Slum Village E(I)GO Video Still
Right on time with February's Dilla Month festivities, Slum Villagehave dropped a new video for their latest single "E(I)GO," a jarring black & white clip that features old footage of some of history's biggest moments. Naturally, shots of Dilla are included amongst it all. At its core the clip is something of a departure for Slum Village; the duo appears unabashedly aggressive, scene after scene, as they spit lines about how they pulled themselves out of hellish pasts. T3 and RJ (who produced the track himself) sounded damn near frightening over the stuttering beat when it first dropped last week, and now the intimidation factor has been raised even higher. By the time Rosewood 2055's guest verse finishes we're at least given a lyrical breather by RJ's reminiscent lines of sharing earbud headphones with old friends, but the black & white scenes keep playing, full of mushroom clouds and wind-up monkeys. From what we can tell, madness is the message.
SV is coming hot off their performance at the massive Dilla Weekend in Miami and will be going on tour with Pete Rock starting early next month, a golden-era duo that no hip-hop fan will want to miss. Check the video for "E(I)GO," and read a full list of tour dates below.
Slum Village Tour Dates :
Sat. February 7- Miami, FL @ The Stage (Dilla Weekend)
Fri. March 6- Providence, RI @ Fête
Sat. March 7- Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
Mon. March 9- New York City @ SOB’s
Tues. March 10- Washington, D.C. @ U Street Music Hall
Wed. March 11- Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
Thurs. March 12- Cleveland Hts, OH @ Grog Shop
Fri. March 13- Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
Sat. March 14- Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Café
Sun. March 15- Chicago, IL @ The Shrine
Mon. March 16- Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
Tues. March 17- Denver, CO @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece
Wed. March 18- Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Thurs. March 19- Las Vegas, NV @ Insert Coin(s)
Fri. March 20- Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater
Sat. March 21- Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
Sun. March 22- Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
Tues. March 24- La Jolla, CA @ Porter’s Pub
Wed. March 25- Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
Thurs. March 26- Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Sun. March 29- Oakland, CA @ Yoshi’s
Mon. March 30- Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
Tues. March 31- Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theatre
Wed. April 1- Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Thurs. April 2- Victoria, BC @ Distrikt Nightclub
Fri. April 3- Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret
Sat. April 4- Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo
Sun. April 5- Spokane, WA @ Red Room Lounge
