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| by rocafan on 3/16/2005 09:41:00 AM |
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State Prop, Playing Games
Source:club jay-z
 As of right now, the name "State Property" only exists as a clothing
label, a film company and the title of a movie and its sequel. The
chain gang itself is on an indefinite hiatus.
Beanie Sigel has been in solitary confinement for the past 60 days,
but he is still able to receive visitors — and apparently give out
orders. He's passed down a very clear mandate to his good friend Dame
Dash.
"I just know the order he sent me is that there is no State Property
until he gets home, period," Dash said last Monday in New
York. "That's that. All I can do is carry out that order, 'cause
that's my brother."
Beans' mother, Michelle Brown-Derry, says that her son believes his
homies — with the exception of Oschino — have turned their collective
backs on him. Since going to jail late last year, he hasn't heard
from Young Gunz, Sparks, Peedi Crakk or even Freeway, who seemed to
have the tightest bond with the Broad Street Bully.
"It seems that Beanie was instrumental in getting all of those guys
to the point where they was at," mama Sigel said on Friday. "His
question is, 'Where is the love?' There's no loyalty, no love being
shown at all. There was not a letter from any of these guys other
than Oschino out of that whole State Property crew."
Ms. Michelle, as she is called by Beanie's friends and business
associates, says she is surprised that the crew seems to have
faltered, especially since some of her son's homies were so
supportive during the trial.
"As it [became] obvious he was going away, everyone got scared," she
determined. "It seems like they counted him out like he wasn't coming
home. It's just unfair."
Contractually, all the artists who once rolled as the Philadelphia
collective are still on Roc-A-Fella, which of course was sold to Def
Jam and is now being run solely by Jay-Z (see "Jay-Z, Dame Dash Sell
Roc-A-Fella Records; Jay Named Def Jam Prez").
"They seem to feel content where they are at," she lamented, before
clarifying that Sigs has no problem with Jay-Z. "They were originally
signed to Roc-A-Fella with the knowledge that once Beanie received
his label, they would be transferred to Beanie's label. But they
seemed content to stay signed to Roc-A-Fella. The bottom line is
there was just no loyalty, period."
"Whoever decided to make certain choices without talking to Beans is
a little out of line anyway," Dame added. "It doesn't mean that there
is no State Property, it just means that they don't believe in what
we believed in as far as that independent spirit and should have had
enough respect to go to Beans. But certain people feel there was
never a State Property anyway."
Dash was referring to Sigel's choice to start up a label under the
Dame Dash Music Group umbrella. Despite being incarcerated, and
without any artists in his fold, he is forging forward. Sigel shot
five videos before going to jail, and the latest, "And You Don't
Stop," is scheduled to begin airing soon. Sigel's third LP, The B.
Coming, is coming on March 29, with "State Property 2" hitting
theaters on July 13. His mother says that he is looking at brand new
artists, one of whom may be his fiancee, Melissa, who sings on the
underground smash "Change Gon' Come."
The former members of State Property could not be reached for comment
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