The pensive single echoed the melancholic sentiment of The Geto Boys classic, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me” as Beanie Mack wore his heart on his sleeve like never before. While facing a potential career-ending prison sentence, Beans began his road to redemption with his reflective Heavy D-produced “Feel It In The Air,” featuring singer Melissa Jimenez. The Dame Dash Music Group/Def Jam Records release followed a starring role in Roc film, State Property (and its sequel), as well as a fledgling clothing line of the same name.īeanie Sigel Confirms A Collaborative Project With Jadakiss Coming showed greater depth to the menacing MC. After two successful Top 5-charting campaigns in The Truth and 2001’s The Reason, The B. Not unlike Tupac’s days before Me Against The World or Guru’s turmoil during the recording of Gang Starr’s Moment Of Truth, Beanie Mack used pressure to make jewels. The “Broad Street Bully” looked like he could be facing serious time, but Dash stood beside one of the Roc’s most respected homegrown products. During the label’s rapid infrastructure change, Sigel’s freedom was in question due to an attempted murder charge that he caught in 2004. As artists chose sides, the Harlem mogul cemented one blue chip on his side of the partition: Beanie.
When Jay split from his manager/partner to become Def Jam Records’ new president, Dash subsequently launched his own imprint, Dame Dash Music Group. By 2004, following Jay’s Black Album exit from album-making, factions of the artist’s roster between the label’s most publicly accessible partners Dash and JAY-Z (Kareem “Biggs” Burke reportedly kept operations in order, in addition to A&R’ing the labels late successes). After Beans’ 2000 debut, The Truth, State Property started making noise, a Philly collective that included Freeway, Young Gunz, and Peedi Crakk, among others.Ĭharlamagne Nearly Pushes Beanie Sigel To The Point Of Getting Physical (Video)īut like the Roman Empire, Roc-A-Fella’s reign at the top was not immune to crumble. Beanie Sigel was the first out the gate, making a strong appearance on Jay’s Vol. Meanwhile, Beanie Sigel became the enforcer of the R-O-C.īy Y2K, New York City-based Roc-A-Fella took a strong interest in Philadelphia. Within the empire, JAY-Z was the boss, Kanye West was the creative, Cam’ron was the street-savvy comedian. During the early 2000s, Roc-A-Fella Records was one of the music industry’s driving forces.
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