Innercity Griots, the second album from Freestyle Fellowship, is perhaps the essential West Coast left-field rap album of the early ’90s. Released in 1993 on 4th & Broadway, it’s a towering, progressive hip-hop masterpiece that expanded rap’s boundaries through lyrical elevation and production innovation. Their talent was ahead of everybody else by light years. This is pure b-boy jazz.

The original single vinyl LP is now hideously scarce, and of course the sound suffers from not being officially released as a double. This Be With re-issue fixes both problems, and for completeness also includes “Pure Thought” from the CD version of the album. This incredible display of imaginative hip-hop sounds better than ever.

Remastered by Simon Francis for double vinyl and cut by Pete Norman, we hope this long-overdue re-issue of Innercity Griots satisfies the legions of fans that have since been bewitched by the majesty of this record. It should also introduce some new listeners to yet another overlooked classic.

Tracklist:
A1 Blood 1:08
A2 Bullies Of The Block 4:55
A3 Everything's Everything 3:47
A4 Shammy's 4:16
A5 Heat Mizer 1:08
B1 Six Tray 4:39
B2 Danger 3:58
B3 Inner City Boundaries 4:39
B4 Bomb Zombies 1:06
C1 Cornbread 4:21
C2 Way Cool 4:22
C3 Hot Potato 3:38
C4 Mary 3:45
C5 Park Bench People 4:59
D1 Heavyweights 6:11
D2 Tolerate 1:01
D3 Respect Due 3:53
D4 Pure Thought 3:14