Free At Last [PA]

Performer: Freeway
Engineer: Geoffrey Rice
Producer: Dame Grease; "J.R." Rotem; Teraike "Chris Styles" Crawford; Jason "Sire" Turnbull; DJ Noodles; Don Cannon; Ryan Press; Cool & Dre; Bink!; Needlz; Chad "Wes" Hamilton; Jake One; Double O; Ivan "Orthodox" Barias; Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Sherrod Barns (vocals, bass guitar); "J.R." Rotem, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (various instruments); Wendell "Pops" Sewell (guitar); Ryan West (harp, keyboards, percussion, drum programming); Damon Bennett (flute); Johnnie "Smurf" Smith (piano); Double O (keyboards, drum programming); Canei Finch, Brizz (keyboards); Vitamin D (scratches); David Porter. Additional personnel: Jay-Z (vocals); Jeff Bass (bass guitar); Marsha Ambrosius, 50 Cent, Jadakiss, Rick Ross, Scarface, Busta Rhymes. Four years after his debut solo release, the Philly representative and Ice City crew member Freeway sounds as hungry as ever on his follow-up, FREE AT LAST. Keeping it gully with that trademark vigorous flow bubbling up with gangsta posturing and gun-toting hood narratives, Free matches his fierce vocals to a gang of street-level beats courtesy of Kanye West, Cool & Dre, Bink!, Dame Grease, Don Cannon, and J.R. Rotem. Featuring a guestlist of rap industry heavyweights such as 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Marsha Ambrosius, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, and Scarface, FREE AT LAST is another tight Roc-A-Fella effort that stands with the label's best.

Rolling Stone (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The production is state-of-the-art soul-hop -- sample-specked funk that stays hooky and relatively lean."

A member of the Philly-based crew State Property led by rapper Beanie Sigel, Freeway was quickly scooped up by the Jay-Z/Damon Dash-run label Roc-A-Fella after his cohort Sigel hit the big time. Freeway's albums have very much been family affairs with guest shots from members of both Roc-A-Fella and State Property. However, relations between Sigel and Freeway have cooled somewhat since the duo united in the late 2000s, with Freeway going so far as to start his own Philly crew, Ice City, proving that in terms of both mic skills and entrepreneurial spirit he is a force to be reckoned with.

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