Freestyle Fellowship ft. Daddy-O - Innercity Boundries

[canibusnj]

Peace to the whole South L.A. and Leimert Park!!!!

[Hubahubatime]

dam this is tight

[42stackz]

lol the guy with the glasses reminds me of kanye west 1:22

[DoughbeezyShorts]

OMFG THEYRE FUCKING SCAT RAPPING

[misermania]

Absolute classic. Took me years to realize Aceyalone was down with them.

[wwaxwingcrashh]

"Not a tad bit 'fraid of change, look around it's the same ol' same ol' thang "

Clearly, he knew Obama was gonna be elected.

[Skymusic45]

i feel in hiphop heaven please don't wake me

[DidiT1979]

Damn this is still dope! Can't get tired like today's crap. What happen to the Underground Railroad, the backup band?

[skrilladog888]

DAMN!!..didn't know Jupiter passed!..that hurts.

[JimmyJumpDaThird]

@skrilladog888 Jupiter did not pass. I'm going to see Fellowship perform tonight.

[FibrousAcquiescence]

One of them sounds like a Sesame Street character lol. Shit is dope though.

[astron33]

Hall of Fame classic!

[plasmametroid]

"A race we call BLACK"

[MrDenaliking]

THUMBS UP IF YOU REMEMBER THIS FROM "STRAPPED"

[thedemi78]

takes me back

[theatlantisrise]

I will have a very tough time explaining to my kids that artists not only used to be talented, but also had class.

[cynthcity]

I was too young to experience the Good Life movement back when ...but I'm 26 and i've always been a lover of hip hop and jazz, thank god i discovered freestyle fellowship! huge fan

[danKelee]

first verse is shite but love this song

[lgreybull]

Love Micah Nine, and Freestyle Fellowship!!! Good times at Good Life in L,A.

[suledrake]

For all of you saying why can't hip hop be good, and complaining about rappers now, these guys are STILL making excellent music. If you really appreciate these artists, support them NOW, don't just lament the past. Peace!

[Majortom71]

The Golden Age of hip hop is behind us! Miss the early 90s, best rap music came out than. Now it's just not the same and a lot of acts are just plain bad.

[HMCollective]

who is the second guy that flows?



[failure269]

myka 9@HMCollective

[ColeOnly777]

if hip hop was still this good, it would not be a billion dollas industry..

[cubbbbby]

Hitunes

[kevanlukk]

is this freestyle?

[therealsupermonk]

@kevanlukk no its a song but they freestyle alot and its real freestyle thus the name

[WhatssGolden]

i gotta be righteous i gotta be me, i gotta concious i gotta to be free.... ive been singing that all motha fuckn day.

[xpoondiggy]

ahead of theit time

[AGoodWomanDiji]

Love me some Aceyalone..Got both of his solo joints, lol...

[MrMike5368]

I was 3 when this came out and I love it..

[parisnycons]

nice...

[IceManLikeGervin]

Now this is some real hiphop!!

[omarrn28]

Meet Mikah-9 in Austin at Flamingo Cantina :-D Cool den a mug

[remo2009]

my first time hearin this song. and i already love it. 

[booradley187]

Apparently 9 people in 344 have no taste in good musice

[ADZ23774]

the fellowship and the pharcyde all the way baby,still now to this day are amazing

[ADZ23774]

the fellowship and the pharcyde all the way baby 

[NarutoLova1999]

I hang out with Aceyalone and his daughter. R.I.P Jupiter

[AlienNationRadio]

@NarutoLova1999 He's still alive...

[NarutoLova1999]

I hang out with Aceyalone and his daughter.

[Alltru4u]

This is something special

[djdrizzae]

When this came out, people weren't ready for it!! Freestyle Fellowship was one of rap/jazz music's underrated groups.

[spsnova]

I wonder if The People Under the Stairs or L.A. Mike ever visited the good life cafe' ?

[bigwhoa76]

When this joint first arrived I remember running home from school to catch Rap City when it was the shit*, to record it on my VHS. And played it over and over again. This was truly art! Today's cats dont even come close nor compare to something this pure. "innercity boundaries" and "park bench people" set the standard and my personal favs.

Peace yall

[GORYAWARRIA]

the real mother fuckin hip hop im sick of these fuckin goofs frontin like they rock mics now adays little punks ass marks who sound like mosquitoes and changin there voices to sound like gay robots not to mention the same concepts used over and over again in the songs.acey/self/mikah u are true mc.s

[Madvillain100]

why can't hiphop/rap be this good still? why do we have to dig underground for good hiphop,,

[snubbs741]

@Madvillain100 cause diggin is fun.

[islandmanmikep]

@Madvillain100 The almighty dollar has muted good music and record companies are pimps. Unfortunately the artist and us are it's hoes.

[garrrrrrrrettttttttt]

@Madvillain100 because drake and lil wayne :'(

[Tempo2010]

wow...this is truly art

[lostcaused]

TIGHT!!!!

[BlahBluBlu69]

sexy sax

[cory3636]

I love this!!! please bring hip hop back

[illone1981]

Peep , Beats by Wallace Green

Mika nine the most original flows.

[verticalhold]

wondering why we don't see this kind of quality anymore? drugs. the record making machine (welcome to the machine!). a post-literate culture of music-purchasers. decadence. sin. soul-numbness.

[MaxBassBoost]

@verticalhold thats good shit

[DrStyleOmatic]

@verticalhold You're blaming drugs for the alleged downfall of music? That's silly, especially considering one of their best songs is about marijuana.

We aren't degrading, music isn't getting worse. This wasn't a big hit at all. The good artists of today aren't big either, things haven't changed

[verticalhold]

@DrStyleOmatic - first of all, it depends on where you are in drug use. You can do drugs for quite awhile before they really start to effect you - i'm a performing artist and a former drug addict, and i counsel people in addiction, all of which have given me my perspective concerning these things. and second of all, i didn't just blame drugs..i mentioned a list. and in one sense i agree with you, music is still the same - it's all mostly from the soul, not from the Spirit.

[DrStyleOmatic]

@verticalhold Drugs are a vague term, the differences between weed, lsd and say cocaine on a person (or indeed a musician) are huge. You can hardly say lsd has had a detrimental effect on music, the FF smokes a lot and it hasn't really hurt them.

Also, music as good as this is still produced. Myka 9's album from last year is amazing. There's been no time in history where quality has ruled the public attention, people just have that perception becuase only the great things live on.

[ACKOFFICAL]

yo, freestyle fellowship are in thay own zone, can't be compared to anyone els

[readybeeill]

inner city griots might be the most underrated album of the 90's

[faxetenpercent]

@fictionnation You are correct Sir. In fact not long after Eazy started watching the Good Life MC's, his proteges Bone Thugs n Harmony showed up on the scene, with a flow incredibly similar to Mykah 9.... Also The Black Eyed Peas, who also got their start at The Good Life, were originally signed to Ruthless Records, Eazy-E's record label....

[Dramacydal18]

@faxetenpercent I had heard that the Black Eyed Peas were signed to Ruthless but I thought it was just a rumor..that's interesting, I think.

[cloudsteppaPL]

Sick-ass headnodic beat, fresh rhymes! So dope! I miss the 90's!

[marcus242]

Puff Daddy and Master P happened to hip hop

[ccants]

whos the dude at 1:12 the way he uses his flow is almost like scatting in jazz....unbelievable

[fictionnation]

@ccants Mikah Nine is at 1:12 - he's just the best. Rumors he ghost wrote for N.W.A - Cube and Easy frequented The Good Life Cafe to watch them perform.

[ccants]

@fictionnation wow amazing

[519bdotgangsta]

man last freestyle fellowship song i peeped there was 8 dislikes same as this shit. what the fuck are people thinking must be the same lil wayne dick ridin goons who dont know shit about REAL hip-hop. im a white boi but i know whats good. and i dont pretend im black or nothing, bot cmon,. theres nothing that compares the this. if a soong gives you goosebumps you know that shits tight cause your body and mind just know

[clASicOner]

Hip Hop has always been there (and still is), so has mainstream. Nothing has changed, there will always be artists and money hungry business men/women. choose wisely holey man!

[envelopevil]

What happened to heroin?

[TheAnastrofe]

THIS IS FANTASTIC!! BECAUSE THE IS CANGED..... I LOVE RAP OLD SCHOOL AND RAP / JAZZ............BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO REAL HIP HOP !?!?

Peace!

[friendo15]

i wouldnt worry, its just a fad. good rap will come back but its up to us to change the market and stop buying shit rap

[2003MARSSKILLS]

I was born and raised in South Central L.A. and never knew these cats were from there until a decade later. Man I need my ghetto pass revoked! SMH

[CrowdPleeza]

@2003MARSSKILLS

Did you ever hear of the Good Life Cafe back in the 90's? That's where they hung out.

[CalizonaFilms]

i love when he says "i gotta be rightous i gotta be me, i gotta be concious, i gotta be free..." Mykas voice is perfect. FF forever! Welcome back legends of the underground.

[TeeloSeyna]

I'm french, could you explain me why you write: emcees and not MC?

Isn't MC the acronym for Master of Ceremony ?

[Dblast1234]

@TeeloSeyna Je crois que c'est juste pour écrire comment ca se prononce "emcees" c'est comme de la phonétique

[thanape]

this song never gets old.

[TRUTHWILLMANIFEST]

@thanape Yup! There is NOT a song in the entire UNIVERSE, that can touch this joint. Beyond "Classic". INFINITELY CO-CREATED, Peace!

[funkeerhythm]

that's the opposite of alle the commercial Hip Hop nowadays...

back to the roots...

[cubarican91]

myka 9 is so sexy. sad i had to miss FF this year at paid dues :(

[noirtriptyline]

Ahhhhhh...yes.....*kicks back puts up feet*

[motfubb]

this video showed me what true hip hop was about

[snubbs741]

weird.. the rhymes in the first minute reminded me a lot of sonny rollins

[Armondbc]

the midwest owns fast rap

[ConiferTreez]

EVERYTHING to do with bone thugs n harmony or whatever the fuck they're called. Eazy-E used to jock these dudes nuts at the GoodLife all fuckin day back in the mid to late 80's.

you dont know what you're talking about, shut the fuck up ahhaha

[jordan10304]

See them at Paid Dues April 3!

[AlienNationRadio]

Shits going to be siiick!

[TheBonethugshype]

bone stole this style

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@TheBonethugshype :

In that case Freestyle Fellowshop stole styles from prior fast-rap acts...

Stop with this shit, and enjoy the music, that argument is so old!

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Not that I want to get in a huge argument about it cuz you're right, it is old and tired but the fast-rap style is not even the style in question. It's the way Bone SUDDENLY blended their harmonies in a stream-of-conscious type flow and flexed their voices exactly like Good Lifers, especially Myka 9. Just compare Krayzie Bone's verse on Crossroads to Myka's verse on Mary and tell me they don't almost sound like the same person... he even tries to sound like Myka.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Well, I've hear many rappers, underground and mainstream that have similar voice styles. Here's one example... 2Pac and Black Haze, compare, try to figure the difference. Anyway, I'm a Myka9 fan, and yes, I understand what you're saying. I've been listening to Freestyle Fellowship, and their solo stuff since mid-90s, and similarities always come up afloat, just like other rappers styles that are also similar.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

The difference however is when asked Blac Haze doesn't deny that he was heavily influenced by 2pac. Bone will completely deny Freestyle Fellowship had any influence on their music.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Hm, I need you to explain to me something though...

Is there a 'difference' between *Jazz Hip Hop* and *Jamaican Patois-styled Hip Hop*?

Also... what's the difference between *Scat* and *Chopped.*

There are differences...

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

I don't really pay attention to differences between sub-genres and sub-styles.. they are a waste of time in my mind. It's all just music to me. I classify certain things in my own mind but I don't break everything down into genre.

And I'm also not sure I completely understand the question, are you asking the difference between scat singing and chopped rapping?

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

lol, just leave it as that.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Leave it at what? That generally implies that a point was made and I'm not sure you made one lol. What do Jazz Rap and Scat have to do with Bone biting Freestyle Fellowship?

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

lol

Freestyle Fellowship ~ Scat/Jazz Hip Hop

Bone Thugs - Jamaican Patois Hip Hop (sometimes chopped)

..

...HUGE difference.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

You seriously think FF was just Jazz rap? What have you listened to like 3 of their songs? This shit is not scat, it's freestyle rap.. they are both improvisational but very different. Maybe they pulled a few things from scat but overall freestyle rap is it's own entity from scat.

FF had TONS of styles other than just jazz rap.. have you ever listened to To Whom It May Concern all the way through? They don't sound exactly the same on any track, even just the jazz.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Okay, I've been listening to Hip Hop since 1981.

I've been listening to Freestyle Fellowship since 1989. They did a whole lot of unreleased songs, back in the day, that I've never seen here that were fully Jazz.

Scat, do you even know what is scat? Do you even know WHEN it got evolved? Tell you this much, Scat is over a 100 years, and it was basically improvising (freestyling). FF dropped that style around 93-ish.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Fully jazz? Homie even the shit Acey and Myka dropped in 88 as Music over Minds wasn't fully jazz.. the track 'It's Fatal' sounds like a more lyrical Run DMC rather than anything jazz. they have NEVER been just jazz, EVER.

And Scat and freestyle rap are not that same.. Scat is honestly mostly garbage.. only a select few were good at it. Freestyle rap is more structured and tends to make more sense as its more wordy but still very free as far as language.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

I really love how you mix things up, and misunderstand what people say....

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

I also love how, you miscomprehend thing.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

I love how you try to be as non-specific as possible and ignore all my points. You've heard all these unreleased FF tracks, but haven't named one. I've named specific examples for every point I've made. I'm not trying to be a dick, I just don't see what point you're trying to make. Bone stole shit without giving credit, you can still like their music.. hell, I like some of it. I just don't respect them, but that doesn't mean anything to them anyway.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

I'm not ignoring your points, you're turning things in other directions from every of my comments. Frankly, if that goes on after ONE comment, an things goes mixed-up from the person I'm speaking to..... I loose interest in talking.

:

Freestyle Fellowship and Bone Thugs... 2 different styles, that's the last I will say. I'm not going to sit here and get replies of someone twisting each of my comments. I'm not trying to be a dick either, just so you know.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

lol, ok..

FF and Bone Thugs, 2 different styles.. except for how Krayzie Bone tries to sound exactly like Myka 9 on almost every track.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

.... recycled comment.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Anyway, this shouldn't matter at all, and I'm definitely not trying to show-off, or look a step ahead, but I did experienced FF live in the 80s, even Myka and Acey. Find someone my age who lived the 80s with a notion, and they will tell you, one local appearance was nothing but Jazz music.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

I don't doubt that you saw them live and I'm glad you did. I also don't doubt they did jazz-oriented stuff because that was a big section of what they contributed to hip hop and is made for live shows. But it was hardly all they contributed to hip hop was my point. I don't expect everyone to understand this, I am admittedly a huge FF fanboy and do have my own biases.

I do however expect Bone to give proper respect to who birthed their rap careers.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

I understand what you're telling me.... and once again, the Jazz stuff was something that they got rid off with time, even to not use it so much. This is what I said on a previous comment, just re-worded. Even during their last as a group, they had dropped it virtually completely.

:

...and once again, I've heard a bunch of mainstream and underground rappers or emcees that have similar voices and styles, some even seemed mirrored, even in the 80s.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Yeah but Bone sounded completely different on Faces of Death, their first recorded album that was not produced by Eazy.  They didn't have the same type of musical style at all.. so you're tellin me they get this westcoast producer and all the sudden start sounding eerily similar to this innovative rap group that is from the EXACT same place as Eazy.. and you want me to believe that's just coincidence? I highly doubt it.

Thanks for supporting hip hop tho for real.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Answer me an awfully easy question now: On Faces Of Death, did they rapped fast or slow????

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

The similarities have nothing to do with how fast or slow they rap so it's an irrelevant question. The similarities are in the layered harmonic flows, the way they flex their voices, and the stream-of-conscious (albeit a less intelligent one) way they let their words go.

Faces of Death was hugely underdeveloped musically compared to their other stuff. It's not about the speed of rap, it's about the way they approached the tracks and their whole sound.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

There used to be an LA local duo named "Double Layered," they ran through with no label, and self-recorded their stuff in their garage, this was 1983. Now guess what?

They rapped "fast" and did the "harmony" thing. Only difference is, they did 2-Tone rhythms.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

I never said FF were the first group to rap fast or do harmonies. I am saying Bone's whole sound switched immediately from sounding nothing like FF to sounding A LOT like FF seemingly overnight once they were produced by Eazy. They didn't just have "harmonies", they had the signature Myka 9-Freestyle Fellowship style of harmony and rap. You want me to believe that's simply a coincidence. I don't think it is. This is where the core of our disagreement lies.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

Well, in that case, Freestyle Fellowship copied Double Layered,

and to this date, haven't heard FF say anything about DL, and since FF sounds way to simliat to DL... they copied and never game them credit.

:

There used to be a trio hip hop group named Jamay Ka, from Orange County, they actually did gigs with Double Layered. They did the harmony styling, and, they did the Jamaican thing. If BTNH copied anyone... then they copied Jamay Ka, based on the Jamaica-Patois style BTNH had.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Way to use circular reasoning... I can almost guarantee you that Double Layered sounded nothing like Myka 9 on 7th Seal... nobody had ever heard anyone rap like that before, that's why FF are underground legends and nobody's heard of double layered. You're trying to compare some group that recorded out of their garage to one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time? Nobody's even heard them.

You can justify it all you want, the facts don't lie.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

@rapsody :

What a way of bashing against yourself, congratulations.

:

Myka 9, 7th Seal, Freestyle Fellowship knew exactly who Double Layer is (was). I found Freestyle Fellowship and feel in love with their music when they did a gig with Double Layer. Double layer was out before Freestyle Fellowship, Myka9 or 7th Seal. We're talking about a due who started out in the 70s.

:

I'm definitely done with you kid.

[rapsody]

@AntiLilWayneChannel

Homie, it's obvious you have no idea what you're even talking about. If FF did a gig with double layered, obviously there is mutual respect between them. Meaning if FF did pull anything from double layered, they gave proper respect to them. My problem is not with Bone being influenced by FF.. my problem is that they deny they were influenced by them even while trying to sound exactly like them. Your argument is done cuz you never had one.

[ManlaiSadis]

this is deep

[2hedzrbetta]

Damn this is old school! Been looking for this 4eva! 93 baby!

[MrSnuffaluff]

wheres jupiter in this video?

[flippyspiffy101]

he was in jail no?

[AlienNationRadio]

yep.

[badaboom25]

I gotta be righteous, I gotta be me....

I gotta be conscious, I gotta be free....

I gotta be able to counterattack...

I gotta be stable, I gotta be black...

love this song man

[booradley187]

@badaboom25

So true....

in my opinion, best hip-hop song of the underground 90s era

[DefHarmony]

INCREDIBLE!

[024warrior]

Keep supportin MYKA 9!!!!!

[7thJewelProductions]

My favorite joint from them....banger!!!!!!!

[seagull72]

innercity griots - the pinnacle, the greatest hip hop album of all time!

[ClairvoyanceOcean]

Hip hop in the Music industry today

is pushing that freemasonry agenda

YT Search

Hip Hop / Illuminati

This shit runs deep ....

[excoc]

yeah it's hip hop - it ain't that lil wayne/soulja mundane crud

[lxolxo7]

@excoc BET!

[ChrisnSnoop]

You don't know shit about hip-hop. Please, shut the fuck up and stop posing.

[OGKaine]

word up g

[CheezyDonSenior]

" We are by NO MEANS ashamed of our cultural background, Not a tad bit afraid of change looking around at the same ole' same ole' thing"

[xterrorizinboys88]

how has rap come from this to the shit that is popular now?

[Mechanix666]

@xterrorizinboys88 People had rhythm and poetry, took the "rhythm" portion and discarded the poetry over the years.

[NerdstatuZ]

@xterrorizinboys88 people were brain fucked by MTV and BET.

[lxolxo7]

@xterrorizinboys88 BET!

[davedoug]

once we have... the knowledge of self

as a people then we can be free and no devil

could ever enter

the boundaries

[atizarapcrew]

classic shit !

[FulltimeDabbler]

This is a SERIOUS gem right here

[cheydee]

such a good tune.

[miahmakhon]

I'd totally forgotten this song but the moment i heard the sax my childhood came flooding back. thanks, you made my day:-)

[spotville73]

second only 2 tha 7th sealtrack other than that very ill !

[ADZ23774]

Love this album,remember buyin it after Hip-Hop connection mag did a big thing on them,and hammered the s**t outta ma stereo with it,the whole street was singing ''Shammys''....ya gotta put that 1 on,proper dope track,,loved it,....'''

[svenghoulieil]

Each of their voices is like a different instrument soloing -

This is the real shit - forget about Bones, Cube, Dogg- this is it

[henrysour]

bone thugs n harmony bit myka 9 styles

cube bit volume 10 styles

snoop dogg is okay because he was down with the goodlife mc's

[nemesis700]

howd you know snoop was down?

[ratm1211]

Snoop recorded a song with Ganjah-K which was on Ganjah's "Danksta's Life" (93). I'm pretty sure he knew some cats from the Good Life...

[ABAIR1990]

now this is some good music!!!

[matthew45736]

in all actuality, this is really just contemporary jazz...

[420blazejuggalo]

who cares what it is its fuckin good

[comicoholic]

what happened to hip hop?

[KeithGram]

posers.... thats what happened.

[VoodooRhythmSound]

@comicoholic

I asked myself the same thing.

We can thank lil john and others like him for ruining hiphop/rap.

I could listen to this song all day.

[hersheyslim]

@comicoholic, RECORD COMPANIES& PRODUCERS!!!

[TRUTHWILLMANIFEST]

@comicoholic It had to take anotha route. "Underground". Peace!

[johnnorfolk]

skee bop, a-biddly boo bop, cha

[chinita41]

wow this is classiccc but i never saw this video.

great upload..

[MrKanehague]

POOF

[johnnorfolk]

i love good hip hop but boy, do I hate SCAT. irretrievably pretentious

[BestVideosEver01]

this aint no scat this is jazzy soul shiyyyt.

[AntiLilWayneChannel]

See, Freestyle Fellowship is legendary ... not like lilly gayne!

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[MrKanehague]

true

[zentonil]

Man get over that shit. You're drawing attention to him by talking so much smack. The best way to hate on his shit is to ignore it!