The Broad Street Bully

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The Broad Street Bully
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2009
Recorded2008-2009
Genre Hip hop
Length40:05
Label Siccness Records, E1
Beanie Sigel chronology
The Solution
(2007)
The Broad Street Bully
(2009)
The Roc Boys
(2010)
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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. In the first week, it debuted at #77 selling 6,500 copies. [8] The week after, it fell down to #115 selling an additional 4,000 copies.

Contents

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.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Beanie (Intro)"Beanie Sigel Production Team1:23
2."Why Wouldn't I"Beanie Sigel Production Team3:53
3."Tear Drops"Beanie Sigel Production Team3:03
4."Where's My Opponent" (featuring Omillio Sparks and Freeway)Beanie Sigel Production Team3:00
5."Ready for War" (featuring Freeway and Young Chris)Beanie Sigel Production Team3:59
6."All for It"Beanie Sigel Production Team3:02
7."Sicker Than Your Average" (featuring Freeway)The Batkave3:33
8."Run to the Roc" (featuring Young Chris and Omillio Sparks)Beanie Sigel Production Team3:47
9."Bang Bang" (featuring Murda Mill)Beanie Sigel Production Team3:13
10."Return of the Chain Gang" (featuring Young Chris)Beanie Sigel Production Team2:39
11."You Over Did It" (featuring Young Chris and Murda Mill)Hazebanga & Isiah Salizar4:37
12."The Ghetto" Buckwild 3:52
Total length:40:05

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