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 Philadelphia rapper Freeway back, ready to make his mark on the scene, and is dropping new mixtapes to give fans a dose of some new material.
His first is a new DJ Don Cannon assisted tape, titled The Beat Made Me Do It, a new tape he created alongside producer Jake One.
(Download The Beat Made Me Do It right here  )
Freeway also recently announced plans of another mixtape called Freelapse, a tribute project to Eminem and his 2009 album, Relapse.
The upcoming tape will find the rapper spitting exclusively over beats from Em's sixth solo album, which Freeway says started when the rap superstar name-dropped him in a freeway this year.
"What happened was Em did a freestyle and he was like 'I disappeared / I was hiding in Freeways beard,' so I sampled that, made it a hook, and used it for a song," Freeway explained. "After that, I came up with the idea.
"Eminem is a talented emcee, he's got a lot of hot beats, and another artist would probably be scared to rap to his beats because he's murdered every beat. So I felt that it was a challenge for me to try to live up to the expectation," he continued.
Both mixtapes -- Freelapse and The Beat Made Me Do It -- serve as a precursor to Freeway's third official studio album, The Stimulus Package, set to drop in February 2010.
The upcoming album is produced entirely by Jack One, and will feature guest spots from Bun B and Raekwon.
"Me and Jake One work well together," Freeway explained of the collaboration. "We were knocking a lot of stuff out, so we came up with this concept of doing an album together and then came up with The Stimulus Package. It's like me giving the stimulus package to hip-hop. We're giving the people what they need, that real hip-hop music."
The Stimulus Package is slated for release on February 16, via indie powerhouse label, Rhymesayers Entertainment.
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