beans has 3 solid albums and a shytload of memorable guest appearances from the ROC to pretty much anything else he appeared on. I hope he's not washed up, but I don't like his new voice either. and once he split up from jay, he started rapping on

beats and making some bad songs.
yeah, i fukk with his 3rd and 1st album the most out of his catalog, oh and of course his public enemy mixtape
i don't like his new voice either but i don't think he can help that after the shootin'

and i feel like as far as an mc, he ain't got that hungry no more
once he left jay, a few things happened
1. lost his since of passion and hungry for the game i'm sure after all the bullshyt with jay n dame
2. he got hooked on lean and really once he left the nest (the roc) he didn't really stand a chance in a climate that was changin' from the streets more and more to hipsters
3. caught up in the usual street shyt that he stayed caught up in, plus incarceration and then shootin'
4. time moved on
i'm good with what beans has given us from 98' to like 05', i just pray the brother is in great health and great spirits and all is well with him and his family. he's older now and hopefully a lot wiser, it's time for him to put those priorities 1st
with that said, if he has any hunger or want to still mc, i'd like to see him work with the roots again and get with freeway and work with some of the nikkas freeway be workin' with for beats and shyt. freeway stayed gettin' that jake one nikka to hook him up with some nice beats