Beanie Sigel - The Reason
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Artist: Beanie SigelEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2001-06-26
Music Label: Roc-a-Fella
Soundtracks:
- Nothing Like It
- Beanie (Mack B****)
- So What You Saying
- Get Down
- I Don't Do Much
- For Mi Ni****
- Watch Your B******
- Think It's a Game
- Man's World
- Gangsta, Gangsta
- Tales of a Hustler
- Mom Praying
- Still Got Love for You
- What Your Life Like, Pt. 2
Free Music Notes for The Reason
Free Music Review: Not as good as the Truth but it's alright
Hit: 3 Stars
This album comes up very short when compared with his debut album the Truth. Beanie doesn't spit for broke on all of the tracks. Plus most of the features did more harm than good. The production was miss for alot of the tracks and a few tracks are just skip material. He opened with a good track Nothing Like it and followed up pretty well with Beanie(Mack b****). That single is some of the reason I got the album. So what you saying feat. Bleek, they laid down some good verses over EPMD's classic "So What You Sayin". Bleek held his own but of course Beanie outshined him again on this one. Get down is another track I like over a gritty beat. Too bad after this one most of the tracks are very dry and I hardly ever bump them. Gangsta Gangsta is one of my favorites too. Beanie toss out a few good verses. Mom praying feat. Scarface is another track that I really feel. These two have yet to disappoint me when they get together. Still got love for you and What your life like 2 are some pretty deep tracks but not as moving for me and I rarely bump these too.
Watch your b******, Man's world, I don't do much. Are some very boring tracks with some weak delivery. Tales of a hustler is a very weak track with Beanie delivering the best verse.
This is Beanies weakest album to date. He redeemed himself with his later albums and next to them this is almost forgettable. This one doesn't get too many spins from me.
The Reason Poster
Someone needs have a talk with talented emcee Beanie Sigel--you know, the Beanie who blazed that "and...'em" punctuated verse on "Adrenaline" from the Roots' Things Fall Apart--because he's nowhere to be found on this album. While Sigel's debut, The Truth, contained thought-inducing head-nodders like "What Your Life Like" that forewarned listeners of the pitfalls of partaking in illegal subterranean activities, he's taken an odious U-turn on Gangster Ave. On "Watch Your Bitch Ass" Sigel celebrates exploiting women and flipping keys, and this trend carries on throughout his 14-track effort. Sadly, a good chunk of the beats, looped samples, and hooks that accompany this narrow subject matter are rehashed and equally uninspiring. "So What You Sayin'" features Sigel and label mate Memphis Bleek covering the EPMD classic of the same name for no good reason. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! On "Man's World," producer No I.D. employs one of the most overused James Brown-sampled records, while "Beanie (Mack Bitch)" and "Gangsta Gangsta" lift hooks from annoyingly familiar Dr. Dre NWA hits of the past. On the other hand, The Reason begins and ends with arguably two of the better cuts on the album, so you're not left completely hanging. On "Nothing Like It," Sigel's seeds take center stage and are touted as the reasons for him wanting to become a better Beanie man, while the album's closer "What Your Life Like 2" takes listeners on a graphic trip through the psyche of a prisoner. Guest appearances by Scarface ("Mom Praying") and Jay-Z ("Still Got Love for You") keep things interesting because on both tracks Sigel makes clear the impact his parents have had on his life--both the good and bad. But in the end, The Reason further solidifies Sigel's position in the rap world as an underachieving rapper who's on the right Roc-A-Fella career train, but aboard the wrong tracks. --Dalton HigginsRap & Hip-Hop Music CDs
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