Free at Last 2007 Album

Freeway

This begins well. 'This Can't Be Real' has nice soulful production, the Jake One produced 'It's Over' is outstanding and 'Still Got Love' with Isaac Hayes's 'Ike's Mood I' sample is another soulfully produced track. Then it runs into some problems. The 'Roc-A-Fella Billionaires' beat isn't to my liking, I think that the 'The Way We Were / Try to Remember' by Gladys Knight & the Pips sample is overused on 'When They Remember' and 'Take It to the Top' with Curtis goes for a pop sound and isn't anything to write home about. The next three songs aren't bad, but all come and go. Next, the beat on 'Baby Don't Do It' is almost identical to 'Don't Do It' from 'The Recession'. Jeezy does his thing better on it though. 'Nuttin' on Me', 'Walk Wit Me' and 'Lights Get Low' then give this album an injection of needed pace with some bangers, and 'I Cry' finishes the album off well. There are many soul samples featured throughout this album and Freeway does his usual thing, but there isn't enough content that is attention-grabbing, particularly throughout a large portion of the middle of the album. Solid though with a few memorable tracks, similar to his debut. This one just has a couple that are next level memorable songs though for me to give it a higher rating than Free's debut. Best Tracks: This Can't Be Real, It's Over, Nuttin' on Me, Walk Wit Me.