Last time we heard from Beanie Sigel, he was guzzling shots of Patron with Diddy and posturing in three-piece suits on penthouse rooftops. Not out of the ordinary for the presentation of a rapper, but a far cry from the gulliest voice of Philly since John Street. While the former Roc-A-Fella soldiers scramble to find that missing link in their chain gang, Sigel is back to serve the block for the time being with his fifth studio recording, The Broad Street Bully, in conjunction with Siccness Records.
Much to long-term fans delight, The Broad Street Bully is a step back into the shadows for the man whose dark sense of charisma brought forth tales like “Die” and “Purple Rain.” Songs like “Tear Drop” and the vividly realistic “The Ghetto,” paint those bone-chilling stories of inner city turmoil Sigel is known for. And in true nostalgic fashion, a chunk of the State Property crew makes several appearances, must notably on “Run To The Roc” where they all gripe of their days with Jay-Z in the face of a recession.
Seeing that the material was “compiled” rather than composed, naturally Broad Street Bully leaves marginal room for errors. Few songs home in on structural value, leaving some songs sounding incomplete all together. “All For It” is nothing more than 48 bars of browbeating over a nulling bassline and shoddy Queen sample. The Omillio Sparks, Freeway-assisted “Where’s My Opponent” loses some of it’s adhesion as well with the trio randomly popping up to spit over the bouncy church organs. Furthermore, it could estimated that roughly 20% of Broad Street’s lyrics were “borrowed” from The Notorious one. It’s painfully obvious what Sig had in rotation on his iPod during those many dates in court.
Novelties aside, The Broad Street Bully looks to stand as the official warm-up as to where Beanie Sigel developed his hungry rhyme tactics again. Even if the project is slightly unofficial.
Previously Posted — Beanie Sigel – “In The Ghetto” Video | Notable Quotable – Young Chris On “Run To The Roc”
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“Few songs home in on structural value, leaving some songs sounding incomplete all together. “All For It” is nothing more than 48 bars of browbeating over a nulling bassline and shoddy Queen sample”
That almost makes no sense to me. Countless songs with nothing but bars and thats it, doesnt mean they lack structure. Just saying
yeah this cd kind of disappointed me…I didn’t know it was just a bunch of compiled tracks thrown together. I could have provided better production cot damn
I was perusing the rip info on one those blogs where we get shit like this, and when I saw that the record label was named “Siccness”, I was like, pass. I thought it might’ve been some unofficial compilation, or something akin to the projects E1/Koch releases to captallize off of major label rejects.
LOL @ “48 bars of browbeating”…exactly what I DON’T wanna hear.
Glad I didn’t waste the time, bandwidth or hard drive space to download this.
New Beanie Sigel CD is “Like a Mixtape” so they don’t want promote this like an album. Call it a street album so. Broad Street Bully/The Focus, don’t give a fucc it’s music for the streets and boulevards…
Beans prepares his real fifth solo LP & SP’s new album !
ps: he must to do a face and him tour, ayo mr.sigel and mr.scarface full album can still be a must..have, thus do it when it is encore time
his BP3 ain’t a well acclaim maybe jigga will find it a good idea
to deal with…
Yo, you guys remember those Panamanian Polo players??
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h.h.e.h !!!
after Slaughterhouse (rap spittaz), Shithouse (rnb killers)
beans, styles, jada, rob : ‘re Huslterhouse!
I will forever stay away from Beanie Sigel albums that are not legit releases.
A compilation of unreleased Beanie shit is better than most of your favorite rappers best shit…
Beans on a bad day is nicer than most…
Beans is nice! But could the label at least put a little budget in dudes artwork? That pic looks like a Throwback from the Truth Album. Beans lyrically thumbs up but with no promotion or backing from Rocafella whatsoever it’s like he’s doomed to fail. The business got shit all backwards and the artists who are putting in the grind where it should be (The Music!) are being straight shitted on. No lie Beans is truly a great lyricist and it’s just fucked that the team he’s bats for is more concerned with the coach (clears throat) then the players.
That’s the business for ya!
Jovi
http://www.futureflavas.blogspot.com
I must be crazy, cause while y’all talkin smack on this, I’m fuggin’ lovin’ the schit outta it. ILLLLLLL.
Damn so the State Prop collab tracks aren’t all that. And here I am waiting for a reunion. Their Chain Gang joint is a great album as well as The Truth & B.Coming. Def will check this out. I liked The Ghetto and Tear Drop. Hope they aren’t the only bangers.
YO, this album might not be a huge seller, but mark my words, it WILL be remembered as a classic. I feel bad for the suckers that can’t see that. Go listen your lil’ weezy or whatever lames you’re into. “Where’s my Opponent” is the dopest track I’ve heard in a long time. Check your head fool.