Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape) is a collaborative mixtape by American rappers Lil B and Chance the Rapper. It was self-released for free download on August 5,2015.
Free was recorded in Chicago—Chance the Rapper's hometown—on July 18,2015. The recording session was supervised by engineers/producers Jeff Arenson and Aidan Sigel-Bruse.[1]
Composition
Free consists of six tracks.[2] Writing for Consequence,Adam Kivel compared it to a "pretty good episode of an improvised podcast".[3]
The opening track,"Last Dance",features a guest appearance from Noname Gypsy.[4]Pitchfork's Winston Cook-Wilson compared the beat on the track "Do My Dance" to that on Chance the Rapper's song "Chain Smoker" (2013).[5]
Release
On July 18,2015,Chance the Rapper and Lil B announced that they had recorded a collaborative mixtape together.[6][7] Later that month,Chance the Rapper appeared on Wild 94.1,and called it "a masterpiece" and "a classic".[8][9]
Two weeks later,Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape) was self-released on August 5,2015.[10][11] It was uploaded to Lil B's SoundCloud account for free download.[12]
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