Slum Village, a name that has been synonymous with truskool Hip-Hop, musicality and feel good music in Hip-Hop for the last 25 years, continues their mission on ‘F.U.N.’ With so many changes due to members passing over the years, one would think that Slum Village is just a shell of it’s former self at this point. What ‘F.U.N.’ does is establish that the name is bigger than the personnel and that as long as the mission is still the same, the out come will remain or “FUc& ya’ll Ni&&as.” The album features a slew of guest like Cordae, Eric Roberson, The Dramatics and Larry June but it does not sound all over the place. In fact what ‘F.U.N.’ manages to do is treat the guest like they are a symbiosis called Slum Village. Production is mainly handled by Young RJ who has been an official member of “SV” for at least the last decade, along with Karriem Riggins, Co Producer Mason and Abstract Orchestra. They all manage to keep this album cohesive and not stagnant in the music, while keeping the energy and sounds the audience has come to love from ‘Fantastic Vol.2 to the self titled album of 2005 but with a 2024 flavor. The biggest issue with this album is awareness. Slum Village has created a piece of art music that should be heard by not only their core audience but wider. It doesn’t seem to be enough promotion of this album for the caliber of music provided. ‘F.U.N.’ has only been out for a couple of months at the time of this typing and hopefully their will be more promotions before the end of the year. Slum Village has delivered once again and with a the year of 2024 providing some of the best HOP music from our veterans it would be criminal for this release to not be celebrated along with them. What did you think of the album?

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