Watch “Tolerated,” the new collaboration between Philly Freeway and Girl Talk

Photo courtesy of the artists. Philly rapper Freeway and Girl Talk have released the first video and song from their forthcoming collaboration. “Tolerated” features special guest Waka Flacka Flame, and is from their Broken Ankles EP, available to download for free via DatPiff on April 8th. Freeway, known for his hard hitting rap style, has joined forces with Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis) in what is a musical departure for Gillis’s usual mashup style of sampling.

There’s no shortage of gore, pranks, cakes smashed in people’s faces, people smashing chairs on each other, chest punches, crazy karate moves, eye ball poking, and limbs being torn from bodies. It’s how Girl Talk and Freeway “tolerate” all their haters, over an energetic, pulsing beat and Freeway’s hard hitting raps.

About the collaboration, Gillis told Pitchfork:

It was liberating and exciting working on a different style of material. I couldn’t stop. A bunch of the ideas were things I’ve been wanting to do for years… I’ve been a fan of Freeway since I first heard him on ‘1-900-Hustler,’ and I just thought he was the perfect fit for what I had in mind. I wanted the album to be diverse, and I wanted someone who could maneuver around quick changes mid-song. Freeway is the rare rapper who sounds natural on all types of beats, ranging from cut-up soul to menacing synth-jams. His energy is unreal, and he’s able to keep up with any production… I wanted to work closer to traditional song structure compared to my last few albums, but still include some detailed sample splicing and change-ups when it felt appropriate. The overall structure is what I thought worked best with Freeway’s style… It’s always important to me to have an album that works as a whole; something that has a calculated flow to it, which is intended to be listened to front to back.

Below, watch “Tolerated.”

Girl Talk will perform at the Firefly Music Festival on Friday, June 20th.