Temptations (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Temptations
| type = studio
| artist = Freestyle Fellowship
| cover = Temptations (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|10|16}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=06}}
| label = Ground Control
| producer = Josef Leimberg
| prev_title = Innercity Griots
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Shockadoom
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Temptations
| type = studio
| single1 = S*x in the City
| single1date = 2001
| single2 = Temptations" / "Ghetto Youth
| single2date = 2002
}}
}}
Temptations is the third studio album by American hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on Ground Control Records on October 16, 2001. Its release was delayed considerably because of Self Jupiter's incarceration.{{cite web | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/06/knowledge-of-self-selfjupiter-talks-freestyle-fellowship-reunion-going-back-to-school-and-west-coast.html | title=Knowledge of self: Self Jupiter talks Freestyle Fellowship reunion, returning to school, and the West Coast underground | work=Los Angeles Times | date=18 June 2010 | accessdate=10 July 2014}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/temptations-mw0000014234 | title=Temptations Review | work=AllMusic | accessdate=10 July 2014 | author=LeRoy, Dan}}
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev2score = mixed{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/freestyle_fellowship-temptations | title=Freestyle Fellowship - Temptations | work=Exclaim! | date=November 2001 | accessdate=4 August 2014 | author=Cowie, Del F.}}
| rev3 = HipHopDX
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.107/title.freestyle-fellowship-temptations | title=Freestyle Fellowship: Temptations | work=HipHopDX |author=D-Lo | date=23 October 2001 | accessdate=10 July 2014}}
| rev4 = LA Weekly
| rev4score = mixed{{cite web | url=http://www.laweekly.com/2002-02-14/music/ring-of-the-fellowship/ | title=Ring of the Fellowship | work=LA Weekly | date=6 February 2002 | accessdate=4 August 2014 | author=Wang, Oliver}}
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev5score = 6.6/10{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3189-temptations/ | title=Freestyle Fellowship: Temptations | work=Pitchfork | date=12 February 2002 | accessdate=10 July 2014 | author=Haywood, Brad}}
| rev6 = The Village Voice
| rev6score = {{rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv202-02.php | title=Throw Your Hands in the Air | work=Village Voice | date=29 January 2002 | accessdate=21 May 2017 | author=Christgau, Robert | author-link=Robert Christgau}}
}}
Dan LeRoy of AllMusic said that "the uncompromising attitude spelled out in the song 'No Hooks No Chorus' ends up hurting the album, as too many tracks focus almost exclusively on the lyrical end of the hip-hop equation, backing the group's rhymes with raw, repetitive grooves." Brad Haywood of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.6 out of 10, calling it "a disappointing one." Dave Tompkins of Vibe said, "While the Fellowship can still run crop circles around other rappers, Temptations sounds as if each of their distinctive egos were in a different space."{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA156 | title=Freestyle Fellowship Temptations | magazine=Vibe | date=October 2001 | accessdate=10 July 2014 | author=Tompkins, Dave | pages=156}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 2:46
| title2 = Ghetto Youth
| length2 = 3:08
| title3 = No Hooks No Chorus
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Temptations
| length4 = 4:27
| title5 = Seasons
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Every Reason Why
| length6 = 2:17
| title7 = Fragrance
| note7 = featuring Abstract Rude
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Different
| length8 = 3:05
| title9 = Hillcrest
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Slappy the Happy Killer Clown
| length10 = 2:48
| title11 = Best Rapper in the World
| length11 = 1:42
| title12 = Watch What You Do
| length12 = 3:03
| title13 = Freestyle Dedication
| note13 = featuring Supernatural
| length13 = 1:57
| title14 = Freestyle Fellowship
| note14 = featuring RBX
| length14 = 2:06
| title15 = Sex in the City
| length15 = 3:23
| total_length = 43:06
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|19209|Temptations}}
{{Freestyle Fellowship}}
{{Authority control}}