"Fantastic, Vol. 1" is one of the first embodiments of Jay Dee's Detroit sound, and is both an artifact and a pleasure to listen to. It presents a genius at work, a group on the rise, a classic album in progress, and sounds great. While it doesn't play like a conventional album, fans of Slum Village and Jay Dee's catalog will find it especially endearing. Given Baatin's passing in 2009, I hope that this album will be revisited for another reissue.
Track List:
1 Fantastic
2 Keep It on (This Beat)
3 I Don't Know
4 How We Bullshit
5 Fat Cat Song (Feat. Phat Kat)
6 The Look of Love
7 Estimate
8 Hoc N Pucky
9 Beej N Dem
10 Pregnant
11 Forth & Back
12 Fantastic 2 (Interlude)
13 Fantastic 3 (Interlude)
14 Keep It on
15 5 Ela (Remix)
16 Give This Nigga
17 Players
18 Look of Love (Remix)
19 Pregnant (Remix)
20 Things U Do (Remix)
21 Fat Cat (Remix)
22 Fantastic 4 (Interlude)
23 What's Love Got to Do with It (Look of Love Remix)
24 2 You 4 You