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Back in 2000, Beanie Sigel was poised for stardom, before his life and career were derailed by the street life he documents so well. In November, he began a year in prison on federal gun charges. The Philly MC's flow is still among the best -- it recalls the smooth delivery of his mentor, Jay-Z, mixed with a young Ice Cube's growl -- and The B.Coming starts strong. "Feel It in the Air" and "I Can't Go On This Way" weren't produced by Kanye West, but may as well have been, with soulful female vocal hooks softening Sigel's ruminations. The B.Coming eventually flattens out into dark, brooding territory -- it was, after all, originally going to be called The Great Depression. The stoner anthem "Purple Rain," with electric guitars reverberating into space, is an only slightly apologetic ode to painkillers and cough syrup. And many a track waxes longingly about the guns that landed him a sentence. "Don't Stop" is vintage Neptunes, with Snoop Dogg purring above drifting organs and a cowbell sound. "Let's toast to the man that when he get out/He gonna do them things that he rappin' about," says Snoop. And then comes Beanie: "Hatas, stay out my face/And know that thing still by my waist."
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Track List
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Feel It In The Air (track not available in Rhapsody)
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I Can't Go On This Way (track not available in Rhapsody)
- One Shot Deal
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Gotta Have It (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Don't Stop
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Purple Rain (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Oh Daddy (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Change (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Bread & Butter (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Lord Have Mercy
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Flatline (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Tales Of A Hustler Pt. 2 (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Look At Me Now (track not available in Rhapsody)
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It's On (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Wanted (On The Run) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Feel It In The Air Clips (track not available in Rhapsody)
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