After 10 years in the game, and while making the transition from the local to national market, the Self-Proclaimed King returns in 2008. Emerging from a deal with Liferdef/Universal, B-Cide’s back with Free Agent, his third solo effort. “This is more me. I’m older, I’ve seen more, I’ve done things that no one else around [Utica] has done.”

With a new album full of club bangers, hit singles and pure fire, B shows you a different cide of himself, ranging from in-your-face cuts to personal, intimate tracks revealing details about his life. “This record is an emotional roller-coaster from start to finish. The listeners are definitely in for a ride when they pop in this disc.”

On Free Agent B-Cide collaborates with some of the Bay Area’s heavy-hitters like Cognito and The Homie Jaz, along with T. Gates, Hex and others. With tracks like “Pass the Dutch” and “We Like to Party,” B shows you the hyphy cide of himself. But on tracks like “Step to Me” and “Where I Started From,” he unveils a cide of himself that peopl