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