Innercity Griots
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Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Nathan Bush of AllMusic praised the group's creativity and range as well as the album's production, which he felt showed an improvement from their previous effort.[1] 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."[2]
In 2012, The Daily Californian included it on the "10 Albums for the Hip-Hop Layman" list.[3] In 2013, Spin included it on its list of the 50 best rap albums of 1993.[4] In 2015, NME placed it at number 51 on its list of the "100 Lost Albums You Need to Know".[5]
Track listing
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Personnel
Information taken from the liner notes.[6]
- Freestyle Fellowship: Myka 9, Aceyalone, Peace, and Self Jupiter.
- The Earthquake Brothers: The Jamm Messenger D, Mathmattiks, and The Mighty O-Roc.
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- Freestyle Fellowship – vocals, production, mixing
- The Earthquake Brothers – production, mixing
- Bambawar – production, mixing
- Daddy-O – vocals, production, engineering
- Edman – production
- JMD – bass guitar, timpani, drums, percussion, production
- Kevin O'Neal – upright bass, production
- Kim Buie – executive production
- Kedar Massenburg – executive production, mixing
- Matt Hyde – engineering, mixing
- Rich Herrera – engineering, mixing
- Dawud – engineering
- Aceyalone – mixing
- Ed Lawson – mixing
- Robert Harris – bass guitar
- Don Littleton – percussion
- Marvin McDaniel – acoustic guitar
- Rodney Millon – guitar
- Onaje Murray – vibraphone
- Tom Ralls – trombone
- Christy Smith – bass guitar, upright bass
- Alfred Threats – bass guitar
- Jon Williams – trumpet
- Randall Willis – tenor saxophone, saxophone, flute
- DJ Kiilu – turntables
- Mathmattiks – turntables
- Spoon – vocals
- Cockney "O" Dire – vocals
- Archie – vocals
- Volume 10 – vocals
- Ganja K Chronic – vocals
References
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- ↑ Freestyle Fellowship (1993). Innercity Griots.
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