Beanie Sigel Working with Dre & Vidal

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Philadelphia-based rapper Beanie Sigel is ready to get back to work after putting his legal troubles behind him. The rapper has decided to work on his fourth solo album with R&B producers Dre & Vidal, whose real names are Andre Harris and Vidal Davis. The duo has produced hits for Michael Jackson, Floetry, Jill Scott, and Musiq.

Dre & Vidal are also from Philadelphia, and Sigel explained that the city hasn't lost its magic: "Philly been here, it's just that you seeing the raw side of Philly right now. That's all it is. Philly been here. Philly has always been right there in anything: music, sports, whatever. You know what I mean? It's just that you've been hoodwinked for a little minute on the rap side. Everybody ain't 'Gettin'Jiggy With It'in Philly."

Sigel's new album will be released on his own State Property record label.

His first two gold-certified albums, 1999's The Truth and 2001's The Reason, were released on Roc-A-Fella Records. The rapper's last release, 2005's The B. Coming, was released on The Dame Dash Music Group label after Jay-Z and Dame Dash ended their Roc-A-Fella Records partnership.