My first ever post on this blog was about Freeway. It was a video of him and the Roc crew performing “What We Do”. That song is easily in my top ten of all time and Free for the past 6 years has been one of my favorites. He captures the struggle and the plight of the inner city the way few rappers can and still makes it sound dope.

Seeing the kind of love and respect he gets from people in his hood really raised the respect level I had for him. They treat him like the mayor or the savior over there. I don’t really get star struck or in awe of anyone but the Freeway situation meant a lot to me. I remember using his cd Philadelphia Freeway to make it through the days like 4 or 5 years ago and now I’m sharing the same stage and chillin with him. Definitely something I’ll remember forever.

Favorite Free Song: Mellow

Ab Liva and the whole Re-Up Gang crew also influenced me heavily when I was coming up. The Re-Up Gang mixtapes vol. 2 and 3 are better than most albums I’ve heard in my life. Liva is another cool Philly dude. Mad laid back and humble.

Favorite Liva Song: Liva Solo

Big shoutout to Nasir Aleem for hooking all this up too.