Freeway's debut LP, "Philadelphia Freeway," was heavily produced by Roc-A-Fella affiliate, Just Blaze. Since then however, the two have had a falling out due to miscommunication. Freeway even went as far as mentioning the producer on a track released in October, 2007.
“Things just ain’t the same for gangstas/But I don’t give a fuck, I’m back without a Just track/Tried to reach out and work but he ain’t chirp back/But I don’t care, I’m here nigga, the beard bigger/Flow strong, the clip long, I air niggas/Lay ‘em down flat, stay around straps.” Rapped Freeway on "It's Over."
The verse prompted Just Blaze to respond over one of his many blogs.
“This isn’t good… not in terms of me, I don’t care personally… I mean some of these things rappers have said about me when they think I’m not around or don’t know who I know are pretty crazy/Funny, so I don’t really mind when someone addresses me directly but.. see, here’s the thing… at some point, someone in the press is going to ask me about this new song… and I’m going to have to tell them what the line(s) are about 100% honestly and truthfully… and someone is going to end up looking a little foolish. You know… “not the sharpest knife” type. Just fired back.
"If you are reading this… are you sure you want to go here? with
In other news…
ME?!.. My word game is too strong, and your thought process obviously isn’t." He continued.
According to Freeway, the two have settled their differences. In a recent interview with Rhapsody, Free explained the situation.
"Just Blaze did a lot of songs on the first album, but he’s so good that he could make it sound like 10 different producers. He was responsible for the “What We Do,” “Rock the Mic” and “Burnin’ Up” -- basically my career. I would go there and he’d have joints ready. " He retorted.
"There was a little bit of hostility between managers." Said Freeway.
"I think my manager was a little disrespectful to his manager around the beginning of last year. I don’t really know the particulars, but I know it had to do with some publishing. He apologized, but after that, I tried to get at Just a couple times. I’m not saying he wouldn’t, but he wasn’t in a rush or it wasn’t a priority to him. Just is my man. We lived together for a month in Miami. I felt as though we had a good relationship. I spoke to him earlier this year [about it]. We’re supposed to be past it, but still nothing’s happened. " He continued.
When asked about the verse on the track, Free said he was basically "keeping it real."
"I was just keeping it real. I’m not like, “Fuck Just.” It’s all good. I just want to see him and talk to him [about it]. "
"Free At Last", which is appropriately titled seeing as it was originally slated for an early 2005 release, hit store shelves on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 and features cameos from Jay Z, 5o Cent, Scarface, & Busta Rhymes to name a few.
You can check out the entire interview here.
COMMENTS
its good to see rappers settlin there beeef now-a-dayz
exactly just is a DJ/PRODUCER hes not an emcee, he's not a rapper, that wouldnt be a battle or beef or anything that would've been plain dumb. im glad theyre coolin, free's album was greasssy it would be a good look for another collabo
its almost 2008 mayn fuk all this beef shyt, n itsgud see ppl like free and just settling their situation like real men not bickering back and forth like little similar to some rappers
u know this beef shit has gone 2 far when rapper & producers r beefin! it's crazy man. im glad they ended it though cause freeway is ill and just is the illest.
YAWN!!!!!!! its good 2 c em make up tho but this wasnt worth mentioning in a song tho he coulda and shoulda handled this behind the scenes instead of airing shit out specially if its not spose to be "beef" why put it on wax?
The media always has a way of misconstruing words for controversy's sake! I'm glad the settled this. It's a GOOD LOOK for HIP-HOP NOT 2 have any corny beefs right now. I've been bangin' that Free and it's AIIGHT! I haven't decided yet whether I like it better than B.A.R.S. or American Gangster or Rap-Murr-Phobia.
On a side note, something else I've been listening to heavy, was a cd I purchased the same day I copped Free At Last: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, 1988. I was EIGHT years old when this dropped, and, listening to it, I realized something. It REALLY IS inappropriate for children; not ALL the tracks, but the album as a whole. If my dad caught me listening to Slick Rick in '88, I might not be here typin' this comment right now! It just goes to show that all the MCs I was trynna sneak and listen to back in the day like the Juice Crew, BDP, BDK, Eric B. & Rakim, LL, Run, P.E., and so on, makes me understand why our parents didn't really feel Hip-Hop, ESPECIALLY since it wasn't really "censored" back in the day. There was positive stuff out, but of course it gets overshadowed by the negative.
Saying all that to say this... the Soldier Boys, the DFBs, the Mims...and so on.. I suppose they have their place in Hip-Hop, no matter how we WACK we KNOW they are, for the younger crowd to be apart of before they get older and into heavier stuff. I wasn't ready for Slick Rick back in 88, and I'm kinda thankful (I'll never tell them this, though) that my parents censored the hell out of rap music when I was a kid (though, I had my older bro and cousins, lol)! These kids not ready for Free and the likes of artists like Jay, Nas, etc... The stuff MAY very well be just too heavy. I'nt know, I can't call it...I'm just brainstorming.
I'll know what everyone else thinks by the props I get, or don't get, lol!
That's actually a valid point...I was tellin' my girl the same thing when I was Bangin' the all time "get your ass kicked for listening to song" ...
BITCHES AIN'T SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was wondering why I bang it hard and loud coming through the hood...
My honest response: PAYBACKS! Lol... my dad would've NOT whooped my ass...But beat me the fuck up if he caught me listening to that, NAW, SNOOP, IceCube, Spice 1, Mc Eight, Dogg Pound or any other gangsta shit!
So now I bang it habitually! Love ya dad! LMAO!
~Be Eazy!
yea!! u remember spice 1... not too many people do... dumpin 'em in ditchessss!!! dat was da shit back then haha
Meant to say NWA but u fuckas know what I mean!
~Be Eazy!
yea that is a good point cus my moms was always at work so we would always have 2 stay wit my grandma and rap of any kind was BANNED! guess wat im doin now...IM A RAPPER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
na mean got a new sn, freeway's album=classic and underratted
Yo wats up nigga it's doc dre up in the bitch,I'M BACKKKKKK!!!! look out for detox
charismatic i agree with u but u know what that means right... We are creating a dumb generation if all they listen to is soulja boy and mims and hurrican chris and the rest of these bubble gum rappers who is to tell them about the real world think about it... im only 20 my generation consist of artist like dmx jayz nas method man
scarface outkast and trick daddy these are artist who taught me about life how to be humble hold your head and keep control take care of family and be a man... face it kids dont listen to parents there learn from friends and situations that life has in stored for them if the music they listen to is telling to snort coke flash jewlery and put money over bitches what is to happen to our daughters who is to teach them that is wrong... parents... c'mon no matter how much people say music doesnt play influence it does and we as a hip hop communtiy should be more responsible
REAL TALK. soulja boy is at 365,000 albums moved and risisng. Little Brother steadily gunnin' for 20 thou? whats up with that? so your tellin me its ok for soulja boy to have more albums sold than LB, Freeway, and cassidy combined? thats some raw shit, im very displeased with those results, FUCK SOULJA BOY!
that is sum bullshit cus that cassidy is a good 9/10 and niggas already kno wats good wit LB fuck a wack ass soulja boy
hell yeah my thoughts exactly, I was tryna tell this cat 1x
I happen to be bangin that new LB right now. Y do cats get rewarded for garbage rappin and not great eMCeeing? This shit baffles me too...smh
its wrong how these rapppers talk about our women... every woman one day will be a mother so everytime u say something about a woman u saying it to your mother... we got rappers puttin girls in videos half naked... dont get me wrong im a nigga i love to see that shit but we will have daughters one day we dont need them thinking as men thats all we want cause it isnt true any real nigga knows we want a wifey a dime piece that we can bring home to mom not a bitch that has been wit every nigga on the block no matter how fly she is rappers need to teach these youngins to value our woman cause with out them we as men would be animals
i dont think it was a actual beef i think he jus was upset he didnt get on this album
I know its fucked up that Soulja Boy selling more then these nice ass rappers, but thats hip hop man. Shits gotta switch up. He got the whole world doing his dance. You gotta give dude that respect; although, he creates stupid music. If you didn't get "Free At Last", get it soon as possible. Its a CLASSIC.
I'm speaking on "victadominicang" comment
i feel u but thats cause they dont know what hes saying
he says superman that hoe do u know what that shit means if u dont he saying bust a nut on a bitches back while she is sleeping so when she wakes up the sheets covering her will stick and she will look like she has a cape like superman
Victadomincang,
I totally agree with you. It's like a catch-22... hit or miss... I really hate it that my 13 year old, 8th grade niece thinks that "Weezy and Soldier Boy" are hot, but what can I do? She's not ready for Nas, Jay, Ghost, Face, etc. Neither is the average 13 year old.
Now, me on the other hand, I came up in the mid 90s bangin' that Bone (lol, 1st album was the shiznizzle (lol)!), Nas (It Was Written is my Nas 1st LOVE), the Fugees, AZ, Mobb Deep, Pun, I was feelin' A+ 1st joint, Meth, Ghost, Rae, DMX, Foxy, Big, Craig Mack, Originoo & the Boot Camp, Canibus, Red, Keith Murray, Kast, etc., etc.
I'm ALWAYS gonna feel like '93-99 was the TRUE GOLDEN ERA of rap. Period. And even then, there was a lotta bullish --> "Bling, Bling", Master P, Shiny Suits, lotta dance songs (Tag Team, 69 Boyz, Slip-N-Slide, etc.), but it wasn't FLOODED the way it is now.
Damn shorty u bang that real thats whats up
lol rember them shiny suits lmao niggas use to rock their fitted like mase to the back covering their brows lol i know niggas that still do that shit
Free album is crakkk!! He didn't even need Just.
I thought his first album was classic and the new one is 2 times betta, he went all the way in
I'm just pissed off it only did 36,000... ARE YOU SERIOUS!? All I know is, I'm ONE of them!
rap beef is fake all of it need to end but thats good they both doing there things though
Damn yall are takin' it waay back.
But Matic you;re right... it's definitely a hit or miss.
Or a lose lose situation for the most part. As much as we hate these bubble gum bullshit rappers they're as much aprat of hip hop as some of our favorite artists.
Even back in hip hop's fun days there were a few bullshit bubble-gummers.... and not too mention DANCE CRAZES!
Remeber doin' the Butt? Lol... damn, sittin' here laughing with my girl right now reminiscing.
Shit, MC HAMMER was the truth... but he was bubble-gum as shit too...
"They do what they wanna do
Say what they wanna say....
Live how they wanana live, play how they wanna play...
Dance how they wanna dance
Kick when they slap a friend
ADAMS FAMILY!!!! LMFAO!
WTF is that? I mean we didnt look into it as much as we do now...but a lot of the shit we listened to was Crazy...
"some people don't like the way that.......SALLY WALKS!"
DAmn I could do this all day...
The adults hated most of that shit just like we hate that Soulja Boy, A bay-bay-bullshit!
I guess when it comes down to it... it's just a matter of maturity, age, and what exactly you want from a particlar song or artist.
I dunno... I'm rambling a il so i'll cut it short for the time being.
As always fam....
~Be Eazy!
^^^^^^^^
Huh?
But ey, dat freeway shit is a certified banger. Please o please cop dat cd.
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