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Video: Black Milk Breaks Down "Fantastic 3" - Slum Village [prod. J Dilla]

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

In the latest edition of Bling47's J Dilla breakdowns, fellow Detroiter (and some would say heir) Black Milk switches us on to the sample from "Fantastic Interlude" by Slum Village. Their breakthrough LP Fantastic Vol. 2 is known (no small thanks to our own ?uestlove) as one of the all-time classics of underground hip-hop, particularly the track known as "Fantastic Intro" (just ask D'Angelo). But this interlude--also known as "Fantastic 3"--from its predecessor, Vol. 1 is a special favorite of true Slum Vill connoisseurs and Dilla's flip of "Age of Aquarius" (as in the dawning of) from Moog Machine's Switched-On Rock LP is a blueprint for the artform, not to mention a gateway drug for many an early SV adopter--including Milk himself. Watch below for the full science.