SLUM VILLAGE KEEP IT 'F.U.N.' ON FIRST NEW ALBUM IN ALMOST A DECADE: STREAM

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Slum Village have returned with an electrifying new album, F.U.N., their first in almost a decade.

The 12-track project was released on Friday (May 3) and includes collaborations with Robert GlasperCordaeLarry June and more.

While the group have become synonymous with a certain sound since their formation almost 30 years ago, F.U.N. finds them branching out into unexpected sonic territory — but one that shares musical DNA with their hometown of Detroit.

“We wanted to just try something new, so we focused on making Disco-inspired music,” Young RJ explained in a press release, while T3 added that the recording process “began with collecting old Disco records.”

Explaining the meaning behind the title, T3 said: “Slum is still here. We’re still relevant and we’re still trying to push the envelope. Sometimes people put too many rules on music, and without sounding cliche, we wanted to just have fun with [this album].

“So, in three words: Fuck U N-ggas.”

Slum Village’s first album since 2015’s Yes!F.U.N. can be streamed below.

While preparing to release their new album, RJ made a surprise revelation about a classic release from founding member, the late, great J Dilla.

In an interview with Shirley Ju, the Detroit native revealed that Dilla’s beloved 2006 LP Donuts was inspired by Kanye West.

RJ remembered Dilla — who had left Slum Village a few years earlier but continued to occasionally produce for the group — coming down to the video shoot for the Kanye-produced “Selfish,” where he was taunted by an associate over Ye’s soulful beats.

“He shows up to the video and we sitting back there. A guy named Scrap Dirty like, ‘Man, this your group and you gon’ let Kanye come through and do this? He killing the soul shit!’” he recalled.

“Dilla’s sitting in the stands like, ‘Oh word? That’s what you think?’ He goes back… that’s when you get all the stuff that you heard on Donuts, all the soul stuff. He was making his point that, ‘I’m unfuckwittable.’”

In the same interview, RJ and T3 also revealed that Kanye charged the group $90,000 for his work on “Selfish” as “payback” against a record label executive who had passed over him when he was trying to land a deal.

“We walk in the studio and he’s like, ‘This is the joint.’ Ain’t no options. This the beat for y’all. We’re like, ‘Okay, we can work with this,’” RJ recalled.

After T3 revealed Ye’s price tag, RJ said: “The only reason he charged that is because of a certain A&R that turned him down when he was looking for a record deal. He was getting payback.”

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KAYTRANADA DEBUTS UNRELEASED SONG WITH CHILDISH GAMBINO AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM

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KAYTRANADA has treated fans to an early listen of his upcoming collaboration with Childish Gambino ahead of his new album.

During a DJ set at Gucci’s Cruise 2025 show in London earlier this week, the Montreal-born producer debuted the unreleased song.

It’s 2:15 up in the morning/ I’m talkin’ to you, but I’m really tryna hold you down/ Spirits, they’re all around me, can you feel it?/ My n-ggas don’t believe in critics, dawg/ They see you dancing, girl, they watch it go around,” Gambino sings on the house-flavored track.

Kaytra previously confirmed the song would appear on his next album while interacting with fans on social media last year.

 

While details about his new album remain scarce, KAYTRANADA dropped two potential singles in November: “Lover/Friend” with Rochelle Jordan and “Stuntin” with Channel Tres.

His last solo album Bubba arrived in December 2019 with features from Pharrell, Tinashe, Estelle, Mick Jenkins, SiR, GoldLink and more.

The project won a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2021, while “10%” took home Best Dance Recording. He was also nominated for Best New Artist that year.

KAYTRANADA has since dropped a collaborative album with Aminé. Released in May 2023, Kaytraminé boasted features from Big Sean, Snoop Dogg, Freddie Gibbs, Pharrell and Amaarae.

Childish Gambino, meanwhile, released his own new album earlier this weekAtavista dropped on Monday (May 13) and served as a reissued version of his 2020 LP 3.15.20.

The album includes the same features as the original (21 Savage, Ariana Grande, Kadhja Bonet and Ink), but with new vocals from Young Nudy and Summer Walker as well as a slightly reworked tracklist.

Bino has also confirmed he is releasing a second album this year. Tentatively titled Bando Stone in the New World, it will serve as the soundtrack to a film of the same name and is being billed as his final album under his rap name.

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