Beanie Sigel Not With Dame Dash Music Group

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After just being acquitted of attempted murder, Beanie is feeling relieved. "It feels good," he said. "It's a real burden off my shoulders. I can do everything I was doing but do it to the level I want. [With the trial looming] everything was limited. I was praying for the best and preparing for the worst. Now I can sit back and really plan out everything. It feels good not to have to worry about that sh--."

Since his release from prison last month, Beanie has appeared in the video for Young Jeezy's "Soul Survivor" and recorded the "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" remix for Sheek Louch. Now he's ready to get in the lab and work on his own project. "I really was just concentrating on these [legal] troubles," he said. "Now that they're gone I'm ready to go back in the studio ASAP." Sigel said he doesn't necessarily have to work with big-name producers for his whole album, but is looking forward to trying to secure beats from Scott Storch and Mannie Fresh. "I like Mannie Fresh's energy," he said. "I'm feeling him. I wanna sit down and build with him. I just don't want a track from him. I wanna sit down and me and him create what we do."

Beanie said he hasn't had a chance to sit down with Jay-Z yet, but the two have talked briefly over the phone and he still considers Hov a great friend -so great that he's chosen not to stay with the Dame Dash Music Group. Don't get it twisted, though — Beanie hasn't fallen out with Dame, either. In fact, Dash was at the courthouse this week when Sigel won his trial. The Broad Street Bully said he just doesn't want to get in the middle of everything going on between Jay and Dame. "I got my own [State Property imprint] with Universal," he explained. "I didn't want to be in the situation where I had to pick between my homies. They both good homies of mine. I didn't wanna pick one way and go the other. Then they going through whatever they going through and I didn't want to be in the middle of that equation. I just said the best thing for me to do as a man and true friend was to back up from both situations. I would have my friends on the same level. I don't gotta worry about one feeling no type of way because I'm riding with this one. That's a real uncomfortable feeling."