Freeway - Free at Last
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Artist: FreewayEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Music Label: G-Unit/Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam
Soundtracks:
- This Can't Be Real featuring Marsha Ambrosius
- It's Over
- Still Got Love
- Roc-A-Fella Billionaires featuring JAY-Z
- When They Remember
- Take It To The Top featuring 50 Cent
- Spit That Sh*t
- Reppin' The Streets
- Free At Last
- Baby Don't Do It featuring Scarface
- Nuttin' On Me
- Walk Wit Me featuring Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss
- Lights Get Low featuring Rick Ross
- I Cry
Music reviews of Free at Last
Music Review: Freeway returns with his 2nd Disc "Free At Last".
Rating: 3 Stars
I was introduced to Freeway when I heard him on a track entitled "1-900-Hustler" that was featured on Jay-Z's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000. The CD wasn't really a Jay-Z solo CD. It was a format for Jay-Z to try to make Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel to be the forefront of Rocafella. "1-900-Hustler" had Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Freeway on the verses and Beanie Sigel talking on the hook. Freeway ended up stealing the show on the Bink produced track. I wouldn't hear Freeway again until I heard him on the track "Think It's A Game" which featured Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, Freeway and Young Chris from the Young Gunz. The track appeared on Beanie Sigel's 2nd CD entitled The Reason. Freeway's big break came on the track "Roc The Mic" which was featured on State Property. The CD served as a soundtrack to the movie of the same name but the main purpose was to spotlight the crew of Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Young Gunz and Oschino & Sparks. "Roc The Mic" was a popular track for most of the year and Freeway would soon start to work on his 1st solo CD. Philadelphia Freeway was released in February of 2003. The first track that I heard from this release was the scorcher "Line 'Em Up" which featured Young Chris and was produced by Just Blaze. Once I heard this track, there wasn't any question whether I would purchase Freeway's solo debut. Freeway's 1st video, "What We Do" featured Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel on another Just Blaze production. 'Til this day, that is one of my favorite Jay-Z collaborations of all time. My other favorites from "Philadelphia Freeway" included "All My Life" w/Nate Dogg, "Life" w/Beanie Sigel, "Don't Cross The Line" w/Faith Evans and the other 2 singles "Alright" with Allen Anthony and "Flipside" w/Peedi Crakk. Out of the 16 tracks, Just Blaze produced 10 tracks and Kanye West produced 2, so even if you were a fan of Freeway lyrically, the production was clearly the strength of the CD.
Over 4 and a half years later, Freeway returns with "Free At Last". I went to see Jay-Z at Club Love in Washington DC and Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Young Chris kept saying "Free At Last" by Freeway is being released on 11/20/07. That was the only way that I found out that this Freeway CD was being released, which is the 1st thing that I didn't understand about Freeway's 2nd disc. You would think that if a Rocafella artist hadn't released a CD in 4 and a half years, that his CD would have got better promotion than it did. The first song that I heard from "Free At Last" was "Roc-A-Fella Billionaires" which featured Jay-Z. This song is definitely a nice track for the clubs and I like how Dame Grease used the same "Big Spender" sample that Missy and Tweet used for a bonus track of the same name on Tweet's "Southern Hummingbird" CD. The official 1st single from what I understand is "Still Got Love" which was produced by Bink. The song does its best to reintroduce Freeway to anyone who may have enjoyed his 1st CD and his past Rocafella collaborations. "Roc-A-Fella Billionaires" and "Still Got Love" are the only tracks that you could probably make singles from on "Free At Last". The majority of the rest of "Free At Last" has Freeway back on the grind and in the streets. "This Can't Be Real" is a nice, soulful number that is produced by Ivan Barias and Carvin Haggins, who have done a lot of work with Musiq Soulchild. Marsha Ambrosius, better known as the Songstress from Floetry, lends some nice vocals to this track as Freeway lets you know how he was discovered while he was still doing his thing in the streets. He also does a good job of letting us know how he felt during the time when all the drama was going on between Jay-Z, Dame Dash and Biggs, who were the co-owners of Rocafella Records. Jake One uses a "sick" sample with "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" on the track "It's Over". Freeway explains how he had to keep making the "Free At Last" project with no help from Just Blaze and Kanye West. Lyrically, Freeway is on point on this track as he lets you know what he's been up to since his last release. Dangerous LLC show up to produce "Spit That S***" as they produce a track that would sound like 50 Cent would want to get on but Freeway does a good job on it. Although, he needs to do away with "Freezer" as a nickname. Chad "Wes" Hamilton, who did some production work on Beanie Sigel's last CD, "The B. Coming", shows up to produce "Reppin' The Streets" and one of my favorite tracks on "Free At Last", "Baby Don't Do It", which features Scarface. "Baby Don't Do It" starts off with an old school sample, "The Overture Of Foxy Brown" and Freeway and Scarface take care of the rest as it seems that the 2 rappers are freestyling about the way that things can go down in the streets. Free At Last's highlight is a track that matches Freeway with Busta Rhymes and Jadakiss, Def Jam's newest signee, on "Walk Wit Me". Don Cannon is on the boards and the three rappers take care of the rest as Freeway is able to keep up with Busta and Jada.
The only downside to "Free At Last" has to be "Take It To The Top" which ends up being a candy coated JR Rotem beat and a singing 50 Cent on the hook, as well as, "Lights Get Low" which was an uninspiring collaboration between Freeway and Rick Ross and a C- beat from Cool& Dre. I have heard much better from Cool& Dre when it comes to production.
I am pretty sure that Freeway wanted to release another CD with Just Blaze and Kanye West producing the majority of the CD, but Bink, Chad Hamilton, Ivan Barias, Carvin Haggins, Don Cannon, etc. do their best to provide Freeway the best production possible. The majority of the tracks use old school soul samples and you can tell that Freeway is determined by the way that the majority of the songs sound. The problem is, in these days and times, if you don't make a CD with staying power, you end up being just another rapper, regardless of the crew that you represent.
If you were a fan of "Philadelphia Freeway" and Freeway's earlier collaborations with Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and others, then I think that you will enjoy "Free At Last". However, if you didn't like Freeway's earlier work, then you might just want to leave this one on the shelves. I rate this CD 3 and a half stars, because the production, while it's nice doesn't match up to his debut CD. However, Freeway's determination, with the production and promotion that he does have, should be enough to maintain any fan base that he does have.
James' Top 5
1) Walk Wit Me w/Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss
2) Baby Don't Do It w/Scarface
3) This Can't Be Real w/Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry
4) Roc-A-Fella Billionaires w/Jay-Z
5) It's Over
Honorable Mention:
Spit That S_____
Free At Last
Reppin' The Streets
When They Remember
I Cry
Description of Free at Last
With the relaunch of the Roc-A-Fella Movement, Freeway has returned with his second coming, "Free At Last". Freeway has always been set-apart from other rappers, with his unique approach to tackling the subjects of street life. Freeway now comes even harder with his sophomore album scheduled to release on November 20th. Freeway's lyrics are laced with "been there, done that" sentiment that implies that there is life beyond the block.Pop CDs
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