There is two songs that stop this album from being a classic. Mac Man is garbage(the beat sounds like Pac Man on acid) and Playa feat Amil and Jay-z(failed club banger). Other than that this was a good debut from the Philadephia native. The Truth(his first single) starts off the album as Beanie rips it over a dope beat provided by Kanye. Memphis Bleek makes a decent appearance on Who Want What but Beanie stole the show. Scarface and Beanie are a superb match up and it shows in Mack And Brad). Jay-z makes another appearance on Raw & Uncut(decent) and his solo joint Anything(cool). Beanie also does well when he makes songs of substance like Remember Them Days(feat Eve), What Ya Life Like(which samples Hard Rain) and Everybody Wanna Be A Star(self-explanatory track). Beanie also knows when to switch up the flow(something alot of rappers have problems doing nowadays) on Stop, Chill. What A Thug About is basically explaining what a thug does. Ride 4 My and Die are pretty good tracks too. Bottom Line: The Truth is a promising debut for Beanie Sigel who is now a force to be reckoned with on the mic. The rhymes were good, the production was solid and the guest appearances were not shabby themselves. Beanie's flow is like vintage wine. It gets better with time. Listen to him now. He is a beast on the mic! Standout tracks: THE TRUTH, WHO WANT WHAT, REMEMBER THEM DAYS, MAC AND BRAD, WHAT YA LIFE LIKE, WHAT A THUG ABOUT and EVERYBODY WANNA BE A STAR.

This is Sigel's Best CD. The source gave his cd 4.5 mics! That should tell you something. Nas said it best Compared to bean's jay's wack!

Whether or not Sigel or this album spits the "Truth" its forever inevitiable, but you can never deny his lyrical skills on the mic. Sigel has always been the more talented recruit from Roc-A-Fella. With one killer cut, ("Truth"), produced by Kanye West, Sigel shows why he's a premier artist in the Hip-Hop game. Although this album does have it's short comings like many Roc-A-Fella releases, but the one's that shoutout greatness makes it more worthwhile to purchase this release.

Beanie Sigel is an excellent rapper. He flows well and every song on this cd shows that. Unfortunately, the best song on the cd is the first one. The Truth, produced by KanYe West is an incredible song with an amazing beat and Beans flowing so well that you wouldn't even think it was him. Every song after that one is pretty good as well. Who Want What, Raw & Uncut feat. Jay Z is another good one, and Mac Man is also very good. If you like the Roc, you should buy this, and also if you like gangsta rap you should get this.

I like this album. No man, I LOVE THIS ALBUM! I got to Wild Out, This Album is Banging all across North Trenton to West Philly, to Orange Newark, and to the Back of Liberian Yonkers. A Section like North Trenton. We listen to this music and not to diss my man Jadakiss but you shouldn't point fingers, thats why 50 Got you. What goes around comes around. But I stay on your side, and not because i'm from Yonkers and live in North Trenton. Nah dog, I got respect for you. They making money, wheather they got your flow or not. At least they didn't steel your beats and Rhymes, that's the most important part. Both of you are raw so I don't have to point fingers to who's annoying. Oh NO!


1. Truth - (THIS IS MY SONG ON THIS ALBUM)

2. Who Want What - (With Memphis Bleek) (YEAH, THIS SECOND SONG IS RAW)

3. Raw & Uncut - (With Jay-Z. This Song Is Raw, Reminds me of Sammy Davis Jr)

4. Mac Man - (Freestyle Song)

5. Playa - (With Amil) (Is yall Players)

6. Everybody Wanna Be a Star - (Who Can Dance to this Song)

7. Remember Them Days - (With Eve) (Blasting all Across North Trenton and Newark, and Yonkers)

8. Stop, Chill - (This my Song)

9. Mac and Brad - (With Scarface) (GOOD COLLABORATION)

10. What a Thug About - (Heard this Song a lot of times, I like the Instrumental)

11. What Your Life Like (This MY SONG RIGHT HERE, The Flow Comes from A Different World)

12. Ride 4 My - (Big Pun ****)

13. Die [*] (THIS IS THE SONG RIGHT HERE)

14. Anything (A deleted song that Jay-Z made for himself, but would thought will be good for Beanie Sigels album) (But if Jay-Z does release a Deleted Song album or Mixtape then THIS IS THE SONG RIGHT HERE ON THIS ENTIRE ALBUM)


Beanie Sigel -- Dwayne Grant -- 1974 -- Phillidelphia, Pensivaniya

This is the debut album from the best MC on the ROC roster, Beanie Sigel. This album is a classic, it went gold and the whole album is gritty, grimey, and straight to the point. The first track "the truth" is produced by kanye west and the lyrics to the song are really the truth!! "who want what" is an on fire track with memphis bleek produced by just blaze, ofcourse beans verse is better on there and he rips the song like always. Other hot tracks on this classic debut album are "raw and uncut", "pac man", "everybody wanna be a star", "what a thug about", "die", and "what your life like". If you don't have this album then you're not a real hip hop fan, so get off your ass AND COP IT!!!

Nice debut for Beanie. This is a gritty, hard CD worth copping if you are into that. Not many standout tracks or upbeat ones either.

Beanie Sigel is the truth. He's the realest out of everybody at the Roc. Cop this album then make sure to cop his new album The B Is coming

After appearing on almost all of Jay-Z's Dynasty album and collaboring with Memphis Bleek on his solo debut, it was finally time for the Broad Street Bully to climb to the top of the charts with his first album, "The Truth".

1. The Truth - Good beat, Beanie comes nice, hook is good - 4/5

2. Who Want What (Featuring Memphis Bleek) - Nice beat, Bleek and Beans murder it, hook is alright - 4/5

3. Raw & Uncut (Featuring Jay-Z) - Good beat, Jay and Beans have a good collaboration, hook is good - 4.5/5

4. Mac Man - Ok beat, the sample in the background is extremely annoying, Beans rips it, hook is good - 3/5

5. Playa (Featuring Amil & Jay-Z) - Great beat, Beans and Jay destroy it but Amil's flow is terrible, hook is good - 4/5

6. Everybody Wanna Be a Star - Good beat, Beans comes real nice, great hook - 5/5

7. Remember Them Days (Featuring Eve) - Good beat, Beans spits some nice lyrics, Eve has a good hook - 5/5

8. Stop, Chill - Horrible beat, Beans flow sucks, hook is decent - 2/5

9. Mac & Brad (Featuring Scarface) - Good beat, Beans and Scarface bring a great collaboration to this album, there isn't a hook...just straight spittin - 4.5/5

10. What a Thug About - Nice beat, Beans comes hard, hook is kinda hard as well - 4/5

11. What Your Life Like - Not feeling the beat because it's wayyyy to soft and light, Beans raps hard but slow..its still good, hook is real dark and grimey...its good - 3.5/5

12. Ride 4 My - Good beat, Beans rips it to shreds, hook is real dark and hardcore - 4.5/5

13. Die [Bonus Track] - Bangin beat, Bean comes real hard about all the ways he could possibly die, there isn't a hook...great track - 5/5

14. Anything - This is a Jay-Z solo track and I have no idea why it's on Beans album, but since it doesn't even fit with the rest of the album, I'm not going to rate it.

Overall: 53/65

4 Stars

Beans came pretty nice throughout the album. Some of the beats and hooks need work but besides that it's pretty solid. Beans if definitely one of the ROC's finest mc's and once "The B. Coming" gets released, we will see how much talent he truely has....

Beanie Sigel comes out strong on his debut. With his dark and compelling tales of gangsta life he delivers some of the best songs I've heard in a while, the only problem is there are about 2-4 songs on here that I could easily skip over, the rest are great and he even has a few classics. Features fellow Roc mates at the time (Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, & Amil) as well as legendary Scarface & Eve. Production is handled by 12 people for the 14 songs. Robert Kirkland & Bink One each do 2 songs, Kanye West, Lofey, Bernard Parker, Just BLaze, J-5, Buckwild, T-Mix Sam Sneed and Prestige all do 1 song. It has 3 classics, 2 near classics, 4 are ok, 2 I skip, and 3 are good. A must have rap album for fans of the real gangsta sh*t not the majority of the watered down radio friendly songs.

#1 - 9 (tight beat)
#2 - 10 (classic song f/ Memphis Blekk - great beat)
#3 - 7.5 (f/ Jay-Z)
#4 - 4 (bad song sampling the Pac Man arcade game)
#5 - 7 (f/ Jay-Z & Amil)
#6 - 7.5
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Eve - about growing up)
#8 - 6
#9 - 10 (classic song w/ Scarface)
#10 - 8
#11 - 9.5 (very dark song)
#12 - 9.5 (talkin' about his loyalty to his N!GG@$)
#13 - 10 (classic dark song about dying different ways)
#14 - 2 (horrible song by Jay-Z)

b. Dwight Grant -- b. March 1974 -- Philadelphia, PA

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