Search - Beanie Sigel :: The Solution

It's Mack Beeeeeeeeeeeeotch!

J. Smith | O High O | 12/12/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yo, I just bought that new Mack and I may be a little extreme but I'm a ROC Alumni from the Reasonable Doubt days of the 90's. I'm glad that Beans just dropped the new album and i'm knockin' it right now in the Car, on the Computer, it's nice. Support real artist man. Beans is as real as it gets. He is on the level of "when it comes out, I have to cop it no matter what" like Face, Jay, Dre, Common, etc. A definite buy. Peace from the midwest! 1"

Beans reppin' Philly

Adrian Arnold | china | 02/21/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I like Beanie Mac(some of you might not even know that name) for a lot of reasons:



-He's unique with his style. There are people who are samilar but none bring the intensity of Beans.

-He is reminiscent of Scarface and Ice-Cube in the sense of aggressive and powerful speech and rawness brought of pain and endurance

-His lyrics are so illustrative and compelling

-There is no rapper quite like him and probably never will be.



My favorite is his 1st major album the Truth. Although this one will be right up there in second place. It starts off with powerful tracks like "All of the Above," "Bout That," "You ain't Ready." The most powerful and invoking of his pieces I believe is the title "Dear Self!" This is a song which can easily be expanded into a motion picture of animated music video. It sooo amazingly reflective of the facets and paradoxes within so many of the young men of Philly. Beanie Sigel is one of the uncrowned kings of Philly.

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Problem Solved!

Charles L. Hubbert | Milwaukee, WI | 01/19/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Beanie Sigel returns to the mainstream after bubbling on the underground with a few independent albums since his 2005 release The B.Coming. He's re-signed with Roc-a-fella, he's made amends with a lot of his former crew, and blessed us with another major label contribution with The Solution. He starts off the album with the rawness of "All Of The Above" featuring R&B crooner R. Kelly with production by the super-hot team The Runners (who are best known for "Hustlin'" by rapper Rick Ross.) Cool And Dre drop a nice beat for Beanie on "Bout That," while Styles P trades verses B. Mack on the hard-hitting "You Ain't Ready For Me." Beans summons up some mainstream reggae flava from Rock City for a little 'head nod' music on "Go Low." Jay-Z makes his presence known on the song "Gutted," but Beanie holds his own. Philly's Own sounds a little misplaced on the lackluster Rockwilder-produced "Pass The Patron" featuring Peedi Peedi (he'll forever be Peedi Crakk to me), Diddy, and Ghostface Killah. He gives a lot of different hood tales on the songs "I'm In," "H.H.E.H.," and "What They Gonna Say To Me." He stretches his experimental muscle for the rock-infused, Ozzy Osbourne-assisted "Judgment Day," a track that has the potential to please the rap-rock fan base. Mac and Brad reunite as Scarface gives yet another rare lyrical donation for "Bridge" featuring rising R&B superstar Raheem Devaughn. "Dear Self" is a conversation Beans has with himself, first pointing out all the wrongs he's done throughout his life, and then pointing out that his conscience has been there the whole time and walked in the very same shoes while everything went down. "Prayer" featuring Raheem Devaughn is the album closer and is Beanie's way of acknowledging his wrongs and hoping his God forgives him for his shortcomings. The Solution definitely has a lot of classic Beanie Sigel throughout, with a couple tracks falling short on the Mac meter. Nevertheless, any current or former fan shouldn't have too many problems with The Solution."