State Property | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | East Coast hip hop |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Roc-A-Fella Records Def Jam Recordings |
| Members | Beanie Sigel Freeway Peedi Crakk Young Chris Neef Buck Omillio Sparks Oschino Vasquez |
State Property is a rap group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, led by rapper Beanie Sigel with Philadelphia rappers Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Oschino Vasquez, and Omillio Sparks, and the duo Young Gunz (Young Chris and Neef Buck). State Property was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, but their future as a group is in dispute.
Background
The group's first release was the State Property soundtrack in 2002, which served as both the soundtrack to accompanying film released the same year and the group's debut album.
After group head Beanie Sigel's incarceration in 2004, his relationship with the State Property camp went sour. Beanie criticized that the rest of State Property was not showing him support while he was in jail, saying no one except Oschino from his group came to visit him. When the Roc-A-Fella split occurred, he also made the decision to move State Property to Damon Dash's namesake record label, however the rest of the group opted to stay on Roc-A-Fella instead. Upon his release, Sigel released the album The B. Coming (2005).
Through Dame, Beanie declared State Property disbanded until further notice. In response, several members of the group began saying they never chose to be in the group and that they wouldn't have needed it to sell records. However, solo mixtapes by the group's members often feature their State Property cohorts, suggesting that some members are still on good terms.
"State Property" is also the name of a clothing line bearing their group insignia, run by Sigel as a subsidiary of Rocawear. Sigel starred in the 2002 independent film "State Property."
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | |||
| 2002 | State Property OST
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14 | 1 | |
| 2003 | The Chain Gang Vol. 2
|
6 | 1 | |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 2002 | "Roc the Mic" | 55 | 16 | 6 | State Property OST |
| 2003 | "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" | 14 | 10 | 6 | The Chain Gang, Vol. 2 |
Mixtapes
- The Lost Files (2005)
- Gang's All Here (2006)
- Out on Bail (2007)
- The Return Of State Property (2011)
- The Chain Gang Vol.3 (2019)
Filmography
- State Property (2002)
- State Property 2 (2005)