Philadelphia Freeway

Philadelphia Freeway
Studio album by Freeway
Released	February 25, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	60:37
Label	Roc-A-Fella Def Jam
Producer	Just Blaze Kanye West Bink! Melvin Carter Black Key
Freeway chronology
Philadelphia Freeway (2003) Free at Last (2007)
Singles from Philadelphia Freeway
"What We Do" Released: September 3, 2002 "Alright" Released: January 14, 2003 "Flipside" Released: February 25, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews	(7/10)[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
USA Today	[5]

Philadelphia Freeway is the debut studio album from Philadelphia rapper Freeway. It was released under Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The most successful single was "Flipside", which featured Peedi Crakk. The single debuted at #95 on The Billboard Hot 100 music chart. It can also be found in the soundtrack to Bad Boys II. The lead single that was released was "What We Do", which featured Beanie Sigel & Jay Z. The single debuted at #97 on The Billboard 100 music charts. Most of the songs were produced by Just Blaze while some were produced by Bink! & Kanye West.

Critical reception

The album received positive reviews and on Metacritic the album gathered a score of 74 out of 100 based on 7 reviews.^[6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 132,000 copies in its first week.^[7] The album sold over 500,000 copies,^[8] in the United States.

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer

Sample credits

• "Free" contains a sample of "Freeway Song", written by Joey Melotti and Vicki Sue Robinson, and performed by Vicki Sue Robinson.
• "What We Do" contains a sample from "I Just Can't See Myself Without You", written by Skip Scarborough, and performed by Creative Source.
• "All My Life" contains a sample of "I Want To Go Back", written by Curtis Mayfield and Ben Krass, and performed by The Impressions.
• "Don't Cross the Line" contains a sample of "To Get Love You Must Give Love", written by Vinnie Barrett and Bobby Eli, and performed by Ultimate Music Experience.
• "Life" contains an interpolation of "Life for the Taking", written by Eddie Money.
• "Victim of the Ghetto" contains a sample of "We Belong Together", written by Yvette Davis, and performed by The Spinners.
• "You Don't Know (In the Ghetto)" contains a sample of "Inside My Love", written by Minnie Ripperton, Richard Rudolph, and Leon Ware; and performed by Minnie Ripperton.
• "Alright" contains an interpolation of "Mystic Brew", written by Ronnie Foster.

Personnel

• Giulio Antognini – assistant engineer (15)
• Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer
• Mariah Carey – background vocals (15)
• Shawn Carter – executive producer
• Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer (15)
• Damon Dash – executive producer
• Tony Dawsey – mastering
• Manuel Farolfi – assistant engineer (15)
• Paul Gregory – engineer (15)
• Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 16), mixing (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16)
• Alaine Laughton – additional vocals (12)
• Ken Lewis – mixing (15)
• M.A.J. – additional vocals (8)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (10, 14)
• Colin Miller – assistant engineer (15)
• Dave Perini – assistant engineer (15)
• Brian Stanley – engineer (3), mixing (3)
• Torrey Torae – additional vocals (14)
• Rabeka Tuinei – engineer (10, 14)
• Pat Viala – mixing (8)
• Doug Wilson – engineer (3, 6, 11), mixing (6, 11)
• Shane "Bermuda" Woodley – engineer (6, 7, 9, 10, 12-14)
• Carlisle Young – engineer (1, 3-5, 9, 12, 14)

Charts

References

External links

• Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway at Discogs (list of releases)

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