Freestyle Fellowship - Hot Potato

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Freestyle Fellowship are a rap group from Los Angeles consisting of rappers Aceyalone, Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter and producer J Sumbi. Their vocal techniques focusing on the method of the freestyle, as well as a successful infusion of hip hop and jazz, established the group as forerunners in the sub-genre of jazz rap, and also placed them amongst prominent West Coast underground hip hop acts of the early 1990s like Hieroglyphics, Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique, and The Pharcyde. They are part of a hip hop collective known as Project Blowed.
The group was formed at the Good Life Café in Los Angeles during the early 90s. Myka Nyne stated in an interview that he grew up with Aceyalone and Self Jupiter and knew them since elementary school, and he met P.E.A.C.E. in 10th grade. Before the Fellowship, Aceyalone, Spoon (of) Iodine, and Myka Nyne were in a group called the MC Aces in high school.
After releasing the album To Whom It May Concern in 1991, the Fellowship became known in tape-trading circles, identified by their range in rhyming, at times bordering on scat, and Afrocentric messages over jazz inspired beat production. Their 1993 release Innercity Griots is acknowledged by many to be among the best hip hop albums of the 90s.
In 1993, the group went on hiatus due to the four year incarceration of Self Jupiter. After his release, the Fellowship reunited to record Shockadoom in 1998 (released 2002). Temptations was released in 2001.
The members of the Fellowship have all put out solo albums, with Aceyalone and Myka 9 being the most prolific. In addition to their solo work, Aceyalone and Myka 9 recorded two albums with Abstract Rude as Haiku D'Etat.
In 1999, P.E.A.C.E. won second place in the Scribble Jam freestyle battle

[@thusano2]

did a tour with Myka 9 this summer., the best times of my whole life.

[@DjTIMEJD]

Congrats, friend.

[@d0pedrag0n]

Myka 9 is on another level, sick lyricist...ff deserve much more credit, very under rated which is a real shame

[@duaneforhire]

BIG FACTS!

[@nzhiphop1]

Him and Aceyalone are two of the greatest, don't you just hate all those generic best rappers lists.

[@hiphoptvwhy]

period

[@WillPreston3D]

Which ones myka 9?

[@finkployd6110]

@@WillPreston3D The light-skinned one. He raps at 0:39, 1:48, 2:33.

[@d0pedrag0n]

I'm from the U.K and heard this on a TV show called BPM. This was aired at 1am on Friday so I had to set the VHS on timer :-) Always been into hip hop and bought loads of tunes on import 12" vinyl e.g. ultramagnetic mc's, tuff crew, mc shan, krs one, epmd etc... I've always been a big fan of tribe called quest, jungle brothers, pharcyde, digable planets so these guys attracted my attention with this tune. I've come back to listening to all these classics recently and having the power of internet discovered that freestyle fellowship ghost wrote alot of popular tunes that were credited to artists who gained more fame. Do your own research, these guys deserve props...respect from me

[@willisboxall3617]

i know its a bit dated now, but last.fm radio stations have been so useful for finding new smaller artists that were around at this time!

[@PasqualItizzz]

Same man, loved that show. It's where I first heard Eryka Badu too.

[@igg3937]

Still the hottest hip-hop crew ever. Criminally underrated.

[@funkehouse]

It's absolutely ridiculous how many people I have spoken to who love hip hop who don't know anything about the fellowship. So crazy to me...

[@kevinscott59]

@@funkehouse That's because most people who love hip hop nowadays aren't actual hip hop heads.

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Im a skinny white guy from england who loves the fellowship forever, sunshine men is my jam... whatsup with the ignorants!?

[@jarethlarwood6445]

It makes my heart sink. Word to Project Blowed

[@Relionart]

This song just randomly came to my head after ages of not listening to it... I even had forgotten it existed!

[@rosamamontesdeocarelion6403]

Quién eres Dera Relión?

[@dreyouniverse7966]

Soon as the video started i remembered i was watching another video somebody mentioned that they weren't mentioned so I'm here now seen your comment but I'm realizing it's 2021 and your comment was 6 years ago have a good one fam and anybody who sees this comment have a good one

[@Relionart]

@@dreyouniverse7966 Not sure I follow what you were trying to say, mate, but I hope you have a great day too

[@markintape37]

@@Relionart he said who is Dera Relion?

[@Relionart]

@@markintape37 Oh thanks! No yeah. I meant the next comment. I am a native spanish speaker :3

[@stewartcook5906]

FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP HAND'S DOWN THE MOST UNDERRATED RAP CREW IN HIP HOP HISTORY 💥💥💥

[@mr.moonthegoon4178]

The music video is a completely different song from the one on the album, and I can't find this one anywhere but here.

[@TamikaDaniels-m4r]

Hadn’t heard this in years. Heard this song this morning on LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells on Sirius Radio

[@joseph5363]

The “Hop”, in hip hop! Freestyle fellowship crew. Mercy me!

[@hiphoptvwhy]

Myka 9 Is the most underrated rapper

[@hiphoptvwhy]

@Pason Jayne 💯

[@lupebeto9367]

I'm from Mexico and i Caught by accident the satellite where BET channel was hosted. I enjoyed every minute of it. It was 1992 til 1994. Then i found other channel called "The box.You control" .. in another satellite .

[@pc4mlc451]

I don't even like hip-hop, but these guys are insanely talented.

[@madwilliamflint]

Where the hell has THIS hot shit been all my life?

[@pearlmax]

Potato town.

[@denahcampbell]

Leimert Park

[@DjTIMEJD]

@@denahcampbell Good Life/Project Blowed, friend.

[@nubiankween50]

The goodlife.

[@squidfeet7278]

Honestly a true work of art

[@shawn6669]

It's criminal that they didn't have more mainstream success...

[@nw3685]

Been saying this since the 90's

[@igg3937]

Self-Jupiter had legal issues and had to do some jail time just as their second album was breaking. It disrupted the tour they were on and de-railed their momentum. Could've been better known for sure.

[@illastration1]

New York did it a lot better years before. To put it in context 3 feet high and rising came out in 89. 36 chambers came out in 93 the same as this. Way behind the times.

[@finkployd6110]

@@illastration1 Neither of those groups measured up to FF's rapping ability, especially that of Myka 9 and Aceyalone. FF were also using odd time signatures and complex rhythms, to say they were behind the times is laughable.

[@realpoetics]

@@finkployd6110 its not all about “rapping ability”. De La, Tribe, and Wu made way better music than these guys period.

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

Underrated crew ever

[@ryangray9459]

This is the version. Sooooo underrated funk plus

[@bigelakafatdaddychannel5002]

This song is fire

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

What a mix up of so Manny flows of 90 s dope creative track that is underground but sume how over there time this has a main stream.filling but tottaly underground. Classic. Kid peep this. No matter where u from 2019 the world wide hip hop party's still going on.

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

Who's Manny? It's *many* and it's *parties* , not party's lol hahaha 😂🤣.

[@joejustice6985]

Their flow was crazy! It’s like the beat is trying to catch up with their rhymes.

[@JasonMarsalis]

When this group didn’t go mainstream, I figured that rap as real art wasn’t going to happen.

[@nobbystyles4807]

pharcyde nailed this sound on bizzarre ride but this was the original

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

They came out at the same time though. Both groups from Cali also.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Completely different stylistically, but you have the right to your opinion. 😁

[@nobbystyles4807]

@@dogsandyoga1743 part of pharcydes schtick was aping other styles or using them as a tongue-in- cheek kind of pastiche. they literally mastered cliche rap.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

@@nobbystyles4807 I can see that. Especially on the first album, at times. But I still hear a very distinct difference in what Freestyle was doing. The jazz/scatting style that they were doing was more in line with what was coming out of Good Life/Project Blowed. Especially Mike and Peace. Acey was more straight ahead. The Cyde were actually more "traditional" in a sense, while being much more playful. They def did a singsongy style at times (except for Fat Lip) and were very playful with syllables, flow, style and even vocal tone (except for Imani who actually sounds like that haha). But they never really sounded like Freestyle in my opinion. It's really hard to put into words, someone with a higher music IQ could probably make it make sense. But either was, To Whom It May Concern dropped in Oct 91. Bizarre Ride dropped 6 months later. Inner City didn't drop until 93. I'm sure there was influence flowing back and forth in general. That's the beauty of Hip Hop. 😁

[@nobbystyles4807]

@@dogsandyoga1743 absolutely yes i agree. theres been reciprocal referencing in hip hop (as with all genres) throughout its life span. that knowledge (itself) is subjective for sure. i can only attest as a uk listener where records may be released (or imported) in as different order to their U.S. release dates.

[@setthahook2192]

MYKA 9'S VERSE AT THE END...FIRE!!! ON ANOTHER LEVEL!!!

[@Xllameantex13]

its other instrumental, do u know which is it?

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

I have this recording from of rage to on vhf video tape. All out song so fun an creative an different. Takes me back to good ol orly 1993 4 5 6/dope song.still bumping this in 2019

[@POOCOMESFROMFOOD]

came into my head again and came back to this, and i only jjust realised its crazy to see uproxx using a film clip clip from an australian show haha

[@p.tyeshuapaclee8435]

Everything is Dope in this .... that girls too naturally 😍🌱 Not Fake ones ;) its all love:))!!!!!!

[@littleoldal]

If you really fw the original version And the inner city griots lp, This shows just how dope they are!!

[@kevinscott59]

There's another version of Hot Potato featuring Ganja K that's even doper than this version.(This version is actually the more "commercial" release.) It used to be at the Cocaine Blunts website but I can't find it anywhere anymore.

[@mr.e93tilinfinity49]

What! I have to hear that! Hit me with a link if you find it please!!! It's All Love

[@SurgeCess]

2:07 I love that part

[@p.tyeshuapaclee8435]

Y3w incredible6

[@JasonMarsalis]

That’s from a different song on the album.

[@DjTIMEJD]

Way Cool, friend.

[@thatolefu123]

Much luv to FF...real hip hop.....watts life

[@nubiankween50]

I used to look forward to hearing them at the goodlife. I went to junior high with Mtoulizaya.....probably spelled his name wrong. Don't know his rap name.

[@antoniogambardella785]

The Real Hip-hop Classic 🔥💣👊💪👌🙏✌👏☝️🔝🎤

[@4thcolour288]

Haha I love how this was recorded on Rage. Love it :)

[@michaelnixjr.familymembers9188]

My Old School Hip Hop R&B.

[@Ryan-ct2gj]

💖broMain!when this Shut Popped of I was SoDoped About Cali!💖rnb

[@tonysmith5878]

UNDERATED INDEED.

[@dahomie_mixes]

no sounds like this on 2019

[@nubiankween50]

Aceyalone use to have shirts that said All balls don't bounce. I use to have one bake in the day.

[@Psbeatsrhymesandlife]

BRUHHHHHH...... THIS SHIT SO CRAZY.

[@valeriavilla7655]

Anymore 2024?

[@martinchannel1355]

This song is hot

[@djc072293]

yooo!! this cut was smooth af! thankyou for this

[@xXAllTheWayTurntUp]

finally found it

[@BadDrugsRGud]

i miss hiphop

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

Classic

[@SurgeCess]

1:50 is that Ganjah K?? I thought it was Self Jupiter but now I'm not sure.

[@SurgeCess]

I meant 1:06

[@ratm1211]

@@SurgeCess Yea, that's him. RIP Ganjah-KMC.

[@GreyJ47]

Now that you point it out, that’s def Ganja K RIP

[@turnerosswald2787]

So good

[@coachdev8873]

They they from the west coast their like an east coast version of fnuchnikens

[@LetsBuildWordPress]

people definitely moved more in the 90s like lol

[@EWHITEFLIX]

THROWBACK EARLY HYPE WILLIAMS VIDEO

[@WillPreston3D]

This is the better version of hot potato but it's got other songs from the album mixed in, where can I find the original hot potato remix? Its not on Spotify or KZbin!

[@fizzypop8937]

This shit is banging.

[@SUPERVBOY]

너무 좋은데...

[@taelormonroe9890]

Bro... my dads in this video 🥴😂🙈

[@pascalthiele6903]

Where ??

[@pascalthiele6903]

Its interesting to hear this ...🤲😇

[@squidfeet7278]

WOOOOO

[@illlit2258]

So this is where that House music sample comes from!

[@Mr.Niceguy562]

This shouldn’t even be on this channel. 🔥

[@SurgeonVault]

Good song, but I always liked the song at the end better (Way Cool)

[@qwintonbryant4105]

Way cool was hard AF

[@ginichimaru2712]

That was the best part of the video

[@lakimfrancis]

does anyone know what song is sampled around the 1:16 mark?

[@rasnocka5029]

Sample: It's Cheaper to Keep Her by MFSB :)

[@michaelrubiano4358]

Que Chimba!

[@markelwilliams8593]

West up

[@anastasiapandora1595]

💥

[@cf5062]

Fun shit!

[@starmobile5588]

2024 anyone?

[@Trump-se2gl]

who else got here from searching "Freestyle Fellowship Hot Potato" on google?

[@djfunkyfresh1640]

FF LOS MAS CHINGONES MIJO

[@JOUA1400]

FOUNDATION!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eldridgemartin7305]

wow

[@ashwnj]

'24

[@jackmorgan0]

Who is here from Denzel Curry Nardwuar interview?

[@Ryan-ct2gj]

BEAT IT!

[@Ryan-ct2gj]

BEAT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WS💖

[@thereddragoon1888]

me

[@p.tyeshuapaclee8435]

Yes3😍

[@p.tyeshuapaclee8435]

History!!!!!!!+

[@es-uw8cm]

*cough FIRE

[@M0RN1N6_5T4R]

They was improvising all these raps?

[@khameronsmith108]

Is that not Griffin from Cosby dancing with the dreads

[@BBoyKingdom]

#BBK •@BBoyKingdom•@JSMOOVtv

[@Dantana773]

lyricist 93

[@thomme8539]

Haha oh hey rage

[@ghostfacebearskii8634]

Who’s Here After Sway In The Morning

[@MrSilkydrew]

LSD Hip Hop

[@ryangray9459]

Wu tang before wu tang

[@thatundergroundflavorrareo3194]

How?

[@MafiosaLo]

They tried to sound like lons

[@kungkuno]

1:48 bling bling the crackhead?:P

[@oblivion_007]

There are many artists from west coast whom should have more popular and successful than studio gangster idiot 2pac & snoop dogg

[@Labrynthetic]

Alpha Beta! Lol RIP

[@gerapluss]

Muy poco underground el vídeo

[@xelefonte]

they are so damn corny lol

[@DirectionstoPL]

I’ve never heard anyone speak so blasphemous about true artists... you probably don’t even need ears because obviously don’t know how to use them🙉💩

[@DjTIMEJD]

Could you elaborate a little more, friend.

[@the_lonely_winner2956]

Not feeling this

[@MAFUCKinGoodLife]

The_Lonely_Winner because you are propably a fan of justin bieber or drake

[@the_lonely_winner2956]

***** Let me guess, youre a whiteboy.Why cant i just not feel the track? Btw my favorite rap groups are wu tang, the lox, boot camp clik, mobb deep, and i think FF are dope, just not feeling the track. My comment was in no way disrespectful.

[@the_lonely_winner2956]

***** Btw drake isnt that bad. Stop posting generic responses.

[@moyomiranda852]

The_Lonely_Winner probably cause its a remix, but many people think its the original

[@brandonvu5429]

+The_Lonely_Winner Original version is way better. I'm not really feeling this version either.

[@romeovelano3173]

What if freestylr fellowship n fushnickens will collaborate in 1 track

[@bigelakafatdaddychannel5002]

This song is fire

[@dmvtv938]

this song is hot

[@BBoyKingdom]

#BBK •@BBoyKingdom•@JSMOOVtv