Slum Village are like the Lynyrd Skynyrd of hip-hop. Two-thirds of the founding three are deceased, yet the group keeps going. This is the first track off of the forthcoming SV LP, Villa Manifesto. Recorded mostly before the untimely death of Baatin, the album reads like a family reunion, with original member T3 and Baatin, as well as Elzhi, who joined in 2002, appearing on tracks with the late J Dilla and his younger living brother Illa J. Also involved are extended family Dwele, De La Soul, Little Brother, Colin Munroe, and Phife on vocals, plus Young RJ, J Dilla, Dave West, Hi-Tek, and Mr. Porter contributing to production.

Faster features hip-pop wunderkind Colin Monroe. Like a newborn cousin to SV’s hip-hop elders, Monroe’s creative auto-tune (yep—creative) is …