Saturday, October 31, 2009

Jay Z responds to Beans

The other day Beanie Sigel released a single dissing his former label boss Jay Z. Yesterday Jay addressed Beanie's gripes at a press conference in Montreal:

“Beanie Sigel, to be honest and you can look it up, just to be honest…was driving two Bentleys. I don’t know how. Its impossible to drive two cars at the same time. With his momma in the sticks, selling 800,000. I don’t know what more you can do for somebody. What people choose to do when they obtain that type of success, at some point you gotta look in the mirror and look at yourself. Beanie Sigel had a record deal, a record label and a clothing line…and never went platinum. Ever. I don’t know in the history of rap has anyone done so much with so little. So, I don’t know what more can you do for a person at that point. A record deal – that’s normal. A record label and a clothing line. If that’s not pushing the person…shit.”

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jay-Z shut that nigga down...

Learn to save next time... we in a recession

Anonymous said...

i don't like jay-z, i don't like beyonce, and i definately did not like jay-z after he hooked up with beyonce, but i will be the first to say i side with jay-z on this one. at some point in time, you have got to take responsibility for your own actions. that means what ever money ashy lipped beanie was getting at the hieghts of his pseudo success, he should have saved all of it.

when and if you get rich or profitable, save that sh*t. beanie you are a grown ass man, grow some balls and go make it on your own. jay has done enough for you. no man owes another man nothing! not your mama, your papa, your uncle, your sister, your brother, your daughter, son, niece, nephew, couzin, aunt, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend,god parents, god children, your boss, your neighbor, acquaintances, the baby sitter, the family dog, nobody!.

and if by chance you are lucky and blessed enough to have anyone of these people help you out in your life, be grateful for it, because it won't last for ever.

Anonymous said...

Beans Admitted He Had A Drug Problem. That combined when his Hood Mentality and Legal Problems (Jail Time), makes him impossible to work wih. Grow Up Beanie.

Anonymous said...

clown ass clown

Anonymous said...

Is Beanie Sigel broke or something? I can't recall him moaning about money.

Anonymous said...

Jay Z shut him down, Jigga got tired of putting the whole ROC family on, Beenie wanted to continue to cling to the hood and get that paper the two don't mix....Jigga did what he had to do. The last time I looked, money is one of the true sources to make the world go round if not ' how come we in a recession, shut up Beenie, you hatin hard on Jigga.

Anonymous said...

Jay ain't shut shit down. His stans are so brain washed and obviously got nothing from the interview Beanie did with Charlemagne or probably didn't listen to it all. Beans already said he doesn't want money from him and acknowledged that although he and the rest of the Roc were underpaid he admitted his own fuck ups of being in an out of jail, he is upset Jay won't release him out his contract and acting like he doesn't know him. Since Jay is trying to say Beans didn't utilize the opportunities he gave him, just go ahead and release him out of his contract. If you did all you could do for him, just drop from the label it's not hard to do. It's entirely too many people saying the same thing about Jay-Z's character for it to be just a coincidence. Him and Diddy are just alike, they both have a history of being snakes.

Bee Gee said...

All these niggas are corny, especially Siegel. He runs his mouth for 3 minutes over the track and then says he aint hatin and still love Jay. Then what the fuck you puttin' the shit on wax for, dummy? If you loved the nigga then why air him out on wax and talk about him callin the feds n' other meaningless shit? This clown has no real mic skills to begin with, so he was lucky to have what he had/has.

Anonymous said...

It's funny to me that Beans, has been in and out of jail, has new legal problems every year, addicted to drugs and wanna stay in the streets (to keep his street cred) but still refuses to take responsibility for his own actions. Beans outburst has everything to do with greed, hating and looking for a handout. If it wasnt those problems (if any) could have been handled in house. Man up and get your nasty a-- in the studio and make a hit and stop looking for Jay to bail you out again. Music is a business and Jay has mouths to feed too and one of them isn't yours. And a tell tell sign that Beans is hurting came when he brought up Jay relationship with Beyonce.... I'm a chick so I know a BITCH move when I see one...LOL (CH)

Anonymous said...

Jay-Z couldn't let Beanie out his contract if he wanted to...he no longer owns Rocafella. Beanie's beef is with Def Jam corporate - he should be airing them out.

Anonymous said...

^^^^^when he got out of jail Jay was Def Jam's prez...so his beef was with Jay. Listen to the interview & know of what u speak...

Anonymous said...

IF YOU LISTEN TO BEANIE INTERVIEW YOU WOULDN'T SIDE WITH JAY ,DAME WAS MILKING OUT ALL THE MONEY, REMEMBER THAT SHOW WHERE DAME SAID HE CHANGES HIS T SHIRTS AND TIMBS DAILY ,HE HAD THREE BUTLERS AND SEVERAL MAIDS JAY WAS AWARE OF THIS GOT FED UP AND LEFT, DAME THEN WANTED TO START HIS OWN LABEL WITH SUGE AND OTHERS, JAY WENT BACK AND TOLD HIS JEWISH FRIENDS LYLOR JAY ALSO OFFERED BEANIE MONEY TO SIDE WITH HIM AGAINST DAME BEANIE REFUSED , HE WANTED OUT HE WANTED TO START HIS OWN BUSINESS OR JOIN WITH FIFTY ,JAY BECAME BITTER AND WOULDNT RELEASE BEANIE JAY DID THE SAME THING BEYONCE DID TO ALL THE DC GIRLS, EVERY TIME BEANIE WAS TO PUT OUT A SONG OR VIDEO, JAY WOULD MAKE A VIDEO OR PUT OUT HIS SONGS FIRST, ALL JAYS ARTIST HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS JAY KNEW HE COULD MAKE MONEY FROM BEANIE AS THE HARD KNOCK TOUR MADE MILLIONS BEANIE WAS THE MAIN RAPPER AT THE TIME HE CLAIMS JAY ALSO STOLE HIS RAP FLOW ALONG WITH OTHER LIKE NAS, PAC, BIGGIE ETC EVEN FROM THIS NEW TRACK YOU CAN TELL BEANIE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BLOW UP JAY NEVER PAID BEANIE FOR HIS APPEARANCE AT THE HARD KNOCK TOUR WHILE DAME SIGNED ALL BEANIE ADVANCE INTO HIS OWN NAME, SO BOTH OF THEM WAS RIPPING BEANIE OFF, JAY THEN AGAIN COULD HAVE HELPED BEANIE BY SPONSORING HIM FOR PAROLE HE REFUSED, BEANIE WENT BACK TO JAIL,BEANIE SAID HE KNOW HE FUCKED UP BUT HIS GRANDMOTHER DIED WHILE HE WAS LOCKED UP THIS TIME DURING INTERVIEW HE XPOSES A LOT OF THINGS AND STARTS CRYING VERY SAD JAY IS A SNAKE, PHEW SORRY ABOUT THE RANT I FELT JAY SOLD HIM OUT AT THIS INTERVIEW AND TRIED TO RIDICULE BEANIE IN FRONT OF HIS JEWISH FRIENDS JAY IS A SELL OUT , WHAT HAPPEN TO LOYALTY BEANIE CONFIRMED EVERY THING I FELT ABOUT JEW Z

Anonymous said...

@5;47 At the time Jay was still president of Def Jam so he could have if he wanted to

Anonymous said...

They both grown ass men beefing on some irrelevant shit.
tsk tsk....

Did anybody else here that? said...

what did beans mean when he said "I was a fly on the wall and that he could tell things that would make B look at Jay diffrent? hhmm

Anonymous said...

@9;21 Yeah I heard that he didnt deny it in his interview either, he said he still haS respect for Jay so he wont dog him out ,Beanie didnt say oh I meant Jay looks like a fool for selling out, he is not the mogul he makes out to be, he said he witnessed something I wonder what it was, is it Ty Ty or Bleek? is it Damon or Beanie himself uummmmm over at ybf some wrote that Jay and Dame were lovers

Anonymous said...

@ 6:54
The only problem with that theory is that all the artist that complained abouy Jay- not properly promoting them, are still flopping!

Everybody at Def Jam who was whinin, still aint moving units, so who is to blame now that Jay aint there?

And since when has Beanie ever been known as the "main rapper"in the Hard Knock Life tour?
The tour itself was named after JAYS ALBUM.

Beans was always mediocre at best. Even the last time he came out of jail, and was cleared to do that song with R.Kelly and they tried to clean up his "image" that nigga still couldnt sale.

And he'd be a damn fool to "join with 50". Look what that did to Mobb Deep, Game, Young Buck, LLoyd, Olivia, Mase, and MOP. That nigga still ain't got no sense. 50 always tries to sign people who parted ways with Jay, with his messy ass.

Far as this "tiff" this shyt is played. There is a list of rappers who have a slew of complaining ex-artist or freinds, who feel they've been left out to dry.
But Beans acting all butt-hurt and emotional while Jay is on promo is super-suspect. If he wasn't "non-beefing" with the "Big Homey" would we even be discussing him?

Dude has been in and out of jail for the last 10 years, that would wear thin on anybody.He sould be more worried about maintaing for his kids, not feeling slighted by Jay. If he's all that bad a person, they say good riddance and move the hell on! Get lawyer'd up!

Anonymous said...

Nah! Beanie's flow is and always has been tight!

Anonymous said...

Jay may be the greates rapper of all time but he dont like black people (In my Kanye West Voice)WHO ELECTED JAY Z ONE WOLRD LEADER PRESDIENT OF HIP HOP HE DONT RUN SHIT, ask your self why everyone in hip hop is failing and Jay is succeeding , because he is a puppet Hip Hop is no longer our music but a coporation a brand , I n order for rap to be sold worldwide it hjas to have a double meaning or message to the world it is that blacks can only sing about materialism/wealth, which we don't have,rather than show us in a positive light we must be seen as coons or beggars, to the white folks Jay is a shining example of a black entrepreneur, Sauve, sophisticated, beautiful wife, clean cut a man money with money, so he appeals to the white preppy kids worldwide VOTE JAY OUT OF THIS POSITION WITH YOUR MOUTHS AN POCKETS OUR MUSIC WAS NOT FOR CAPITALIST PROFIT BUT A WAY FOR US TO ESCAPE OBVIOUSLY ONE MONEY COMES INTO PLAY THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PROBLEMS, Jay is a puppet like Obama rolling with the big boys selling us out because we wont be tricked as to what is going on WAKE UP BEANIE KNOW WHAT JAY IS UP TO HE IS CONFIRMING WHAT PROF GRIFF SAID IN HIS VIDEO JAY IS A SNAKE HE BLOCKED A MOVE FOR BLACKS TO START THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL HE WAS REWARDED HANDSOMELY ,Jay has a lot of celebs blood on his Hands,just like BUSH/CHENEY WITH 9/11 do not support Jay again he is a corporate puppet with his JEW BOYS TAKE MONEY OUT OF EVERYTHING RECLAIM WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS MUSIC RAP IS ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH THESE CORPORATE CATS TAX AND MAKE PROFIT OUT OF EVERYTHING WE DO WATER, AIR==>YES GLOBAL WARMING IS A HIDDEN TAX FOR THE AIR WE BREATH ,FOOD, WARS, PEOPLE,BANKS ,OIL, CHARITIES WAKE UP

Anonymous said...

4:20 PM
You are truely dillusional, Jay shut down EVERYTHING down dealing with that whole Roc situation, when Jay cut loose, everybody went running from cover, that's what happens when people are exposed, Jay was the one feeding everybody. Why should a grown man continue to take care of the WHOLE ROC - exactly. Where is Dame and his crew now, trying to find another plate to eat off of, Jay has paid Dame back and then some for what he did for him, you people want to talk loyalty, Dame walked into the meeting at Def Jam as if he owned Jay...talking about why wasn't he invited to the meeting, the hilarious part about everything I wonder if Dame is changing his shoes, socks and draws everyday now that the ROC has officially been crowned a one man dynasty and he still has the hottest chick in the game, get over it haters.....

Anonymous said...

I think what you all are missing is...wait for it..THE POINT! Beanie's point doesn't involve wanting money from Jay. Beanie's point doesn't involve what Jay did for him, or what Jay did for anyone else. Beanie's point doesn't involve what Jay has now, or any issues about money.

What Beanie's POINT IS 1) Jay and Beanie were good friends that did business together, and Jay should have been there for Beanie when he was in jail 2) Dame was stealing all kinds of money from Beanie and others who were in Rocafella, so Beanie wasn't getting the so called "$800,00" that Jay claims, 3)Dame and Jay had so many issues between eachother that affected the business as a whole, and everyone in the business' miney 4) When it was time for Beanie to hopefully get out of jail, Jay-z did not support his artist by sponsoring him and 5) Jay-Z has failed to pick up the business of his failed business, and instead focused on himself.

You guys have to remember that in business, its not about oneself, but rather a team. Jay-Z and Dame Dash failed to support and take care of their business. Rocafella wasn't about just Jay. It was about Jay, Dame, Kareem "bigs", Beanie, Memphis Bleek, Young Guns, etc. Jay Z wanted to take on the job of a leadership role, and failed miserably at it. Thats why he was fired from Def Jam as a president and went back to rap. He has no business being in a leader role. He should stick to being a rapper...thats the only thing he is actually ok at..that is, when he is not stealing other people's rythmes and flow.
The moral of the story is, Beanie, you should have never signed to your boy's label because he has no idea how to run a business. Beanie, you should have tried to get out of your contract when you saw Dame was a thief. Beanie, you still have a chance to rap. Beanie, get a lawyer to get you out of your contract. Jay, if you want to be a successful business man and finally make some money for something other than your rap skills, go back to school. Jay, you are a not a real business man, you are a rapper who gained so many fans that you were able to sell other things other than music (ie. clothing, etc). Finally, men, come out of the closet already!

Anonymous said...

12:47 PM
I don't think no one is missing the point, if Beenie was such a good friend of Jay then why didn't he take advantage of the same opportunity that Jay had? Because he wanted to be a damn hoodrat, I am so glad the Roc is no longer standing with the rest of the crew, Jigga is a one man dynasty. Get over it and Jay doesn't have to go back to school, the whole thing about life is that you get and education to get money to live and take care of your family, I think Jay has proved that without and education, like so many other millionaires, NEXT! Beenie is so irrelevant..........

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Anonymous said...

I don't put anything past any one of them, and wouldn't doubt that he (and the likes of him) skimmed and swindled others in order to line their own pockets. The sad thing is that if one or two of them are making multi-millions and the others are taking home thousands and/or sometimes working without getting compensated for it, it proves that there is enough money for everyone involved to have a decent income to live off of, and that some people are being just plain greedy.

Enter illegal drugs, drug habits, other criminal activities, lawyers, and the criminal justice system in the mix, and you've got even more mess. The least most people can do (famous or not) is stay out of trouble and stay off drugs.

Fame said...

Team Hov all day

tempeleJR said...

EVERYTIME a "RAP" artist have a beef or a bone 2 pick wit anotha artist dey gotta sub-ject da public 2 dey madness by put'n it on WAX??!! #whatothergenredoesthis? (okay-USHER relationships don't count, proceed>>>) Dis ISH is only temporary but U wanna go & make it last 4eva by put'n out a WHOLE mixtape...Y?

I think BEANS needs 2 take responsibility 4 BEANS. MAN-UP, move on, & make sum GOOD muzik & NOT this anti-JAY ISH. U signed a contract so either do a SUGE KNIGHT & get out of it or fulfill ur end of the bargain & den BOUNCE like tiggah. Mo'foe's making it RAIN but ain't saving 4 a RAINY day, now it's...*singing* 2 LATE...BABY...BYE-BYE!! (wit {it's a} HARD-KNOCK LIFE play'n N da background)

MissLee said...

Everytime someone fuks up it is someone else's problem. I don't get it. I don't understand it.

Anonymous said...

Why does everyone get so involved in these so called "beefs." You all are actually sitting up here fighting hard for your side. Th truth is we don't know what went on/is going on and never will. There are always three sides to every story - and who cares?

I'll just say that if you're talented, allow that to speak for itself! Period...

Anonymous said...

@ 12:47 Hooray!!!!! You said it all. Please follow a fella- Thanks.

Anonymous said...

beans is wack. Jayz gave him a chance and beans blew it

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