While Eminem is the artist usually associated with Detroit hip-hop,
Slum Village hopes to change that. The duo of
Elzhi and
T3, along with releasing the group’s fifth album titled ‘Slum Village,’ is also appearing in a serious of television ads promoting Chevrolet’s 2006 Impala and HHR automobiles. With Super Bowl XL upon us, BV sat down with the two MC’s from the 313 for a special Pre-Super Bowl Off Topic.
Super Bowl 40 is in your home town of Detroit. What is your favorite moment from a past Super Bowl?The commercials. Always the commercials. Hopefully they will run our spot during the Super Bowl. We’re hoping that we get the opportunity but we will see.
You did a TV commercial for the 2006 Chevrolet Impala. What is your dream car?I got to say Chevy now because they are paying me really nicely. They gave us cars. I got a HHR. T3 got an Impala.
(T3)It drives smooth, it’s nice. It has the cell phone, the OnStar, the XM, heated seats, leather seats, it’s the joint. They can throw us a Tahoe though, I won’t be mad at that.
Eminem made a movie about the Detroit hip hop scene called '8 Mile.' What would your movie about Detroit hip hop scene be called?It would be called “The Grind.” That’s what I call it. I would call it “The Grind” buddy because oooooh.
(T3) I would call it “The Last Ones Out.” We have been grinding for years and I feel like Detroit has a lot best kept secrets that people don’t know about. Slowly people starting to catch on but I feel like in a minute, Detroit is going to have a name in the music once again. I think we the last ones out.
You guys went on a tour with D12. Bizarre is presently competing on VHI’s 'Celebrity Fit Club.' You probably witnessed his eating habits on tour. Does he have a chance of winning?I mean you never know. I heard he lost some weight though. It will probably be homegirl from ‘The Parkers.’
Is Kwame Kirkpatrick your “hip hop mayor”? What about all the talk that he pulled a “Bush 2000” and made sure all the votes weren’t counted?*Laughs* He is. And no, I don’t think so. I trust our mayor, he’s pretty cool. I don’t think he did that. My man lost. Didn’t the other guy lose by a big difference? So even if he did miss a couple of votes I don’t think he still would have won. He lost, he lost.
Your favorite fellow Detroit musician:A.
White Stripes
B.
Eminem
C.
Aretha Franklin
D.
Carl Craig
E.
Stevie Wonder
F.
Anita Baker
From that list? I am going to with Aretha Franklin from that list.
(T3) I am going to go with Stevie Wonder.
Off the list, who from Detroit do you like?(Elzhi) Funny enough, I like
Madonna. She’s from Detroit.
Aaliyah. We got a lot of people.
