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- Artist: Beanie Sigel
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- Release Date: October 19, 1999
- Total Time: 56:51
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
In 1998, Philadelphia native Beanie Sigel was just another hungry voice in the crowd. However, after an impromptu verse on the Roots' Adrenaline, he caught the attention of Jay-Z, who quickly inked the young MC to a deal with his Roc-A-Fella empire. While the momentum of a few dazzling collaborations catapulted his meteoric rise up the hip-hop ranks, more importantly it showed an MC who was on the cusp of greatness. Beanie's debut, The Truth, is the culmination of that promise. While Beanie's monosyllabic flow is methodical and offers little variation, his lyrics are remarkably detailed. "What Ya Life Like" is such a frightening depiction of incarceration that it warrants inclusion in any Scared Straight documentary. Also, Beanie ingeniously parallels the life of a drug dealer to that of video-game characters on "Mac Man." Although Beanie is not ready to supplant his esteemed mentor, Jay-Z, he is one of the most intriguing lyricists to emerge in the post-2Pac era. ~ Matt Conaway, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Truth | Beanie Sigel | (4:09) | |
| Who Want What | Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel | (4:15) | |
| Raw & Uncut | Jay-Z, |
Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel | (3:36) |
| Mac Man (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel | (4:09) | |
| Playa | Jay-Z, |
Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Amil | (3:26) |
| Everybody Wanna Be a Star (Lyrics) | Todd Rundgren, |
Beanie Sigel | (4:03) |
| Remember Them Days (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel, |
(3:55) | |
| Stop, Chill (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel | (3:27) | |
| Mac and Brad | Scarface, Beanie Sigel | (5:05) | |
| What a Thug About (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel | (3:59) | |
| What Your Life Like (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel | (4:34) | |
| Ride 4 My (Lyrics) | Beanie Sigel | (4:15) | |
| Die [*] | Beanie Sigel | (3:10) | |
| Anything (Lyrics) | Lionel Bart, Jay-Z, |
Jay-Z | (4:48) |
