Words By MZ
“I had a dream that Jay & Dame was back together/& in that second everything was back the same/In reality, your boy went back to Mecca/came back & said I would never rap again/Well that’s the way the ball bounces/a verse is an ounce, an album’s a brick/ Now it’s time for trafficin’/Ya’ll lame, I am the product/hotter than lava/they wonder how does Roc-A-Fella package caine?/First you take a brick of Jay/a brick of ‘Ye/a couple quarters of Freeway/an ounce of Beans…” – Freeway’s verse on “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” (Roc Remix)
Although not on the album, in just one verse Freeway sums up the last four years of his life since the release of his first album Philadelphia Freeway. Released in 2003, at the tail end of Roc-A-Fella’s dynasty, the album was critically acclaimed and street approved. Equipped with beats from Just Blaze and Kanye West, Freeway shined with his unrelenting, off kilter flow. Having successfully navigated the “fall” of the Roc and contemplation of giving up rap for religious beliefs, Freeway looks to continue what has proven to be a renaissance year for Roc-A-Fella Records. Following up “bricks” from ‘Ye and Jay; Freeway offers up a couple of “quarters” in the form of his second album, Free at Last. Read the rest of this entry »














