Just Be Free is the major-label debut studio album by American rapper Big Freedia, released through Queen Diva Music on June 17, 2014.
[5] Miles Raymer of Pitchfork stated that Big Freedia is "teetering on the brink of reaching a mainstream audience, and Just Be Free is her attempt to bring her music to that level" and that the album is "aimed squarely at an EDM audience that so far has somehow eluded Freedia, despite the fact that bounce has steadily grown in that world's presence".
[4] Christopher R. Weingarten, reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, wrote that Just Be Free is "a lot more polished than sample-happy Freedia singles like "Azz Everywhere!," [but] it hits just as hard.
She embraces the textures of contemporary EDM – wet snares, buzz-saw synths, the occasional triumphant trance melody – but the feel is unmistakably bounce throughout".
[7] David Jeffries of AllMusic remarked that "Freedia's vocals are layered like an infinity mirror of fierce" on "Ol' Lady" and on the rest of the album, "she's got enough bitchy lyrics and sharp attitude to cut down ten seasons worth of Real Housewives of Wherevah".