Shyne - Shyne

There has been a lot of controversy and anticipation about Shyne. Although he hates to get into conversations about it.. It's the fact that he sounds like Biggie which led to everyone trying to snag him early on..I'm not sure if him being on Bad Boy is a good match, because he winds up holding all of the baggage Puffy brings to the situation. In other words its hard to get passed Puffy, Bad Boy and Biggie to appreciate or even fairly listen to Shyne.. So how's the album? It's ok.. It proabably would've been a good first outting for anyone else, but because of Shyne and all the drama around him, one expected a lot more and I don't ...  Read the complete review

Any artists signed to Bad Boy Records is instantly frowned upon by the discerning hiphop community. Puff Daddy's inflated persona has been so scarred by his constant and unrepenting lack of talent that he seems to cast a shadow of failure over his artists. He never wrote his own lyrics, his flow and delivery of these ghostwritten lyrics are boring and ineffective and then his erratic and inconsistent production is not worth the hassle of listening to him drone over them. Thought by many to be a Biggie impersonator because of his out-of-place fatman's voice, it was always a risky move to have him associated with Puff, who notoriously milks Biggie's ...  Read the complete review