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Hip-Hop · 2011 · 14 tracks · 49m

The Promise

Freestyle Fellowship

A high-speed collision of bebop vocal logic and modern production. Dense, hyper-literate, and rhythmically fearless West Coast underground hip-hop.

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It's like a jazz quartet where everyone plays the drums with their mouths.

A high-energy celebration of technical mastery and intellectual defiance.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 49m
01
Introduction
1:52
02
We Are
2:43
03
This Write Here
3:32
04
Step 2 the Side
3:30
05
Ambassadors
3:57
06
Dart
4:24
07
Gimme
4:12
08
Government Lies
2:39
09
Introspective
3:58
10
Daddies
4:44
11
Candy
4:04
12
Know the Truth
1:16
13
Popular
3:35
14
Promise
4:59
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seamless hand-offs between the four emcees on We Are where their voices blend into a single rhythmic instrument.
The dizzying speed and rhythmic complexity of the verses on Dart that mimic the unpredictability of a jazz solo.
The shift toward heavy social critique on Government Lies where the production turns sharp and confrontational.
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