The Broad Street Bully

The Broad Street Bully is the fifth studio album by rapper Beanie Sigel. It was released on September 1, 2009 without promotion, just a video for the song "The Ghetto".[7] The album was on the Billboard 200 charts for 2 weeks. First week it debuted at #77 selling 66,500 copies[8] and the week after it fell down to #115 selling an additional 4,000 copies.

The Broad Street Bully
Studio album by Beanie Sigel
Released	September 1, 2009
Recorded	2008-2009
Genre	Hip hop
Length	40:05
Label	Siccness Records, E1
Beanie Sigel chronology
The Solution (2007) The Broad Street Bully (2009) This Time (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	[2]
The Smoking Section	[3]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[4]
XXL	(L)[5]
cokemachineglow	(75%)[6]

Background

The album was released on Siccness.net (Siccness Records) and was the first time Sigel released an album on an independent label. The album was originally named The Focus but the title was then changed to The Broad Street Bully.[9] The album had been described by the label to be "like a mixtape".[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Beanie (Intro)"	Beanie Sigel Production Team	1:23
2.	"Why Wouldn't I"	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:53
3.	"Tear Drops"	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:03
4.	"Where's My Opponent" (featuring Omillio Sparks and Freeway)	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:00
5.	"Ready for War" (featuring Freeway and Young Chris)	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:59
6.	"All for It"	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:02
7.	"Sicker Than Your Average" (featuring Freeway)	The Batkave	3:33
8.	"Run to the Roc" (featuring Young Chris and Omillio Sparks)	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:47
9.	"Bang Bang" (featuring Murda Mill)	Beanie Sigel Production Team	3:13
10.	"Return of the Chain Gang" (featuring Young Chris)	Beanie Sigel Production Team	2:39
11.	"You Over Did It" (featuring Young Chris and Murda Mill)	Hazebanga & Isiah Salizar	4:37
12.	"The Ghetto"	Buckwild	3:52
Total length:			40:05

References

1. 2009
2. http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. "Beanie Sigel - Broad Street Bully". hiphopdx.com.
3. ""Bang Bang" – Review Of Beanie Sigel's The Broad Street Bully". uproxx.com. 29 August 2009.
4. "Beanie Sigel: The Broad Street Bully Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
5. "Hip-Hop News, Rap Music - XXL". XXL Mag. Archived from the original on 2009-09-15.
6. "2009". cokemachineglow.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12.
7. "The Broad Street Bully – Beanie Sigel Album Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
8. Jacobs, Allen (2009-09-09). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2009 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
9. "Beanie Sigel Is The Broad Street Bully | Beanie Sigel". Rap Basement. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
10. "XXclusive: New Beanie Sigel CD is "Like a Mixtape," Says Label, Full-Length With Freeway in the Works". Xxlmag.Com. 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2012-02-08.