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Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots 140g Vinyl 2LP
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Innercity Griots, the second album from Freestyle Fellowship, is perhaps the essential West Coast left-field rap album of the early 90s. Released in 1993 on 4th & Broadway, it s a towering, progressive hip-hop masterpiece that expanded rap s boundaries through lyrical elevation and production innovation. Their talent was ahead of everybody else by light years. This is pure b-boy jazz.
The original single vinyl LP is now hideously scarce, and of course the sound suffers from not being officially released as a double. This Be With re-issue fixes 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 were some of the earliest technically dazzling rappers to come out of California. Mikah 9, P.E.A.C.E., Aceyalone and Self Jupiter along with DJ Kiilu forged their famed lyrical dexterity in the ultra-competitive crucible of the Good Life Cafe. Founded in Leimert Park, South Central LA in December 1989, this earthy health-food store and cafe was where the city s finest microphone fiends would gather to showcase their freestyle skills at the Thursday night open-mic.
Forcing MCs to raise the bar and stay fresh every week (a challenge made even tougher by the strict no cussing policy) the Good Life became an incubator for groups like the Pharcyde and Jurassic 5 and their events attracted big-names like Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Pharrell, and John Singleton. To Self Jupiter, the Good Life was college you had to come with something peculiar, left-field each week . It served as a predecessor to the Project Blowed scene, and inspired influential club nights like Low End Theory.
Remastered by Simon Francis for double vinyl and cut by Pete Norman, we hope this long-overdue re-issue satisfies the legions of fans that have since been bewitched by the majesty of this record. It should also introduce some new listeners to yet another overlooked classic.
- Freestyle Fellowship
- Be With Records
Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots 140g Vinyl 2LP
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Innercity Griots, the second album from Freestyle Fellowship, is perhaps the essential West Coast left-field rap album of the early 90s. Released in 1993 on 4th & Broadway, it s a towering, progressive hip-hop masterpiece that expanded rap s boundaries through lyrical elevation and production innovation. Their talent was ahead of everybody else by light years. This is pure b-boy jazz.
The original single vinyl LP is now hideously scarce, and of course the sound suffers from not being officially released as a double. This Be With re-issue fixes 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 were some of the earliest technically dazzling rappers to come out of California. Mikah 9, P.E.A.C.E., Aceyalone and Self Jupiter along with DJ Kiilu forged their famed lyrical dexterity in the ultra-competitive crucible of the Good Life Cafe. Founded in Leimert Park, South Central LA in December 1989, this earthy health-food store and cafe was where the city s finest microphone fiends would gather to showcase their freestyle skills at the Thursday night open-mic.
Forcing MCs to raise the bar and stay fresh every week (a challenge made even tougher by the strict no cussing policy) the Good Life became an incubator for groups like the Pharcyde and Jurassic 5 and their events attracted big-names like Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Pharrell, and John Singleton. To Self Jupiter, the Good Life was college you had to come with something peculiar, left-field each week . It served as a predecessor to the Project Blowed scene, and inspired influential club nights like Low End Theory.
Remastered by Simon Francis for double vinyl and cut by Pete Norman, we hope this long-overdue re-issue satisfies the legions of fans that have since been bewitched by the majesty of this record. It should also introduce some new listeners to yet another overlooked classic.
- Freestyle Fellowship
- Be With Records
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