“I’m trying to get that big paper,” said Free. “It’s the first single off the album Free at Last. [Me and Jay] go in and out on the last verse; we go eight and eight [bars] on the first two verses. It’s crazy. We just talking that money; what we want, we get. It’s beautiful. We got Dame Grease on the production; we’re just trying to bring it back to where Roc-A-Fella is supposed to be.”
Originally slated to debut last July, it’s safe to say Free At Last has gone through the motions on its journey to release. Free claims that this is partly due to the ending of Jay and Dames partnership, and a changing of the way business was done at Def Jam. He also endured personal problems at the time, including a battle with himself, being torn between his faith and his music.
“Everybody knows I’m Muslim,” he began explaining. “I made my pilgrimage, I traveled to Mecca. Me being Muslim, I’m not even supposed to be doing music. It takes away from the remembrance of God. For me and for the other [Muslims] in the world, the time they are listening to my music, they could be reading, studying the Koran. The time I’m doing music, I could be studying the Koran. Me knowing that’s the right thing to do and I’m doing something wrong, I had to buckle down and get myself together. ‘Do I really wanna do this? Do I really wanna go against my God like that?’ I came up with the conclusion, and here we go.
“I got that love for it and the passion,” he added. “I’m doing so good, it keeps coming. And I gotta keep feeding my family. So, like [Mike Jones’] song ‘What We Do Is Wrong,’ that’s how I look at it. We all are sinners, but I repent and ask God to forgive for the things I do.”
Free has a Don Cannon hosted mixtape releasing this upcoming week titled “Live Free or Die Hard”, the warm up for “Free At Last”, which is rumored to hit stores in the Fall.
COMMENTS
these niggas albums sure be droping quik
so much for good pub
i honestly think freeway is whack - cassidy just ruined his shit
let's hope he hit us wit some new hotness
FREEWAY IS A HOT RAPPER BUT HOPEFULLY HE HAS ANOTHER HOT ALBUM. HIS LAST ALBUM WAS A STREET CLASSIC.
^^^ Agreed. Free got his on diff shit, Cassidy kinda fukked him up but he makes great songs as evidenced wit this 1st effort. ITS THE ROC! www.myspace.com/sthamogul
free is nice his last cd was hot it would been a big hit if the markeyed right but we all kno how that goes cass did fuck him up "put on a beat i want rap on a beat" that was funny but we will see where free is it
Put a Beat on...
You cant put a beat on?
Put a Beat on...
hottest single i heard in a minute was big spender. i cant wait for the album to drop
Isn't he working with 50 also on this album?
...i'm gonna cop that shyt..!
Free is my man! He may have gotten demolished by Cas but he still put out some hot singles. enough to carry his records? only time will tell!
Why everyone tryna come out da closet(no homo)this summer. I mean i wouldnt becus thatta make yo sells look shitty ya feel meh. CAN I GET AN AMEN OR SOMETHING!!! REAL TALK.
enough sed......
Freeway grimey as f**k, cat can spit too. A lot of people (guys, probly' gay) won't even pay this dude no mind 'cause of the way he looks...the way he looks not rhymes. But if they get passed his "looks" they would realize that Free 'aint no joke.
Cass Won tha bAttle, But Free's 1ST Album was y wayyyyyyyyyyyyy betta than Cassidys 1st album...
Cant wait for it
Freeway is terrible.
it says mike jones song "what we do is wrong" i think Free was refering to the song with him, Jay-z, and Beans .......jackass!!!!
WUZ UP WITH THESE DUDES JOKESTA
GIVE ME A JOB MAN!!!!!
NOW THIS NIGGAZ MISSPELLED QURAN?? AND I AINT EVEN MUSLIM
I cant wait 2 hear what his album sounds like, http://www.datpiff.com/Str8-Business-The-Eay-Money-Mixtape-mid3190.html#
WHEN YOUR ALBUM DROPS QUICK
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IT DONT SELL!~
freeway is terrible.. horrible.. put a beat on.. can u put a beat on? rmember that? and whats all this stuff, just drop the album and hopefully it'll go gold.. :p
freeway's sick (good) im gunna listen to the new album