Shine - Estelle

In 2008 came the second album from the London-based singer and rapper Estelle (Swaray). By the time she had released "Shine", her sophomore album, she had broken into the mainstream as she had moved on her music by re-locating to the USA and linked up with some big players in the R&B and Hip Hop game to help her out along the way. 1. "Wait" Getting the album underway comes what came as the first single from the album, and a pretty hit in itself as you see that here she prepared to do big things on this record by dropping this heavy jam as she links up with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and with him on the production, ...  Read the complete review

Estelle - Shine I recently purchased this album after loving the released single ' American Boy'. I was addicted for a short while and then turned to the album. The album itself,I think , was an impulse buy and is not as good as I first imagined it would be. Since ' American Boy' Estelle released a following single ' no substitute love' which I also liked. The album itself does take a while to get used to, I listened for hours and found myself skipping through the songs and going to the two songs she had released. My favourite songs apart from the released two are Come Over' and 'Pretty Please' but Shine was my least ...  Read the complete review