Spiritual Reckoning (through Hip-Hop)
This aggressive rapid-fast trap track takes a minute to properly sink down into, but once you're there, you're there. "Free" is essentially built out of a slowly thudding dubstep drum loop, rapper Aimee's lightning-quick rhymes, and the soulful spiritual wailing of the song's hook, crying out to the Lord for freedom. As it stands, "Free" feels like a natural evolution out of the Blues gospels of the old American South, utilizing modern inventions like hip-hop and digital beat-making, but otherwise preserving the essential spirit of the genre: namely, a bargaining with God. "Take my hand, Lord, take my heart. Use me as you please, I just wanna be free," rings out the intense and beautiful chorus, summarizing the confessional monologue being made from Aimee to her Savior.