Innercity Griots | ||||
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Released | April 28, 1993[1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 65:25 | |||
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Freestyle Fellowship chronology | ||||
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Singles from Innercity Griots | ||||
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Innercity Griots is the second studio album by American hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on April 28, 1993 on 4th & B'way Records and distributed through Island Records.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Consumer Guide |
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Entertainment Weekly | A− [4] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [5] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Source | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ (
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Nathan Bush of AllMusic gave the album 5 stars out of 5, praising the group's creativity and range as well as the album's production, which he felt showed an improvement from their previous effort. [2] Jihad Hassan Muhammad of The Dallas Weekly commented that "they gave an unlikely musical offering at the time when everything was gangs and sets thrown as far as hip-hop was concerned in Los Angeles." [9]
In 2012, The Daily Californian included it on the "10 Albums for the Hip-Hop Layman" list. [10] In 2013, Spin included it on its list of the 50 best rap albums of 1993. [11] In 2015, NME placed it at number 51 on its list of the "100 Lost Albums You Need to Know". [12]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bullies of the Block" |
| 4:55 |
2. | "Everything's Everything" |
| 3:47 |
3. | "Shammy's" |
| 4:16 |
4. | "Six Tray" |
| 4:39 |
5. | "Danger" |
| 3:58 |
6. | "Inner City Boundaries" (featuring Daddy-O) |
| 4:39 |
7. | "Cornbread" | E. Hayes, Jr. | 4:21 |
8. | "Way Cool" |
| 4:22 |
9. | "Hot Potato" |
| 4:30 |
10. | "Mary" |
| 3:45 |
11. | "Park Bench People" |
| 4:59 |
12. | "Heavyweights" (featuring Cockney "O" Dire, Archie, Volume 10, Spoon, and Ganja K Chronic) |
| 6:11 |
13. | "Respect Due" |
| 3:53 |
14. | "Pure Thought" (CD bonus track) |
| 3:04 |
Total length: | 65:25 |
Information taken from the liner notes. [13]
Innercity Griots | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 28, 1993[1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 65:25 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer |
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Freestyle Fellowship chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Innercity Griots | ||||
|
Innercity Griots is the second studio album by American hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on April 28, 1993 on 4th & B'way Records and distributed through Island Records.
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Consumer Guide |
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Entertainment Weekly | A− [4] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [5] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Source | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ (
![]() ![]() |
Nathan Bush of AllMusic gave the album 5 stars out of 5, praising the group's creativity and range as well as the album's production, which he felt showed an improvement from their previous effort. [2] Jihad Hassan Muhammad of The Dallas Weekly commented that "they gave an unlikely musical offering at the time when everything was gangs and sets thrown as far as hip-hop was concerned in Los Angeles." [9]
In 2012, The Daily Californian included it on the "10 Albums for the Hip-Hop Layman" list. [10] In 2013, Spin included it on its list of the 50 best rap albums of 1993. [11] In 2015, NME placed it at number 51 on its list of the "100 Lost Albums You Need to Know". [12]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bullies of the Block" |
| 4:55 |
2. | "Everything's Everything" |
| 3:47 |
3. | "Shammy's" |
| 4:16 |
4. | "Six Tray" |
| 4:39 |
5. | "Danger" |
| 3:58 |
6. | "Inner City Boundaries" (featuring Daddy-O) |
| 4:39 |
7. | "Cornbread" | E. Hayes, Jr. | 4:21 |
8. | "Way Cool" |
| 4:22 |
9. | "Hot Potato" |
| 4:30 |
10. | "Mary" |
| 3:45 |
11. | "Park Bench People" |
| 4:59 |
12. | "Heavyweights" (featuring Cockney "O" Dire, Archie, Volume 10, Spoon, and Ganja K Chronic) |
| 6:11 |
13. | "Respect Due" |
| 3:53 |
14. | "Pure Thought" (CD bonus track) |
| 3:04 |
Total length: | 65:25 |
Information taken from the liner notes. [13]