Beanie Sigel - The Solution
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Artist: Beanie SigelEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Music Label: Def Jam
Soundtracks:
- All The Above
- 'Bout That (Let Me Know)
- U Ain't Ready 4 Me
- Go Low
- Gutted
- Shake It For Me
- I'm In
- H.H.E.H.
- What They Gonna Say To Me
- The Day
- Rain (Bridge)
- Dear Self (Can I Talk To You)
- Prayer
Music reviews of The Solution
Music Review: Beanie Sigel returns with his 4th disc entitled "The Solution"
Rating: 3 Stars
I was introduced to Beanie Sigel when I heard him on the track "Reservoir Dogs", which was a track that was featured on Jay-Z's Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life. The track was a collaboration that featured Jay-Z, Sauce Money, Beanie Sigel and The LOX (Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch). Not even a month later, I heard Beanie Sigel on another track entitled "Crew Love", that was featured on Belly. The track featured Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek on the verses and Jay-Z on the hook. I was a fan of "Reservoir Dogs" and "Crew Love", so when Beanie released his solo debut in the year 2000 entitled The Truth, I decided to purchase it. Beanie's debut may not have been an all around classic but there were enough tracks on the CD to have the CD in your collection. My favorite tracks were the title track, which was one of Kanye West's first production credits, "Who Want What" w/Memphis Bleek, "What Your Life Like", "Mac & Brad" w/Scarface and "Die". Later that same year, Beanie Sigel, along with Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek released The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000. Beanie had alot of memorable verses on the CD especially on "This Can't Be Life", which was another Kanye West production that also featured Jay-Z and Scarface on the track. Beanie released his 2nd solo disc The Reason in 2001. "The Reason" wasn't as good as "The Truth" but there were still alot of nice tracks on there like "Think It's A Game" w/Jay-Z, Freeway & Young Chris, "Nothing Like It", "Still Got Love For You" w/Jay-Z & Rell, "What Your Life Like 2" and the 1st single "Beanie...Sigel is the name that they gave me". In 2002, Beanie Sigel, along with Freeway, Young Gunz and Oschino & Sparks released State Property. The CD was sparked by the 1st single, "Roc Da Mic", which featured Beanie & Freeway and the CD also served as a platform for the lesser known members of Rocafella at that time.
While Beanie Sigel was doing a year and a day in jail, he would release what I feel is his best solo CD with The B.Coming. Beanie's 3rd CD was led by the 1st single, "Feel It In The Air", which was produced by Heavy D., yes that Heavy D. and "Don't Stop", which was produced by The Neptunes and featured Snoop Dogg on the hook. Beanie had a lot of introspective tracks on the CD and he still had time to talk about the infamous "purple stuff" on "Purple Rain" w/Bun B from UGK and scandalous and disloyal females on the Just Blaze banger "Bread & Butter", which also featured Grand Puba and Sadat X from Brand Nubian.
In December of 2007, Beanie Sigel released his 4th CD entitled "The Solution". The CD starts out with the 1st single which is produced by The Runners entitled "All The Above". R Kelly is featured on the hook and the track ends up being a decent lead single. Cool & Dre stop by to produce "'Bout That (Let Me Know)". The track is decent but compared to other Beanie CDs and past collaborations, the song doesn't do too much for me. Dre's "money, cars, cash, clothes, baby girl if you 'bout that ish let me know" doesn't help things either. Dame Grease steps in to produce the banger "U Ain't Ready 4 Me" which features Styles P. Reviewer "G $ "Z-Wad" sums it up best as he states how 1) Styles and Beanie go back and forth on the track like Styles and Jada normally do and 2) the track is also featured on Styles P's Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman [Explicit]. "U Ain't Ready 4 Me" is nothing that will be considered groundbreaking, but if you like the street style that Beanie usually brings to the table, then this will be one of your favorite tracks on "The Solution". "Go Low" follows the same format as well. Beanie Sigel is at his best when he is letting us know how things go down in the streets and when he is telling us those introspective tales about his ups and downs. R City gives the track some reggae flavor and this track should atleast be in your Top 5. "Gutted" is clearly the all time worst Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z collaboration as they talk about fellas that are trying to perpetrate and act like they are important in the game and in the real world when in reality they are nothing but ordinary joes who are fakin' the funk. This may be the worst Jay-Z verse that I have ever heard. I am not sure why Beanie would attempt to make a club anthem but that's the purpose of "Shake It For Me". First of all he puts together the oddest crew that I have ever seen for a collaboration: Diddy, Peedi Peedi and Ghostface Killah. Ghost has a nice verse, but on this track, that doesn't mean too much. I also like Rocwilder's production but Diddy sounding like Pharrell singing and Peedi Peedi's verse ruin anything good about this track. "I'm In" starts off as a clever tale that Beanie tells about meeting a woman in a department store. However, he completely jacks Scarface's concept and verse on the track "F____ Faces" to compose his 1st verse. Chad "Wes" Hamiltion cleverly uses Luther Vandross' "Make Me A Believer" track as a sample and this actually is a nice track in the end. "H.H.E.H." is a nice, laid back track that allows Beanie to flow in a slower pace. It's a nice change of pace compared to the rest of the CD. "What They Gonna Say To Me" is another decent track as well. Jay-Z ends up on the hook and his contribution to this track is alot better than whatever he was coasting to on "Gutted". "The Day" reminds me of "Wanted (On The Run)" which featured Cam'ron from "The B.Coming" because of the rock and roll sample that is used throughout the track. "Rain (Bridge)" puts Beanie in a place where he is rapping about his infamous introspective tales and also features Scarface. Anytime Beanie and Scarface collaborate it ends up being a memorable track. Raheem DeVaughn also does a nice job with the vocals as well. This track is definitely my favorite track on the CD. Beanie goes back and forth between the good and bad Beanie as he raps about having a conversation with himself on "Dear Self (Can I Talk To You)". This track also features the best production of Andre & Vidal on "The Solution". They ended up producing 4 tracks on "The Solution". Raheem DeVaughn joins Beanie once again on "Prayer". Although, it's another introspective track it sounds too much like a Scarface track instead of a Beanie Sigel track.
Overall, I feel that "The Solution" is a decent release. It just doesn't live up to the past CDs and collaborations that Beanie Sigel has brought to the table before. If you own Beanie's previous releases, then you should add "The Solution" to your collection, but don't expect a classic CD. I would rate this CD more in the 3.5 star range than rate it in the 4 or 4.5 star range. I personally feel that anyone rating this above 4 stars is just happy to see Beanie release a CD instead of actually listening to the material.
James' Top 5
1) Rain (Bridge) w/Scarface & Raheem DeVaughn
2) Dear Self (Can I Talk To You)
3) I'm In
4) U Ain't Ready 4 Me w/Styles P.
5) Go Low w/R. City
Honorable Mention:
All The Above w/R Kelly
H.H.E.H.
What They Gonna Say To Me
The Day
Description of The Solution
Known as one of the most Credible MCs in the game, Beanie Sigel is always rhyming about the truth of life. Because of this, he has established himself as a hip hop icon. There are many MCs who fill their albums with catchy hooks and smokey mirrors, but Beans clears the fog, letting his rhymes flow straight from his soul. In an MTV News Interview he states, "Im a soulful brother, I been through a lot, I'm just giving you my life." And that's just what you get with his new album The Solution, his fourth in seven years, which is set to be released December 11th. During his brief hiatus; his inspiration was lacking but given the time to reflect, Beans is back and better than ever; if hip hop is dead Beans is the solution!Pop CDs
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