2000 Fold

2000 Fold is Los Angeles underground rap group Styles of Beyond’s debut studio album, which was released on Bilawn Records on August 18, 1998, and re-released on August 24, 1999, on SpyTech Records. This album was only released in a clean version, and was out of print for several years, In 2007, it was made available once again in CD format, on both the Projekt Revolution and SpyTech Records official web-stores.

2000 Fold received generally positive reviews. Critics gave the album a loud applause and comparing the group with the artists like Prince Paul or Kool Keith. Allmusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying that Styles have professed and display an appreciation for that early-‘90s mindset with cleverly used electro-funk samples and rapid rhyming trade offs between Ryu and Takbir.

RapReviews gave the album a rating of 9 out of 10 and opposing the censorship in the album saying, “For some reason, this entire album is censored. It makes no sense – but then again, neither does the fact they can freak so many diverse sounds and still retain sanity. If you’re not completely satisfied.. well I can’t get you your money back, but I’ll be damn surprised.”