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What would the number one album in the country be without Philly Hip Hop being represented? The number one album from the number one movie in the land is nothing short of an all star lineup of who's who in Hip Hop today. Illadelph's Freeway teams with label mate Jay-Z to deliver 8 Miles And Runnin.

Freeway and Jay-z give a typical Roc performance on what proves to be a solid if not spectacular song. While the beat is nothing particularly interesting, the distinctive vocals of Freeway and Jay-Z step up to save the song by diverting your attention away from the instrumentation and onto their rhymes. One of the strong sectors of 8 Miles And Runnin is the experimental vibe of the rhymes. The back and forth wordplay between Freeway and Hova works because it dares to break the verse hook verse hook verse hook monotony of the industry. Now to even attempt a move like this you haveta' be playin' it large and these two brothers definitely are. Come to think of it, after a few minutes, that non descript beats becomes somewhat hypnotic...

All this leaves just one question left to be answered... when is the album Philadelphia Freeway finally going to be released? We're all waiting.

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review by Funk Wizard Snow
November, 2002