Freestyle Fellowship

Freestyle Fellowship is a group from the United States, also known as The Freestyle Fellowship, active since 1991. Their work has included To Whom It May Concern… (1991), Innercity Griots (1993), and The Promise (2011).

Freestyle Fellowship, also known as The Freestyle Fellowship, is associated with the genres boom bap and jazz rap. Boom bap is generally characterized by drum-break-based beats and sampled production, a style commonly associated with hip-hop from the United States. Jazz rap is generally characterized by the incorporation of jazz samples and elements into hip-hop production. These are general descriptions of the listed genres rather than claims specific to this artist’s own vocal delivery, technique, or production choices.

Freestyle Fellowship released To Whom It May Concern… in 1991, followed by Innercity Griots in 1993. Temptations followed in 2001, then Innercity Griots (Instrumentals) in 2002 and Shockadoom in 2003. Power Plant and The Promise were both released in 2011.