# The Truth (Beanie Sigel album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Q | |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 |
| RapReviews | 6.0/10 |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Source | |
The Truth is the debut studio album by Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel. Originally scheduled for a Fall 1999 release, it was delayed to a February 8, 2000 release. The album was ultimately released on February 29, 2000, to critical and commercial success. The Truth sold 155,000 copies in its first week released. It debuted and peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard 200 and had one charting single, "Anything" by Jay-Z. Beanie Sigel and his debut album were intensely hyped up after "a few dazzling collaborations" according to Matt Conaway of AllMusic and Conaway says that it "is the culmination of that promise".
This album is known for being the first Roc-A-Fella release to introduce Just Blaze and Kanye West, both who would later become primary producers for artists in the label. Music videos were filmed for "The Truth" and "Remember Them Days".

## Track listing

Sample credits
* "The Truth" contains a sample from "Chicago", written and performed by Graham Nash.
* "Raw & Uncut" contains a sample from "Everything Good to You", written by Sam Taylor, and performed by B. T. Express.
* "Everybody Wanna Be a Star" contains a sample from "The Road to Utopia", written by Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, and John Wilcox; and performed by Utopia.
* "What Ya Life Like" contains a sample from "Hard Rain (Main Title)", written by Christopher Young.
* "Ride 4 My" contains a sample from "The Battle of the Mound", written by Basil Poledouris.
* "Anything" contains a sample from "I'd Do Anything", written by Lionel Bart, from the "Oliver!" Motion Picture Soundtrack Album.

## Personnel

* Nafeisa Abdalla – background vocals (6)
* Jeremy Alexander – background vocals (6)
* Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer
* Shawn Carter – executive producer
* Damon Dash – executive producer
* Tony Dawsey – mastering
* Supa Engineer DURO – mixing (1, 2, 4-11, 13, 14)
* Andrew Feluss – assistant mix engineer (14)
* Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua – co-executive producer
* Saadiq Knox – co-executive producer
* Lofey – instrumentation (7)
* Chauncey Mahan – engineer (2-4, 6-14), additional programming (4, 11, 13)
* T-Mix – engineer (5)
* Robert "Real Rolla" Taylor – co-executive producer
* Mike Tyler – guitar (6)
* Pat Viala – engineer (1, 2, 7, 8)
* Douglas Wohlson – mixing (3, 12)

## Charts
### Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Truth :
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 5 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 2 |

### Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Truth :
| Chart (2000) | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 178 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 40 |

### Singles

Chart performance for singles from The Truth :
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Song | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Rap |
| 2000 | "The Truth" | 81 | 23 |
| 2000 | "Remember Them Days" | 69 | 33 |

## Certifications

Certifications for The Truth :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||