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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beanie Sigel's best CD comes out while he's in jail., May 7, 2005
Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek were supposed to take over the Roc as soon as Jay Z supposedly retired years ago. However, while Beanie released better CDs than Memphis Bleek, his CDs were never classic material. He did have tracks like "Who Want What w/Memphis Bleek and "What's Your Life Like" which is my favroite Beanie track of all time, but "The Truth" nor "The Reason" were hip hop classics. Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek were always good on Rocafella collaborations, however. "4 Da Fam" was the best that I ever heard Memphis Bleek and Jay Z, Beanie and Mephis Bleek ripped "Murda, Murda (Marcyville)" to shreds because of the Scott Storch production. However, for some reason neither could do it on their own solo CD. With "The B. Coming", Beanie Sigel has finally brought what I had expected he could do all along to the table. First of all, it doesn't sound like any of the material was forced. On "The Truth", there was a track with Eve entitled "Remember The Days". It sounded like the track was made only because Beanie Sigel did a track on Eve's CD entitled "Philly, Philly". So "Remember The Days" didn't come off as tight as "Philly, Philly" did.
Beanie definitely wins with his reflections on his 1st single, "Feel It In The Air", w/Melissa. Heavy D, of all people, produces this track, who he originally gave to Black Rob, and Beanie reminds you of Scarface as he brilliantly reflects to thoughts that were going on in his head. This track starts "The B. Coming" off just right. Then things get even better on "I Can't Go On This Way" as Aqua gives Beanie a nice track to rip to shreds. His verse on this song gave Beanie a rhyme of the month spot in The Source, not that it means as much these days, and Beanie shows what he is capable of as far as his rhyme skills are concerned. The only let down on this track is that Freeway and Young Chris can't maintain the lyrical weight that Beanie establishes at the first part of the track. "One Shot Deal" is a song that features the Funk Doctor himself, Redman. The thing that I like about this track is that Beanie and Redman rhyme like this is their one shot to get a recording contract and they both come with lyrical firepower over the Bink produced track. "Gotta Have It" is a decent track but the song sounds like it's Peedi Crakk featuring Beanie Sigel & Twista instead of how it's supposed to be. Twista shines as usual and Chad West provides a nice change of pace track for this CD. The second single, "Don't Stop", features Snoop Dogg on the chorus and The Neptunes on the boards. Although, this track doesn't sound as commercial as most Neptunes' tracks do. Snoop chimes in with, "Now let's toast to the man, that when he gets out, that he can do the things that he's rapping about". Then Beanie makes things even better with the lyrics. "Purple Rain" features Bun B of the group UGK as Beanie and Bun B talk about on of their guilty pleasures. The two rappers collaboarate well together just as Jay Z and UGK did with "Big Pimpin'". If you do not own UGK's "Ridin' Dirty" and "Dirty Money", you don't know what you are missing. "Change" and "Lord Have Mercy" fall right in line with "Feel It In The Air". You can tell where Beanie's mind set was when he was making this CD. He knew he was going to have to do some time behind bars.
The song that is clearly the best track on "The B.Coming" is "Bread & Butter". I couldn't have imagined Beanie Sigel on a track with Grand Puba & Sadat X of Brand Nubian but where there is a Just Blaze there is a way. The song starts off with a sample of a man that is sarcastically talking about how his lover has treated him and then Beanie Sigel and Grand Puba take it from there. The best part being that Just Blaze incorporates Brand Nubian's "Slow Down" during the song. Anybody that is into old school hip hop will enjoy this collaboration. With "Bread & Butter" and Fat Joe's "Safe To Say (Da Incredible)", Just Blaze has 2 of the hottest beats out right now.
"Tales Of A Hustler Part 2" features Oschino & Sparks and is a pretty good track but the song sounds just like something that you heard on the 2 State Property soundtracks. "It's On" which features Jay Z is a nice track to have on this CD if you didn't buy the State Property 2 soundtrack. Jay Z and Beanie Sigel display the same chemistry on this song as they have on other Rocafella classics. "Wanted" features Cam'rom and although Cam'ron's lyrics have slipped for the most part as he follows his Dipset comrades he delivers one of his better performances on this track.
Overall, I feel that "The B. Coming" is Beanie Sigel's best CD. There aren't any aims to be commercial on this CD and Beanie feels as comfortable as I have ever heard him on a solo CD. Hopefully, he will be able to continue what he has started with "The B. Coming" and hopefully he has learned that he needs to straighten out his life and stay out of trouble. If you enjoyed "The Truth" and "The Reason", then you'll definitely enjoy "The B. Coming".
James' Top 5
1) Bread & Butter w/Grand Puba & Sadat X of Brand Nubian
2) Purple Rain w/Bun B of UGK
3) I Can't Go On This Way w/Freeway & Young Chris
4) Feel It In The Air
5) Don't Stop w/Snoop Dogg
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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beanie Sigel- The B.Coming, March 29, 2005
Beanie Sigel returns with his third solo album "The B.Coming". Philly's Sigel completed the album before being incarcerated on a gun possession charge. "Feel It In The Air" is an outstanding track, Sigels lyrics, the production of this cut and Melissa's soulful singing make this a track to remember. Sigel continues to impress on "I Can't Go On This Way" delivering some quality reality Rap. The album's commercial single has Sigel and Snoop collabing on the laidback Neptunes produced "Don't Stop". Another standout is "Change" feat. Rell & Mellissa, this track has an old school slow jam feel to it. Sigel shines again on "Lord Have Mercy" delivering more reflective and introspective lyrics. Oschino and Sparks drop in for the thugged out "Tales of A Hustler Pt. II" then Sigel hooks up Rell for another impressive cut "Look at me now", the production on this one reminds me of the music from Rocky. Jay-Z makes an appearance on "It's On", both MC's come across well on this cut. The album closes strong with a fast paced banger "Wanted" which samples Bon Jovi, Sigel and Cam'ron kill this cut. Low points of this album for me are some of the guest appearances, in particular Peedi Crack's and the production on a couple of tracks. Overall this is an album worth checking out if your a Sigel fan or enjoy reality street Rap. 3.5.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beans' second best, December 8, 2005
A Kid's Review
First, this is not Beans' best album. Maybe to the new jacks. It's not Beans' fault though, because he just caught an attempted murder and gun possesion charge. The release date kept getting pushed back. He even had to shoot 2 music videos in one day. (Thats why Snoop is just pasted studio footage in the "Don't Stop" video.) There were so many obstacles infront of him. He had limited time to record, and eventualy the album was rushed and old songs were thrown on it.
Still, its a good CD. One of the better CD's in Hip-Hop for the year. What I really missed from Sigel was the raw energy and grime in his music. This CD is more soft, and takes a laid back route. It's also crowded, because there are guest features on nearly the entire album. Still, with the change of style, and constant features, there are still some stand out tracks.
Probably the best song on the album (or to me anyway), "One Shot Deal" featuring Redman. It's just got that energy that Funk Doc is known for, but still has that raw feel that Beans gives. Both highly underrated rappers. Next would have to be (even though it was on State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. 2 [not a soundtrack]), "It's On" featuring Jay-Z. Then "Purple Rain" featuring Port Arthur, Texas' own Bun-B. The album is flawless except for some exceptions. ("Gotta Have It" and "Don't Stop" were cheesy to me.) Other then that, I'd still give it 5 stars.
Only thing missing for me is another Scarface collab (Beans and Face should seriously make an album).
I definately recommend this CD. If your a new jack and want to really hear Beans, I also recommend his debut album "The Truth." Which is probably his best.
Note: Even with problems with the law and date changes. Sigel has put out an album better then what most rappers can do with 2 years of concentrating on just there album.
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