On June 19, 2013 Raleigh, NC’s Cyrano Sinatra will be dropping an EP entitled the Freedom Aint Free EP. June 19 is the historic date nationalliy known as Juneteenth. Juneteenth is also known as Emancipation Day, recognized in 42 of 50 states, and the date in 1865 when Union forces moved into Texas to reaffirm that the newly “emancipated” African slaves were free men. “Freedom aint free” is part of a lyric from Mos Def’s “Katrina Clap”, (which earned Mos Def an arrest when he performed it outside the VMA’s back in 2006) where he rhymed: “Stop being cheap, n***a / Freedom ain’t free…”

Says Sinatra about the upcoming EP:

“I took the history of Juneteenth, along with my idea of the “costs” of freedom, and put together an EP to describe my outlook on Hip Hop’s current conditions, and how I feel our “freedom” within Hip Hop & society-at-large is still being taken for granted.”

Check out the tracklist and production credits for the Freedom Ain’t Free EP after the jump.

Run That Back:

Cyrano Sinatra — “We Came 2 Win” (Video).

1. G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. (Produced by Centric)

2. Move (Produced by Cyrano Sinatra)

3. Da Basement (Produced by Kid Hum)

4. Gold <3 aka GoldHearted (Produced by DJ LEAGUES)

5. All About H.E.R. (Produced by Cynergy Soundz)

6. Time 2 Kill (Produced by XMP)

7. Chow Main ft Tuscon (Produced by Manifest Beats)

8. We Came 2 Win (Produced by J.Slikk) 9. C.Y.I.D.I.T.C. (Produced by Crews)