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Freeway - Love Is a Battlefield
Artist: Freeway
Producer: Street Radio
Album: Unreleased
Label: Babygrande
First I want you to picture Freeway, one of the hardest emcees to ever come out of Philly. See the beard, see the cap? Got it? Now I want you to picture Pat Benatar, the 80s rock goddess (she’s probably wearing some spandex). Ok, now commence to laughing. Hilarious mental images aside, Free’s latest cut Love Is A Battlefield is no laughing matter. While producer Street Radio does heavily sample Benatar’s smash hit of the same name, Freeway is lyrically as hard as ever, dropping uncompromising rhymes that stand in hard contrast to the track’s soft chorus. Most notably, Freeway touches on the Beanie Sigel/Jay-Z quasi-beef, though not in the kind of detail the drama lovers would have wanted (he spends just as much time talking about how hot Alicia Keys is). It will definitely get people talking, though I’m not sure all the feedback will be positive. Love Is a Battlefield is not a part of Freeway’s upcoming collaborative album with Jake One, The Stimulus Package, due out February 17, 2010 on Rhymesayers Entertainment.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11882 |
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Very long day, so tonight I will offer a rating and one sentence of feedback:
I could never enjoy Pat Benatar's version, but Street Radio made this enjoyable. 
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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I never really been a big fan of Frees but this is ok!! Beat and sample take the spotlight on this for me!!
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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Yeah I thought this was pretty well produced. Sample was nice and Free hada nice flow goin on.
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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Maybe it's just because I'm old enough to remember when it first came out, but I just can't stop from laughing every time I hear the Pat Benatar sample, no matter how hard Free goes.
And Z, I'll give you a pass cause you're tired, but I'm assuming that by "Pat Benatar's version" you mean the actual original song, and that song was actually pretty damn good for what it is. In fact, I'm confident enough to admit that I like the original far better than this. Far better.
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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Infectious production, risky experimentation, Street Beats definitely chopped the shit out of Pat Benatar's 80's Classic, bold lyrics, and aggressive flow, all collide to make this a very enjoyable track.
Good to see Freeza playin' it smart, by just concentrating and creating more buzz for his new album with Jake One and avoiding this one-sided "love" affair. |
| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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I thought this was a good combination, but maybe he went a little to hard on the lyrics compared to the beat. Sometimes it worked sometimes it was a little too much
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 247 |
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freeways been on fiyah as of late,thats wassup
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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loves 2 strong yo ...wat thats cool wat wat ~ i think so??!!
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| Posted on Dec 04, 2009 |
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Free was on point, but didnt like the sample
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| Posted on Dec 05, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 05, 2009 |
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I like.
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| Posted on Dec 06, 2009 |
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while I do like this song, I must admit Freeway didnt do as well as i think he could of on this track. I hope everyone remembers the Papoose version of this song. If were were to listen to those tracks back to back with the freeway track second everyone would see how weak this actually is.
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| Posted on Dec 06, 2009 |
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this track suprise me. I thougt he was gonna come off on a love tip but free went hard. Philly stand up
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 11, 2009 |
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its okay he can do better shit am i right.
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| Posted on Jan 21, 2010 |
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