Freeway is back after more than 30 months of prepping this album after his most successful release 'The Stimulus Package'. With this album, Freeway has provided a handful of bangers, and after many rotations of this disc, I'm enjoying what we've received. Speaking of bangers, 'Jungle' has been cited in a review or two that I've read as being skippable, but it's a straight hardcore hip hop tune in my opinion. It feels like a better version of 'Early'. I've also gone back and listened to his first two albums and I think that after playing this about six to seven times, this flows better and is an easier listen from front to back.
The production comes from previous collaborators such as Just Blaze, Bink!, Jake One and Needlz who provide Free with many good beats. Free has a skit at the start of 'Greatness' with a Muhammad Ali soundbite saying how he is better now than he was, and I feel that's certainly the case regarding the skill of crafting out albums. Many of these hooks are really catchy which is a credit to Free and was something which I felt was lacking on his early albums. There are a couple of weak bars and the topics rapped about were more fresh on his first album, but that is probably the case for most rappers who are five to six albums in. I think he has picked some good beats here, so if you like Freeway you should give this a spin or two.
Best Tracks: Right Back, Greatness, Wonder Tape, Numbers, True, Jungle
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