Lupe Fiasco Explains Pete Rock Sample In "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)"

Hook is weak but his verses are cool. Overall not bad.

i'mma just say that you really can't say that Lupe and Pete Rock both sampled the same song. Pete Rock sampled the song, and the majority of TROY's beat is based around a 4 second Tom Scott sax playing segment. Whoever produced Around My Way did not 'sample' the same song, he used Pete Rock's exact beat with a few minute differences. Regardless of who had the legal rights to the song, the beats are the same, and I think Pete Rock has a right to be a bit mad. Call it a tribute, but it sure ain't a sample.

lupe fiasco fuckin' clown

LUPE IS SO UNORIGINAL HE IS A FAKE AND A PHONY BUT YOU NERDS EAT IT UP HE AINT GO NO FEATURES CUS NOBODY FUCK WITH HIM IN THE INDUSTRY HE IS A MONEY HUGRY FAG. SAYING HE GOING TO BRING SOMETHING BACK BUT HE AINT EVEN TALK TO PETE 16 LETTERS YMCMB OVOXO MMG WTB

The real is back!

Bottom line both songs have a different meaning. Pete did a tribute, Lupe did a political song on what is going on in this country right now. I'm just glad that atlantic did not have a hand in messing with this song like that hot garbage I don't wanna care right now and can't get you out of my ass. Looking foward to this album just as much as Nas also. Hopefully go to sleep is also on this album as a track or bonus.

I have to agree' with most but with better choice of words :) I am from the golden age era' when rap was at its purist. i still hear songs 20,30+ old coming from the cars of younger people and it makes me smile and think of when i was their age when i heard them. i see high-top fades and fros coming around. i think that is cool. However not all old hip-hoppers are mad at what Lupe did. Now I have neva really been a fiasco fan' no hating of course :) i just have not been happy with the the music that has come out from the younger generation. but i have to give props where they are do. Lupe did a GREAT job with the song. in fact it sounds sonically better than the original--it actually make me want to get lupe's new album. By no means is that a dis to Pete Rock as well. i love the brotha for his contribution to the music and art form but we all have our time under the sun. For a young person to dig in the crates and rock a joint that we all can and should appreciate -is awesome. Unfortunately for brotha Pete' it is an ego thing. To my young people please understand,older catz from that/my era' originality was a key factor so for someone to take a song and remake it-bothers some people from that time. Plus it was a song dedicated to Pete's friend that died, so it may have some sentimental value to him. I think that is where the issue lies. " Beat biting" has been a factor of rap music for a long time. However, it is all about your intent with a song. Now what would make me unhappy if lupe was spitting verses about "smoking weed" a have sex on a classic joint like T.R,O,Y. but Lupe's topics in the verses are on point to me. so I give thumbs up to lupe. it gives me hope that there is a younger generation of rappers that is still try to keep messages in rap music. Rap music needs more of it. It needs to show the world that two generations of young people weren't born with a sack of weed' and a condemn in their hands when they came out the womb-and that's all they know. :)So I congratulate the young brotha. -good job. I am glad I am still here today to hear and see it all come back full circle.

"Nah, you realize that its a cycle. The same thing everybodys doing right now, they were doing ten years ago. Same music, same hooks, talking about the same things, some of the same beats. Look at me, 20 years later Im using the same track from Pete Rock and CL Smooth. How about that, it's almost as if Lupe is aware of his place in hip-hop.

to anyone mad about the sample/beat usage...there is no classic hiphop radio and there are hardly any old school cd's for sale anywhere, how can u expect kids today to know about the old school classics? a lot of shit is out of print too. i mean its gonna be hard for kids to come across shit randomly on itunes like 3rd bass or edo g and the bulldogs...lupe reusing this beat will probably get a lot of younger hiphop listeners to find out about the original and from there maybe delve into the old school shit from '88 to '98. think about the positives too. not asking for permission is not cool, and not changing the beat up at all is kinda wack but i think this is definitely a net positive situation.

Great work, Lupe! The track is fresh off the grill and needs a "caution: hot" warning before serving to the consumers. Your new album has my attention!