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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: Gangsta Rap
Label Number: B0002962-02
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© 2004 Gangland Record Corp.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: Gangsta Rap
Label Number: B0002962-02
.FLAC via Florenfile
.AAC 256 kbps via Florenfile
© 2004 Gangland Record Corp.
As much as rappers boast about keeping it real, hip-hop, like most music, is about creating a fictional world. When real life bleeds in, the results are often tragic, like the well-documented end of the feud between 2Pac and Biggie Smalls. In the late-1990s, Brooklyn, New York teenager Shyne (Jamal Barrow) was heralded by many as the latter's heir, but after drawing his gun and firing during an incident involving Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Shyne found himself behind bars until 2009 on an attempted murder.
With 2004's GODFATHER BURIED ALIVE, the
gravel-voiced rapper's second record, Shyne finds his voice, rich,
defiant, unrepentant, and powerful. On a self-titled track, Shyne boasts
he's "gonna keep it gangsta 'til I die," and the rest of the disc backs
up the claim. "Quasi O.G." tells his tale from a cleverly oblong
perspective, relating the story with poetic panache and justifying the
initial hype his rushed debut failed to capture. Shyne also finds a new
angle to getting his digs in at his opponents on the enrapturing "For
the Record." On GODFATHER BURIED ALIVE, Shyne proves that he owes his
reputation to more than notoriety--he's a skilled lyricist capable of
delivering powerful tracks.
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