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.

Critical reception

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. 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."
In 2012, The Daily Californian included it on the "10 Albums for the Hip-Hop Layman" list. In 2013, Spin included it on its list of the 50 best rap albums of 1993. In 2015, NME placed it at number 51 on its list of the "100 Lost Albums You Need to Know".

Track listing

Personnel

Information taken from the liner notes.

Freestyle Fellowship: Myka 9, Aceyalone, Peace, and Self Jupiter.
The Earthquake Brothers: The Jamm Messenger D, Mathmattiks, and The Mighty O-Roc.
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