"For My Niggas" (featuring Daz Dillinger) "So What You Saying" (featuring Memphis Bleek) On its second week, it dropped to number 11 with sales dropping 50% to 50,000 copies. The Reason debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 selling 151,000 copies in its first week. It’s almost as if anyone involved in this project expected listeners to not get past the first couple songs." Soren Baker, writing for the Los Angeles Times, commented that "he normally assertive and interesting Philadelphia rapper flows like a sloth on nearly every cut of his second album, failing to elicit much excitement despite the solid, hard-core production." Robert Christgau graded the album as a "dud", indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought." Commercial performance There's a sequel to his first album's not-so-pretty prison tale "What Ya Life Like" here, but it's best hearing about Beans's life when he's feeling nice, not nasty." ĪllMusic writer Bret Love commended the production for remaining consistent and Sigel's persona of a street smart hustler but found it running its course as the album continued, concluding that "Sigel's sophomore effort isn't so much an artistic step forward as it is a step sideways." HipHopDX writer Affrikka said that despite the first two tracks, the record starts to fall off into mediocre un-originality, saying that "Overall, the experience leaves you wanting more from the executive producing credit that Jay-Z takes.
Andy Capper of NME found some familiarity in the album's beats but praised Sigel's dark-yet-intriguing delivery along with a talented list of guest artists, calling it "one of the best hardcore rap records of the year 2001." Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews praised the lyrical delivery and production for being an upgrade from Sigel's debut effort The Truth, saying that, "n the pantheon of Philadelphia rap from The Roots to Will Smith, make room for a mack (bitch) - he's definitely earned his right to shine." Entertainment Weekly 's Evan Serpick said that, "Sigel will never sound as urgent as Chuck D or as smooth as Method Man, but the Jay-Z protégé makes up for it with smarter-than-average gangsta lyrics and eclectic hip-hop beats." Nick Catucci of Blender wrote that, "Throughout the disc, Beanie stalks through the subdued bounce of big, loose piano and horn riffs, his smooth but steely flow intact. The Reason garnered positive reviews from music critics who commended the record's East Coast production but questioned Sigel's abilities as a credible rapper.
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Sigel also starred in the movie “State Property” and its sequel.Ĭopyright 2006 Associated Press. The latter disc has sold 404,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Coming” (DDMG/Criminal Background)–each hit the top five on The Billboard 200.
His three albums–“The Truth” (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) in 2000, “The Reason” in 2001 and last year’s “The B. He was also briefly jailed in November for failure to pay child support. Sigel, born Dwight Grant, was released from federal prison in August after serving a year on a gun charge and was acquitted of attempted murder the following month. It was not clear where the shooting took place. The apparent holdup was attempted by five males traveling in two cars, according to police. He was hospitalized and is in good condition. The rapper was shot one or two times in the upper right arm shortly after 8 a.m., police said. Beanie Sigel, the popular rapper who has been shadowed by his violent past, was wounded by gunfire during an attempted robbery earlier today (May 25).