VIDEO: Roc-A-Fella Freestyles Pt 5

Freeway brings it.

VIDEO: Jake One - The Truth ft. Brother Ali & Freeway

Off of Jake One's dope White Van Music album. Props to J. Directed by Rik Cordero.

VIDEO: Freeway - Change

Freeway brings it on the social commentary tip.

VIDEO: Styles P - The Hardest Freestyle ft. Uncle Murda, Freeway & Beanie Siegel

Eskay has the MP3 for download.

LISTEN: Hezekiah - That Filling ft. Freeway

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Philly's own Hezekiah brings out his buddy Freeway to rep their city.

Apple's Photobooth Slowly Killing Hip Hop

LISTEN: Benja Styles & JDS - Streets Of Philadelphia (Full Mixtape)

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Benja Styles & JDS - Streets Of Philadelphia (Full Mixtape) (MP3)

Download this Philly oriented Benja Styles mixtape above. Tracklist below.


Benja Styles & JDS - Streets Of Philadelphia
1. Gillie Da Kid Ft. Peedi, Freeway, & Bump - Get Down On The Ground (Remix)
2. Peedi Crakk Ft. Black Thought - Here Comes The Boss
3. Beanie Sigel - Bout That
4. E Ness - We Hustlin
5. Young Chris - Them Niggaz Hate That
6. Jakk Frost - Greene
7. Freeway - Spit That Shit
8. E Ness - Gangbusters
9. Cassidy Ft. Bone Thugs & Eve - Cash Rulez
10. Peedi Crakk - Back To The Loft
11. Beanie Sigel Ft. Styles P - You Aint Ready For Me
12. E Ness - Around The Way
13. Freeway Ft. Lil Wayne - Step Back
14. Cassidy - Will Never Tell
15. Young Chris Ft. Junior Reid - Run To The Roc
16. Jakk Frost - V.I.P.
17. Peedi Crakk - Angel Of Mine
18. Beanie Sigel Ft. Ozzy Osbourne - Judgement Day
19. E Ness - Zone Out
20. Young Chris Ft. Lil Wayne - How We Roll
21. Beanie Sigel Ft. Jay-Z - Gutted
22. E Ness - A U Right Ok
23. Peedi Crakk - Brand New Start
24. Peedi Crakk - Nobody Knows
5. Keyshia Cole Ft. E Ness & Amina - Shoulda Let You Go (Benja Styles Remix)2
26. Aarun Aegis - Like Her
27. Cyssero - Dolla Bill
28. Ybeez - Talk That
29. Fev Eligante - In Your Eyes

LISTEN: Lil' Wayne - The Leak 2 (Full Mixtape)

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Lil' Wayne is single-handedly keeping twelve recording studios in business. After dropping The Leak EP (download here), there's now the bootleg The Leak 2. It's very...Weezy. Lets leave it at that. Tracklist below. In other bizarro news Weezy says he's a writing for Dr. Dre.

Lil' Wayne - The Leak 2
01. I Took Her
02. Poppin For The Paper ft. Cassidy & Sean Paul
03. Brand New
04. When They Come For Me
05. Crack House ft. Fat Joe
06. Do What We Do
07. Gossip
08. Step Back ft. Freeway & Small World
09. Time To Give Me
10. Miami Vice (The Life) f. Currency
11. Money Pussy Weed
12. Rider
13. Need Some Quiet Time
14. I Like It ft. Boo & Mack Maine
15. Trouble
16. One Night Only
17. Ask Them Hoes
18. Money Cars Clothes
19. Some Say
20. We Come About It

LISTEN: LT - Philly 2 Beantown ft. Freeway

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Ever wanted to hear Freeway spit over a faux Mannie Fresh throwaway beat circa 2002? Check 'Philly 2 Beantown' by Boston's own LT. Below a video showcasing a day in the life of LT.

LISTEN: Freeway - Where You At

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Download coming ASAP. For now check out this Zune exclusive Freeway track 'Where You At' below. You know, Zune, that failed MP3 player.

NEWS: Sit Down Stand Up´s Favorite 10 Hip Hop Albums Of 2007

Per request of the folks over at Imeem I put together a list of my 10 favorite Hip Hop/Rap records released in 2007. They even built a playlist of singles from those albums for us on their front page (and see below). I always have such a hard time putting together these lists, and I will change in a few minutes, but here is my list of my 10 favorite Hip Hop/Rap albums of 2007, of this moment. Who did I forget? (I'm sure I forgot someone.)

Sit Down Stand Up´s Favorite 10 Hip Hop Albums Of 2007
01. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
02. Jay-Z - American Gangster
03. Kanye West - Graduation
04. Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
05. Talib Kweli - Eardrum
06. Little Brother - Get Back
07. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
08. Freeway - Free At Last
09. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
10. El P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

Honorable mentions: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return of the Magnificent, KRS-One & Marley Marl - Hip-Hop Lives, Joell Ortiz - The Bodega Chronicles, Ghostface Killah - Big Doe Rehab. Who else?

The whole thought process for putting together this list can be summed up as: Which album did I listen to a lot, and will I continue to listen to. For example I really dug Common's Finding Forever for the first week or two, and then I was never played again. The reason that Ghostface Killah is merely an honorable mention is because I really just haven't lived with it enough. American Gangster is as high as it is because, even though there are some duds, some of the songs on there are better than any songs on any of the other albums on the list. Joell Ortiz shows most promise and is rookie of the year. 8 Diagrams is a sonic experiment and a step into the unknown for the Clan by way of RZA and I think it's visionary. It grows with each listen. For a seperate top 10 favorites list of mine, in the folk/rock genres go here.

VIDEO: Beanie Sigel & Freeway Interview

Angie Martinez talks to Beanie Sigel and Freeway, both fresh off of the release of their respective albums.

LISTEN: Uncle Murda - Informer (ft. Wyclef & Mavado)

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DOWNLOAD DJ Green Lantern & DJ Lenny S. - R.O.C. Stars (Full Mixtape) (MP3)

Uncle Murda's sole contribution to DJ Green Lantern & DJ Lenny S.'s R.O.C. All-Stars - The Street Leak mixtape. I just had to post it for the indiscriminate use vintage gunshot samples. Murda is bringing '96 back. No Jadakiss appearances on the mixtape.

NEWS: Freeway Explains Just Blaze Situation

Rhapsody spoke to Freeway and one of the things that came up was the Just Blaze situation and him not having a beat on Free At Last.


R: Why was it so hard to get with Just Blaze for this album?
Freeway: There was a little bit of hostility between managers. 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.

Free does recognize Just's impact on his career and adds: "Just 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." Full interview here.

VIDEO: Jay-Z @ Hammerstein (Full Concert)

MSN is streaming Jay-Z Hammerstein Ballroom concert from the other night in full. Go check it out here.

VIDEO: Freeway - It's Over + Lights Get Low

I can't keep up with Freeway. Two new videos were debuted on OnSmash today. I'm not feeling 'Lights Get Low', the collabo with Freeway's beard-brother Rick Ross, so much. Especially not the faux-Pharrell sung hook by Dre, who just doesn't have that on-camera charisma or a distinguishable voice necessary to pull that off. 'It's Over' is a better track with a more interesting visual as well. It's the Kanye West/Just Blaze accusation track I posted the MP3 for a few weeks back. And just two days ago he dropped the video for 'Still Got Love'.

VIDEO: Freeway - Still Got Love

This is so my jam right now with it's Just Blaze-esque beat, we know the story there, and it's trademark energetic Freeway flow. Definitely 'Still Got Love'.

LISTEN: Freeway - Walk Wit Me ft. Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss

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Freeway, Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss, now that's a nice line up right there. Especially with Busta drops one of his better verses of the last two years, and Jada's first official verse as a Roc-A-Fella family member. I wonder if he's going to rock a Roc chain ever too. Off of Free At Last.

NEWS: Photos From Jay-Z's Apollo Show

Photos from last night's Jay-Z show at the Apollo. Guests included Beanie Sigel, LeBron James, Diddy, Nas, Freeway, Memphis Bleek and more. About LeBron's presence at the show: "They had a half court set up on stage. Jay-Z (and friends) ripped through all the hits. All the while LeBron just keep doing slam dunks in the background. Dude must have done 178 slam dunks the entire night. It was nonstop during the entire performance." (From a comment on BV.)





Via BrooklynVegan who has more great Ryan Dombal photos.

LISTEN: Freeway - Take It To The Top ft. 50 Cent

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50 Cent co-executive produced Freeway's Free At Last album and sings the hook on 'Take It To The Top' like a real R&B diva. He has long sinced out-Ja-ruled Ja Rule, but can't front and have to say I dig this track.

VIDEO: Freeway Promo Spot

Freeway drops a new rhyme on this promo video for Free At Last.


Via ProHipHop