That’s the most stinging line delivered by Philly MC, Beanie Sigel aimed at his former mentor and Roc-A-Fella Records co-hort Jay-Z. Just hours after Jay and Alicia Keys delivered a memorable performance at Yankee Stadium during Game 2 of the World Series against (ironically) the Philadelphia Phillies, the Broad Street Bully decided to release this unforeseen opening salvo. The song was debuted early on Friday, October 30 on New York’s Hot 97. Sigel insinuated that the police were called when Sigel appeared at Jay’s infamous September 11, 2009 inaugural performance of The Blueprint 3.
At the end of the track, Sigel speaks directly to anyone listening about his grievances. “I think I held my tongue long enough about this whole Roc-a-Fella situation,” the rapper said. “I was the realest thing that happened to the Roc. The Roc was just a rock. I brought the Fellas to Roc-a-Fella Records — Hot 97, State Prop, y’all remember. I brought the street cred to that. I fought all them battles — Jadakiss, Nas, Dipset. Anybody you woulda told me to go after. Matter of fact, you ain’t even have to tell me. I frontlined for that thing of ours, for that diamond that people was throwin’ up. I’da took a bullet at that time.” Sigel also says that following his release from prison (after serving a year), Jay-Z hindered his departure from the struggling Roc-A-Fella. Sigel says Jay wanted him to help keep the label afloat and, after Jay saw he wasn’t interested, he tried to keep him on the label out of spite. “I told you I ain’t want your money,” he says. “But you was in a position to let me get my own money, and you couldn’t do that.”
But Sigel claims he still has love for Jay-Z: “This ain’t the green light for everybody to start [saying] diss Jay-Z record. I still got love for the n***a. This just me taking my brother out in the yard for 5 minutes.”
In other news, Jay-Z was spotted eating lunch with the Pope and is rumored to be purchasing a small island in the Mediterranean. He doesn’t appear to be losing sleep over this… –todd williams
