To Whom It May Concern...

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艺人: Freestyle Fellowship
语种: 英语
厂牌: Beats & Rhymes
发行时间: 1991年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Scott Thill

Freestyle Fellowship's first album is a potent glimpse into the subcultural, conscientious side of Los Angeles hip-hop, one that would later be eclipsed by gangsta boogie from the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and all the pretenders who followed in their wake. As such, the joint -- like much of the work from De La Soul, the Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, and other equally diverse artists of the period -- is a snapshot of a burgeoning art form's purity before it capitulated to the market and rolled out its gripload of Kristal and Bentley worshipers. Not that Freestyle Fellowship ever wandered down that path: they were too busy twisting tongues with blissed-out, stream-of-consciousness rhymes -- which is more or less what you'll find, without the hard-hitting beats, on To Whom It May Concern... For example, songs like &Jupiter's Journey& and &Sunshine Men& showcase Self-Jupiter and J. Sumbi's respective rhyme flows, but ignore song structure altogether; basically, you're getting the MC without the DJ, which can get boring after a while. But when they pull it all together and work as a collective (as their name implies), things heat up quickly, like on &Convolutions,& a breakneck bebop session that is over all too quickly, or &We Will Not Tolerate& and &Dedications,& shout sessions that are truncated versions of songs found on their later (and better) album, Inner City Griots. Which is not to say that To Whom It May Concern... is a snoozer when each rapper works alone. Most of the woefully underrated Aceyalone's tunes are bracing exercises in skill and speed, and Mikah 9 and Self-Jupiter are stellar wordsmiths. But a fellowship functions best when everyone is working together, and there's more evidence of this particular group's promise in its ensuing work.

To Whom It May Concern...

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