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| by rocafan on 8/21/2004 11:50:00 AM |
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Sigel's Callin
 Beanie Sigel's sending out a red alert for his new album. He says he's already got enough gems to deem the disc a classic, but since The B-Coming's release date has been pushed back, he wants to give a few of his favorite producers a chance to make the cut.
"Whoever wants to get on this project, you'd better have the illest sh--, 'cause I'm closing out," Beans said earlier this week. "We got a couple people like Kanye [West] trying to make it. I put a [call] out on RZA. I've never worked with RZA, but I know he can come with something dirty. I know [DJ] Premier can come with something crazy."
The B-Coming as it stands now is a tight ship with just a few producers on the roster. DJ Scratch, Chad West, Aqua and Heavy D are among the ones who supplied beats. The only other MCs Sigel names as track accomplices are Busta Rhymes, Bun B, Redman, Twista and Peedi Crakk.
"I think I took him back to 'Rated "R," ' " Sigel said of working with Redman, referring to a track off Red's 1992 LP, Whut? Thee Album. "No concept, I wouldn't even want to do a concept song with Redman. That was somebody who I was f---in' with before I started rapping. [On my new song,] I had the beat from Bink. I wasn't gonna use no hook, no nothing. I kept listening to it and thinking what else I was going to do. I gave them 48 bars straight. The song is called 'One Shot Deal.' I was gonna do the 48 and bring it back to the beginning, but I was like, 'Redman will sound crazy on this joint.' I sent it to him and it came back crazy."
Sigel's first single is "Got to Have It," featuring Peedi Crakk and Twista. Last year Sigel complained that the strict schedule of his house arrest was hindering his music-making process (see "Beanie Sigel Keeping It Regular While Recording Under House Arrest"). However, Sig has since built a home studio and credits his recording quarters as being the catalyst that put his album over the top.
"I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record," he said. "I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record. It's a classic album. If it ain't better than The Truth, it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause The Truth was my baby. That's the pure album. [During The B-Coming,] I was going through so much, so my mind was moving. I was just making joints."
Despite the distraction of his numerous legal problems, Sigel has managed to put out a mixtape with DJ Green Lantern called Public Enemy #1 as a precursor to his album, which is now due October 26
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