Innercity Griots (studio album)
by Freestyle Fellowship

Innercity Griots by Freestyle Fellowship
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 6,616th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 39 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,070th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,616th)

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Innercity Griots track list

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Innercity Griots rankings

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Overall rank: 6,616th | 1990s rank: 1,070th | 1993 rank: 112th

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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 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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From 01/22/2016 23:52 | #157380
Never heard anything more fascinating in HipHop. To me in 1993 a dream of a HipHop that never came.
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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.
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From 03/14/2014 16:54 | #106228
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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Best Albums of 1993
1. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
2. In Utero by Nirvana
3. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
4. Souvlaki by Slowdive
5. Debut by Björk
6. Vs. by Pearl Jam
7. Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest
8. Suede by Suede
9. Last Splash by The Breeders
10. August And Everything After by Counting Crows
11. Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
12. Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) by Red House Painters
13. Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
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15. Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
16. Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur
17. Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode
18. Pablo Honey by Radiohead
19. Zooropa by U2
20. Undertow by Tool
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