Freestyle Fellowship ft. Daddy-O - Innercity Boundries

[@lions208436]

FF, Digable Planets, Pharcyde all provided that West Coast alternative hip hop I loved back in the day. Hip hop had so many diverse sounds. Underground, hard core, jazzy, etc.

[@nosyargerdna]

Can't forget Souls of Mischief (Hieroglyphics), Loon-E-Toon & DJ Mike Tee, Tha Click, Tha Alkaholiks, Cold World Hustlers, and The Conscious Daughters.

[@glitterboba2318]

Digable Planets is NYC cats, Brooklyn to be precise but ya, no doubt I feel you and your vibe money grip respect 👊🏻

[@nosyargerdna]

@@glitterboba2318 apparently Ladybug Mecca is from the DMV.

[@michaeljohnson5684]

Much Diversity unlike today

[@glitterboba2318]

@@nosyargerdna that’s cool. Not sure what that is but much love. They worldwide anyway.

[@OnionGirlDenver]

these guys are amazing. I listen to Innercity Griots at least 3 times a week when I work out. Brings me so much joy

[@tyronejones6274]

Only students of rap will understand this. I wish they were around still. So original. Nothing sounds like this. Under appreciated

[@abrokenmailbox]

Top 3 hip hop songs of all time easily. How can anyone beat the rawness and soul in this song that’s somehow beautifully produced and incredibly precisely executed?

[@Jack-pp2ng]

@@abrokenmailbox everyone sleeps on this album its definitely in my top 5 hip hop albums

[@B1G_ChUnG5]

They are all still Active here in LA. I’ve seen P.E.A.C.E and Myka live. Self Jupiter still does shows too.

[@NavAK_86]

"Nothing sounds like this'' ummm, Bone Thugs n Harmony.

[@coolo73]

@@NavAK_86Except freestyle fellowship was already doing this style since 1990-91 and Bone didn’t start doing melodic fast rap till 1995.

[@inmyopinion9305]

This song just randomly popped in my head 😊

[@MarcusCosten]

Me too 2024 lol😂

[@inmyopinion9305]

@@MarcusCosten 👍🤗🙏

[@LFiers]

I've always said these guys deserve way more respect. Way ahead of their time the way they blended melodies with fast rap the way they did. Legendary. Especially Myka 9. That dude is next level.

[@taogoat27]

I think Myka 9 invented the melodic chop. Nobody was doing that before him, esp not at his virtuoso level.

[@LFiers]

@@taogoat27 Correct. He dates back to like the late 80's doing this. Legend deserve far more love. His solos are fire too. Snake Bite is my jam.

[@taogoat27]

@@LFiers A Myka 9 book is coming soon that should set the record straight

[@LFiers]

@@taogoat27 Oh Dope!! When is that due, do you know?

[@taogoat27]

@@LFiers Coming soon... check his IG page

[@FlipStar26]

Multi-syllabic rhyme scheme … a thing of absolute beauty 🤌🏾

[@howtoraplike]

Guys from the Freestyle Fellowship wrote a lot of info in a couple of great books that were released, entitled *HOW TO RAP* and the follow-up *HOW TO RAP 2* This is one their quotes from those books... "Back in the day freestyle was busting a rhyme about any random thing, and it was a written rhyme or something memorized. We have redefined what freestyle is by saying that it’s improvisational rap like a jazz solo, so as a result we actually helped create another trend and culture, another pastime."

[@ethancobley9525]

thats so cool

[@starjink133]

That's hardest Political/ jazz/Hip-hop swing of All Time 🔥 👑🔥

[@oneluv72]

Hip-hop culture at it's finest and highest level!! 🖤❤️💚👊🏽🫵🏾🫵🏾💯.....FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP!!

[@death4experienzd4e94]

This right here is what I miss from hip hop

[@oneluv72]

@@death4experienzd4e94 🫵🏾🫵🏾🫵🏾🫵🏾

[@perrionhurd7509]

Man...1993. Good times. This still jams.

[@DoctorTylerWild]

theres a ringing in this. super high pitched.

[@danizm78]

i hate you! lol

[@LFiers]

Super annoying. I've got tinnitus as it is and that just gave me PTSD. Lol. Thought I had a massive flare up all of a sudden

[@bitesized2330]

I'm probably wrong about this but I think this was a technique used back in the day to reduce the "noise" in audio recording, shifts most of the noise to a higher frequency outside the human threshold of hearing

[@miklo1904619]

I hear it too on my phone

[@keenkingjames]

That’s live audio equipment whistling and humming. Most people who record vocals never encounter that. The analog world.

[@talkindurinthemovie]

imagine if hip hop went this way instead of ....

[@thecosmicblueautie]

+talkindurinthemovie ...what the powers that be are trying to allow in.

[@onorg1]

what u mean?...all of them are still active in 2019....maybe we should just reconsider what we call hiphop ......

[@voidleech3465]

there’s a massive amount of intelligent hip hop out there today. if you don’t listen to it, that’s your fault man.

[@C-Lyfe85]

@@voidleech3465 Be quiet you have to search high and low for some quality hip-hop, this song used to come on the radio, like any mainstream song, that's what she's referring to, quit trolling.

[@voidleech3465]

@@C-Lyfe85 then explain to me how i manage to easily find good modern hip hop regularly? i’m not sure why you think i’m trolling and i’m sorry if my response offended you but the whole “there’s no good music these days” spiel is always bullshit. you just have to actually look for the good music of your time.

[@nik1ron11]

I’m here because of the historical Grammy nomination. I hope they win, it’s well deserved.

[@SUZUMAYBACHI]

I remember watching this on BET....RAP CITY back in '93

[@rufusddufus4729]

Man back when hip hop was at it’s greatest!

[@SatakhNakhte8796]

Me too

[@SUZUMAYBACHI]

@@SatakhNakhte8796 Word, Word.....

[@sereen.]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!??! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM DISCOVERING THIS JUST NOW! INSANE 😱🎹💖💗💗

[@B1G_ChUnG5]

It’s that good music!

[@miajay507]

Better 30 years later than never

[@keenknoble5691]

Everyone always asks me who my favorite rapper is. Always I say there are times that change that. Yet for 24 years I love Aceyalone flow

[@s.g.187]

Dude me too!!!!!

[@TheCreatorLoveAllik]

I remember this song and how dope these guys were/are; but Bizzy Bone brought me back here after his interview about them.

[@stevejohnston6141]

still, ahead of its time, you can hear the flow and see where rap went and where it still needs to go, smh and smile

[@flip1sba]

First heard this track in the movie, Strapped.

[@dariendeloatch4337]

flip1sba Me also 👍🏾

[@Hafdav1999]

Yeah , Me Too -LOL and I Saw It On Rap City Back in The Day . Yeah .

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

Yup. 1993 was that year, in urban film and music.

[@patrick4662]

Amazing soundtrack. Onyx, Paris, this song, some nice rnb

[@frontliner2]

This song... how to describe it... Where Rap meets Spoken Word Where Hip Hop meets Jazz it's very unique

[@smoddyelse4688]

Diggable planets had this vibe.. Also Guru of course (RIP)

[@plinkplanky]

I heard this way back in the day on a South Bank Show programme about hip hop.... Never remembered what it was called and had stuck in my head... Went on youtube and found said episode which then meant I could search the whole song :)

[@deesee6009]

Innercity Griots is a masterpiece

[@avahouse270]

Still listening 2024❣️

[@youremybiggestfan]

This is real hip hop to me. Im probably one of few Swedes growing up lissening to Freestyle Fellowship.. "Mary" was always in our smoke playlist. Found it on Napster i think :D

[@benkiger7992]

Mind blown!!! So damn goody

[@rockyblaq510]

Once we have, the knowledge of self as a people then we can be free and no devil could ever enter the BOUNDARY!!!

[@bscott6420]

I stand in the center around all these sounds I see Blessin Allah that I found the key Thats how we be.

[@wandererkenshin7557]

One of the greatest tracks in hip hop was a massive Fellowship fan back in the day.

[@vptomt]

Dudes were so ahead of their time

[@antoniogambardella785]

Timeless Classic 🔝🔥💣👏🎤☝️

[@gl0bal7474]

next next level. I cherish these works of art. this song is a beacon of hope and elevation

[@dimviesel]

“I gotta be free, I gotta be Black” ✊🏾

[@ChrisLewisjusChris]

had to put this track on rewind ...

[@hiphoptvwhy]

PUREART LEGENDARY

[@vaughnwalker1840]

Thats a Classic from the movie Strapped 🎥

[@Jack-pp2ng]

Jazz rap at its finest

[@ethanielclyne5810]

Jazziest hip hop song of all time?

[@tomlagomme]

Powerful music

[@thatolefu123]

Classic EAST meets WEST...DOPE...watts life

[@mdhh7859]

I need this dope video in 4K ! 💯💯💯🙏

[@diannaells5396]

“Strapped”, brought me here!

[@tochiRTA]

Daddy-O killed them

[@jkRatbird]

:O wtf this is amazin. Thank you Chance and Nardwuar!!!

[@magoakshun]

I’m realizing at 40 years old they are rapping at the pace of instruments

[@Mrwilliamblast]

Imagine being on that level in 1990 lol

[@dallasharlem1385]

I use 2 love how they mix then rap&jazz bk than

[@AntonioSmith-RCA]

One of the beautiful things about HipHop music is how it integrates so well with other genres. This jazz/bebop, spoken word Era was so dope but unfortunate the powers that be had other plans for the music so it didn't last very long

[@larrymoonspace494]

i love this sing

[@Ellerbed622]

I wish there was a higher quality video to this song on KZbin but still great regardless.

[@larrymoonspace494]

yo myka is a beast

[@abrahammartinez5628]

Glad i can appreciate this more than radio hip hop

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

When hip hop was mad cooooolz!

[@respectknuckles428]

Here from the movie strapped

[@Damian2354]

Real hip hop!, never forget like 9/11

[@meone2867]

Fine art

[@Kitu74]

They could've played at Birdland ..opening up for Bird with this one

[@Lovedasyouare1]

The best of the best

[@yuri.primo7]

Muito bom, qualidade!

[@freebasereese6478]

Beautiful 💎

[@Eulogy3918]

Beauty 🔥 all love 💕

[@darthknowl9222]

Video music box banger

[@timellpatterson6706]

Once Gangster Rap entered the scene, that’s when hip hop crashed. The elites knew that music fueled the pipeline to fill their prisons.

[@72reezy]

1:11 that nigga snapped 😭🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hassanburton669]

PEACE ✌🏿 TO DADDY-O!!!!!

[@NEELSAN76]

Hey, I remember this! See KZbin, this is when I like you.

[@donjonesmusic860]

I’m here 2021

[@seejay17]

Love this song. Do they have any others tracks like this? Just recently got into em

[@selinarobinson7731]

Mary

[@XandiMusic]

@seejay17 Check out FF albums To Whom It May Concern, Innercity Griots, Shockadoom, Temptations & The Promise, the Project Blowed compilation and Haiku D’Etat (Aceyalone, Myka 9 & Abstract Rude)

[@naviduxan5176]

*Listen to the work of my brother FEELFOUND, he really needs support, he is trying. 💯*

[@reek1111]

Who’s Here in 2020

[@brianhansen6189]

I’m here on Dec 29

[@supramental]

2021 now! You olé School....

[@renegadezradio]

This is my shit 🚨🚨🚨🚨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@moded_corroded8132]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sibagiba]

These cats were well ahead of their time. Scatting, rocking double time flows, well before trap music. And with that Jazzy ish rocking behind. Salute to FF

[@omarpb1]

Peace 2023

[@kderrida]

lol just saw this in a japanese car on sammit's channel. Someone in japan has good taste... and a long memory apparently

[@TheZzzzzgirl]

That work

[@mosesisraelites2598]

This song from strapped

[@KINGKVNE]

FF!!!

[@liammcooper]

Does anyone know the video that preceded with the guy dancing with his horn, and then the video after with the woman and man sitting behind a chessboard? Or are those just the beginning and end of the Innercity Boundaries video...

[@Christopher-i5e]

If I cannot be myself without out being criticized by a tidal wave of pregnant "elephants" , than I will always be the most UNHAPPY person in the room (WITH the elephants) Progress STINKS because change is grimy. Babies do not come out "Feet First" during regulation delivery. - a yield sign is a stop sign with a question mark(?) 🐘💨🙀

[@cyyrious]

This is still my shit

[@insubordinatenyctv3627]

Facts

[@wolf7el356]

Jazz-Hop

[@tikoakinney4781]

🔥🔥🔥

[@MaxB1080]

Strapped brought me here

[@TheFli321]

Flow 🔥🔥

[@真っ昼間ボーイズ]

かっこいい

[@MrSpacecase35]

Strapped

[@antoniogambardella785]

the classic

[@desn.grimes6723]

WHAT WE HAAVVEE......

[@ARTBYCHRISTOPHERCOMO]

🔥

[@insubordinatenyctv3627]

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@akhenatenamarna484]

🤯💎

[@olyung6248]

Who is here after A SKYZOO ALBUM!?!

[@branislavkubica379]

let's flow'in

[@pheonixoutthe2278]

🙏🏾

[@reecegillies5921]

Definitely inspired by frank zappa and the mothers and that's dope son stay black

[@niceasf7038]

Nice

[@Elonmuskfanpage655]

Respect ect

[@Gdaproducerbeatz8090]

Bone thugs would be a great collab with them

[@JM-bg3rl]

Sound like bone thugs n harmony

[@judahasante]

they were before bone thugs

[@HostyleSSD]

@@judahasante bone was doing this in 89 and 90. Underground album in 92 as well. I'm just saying 94 was there debut to the world. But they have been doing it before the year they came out

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

Strapped 🙂

[@arieuswilliams716]

ill collaborate,, shout-out professor daddy O on the look out

[@DDB5]

Am I tripping or he sound like he was in bone thugs or bone thugs compied him?

[@Mrwilliamblast]

Myka 9 is the inspiration to bone thugs , Myka 9 wrote for dr dre and easy in 1987c the artist name was rappinstein , Myka 9 wrote the record , easy wanted to sign Myka 9 because he likes that singing rap shit and wanted to put it over gangsta beats , Myka is technically the first drake , biracial , raps and sings