Though the abstract rappers finally betrayed a few commercial ambitions for Midnight Marauders, the happy result was a smart, hooky record that may not have furthered the jazz-rap fusions of The Low End Theory, but did merge Tribe-style intelligence and r
Slum Village's 1997 studio debut--an instant hit in Detroit's underground, combined all the best elements of the reigning alternative and gangsta styles of hip-hop into one cohesive style. Some of J Dilla's best work.
