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The B. Coming
Studio album by Beanie Sigel
Released	March 29, 2005
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	65:45
Label	Dame Dash Def Jam Criminal Background
Producer	The Neptunes Heavy D Buckwild DJ Scratch Just Blaze Bink! D. Dot Ty Fyffe Boola Chad Hamilton Aqua Ruggedness Neckbones
Beanie Sigel chronology
The Reason (2001) The B. Coming (2005) The Solution (2007)

The B. Coming is the third studio album by American rapper Beanie Sigel. Originally scheduled for an October 2004 release, the album was ultimately released on March 29, 2005 through Dame Dash Music Group and Def Jam Recordings.

Background and release

It was supposed to be released in 2004 under Roc-A-Fella Records and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. However, due to Jay-Z's takeover of Roc-A-Fella and presidency of Def Jam, Sigel left the label to join co-founder Damon Dash's newly-founded Dame Dash Music Group, where the album was released on March 29, 2005. The B. Coming contains 15 songs, with special guests including Freeway, Redman, Snoop Dogg, Bun B, Jay-Z, Cam'ron, and others. The album was completed before Beanie served a federal prison sentence in mid-2004.

Reception

Critical

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B+
NME
Pitchfork	8.5/10
Vibe	70/100
Rolling Stone

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 73 out of 100 based on 14 reviews.

On AllMusic, reviewer David Jeffries stated "One thing to know is that it's not a linear journal. Instead, it consists of fragments from here and there that deal very little with situations and more with mindsets. Those looking for a direct story of how Beanie earned three years in the clink will be somewhat disappointed, but these chunks of insight into the man's turmoil -- and the couple party tunes that go with them -- add up to one hell of an album." Whilst, Entertainment Weekly stated that the albums "finds at his most vulnerable — and his best." NME deemed the album as "defiant as ever". Pitchfork commented "Only two things matter here: the production, which is masterful, and Beanie himself, a virtuoso of lonely, bitter desperation." Stylus Magazine gave the album a B+ rating with an additional comment: "One of the strongest albums of 2005, Beanie Sigel stands among the greatest of the Roc-A-Fella catalogue with technical ability and an emotional severity worth experiencing." Vibe says in a review, "At times, he overreaches." While Rolling Stone scored the album at a 60 out of 100, they reviewed "The B. Coming starts strong... eventually flattens out into dark, brooding territory." The B. Coming ranked number 32 as Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2005 in the year end.

Commercial

The B. Coming debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 130,000 copies. The album was two slots away from 50 Cent's The Massacre.

Track listing

Samples

Feel It In The Air

• "Whole Lotta Something Goin On” by Raphael Ravenscroft

I Can’t Go On This Way

• "Love Me, Love Me or Leave Me, Leave Me” by Gloria Scott

Gotta Have It

• "That’s What’s Wrong With Me” by Rose Royce

Purple Rain

• "In The Rain" by The Dramatics

Oh Daddy

• "Oh Daddy" by Natalie Cole

Change

• "My First Love" by Rene and Angela

Bread & Butter

• "Proud Of You" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Flatline

• "Poor Abbey Walsh" by Marvin Gaye

Look At Me Now

• "Come On Down (To Get Your Head Out of the Clouds)" by Greg Perry (singer)

It’s On

• "Questions" by Carrie Lucas

Wanted (On The Run)

• "Wanted Dead Or Alive" by Bon Jovi

Charts

Singles chart positions

References

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4. NME Magazine - April 23, 2005. NME. 2005. p. 51.
5. Breihan, Tom (2005-04-12). "Beanie Sigel: The B.Coming | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
6. "Beanie Sigel - The B-Coming - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
7. Vibe Magazine - Jun/Jul 2005. Vibe. 2005. p. 158.
8. "Rolling Stone Profile - Page 57 - Metacritic". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
9. Staff, Pitchfork (2005-12-31). "Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2005 | Features". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
10. "Beanie Sigel Blasts From Behing Bars: The B. Coming Scores Top Debut On Album Charts WIth Nearly 130,000 In First Week Sales". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
11. "Billboard 200 - Week of April 16, 2005". Billboard. 2005-04-16. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
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14. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
15. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

• Beanie Sigel albums
• 2005 albums
• Albums produced by the Neptunes
• Albums produced by Ty Fyffe
• Albums produced by Just Blaze
• Albums produced by DJ Scratch
• Albums produced by Buckwild
• Albums produced by Bink (record producer)
• Roc-A-Fella Records albums
• Def Jam Recordings albums
• Albums produced by D-Dot