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Slum Village’s Young RJ has already established himself as a great producer. Now, he applies his emcee skills alongside BJ The Chicago Kid for the “Issues” visual. While the point of the song is how everybody has their own problems to deal with that may not be visibly seen, the video becomes his platform to really visualize the concept. “Issues” …

Slum Village is a hip hop group from Detroit, MI. Founded in the early 90s by Baatin, T3, and J Dilla, the three were friends that grew up together. Dilla joined the production team, The Ummah, which produced the two last studio albums by A Tribe Called Quest. In 1996, Slum Village recorded their first album, Fantastic Vol. 1, which …