Innercity Griots
by Freestyle Fellowship
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Innercity Griots is ranked as the best album by Freestyle Fellowship.
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Innercity Griots track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Innercity Griots rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 71 Music Albums of 1993 | 65/71 | 0 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 61 Music Albums of 1993 | 29/61 | 3 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/62 | 19 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 45/99 | 55 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 99 Music Albums of 1993 | 22/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 43 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/43 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Hip Hop - ATLiens, Bulletproof Wallets & Labor Days | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 93 Music Albums of 1993 | 32/93 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 199 | |||
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Innercity Griots ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 14:37 | Mafedere | 801 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 16:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 03:02 | mttr-in-plc | 196 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Innercity Griots forum mentions
pedro1976 06/02/2026 06:30 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 01/03/2021 11:16 in What album are you listening to right now?Innercity Griots comments
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O.T. 01/22/2016 23:52 | #157380 | TOP COMMENT
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Never heard anything more fascinating in HipHop. To me in 1993 a dream of a HipHop that never came.
ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2014 19:33 | #110915 | TOP COMMENT
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There's certainly no lack of variety on this album as the Fellowship attempt to twist hip-hop into new and interesting shapes, with varying degrees of success.
Inncercity Griots is perhaps, in a word, singular. Absolutely one of the titans of abstract hip hop from where I'm standing, Freestyle Fellowship combine the laid back, jazzy production of A Tribe Called Quest (along with a healthy dose of their penchant for "weird" lyrics) with a variety of unique, complex flows. It's difficult to put into words the atmosphere that the album oozes, so all-over-the-place it can be. Perhaps the best place to start is Inner City Boundaries, where the rapping is in constant creative oscillation between old school rapping, rhythmic scatting, and singing.
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