Freestyle Fellowship

Innercity Griots

30,00 €
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Release 2LP SKU : BEWITH101LP
    Release date
  • July 5, 2024
    Pressing
  • Repress
    Conditions
  • New
    Vinyl
  • Black
Description
Innercity Griots, Freestyle Fellowship's second album, is perhaps *the essential left-field West Coast rap album of the early '90s. Released in 1993 on 4th & Broadway, it's a masterpiece of progressive hip-hop that pushed the boundaries of rap through lyrical elevation and production innovation. Their talent was light years ahead of everyone else. This is pure b-boy jazz.

The original single on vinyl is now terribly rare, and the sound of course suffers from not having been officially released as a double. This Be With reissue solves both problems and, for completeness, also includes “Pure Thought” from the CD version of the album. This incredible display of imaginative hip-hop sounds better than ever.

Freestyle Fellowship was one of the first Californian rap groups to demonstrate dazzling technique. Mikah 9, P.E.A.C.E., Aceyalone and Self Jupiter - along with DJ Kiilu - forged their celebrated lyrical dexterity in the ultra-competitive crucible of the Good Life Cafe. Founded in Leimert Park, South Central Los Angeles, in December 1989, this health food store and cafe was where the city's best microphones gathered to show off their freestyle skills at the Thursday night open mic.


Tracklist
A1. Blood
A2. Bullies Of The Block
A3. Everything’s Everything
A4. Shammy’s
A5. Heat Mizer

B1. Six Tray
B2. Danger
B3. Inner City Boundaries
B4. Bomb Zombies

C1. Cornbread
C2. Way Cool
C3. Hot Potato
C4. Mary
C5. Park Bench People

D1. Heavyweights
D2. Tolerate
D3. Respect Due
D4. Pure Thought
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