track on this classic album

@amsf1 5 ай бұрын

Slum village Fantastic 1&2 classics. Fantastic v.2 is mind blowing still to this day....

@PopkillerTV 5 ай бұрын

Part starting from 2:16 comes from our exclusive interview with Amp Fiddler, which you can find on our channel (it's a 20-min. video called "Amp Fiddler - interview: on teaching J Dilla how to use MPC; touring with George Clinton; Prince") :) Great short doc guys, much love from Poland & Long Live Dilla!

@diggingthegreats 5 ай бұрын

Can you send a link? For one I want to include it in the description since I didn’t realize the larger video the clip was pulled from. For two, I want to watch it myself! Thank you for doing this interview, much love from the US 🙏

@diggingthegreats 5 ай бұрын

Found it and updated! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbZkZMWcmd22h4U.htmlsi=N0u8El6-428Rk6iV

@PopkillerTV 5 ай бұрын

@@diggingthegreats yes, that's it!! Perfect, thank you so much! All the best, keep up the great work! 😊🙏🙌 We also have done more Dilla-related interviews (with Common, Illa J, Pharcyde, Black Milk etc.) if you'd be interested! / Marcin

@BasperMarshall 4 ай бұрын

Polska Gurom

@wm1573 4 ай бұрын

I’ve listened through the instrumental version of this album like 9000000 times and it continues to be amazing

@BigO7duce 5 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you covered this masterpiece. I saw Slum Village in 2000 at the Okayplayer tour in Minneapolis at First Avenue. I was originally there for the Roots but left blown away by Slum.

@drezred8478 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite albums of all time. Remember hearing "Get dis Money" and "Players" at UNLV on an underground radio show back in 98. No skips on the album. Untitled/fantastic is my favorite joint. All the beats are crazy.

@avgriffin 5 ай бұрын

The climax drums changed how I view drums forever, convincing me to learn them inside out and learn drums

@grantbacon4471 5 ай бұрын

Slum Village was so mad underrated! Great video! I can’t believe someone finally covered this album. “Fall in love” is in my rotation forever.

@rdicetv77 4 ай бұрын

4EVER.

@saint_yves 2 ай бұрын

This album was my introduction to J Dilla. Once I heard “Fall In Love”, I was hooked.

@hhhsp951 5 ай бұрын

IT'S *DILLA TIME*

@djdospe1 5 ай бұрын

there are only a few albums where I can listen to it without skipping a single song.. this is one of them

@MegaVern1 5 ай бұрын

RIP Amp and Dilla!🙏🏽❤️🕊️

@kylecray7193 4 ай бұрын

One of the greatest albums of my lifetime. Fall in love is so amazing. Love classic slum vill.

@toma8283 5 ай бұрын

2u 4u is one of my favorite dilla beats and I only recently learned the intro is the demo version of the track slowed down

@mategeri5728 5 ай бұрын

Dude, I've been a huge SV fan for more than a decade and I've been spending countless hours reading and learning about music. It never even crossed my mind to dig into the story of SV and I love how you break down the beats, too. Love your videos! Cheers!

@cheef825 5 ай бұрын

Man you gotta read dilla time if you haven't already. That book has so much cool shi in it

@mategeri5728 5 ай бұрын

@@cheef825 got that on my readlist for a while, just need to finish my other books first

@filipkroupa9455 5 ай бұрын

so dirty yet so clean at the same time! in love with those drums since the day I discovered this album

@erok268 5 ай бұрын

This album has been in the top 5 personal albums since highschool

@P8on2phresh 4 ай бұрын

“I don’t know” will always be my favorite Dilla beat love how simple and blissful the sample is 😌

@damianhbk1 5 ай бұрын

That intro is 🔥🔥🔥 I first heard of Slum Village on Power 106 back in the day. I went out the very next day and bought their CD VOL2 at Tower Records. Thank you for digging deep into this album 🙏🙏🙏

@jasonwallington2121 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic felt like Detroit’s love letter to hip-hop. Grateful for this masterpiece. RIP to Dilla, Baatin and Amp Fiddler.

@JustinMCase 5 ай бұрын

TOP 5 ALL TIME FAV ALBUM

@lewisewan3432 5 ай бұрын

Another J-Dilla video, I'm not complaining. Great Video

@TristanKnightMusic 5 ай бұрын

This episode was so amazing to watch. As soon as I saw Slum as the thumbnail, I couldn’t have clicked on it faster. Lol. As a native Detroiter and artist/producer myself, this album has such a huge influence on my life till this day. I sampled “Climax” from Fantastic Vol. 2 for my song “Date Knight” on my new album LAUDER…when Vol. 2 was released, I was 13, so I remember hearing “Climax”, “Players”, & “Get This Money” frequently on Detroit radio stations like WJLB, and it holds a special time & place in my heart. It’s such an incredible album that I continue to play till this day. Even my kids love it. Another dope story about this album is Young Guru of Roc-A-Fella explaining the time that he first heard Vol. 2. He said he had a rare break in the day from recording at Baseline, so he went to go shower and change at his friend’s apartment. While he was getting ready, his friend was blasting the album the whole time and he said that he was mind blown. He had to find out who it was and made the beats. That was in 2001. Thank you for these amazing videos and history lessons Brandon.✊🏾🔥

@S_Kane 4 ай бұрын

0:02 dope, thanks for blending that in

@MegaVern1 5 ай бұрын

I remember hearing Climax during military training and I told my dude to turn it off. Got back home and sat with Slum Village Fantastic 2 for months! Great album!

@lewisechlin1707 5 ай бұрын

Slum village was my introduction to Detroit based rappers when I moved back to Michigan in my teens after years overseas. Their music felt like it had a deep duality with the city and the state of Michigan to some degree and I've found that similar feeling from every rapper I've heard come out of the state. It made me feel more connected to where I'm from and I feel proud of my city with this kind of representation, I wish more people knew of slum village. Thank you for this video.

@dave_vsm 5 ай бұрын

this is the best yt channel for music lovers. just thank u mate! and dis is my favorite dilla era . I hear I don't know in a beatunkies tape, was a blow!

@101iswhatsup 5 ай бұрын

Vol 1 and vol 2... man. That beat for "Ela5", such a dope flip. Vol.2, one of my favorite Sam Goody purchases next to Del Both sides of the Brain and Redman Doc's Da Name. Great art to note. R.I.P. Baatin and Jay Dilla. Peace T3 and Elzhi.

@jloiben12 5 ай бұрын

If you are a Dilla fan and don’t know Slum then you aren’t a Dilla fan

@petykash 5 ай бұрын

That part!

@brynellsidney3983 5 ай бұрын

Facts

@lexxko 5 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@impliedwisdom 4 ай бұрын

HELLO!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@JamesSmith-Jtz 5 ай бұрын

Yo bro, your timing on this video drop is mad crazy… 🤙🏾 I literally just got done listening to Fantastic vol.2 on this 12 hour drive back out the oil patch and was thinking this album doesn’t get the shine it deserves…jumps on KZfaq and sees this video. Thanks for all your hard work breaking down these favorites and keeping these joints relevant. It’s appreciated. 🍻 Also peeped that Stockholm instrumental playing in the video too.😎

@wesiam8285 4 ай бұрын

Bro your channel is DOPE AS FCK!!! All these brkdwns are dope n this SV/Dilla brkdwn is unreal.. u must be a producer yourself bcuz this is amazing wrk, keep it going👌🏾💪🏾🔥

@leavethewatandleavethewho 4 ай бұрын

Its crazy that when it dropped...NO ONE was talking about it. But DAMN!!!!...that shit was a game changer. I played that CD all day, every day.

@DIRTYFINGERPROJECT 5 ай бұрын

This video and so many of your videos are bomb because you actually take the time and care to do the research. Happy to watch everything you drop. Glad to see it be said that the Neo Soul sound is the Dilla sound, which I’ve always believed it to be. Beats, Rhymes & Life is actually my favorite ATCQ album after The Low End Theory. The Pharcyde Labcabincalifornia is my favorite from them (5Ela had a few beats before though), all Jay Dee. Also glad to see Amp get the recognition he deserved too, cats always talking about Q-Tip but forget to mention cats from The D that played a role. Thank You!

@hemlockhostel9006 5 ай бұрын

These Dilla related videos feel like chapters of dillatime but in video format, love it

@regib1992 4 ай бұрын

Yo! When I say I’m SO glad you covered those classic albums THANK YOU! I was a freshmen in college when I first heard these albums and it changed the way I listen to music. Climax is the smoothest and my top favorite track on the vol2 album

@kenduisaacs5594 5 ай бұрын

This is a fire video. Love your work.

@diggingthegreats 5 ай бұрын

🙏

@grantblaaw2286 5 ай бұрын

I heard Fall in Love on our local hip hop show called the Head Warmez and immediately headed to Compact Disc Warehouse which was place that was able to import that album to SA at the time. I freaked out the day they called me to say it was received and I could collect it. Still one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time. Thank you for the review absolutely love your content.

@VendettaPtown 5 ай бұрын

That album is an AMAZING classic!😎🔥❤️

@lj.lenthousiaste 5 ай бұрын

In less than a month, I'll be front row in a small Parisian Jazz venue to attend Slum Village. I'm addicted to those beats and the flow of them guys

@kaycuz9402 4 ай бұрын

Had the honor of seeing Dilla twice. Once in 2000 with Slum Village and Bahamadia then again as JayLib in 2004 on the same bill with MF DOOM. Didn't know how lucky I was back then.

@rpsibley73 5 ай бұрын

It really is sad that J and Baatin has passed I liked this crew and the music they put out

@jonathanpena7309 5 ай бұрын

Love it when we get Dilla love.

@thecoreelementsmoto 5 ай бұрын

Another great video. I used to play this album so much. Git this money is still on my hype list when I need to get work done.

@dubswirl3082 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic vol 1 & 2 albums were such fire ass masterpieces

@GilKag2 5 ай бұрын

Man i have been waiting for this video for months, thank you for another masterpiece! I listened to your advice and read Dilla time, and the part where the book explained about the 'clair' to 'players' transformation is really one of the most creative production i have seen.

@idonid4417 4 ай бұрын

fantastic vol 1 is probably my absolute favorite collection of tracks. all the early slum village stuff was phenomenal as well as early 5 elements stuff. crazy

@fignewtonbar8587 5 ай бұрын

Once upon a time is one of my favorite songs of all time. Dilla just really understood groove and how to correctly implement bass melodically and functionally. He just got “it.”

@shawncharles6077 5 ай бұрын

I bought this album in high school and it made me look at sampling and beat making differently. Still one of my favorites. Rest In Beats J-Dilla.

@Uchawibeatz 5 ай бұрын

God bless you for breaking this down. Fantastic 1 and 2 are still my favorite Dilla pieces to this day. I started listening to Players because my pops recognized the sample from the Singers Unlimited and that was the moment my obsession with Dilla's work started. Great video again

@mgonzalez9935 5 ай бұрын

Love this album so much, changed my life

@DjMiflyn 4 ай бұрын

I came here to say it's wild that other people think it's underrated. This was the early days of his genius. That era changed my life!

@ShogunxCAL 5 ай бұрын

Channel could solely be a course study on Dilla. Would be dope, love the backstories to these timeless hits.

@_boof 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic vol 2 is what helped me fall into the dilla rabbit hole.

@iamkylehi6645 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been listening to this album a lot after hearing Tell Me on a playlist. Thank you for covering such a great album!

@AirAdam13 5 ай бұрын

It's about time - this album never gets enough props! Thanks for doing this video 🙂

@VendettaPtown 5 ай бұрын

Players is another amazing beat😎🔥

@jasonparrish5204 5 ай бұрын

Vol 2 still on weekly rotation for 20 years.

@whoandgo 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic Vol 2 is one of the recipes to my soul. Been cherishinf that album for a very long time now ❤

@DJ279V 4 ай бұрын

Quite simply: find stuff, make it fit, new flow. Thx for sharing the genuis of Dilla with your analysis!!

@MegaVern1 5 ай бұрын

@diggingthegreats this was a great breakdown!!! Can’t get enough of Dilla breakdowns. Dude was an alien for sure

@Prodbypieman 5 ай бұрын

Digging the greats is the goattt

@ThisIsJBird 5 ай бұрын

Congrats bro I think you're the only one on KZfaq that found the tiny sample segments right before "Claiiirre" on 'Players'

@ftg419 5 ай бұрын

That fantastic vol.2 was my true introduction to Dilla..I had heard him prior but those were my mom songs so I didn't really pay it no attention..but then MTV music generator dropped in 99 and I started making beats and paying attention fast forward to 2000 my pops hear climax by slum and decided to order the cd next day air..I remember it cost him almost 40 bucks and that was really the first album I ever really really listened to (for the beats)..I truly appreciate that album and Dilla for so many reasons beyond music

@djnovadacoldest 4 ай бұрын

RIP Dilla🙏🏾 and Baatiin🙏🏾

@evantheartisan 5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANY CONTENT ON FALL IN LOVE AHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU

@benjaminsanon6760 5 ай бұрын

Ive been preaching about IDK for YEARS! thank you for breaking this down!

@dmoody4628 5 ай бұрын

Love this album, so smooth!

@natemathewson5200 5 ай бұрын

One of the best of all time.

@tay.rayjean 5 ай бұрын

I listen to this album at least twice a week… Players, I Don’t Know, & Go Ladies are my top favorites. I find this to be one of those albums that completely changed my life! R.I.P Dilla

@pdrbeats8286 Ай бұрын

that was epic! I believe it is hard because equipment from the 90s has a organic sound and functions like the MPC 2500, but you did a very good job. I just thought I would mention the track "fantastic" save direct from Brazil 🇧🇷

@osheasheets2146 4 ай бұрын

That Clare to players was dope as fuck from the first day I heard that .

@michaela5053 5 ай бұрын

Slum village r so awesome. It’s sad most of the OG members are gone but I’m going to see them in April!

@jamelehampton4255 4 ай бұрын

I had this album in 8th Grade Get Dis Money, Climax, CB4 and Players are my favs

@ohdagee 5 ай бұрын

An album from 2000 that sounds like it couldve released in recent times. Fall In Love might be one of the best Hip Hop beats, at least it's one of my favs. RIP Dilla!

@workshopninjathe1st 3 ай бұрын

I found this album while DJing in the north of England. The record shop knew me and knew what I liked - they said if you buy one album today it should be this one. It became one of my favorites of that era. The same record shop made me buy the Lootpack album too. God I miss that shop

@emreozsoy973 5 ай бұрын

this video is pure gold in the landscape of dystopian youtube.

@StillOnTrack 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq keeps dropping my damn comments from the mobile app but I just came here to like and comment and show love before going to watch the full version on Patreon! ❤️ They better not be censoring me for mentioning Patreon. 🤔

@JohnInTheVWBus 5 ай бұрын

Still here ... Partyon.

@vznquest 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad that you included Volume One here as that was my personal introduction to Dilla. Somehow I lucked out scoring a cassette on the internet of that album in 1997. Personally that's my favorite work of his along with Donuts.

@markesgrant 4 ай бұрын

That(those) album will always be a staple for me. My cousin was in Japan in the Air Force and got it there. Brought that tape back and I was hooked. That was 2000 lol

@TheSpotRocker 5 ай бұрын

I hope you make a decent pay on these videos. You put in so much hard work to make them and it shows.

@honcheungus 3 ай бұрын

great video dude your vids are always top quality

@marjyg1 5 ай бұрын

Mannn I clicked so fast!! One of my fave albums!

@Narokx 5 ай бұрын

Vol 2 top 5 album of all time imo fight me

@user-ey8bh8cd5r 5 ай бұрын

no fighting it bro 😂

@cheef825 5 ай бұрын

Man slum village was just killing it back then. Great video

@salonso75 4 ай бұрын

J Dilla! Arguably the greatest that ever did it!!

@Rob2380 5 ай бұрын

Vol. 2 came out right when I graduated high school in 2000. This was immensely impactful for anyone who craved that Tribe Called Quest feel, after their breakup. I played the shit out of this album. This is an easy top 20 album of all time for me.

@pyromega1931 3 ай бұрын

This is my Favorite Hip-Hop Album I had no idea Dilla Himself was involved in the group first thing and I just got to listening them all last year long R.I.P. Jay Dee, R.I.P. Baatin