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Freeway And Big Ape Are 'Primates' On This Banger
Freeway And Big Ape Are 'Primates' On This Banger

Freeway And Big Ape Are 'Primates' On This New Banger

Freeway And Big Ape Are 'Primates' On This Banger

Freeway spoke to Okayplayer about battling kidney failure through hemodialysis earlier this year, but he's performing in one of the most prolific years of his longtime career as a musician. First, he released his Fear of a Free Planet mixtape in January, where he tore apart beats by The Stimulus Package collaborator Jake One, J Dilla, and Don Cannon with Styles P and Memphis Bleek as special guests. At the end of April, he dropped his latest retail effort, Free Will, which saw him zoning in with the likes of producers Girl Talk and S. Frank & Scholito.

Now, Free has a new single and B-side with Amsterdam producer Big Ape. They released the B-side "Bombdroppaz" first, and now they've released the main event. On "Primates," Big Ape brings a regal horn loop while the Bearded Wonder boasts with his signature high-pitched, screechy flow. Both songs will be available on a limited-edition cobalt blue 7-inch vinyl from Elite Fleet on Aug. 26.

Listen to "Primates" below, read Okayplayer's revealing conversation with Freeway, and backtrack through the Philadelphia spitter's musical contributions so far this year. It's clear that the former Roc-A-Fella Records star isn't letting kidney failure, or anything else, hold him back.