Jay Dee still makes beats for Slum, just not all of them. On their second CD, Trinity the group has replaced Jay Dee with Elzhi, crafted some of their own soundscapes and put other producers on like Hi-Tek and Scott Storch.

“Our album, Trinity is subtitled Past, Present and Future, which is how we did the album,” explains T3, a.k.a. RL Altman, after settling into his Chicago hotel room. “We incorporated the past, which is the Fantastic, Vol. 2 [Slum’s debut] sound with our present sound, which is a little more club-ish, with a future sound which was produced by Jay Dee that’s way out there. We brought all three worlds together with the new element of a new member, Elzhi.” Citing examples, T3 lists some of the songs that fit into each category