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2 (also referred to as Fantastic Volume II) is the second album by American hip hop group Slum Village, released on June 13, 2000. During the time of its release the group was still composed of its earliest members T3, Baatin and J Dilla. 2, an Album by Slum Village. Released 13 June 2000 on Good Vibe (catalog no. Genres: Hip Hop. Rated #48 in the best albums of 2000, and #1968 of all-time album. Featured peformers: Todd Fairall (engineer), Buzz Amato (engineer), Kirk Yano (engineer), Michael Tocci (engineer), R.J. Rice (executive producer, director), Timothy Maynor (executive producer, manager.

Slum Village had been around long before this underground hip-hop trio from Detroit finally managed to release its major label debut.

Fantastic Vol. 2 was originally finished in 1998, but due to their record label’s financial decline, the project was left in limbo for more than a year. As a result the group were left to look elsewhere to release the record, eventually settling with Goodvibe Recordings & Barak Records in 2000.

Although technically, while it wasn’t the group’s first official album, it’s predecessor, Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1, was only leaked to a small underground circuit. It wasn’t officially released for another eight years and several of the tracks were actually redubbed for Vol. 2. The group was also forced by its label to release the Best Kept Secret, a 10-song EP, under the name J-88.

In the beginning, the group consisted of three key components—the lyrical aptitude of Detroit rappers T3 and Baatin with the artfully sampled beats of James “J Dilla” Yancey—often made them considered the torchbearers of groups like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.

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“It was a lot of shit with that album. You can’t talk about Vol. 2 without talking about Vol. 1. The fact that Vol. 1 was heard word of mouth to guys who were already established made Vol. 2 so great,” T3 said in an interview with Okayplayer last year. “All those artists on the album, we didn’t have to pay those artists. They loved us based off our history. Nobody gets that. This was before favors were handed out. Now that’s the norm, but back then, no. Those were all favors. Pete Rock, D’angelo, Kurupt. These are people who just wanted to be there, like ‘I gotta be on this album!’”

J Dilla had already established somewhat of a name for himself by the time the album was released in 2000. He was one of the co-creators of The Ummah, a production collective formed with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and a key ingredient behind the Soulquarians collective, led by The Roots drummer Questlove, with D’Angelo, and James Poyser, who were responsible for numerous hit records including Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu, Things Fall Apart by The Roots, and Like Water for Chocolate by Common.

Fantastic Vol. 2, was primarily produced by Jay Dee, with some guest production by D’Angelo, Pete Rock, and Questlove, and appearances by Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Common.

“It’s just a classic project. You can’t turn back a classic. It was so ahead of its time that the powers that be didn’t get it until after the fact,” T3 told Okayplayer. “Not to get too deep about it, but we were a part of the album. People think it’s just J Dilla by himself in a think tank. No! That’s not how this album was done. It was me, Baatin, Dilla, and a few other dudes there as well… There’s a lot of shit that we did on the album that people don’t necessarily know about. It’s a legacy with that. It’s a group effort.”

The album cover was designed by Waajeed of the Detroit hip-hop/R&B group, the Platinum Pied Pipers, and founder of the Bling47 record label. He has remained a close friend of the group over the years, and was the one who later connected the group with Elzhi. He was also the executive producer behind Dwele’s self-released debut, Rize, which helped land him a deal with Virgin Records in 2003.

Originally running about a minute in length, “I Don’t Know,” was one of several tracks reimagined for Fantastic Vol. 2 with a remix featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff. Other tracks that were re-recorded from the group’s demo include “Beej N Dem,” “Forth and Back,” and “2U4U” featuring Karriem Riggins on drums.

Dilla was a master of the sample. He used tracks by Steve Miller Band, Alice Cooper, Kool & the Gang, Don Blackman, Sugar Hill Gang, Crown Heights Affair, and The Singers Unlimited to create tracks like “Climax (Girl Shit),” “Go Ladies,” “Players,” “Fall-N-Love,” and “Forth and Back.”

VIDEO: Slum Village “Raise It Up”

“Raise it Up” was also a major single for Slum Village, but originally featured a sample from a bootleg recording. The instrumental uses a sample of the track “Extra Dry” by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, who just so happened to also be a fan of the Detroit rap group. In exchange for their permission to use the sample for the track, the group agreed to remix the group’s dance hit, “Aerodynamic” for their 2003 Daft Club remix album.

The album was re-released for its 10th anniversary as Fantastic Vol. 2.10, a two disc double album featuring additional tracks, outtakes, instrumentals and an alternative intro from the original record.

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Fantastic, Vol. 2 (also referred to as Fantastic Volume II) is the second album by Americanhip hop group Slum Village, released on June 13, 2000. During the time of its release the group was still composed of its earliest members T3, Baatin and J Dilla.

Overview[edit]

The album was initially completed in 1998 for A&M Records shortly before the label became obsolete, leaving Slum Village in limbo for over a year. During this period, however, the group's producer Jay Dee greatly increased his profile through work with artists such as Common, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu and A Tribe Called Quest. At the same time tremendous acclaim from notables such as Questlove of The Roots and Q-Tip built up anticipation for the long-delayed LP.

Slum Village eventually found an outlet with Goodvibe Recordings & Barak Records, and released Fantastic, Vol. 2 in summer 2000. Although sales were slow (due to heavy bootlegging^{[citation needed]}) the group nevertheless had a huge impact on the underground circuit and were proclaimed torch-bearers for the departing A Tribe Called Quest.^{[citation needed]}

In particular Jay Dee's much lauded production work, full of subtle grooves and soul claps, was a blueprint for the direction that neo soul would take in the coming years. The album was re-released minus the original version of 'Fall-N-Love', which was replaced by the remix due to sample clearance issues, as well as their collaboration with Common, 'Thelonius' (which originally appeared on Common's Like Water for Chocolate).

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The album's cover was designed by Waajeed (of the group Platinum Pied Pipers).

Reaction and aftermath[edit]

The album received highly positive reviews and acclaim upon its release. The Phoenix New Times, for example, commented that '(Jay Dee's) production style has been subtly influencing better-recognized producers for years' and even went as far as to claim that 'Slum Village is going to single-handedly save rap music'.[1] The group themselves have since acknowledged the impact this record had, and while they benefited greatly from it, it has also overshadowed their later, though more commercially successful work.

The twelfth track 'Get Dis Money' was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 Mike Judge cult film Office Space.^[11] The second track 'Conant Gardens' was featured in the 2002 Frankie Muniz film Big Fat Liar as well as the 2003 Steve Martin film Cheaper by the Dozen.^[12]

The album was re-issued as Fantastic Vol 2 10 in 2010.

Track listing[edit]

Original pressing[edit]

All tracks are solely produced by Jay Dee, except for 'Tell Me', which is produced by D'Angelo and co-produced by Jay Dee, and 'Once Upon A Time', which is produced by Pete Rock and Jay Dee. On subsequent pressings, the album includes the Jay Dee-produced songs 'Thelonius' and 'Who We Are' as bonus tracks. Questlove produced the preceding interlude to 'Thelonius' but as the entire track is lifted from Common's Like Water For Chocolate, he is not credited.

• All songs written by James Yancey, Titus Glover and R. L. Altman, except as noted

1. 'Intro' – 1:25
2. 'Conant Gardens' – 3:04
3. 'I Don't Know' – 2:25
4. 'Jealousy' – 4:05
5. 'Climax (Girl Shit)' – 3:31
6. 'Hold Tight' (feat. Q-Tip) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Kamaal Fareed) – 3:12
7. 'Tell Me' (feat. D'Angelo) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Michael Archer) – 4:37
8. 'What It's All About' (feat. Busta Rhymes) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Trevor Smith) – 3:36
9. 'Forth and Back' (feat. Kurupt) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Ricardo Brown) – 4:26
10. 'Untitled/Fantastic' – 3:54
11. 'Fall in Love' - 3:47
12. 'Get Dis Money' – 3:31
13. 'Raise It Up' – 4:27
14. 'CB4' – 3:45
15. 'Once Upon a Time' (feat. Pete Rock) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Peter Phillips) – 5:54
16. 'Players' – 2:26
17. 'Eyes Up' – 4:22
18. '2U 4U' – 3:08
19. 'Go Ladies' – 4:43
20. 'Thelonius' (feat. Common) (James Yancey, Titus Glover, R.L. Altman, Lonnie Lynn) - 4:29 (Hidden track)
21. 'Who Are We' - 3:44 (bonus track found on later pressings)

2010 re-release[edit]

On February 2, 2010, the album was re-released as the two-disc Fantastic Vol. 2.10, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the original album. This Barak Records release features additional tracks, alternative versions of a few songs, instrumentals, and a different intro from the original release. The songs changed or replaced are 'Hold Tight', 'Fourth & Back', 'Once Upon a Time' and '2U 4U'. This version of 'Once Upon a Time' is produced by Pete Rock only. 'Climax', while the same version of the song, now features a different ending followed by a skit. 'Fall-N-Love' is listed as the 'original version' but is the same version to be found on the original release, this is because of some earlier presses that replaced it with the 12' remixes because of a sample problem. It is notable for including many small skits that appear between songs that never appeared on earlier presses.

Disc 1:

1. 'Intro'
2. 'Conant Gardens'
3. 'I Don't Know' (feat. Jazzy Jeff)
4. 'Skit #1'
5. 'Jealousy'
6. 'Climax'
7. 'Hold Tight (Remix)' (feat. Q-Tip)
8. 'Tell Me'
9. 'Skit #2'
10. 'Forth & Back (Original Version)' (feat. Kurupt)
11. 'Untitled'
12. 'Fall-N-Love (Original Version)'
13. 'Get Dis Money'
14. 'CB4'
15. 'Once Upon a Time (Pete Rock Remix)' (feat. Pete Rock)
16. 'Players'
17. 'Eyes Up'
18. '2U 4U [Live Drums]'
19. 'Hustle' (feat. Busta Rhymes)
20. 'Go Ladies'
21. 'Skit #3'
22. 'We Be Dem #1'
23. 'We Be Dem #2'
24. 'Get It Together'

Disc 2:

1. 'Conant Gardens (Instrumental)'
2. 'I Don't Know (Instrumental)'
3. 'Climax (Instrumental)'
4. 'Hold Tight (Remix) (Instrumental)'
5. 'Tell Me (Instrumental)'
6. 'Untitled (Instrumental)'
7. 'Fall-N-Love (Instrumental)'
8. 'Get Dis Money (Instrumental)'
9. 'CB4 (Instrumental)'
10. 'Players (Instrumental)'
11. 'Eyes Up (Instrumental)'
12. '2U 4U (Instrumental)'
13. 'Hustle (Instrumental)'
14. 'Go Ladies (Instrumental)'

Album singles[edit]

Raise It Up[edit]

Raise It Up uses a sample from the song 'Extra Dry' by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk. It was initially used without permission, as producer J Dilla obtained a copy of the song from a bootleg recording, and assumed that the artist was an obscure producer who was unlikely to notice. Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo however happened to be fans of Slum Village, and rather than demand a payment for the sample, instead asked the group to remix one of their own tracks; this ended up becoming Slum Village's remix of the song 'Aerodynamic'.^[13]

The remix of 'Fall-N-Love' used a sample of Alice Cooper's 'Shoe Salesman'.

Outtakes[edit]

• 'Once Upon A Time' - was originally titled 'On A Mission', and was on a white label before the album's release. This version is also produced by Pete Rock, but without Jay Dee's added touches.
• 'Get Dis Money' - a version with an alternative verse from Baatin.
• 'The Hustle' (Ft. Busta Rhymes) - white label.
• 'Beej N Dem' - one of the many tracks from Slum's demo debut 'Fantastic' that was re-recorded for Volume 2, this was the last and most high-end cut of this song that was released.
• 'Forth & Back' - the second of three recordings for 'Forth & Back', another song concept from 'Fantastic', this version uses a more radio-friendly beat, sampling Tom Browne's 'Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)'. The order of verses remains intact, including the feature from Kurupt, except Jay, T3, and Baatin's verses are all older vocal takes with completely different lyrics.
• '2U4U' - a version with drums by Jay Dee & Karriem Riggins.

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All of these outtakes are on the re-release of the album.

References[edit]

1. ^Birchmeier, Jason. 'Fantastic, Vol. 2 – Slum Village'. AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
2. ^'Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2'. Alternative Press (144): 111. July 2000.
3. ^Takahashi, Corey (June 23, 2000). 'Fantastic, Vol. 2'. Entertainment Weekly: 102. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
4. ^Chonin, Neva (June 11, 2000). 'It Takes a Village to Enliven Rap Scene'. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
5. ^Lynskey, Dorian (September 1999). 'Slum Village: Fantastic Vol. II (Interscope)'. Muzik (52): 73.
6. ^'Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2'. NME: 40. May 27, 2000.
7. ^Ex, Kris (June 4, 2016). 'Slum Village: The Fan-Tas-Tic Box Set'. Pitchfork. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
8. ^Sheffield, Rob (August 17, 2000). 'De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump / Dilated Peoples: The Platform / Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2'. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 21, 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
9. ^'Slum Village: Fantastic, Vol. 2'. The Source (116): 214. May 1999.
10. ^Caramanica, Jon (June 2000). 'Slum Village: Fantastic Vol. II'. Spin. 16 (6): 158–159. ISSN0886-3032. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
11. ^'Office Space (1999) - Soundtracks'. imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
12. ^'Cheaper By The Dozen (2003) - Soundtracks'. imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
13. ^Stones Throw x Ed BangerStones Throw Records meets Ed Banger Records. stonesthrow.com. Retrieved on March 22, 2009.

External links[edit]

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• 'Raise It Up' music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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