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24 February 2026

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Villa Manifesto

First album in five years following the death of another founding member from the Detroit hip hop outfit

Label: E1
UK Release date: 27/07/2010

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8.0 | PopMatters

As sad as Villa Manifesto‘s storyline is, this record is also without a doubt the strongest in the group’s post-Dilla catalog
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7.1 16073
7.1 | Pitchfork

Instead of sounding like a weary to-hell-and-back statement of scarred perseverance, Villa Manifesto sounds unreservedly alive, a celebration of careers well spent
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7.0 | Prefix

With Dilla and Baatin gone, Elzhi pushed to the very margins, and Illa J starring as the ghost of Dilla, Villa Manifesto leaves quite a bit to be desired. It's good, but it should have been great
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