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- Artist: Shyne
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- Release Date: September 26, 2000
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
The long-awaited debut by Notorious B.I.G.'s successor on Puff Daddy's Bad Boy label, Shyne, follows through on its promise to present a thuggish, hardcore equivalent to the seemingly irreplaceable, deceased gangsta superstar. From the opening monologue ("Dear America, I'm only what you made me/Young, black, and f*cking crazy/Maybe if all you niggas were building schools instead of prisons, I'd stop living the way I'm living/Probably not/I'm so used to serving rocks and burning blocks"), there's little denying that Shyne is trying to be what his audience wants him to be: the hardest rapper yet, harder than 2Pac, Biggie, and DMX. Although this is merely on a par with other here-today, gone-tomorrow post-Biggie Bad Boy releases like Black Rob's Life Story (1999) and G. Dep's Child of the Ghetto (2001), Shyne's efforts here are indeed commendable, particularly considering the precedent he's following. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Dear America (Intro) | Shyne | (1:01) | |
| What'cha Gonna Do? | Shyne | (5:16) | |
| Bang (Lyrics) | Shyne | (3:48) | |
| Bad Boyz | Barrington Levy, Shyne | (3:29) | |
| Let Me See Your Hands (Lyrics) | Shyne | (1:03) | |
| Gangsta Prayer (Interlude) | Mario Winans, |
Shyne | (4:17) |
| The Life | Shyne | (2:59) | |
| It's OK (Lyrics) | Shyne | (3:48) | |
| Niggas Gonna Die (Lyrics) | Shyne | (3:43) | |
| Everyday (Interlude) | Shyne | (4:40) | |
| Bonnie and Shyne | Barrington Levy, |
Barrington Levy, Shyne | (2:56) |
| The Hit | Mario Winans, |
Shyne | (4:11) |
| That's Gangsta (Lyrics) | Shyne | (3:43) | |
| Spend Some Cheese | Shyne | (4:40) | |
| Get Out (Lyrics) | Kenny Gamble, |
Shyne | (2:56) |
| Commission | Shyne | (4:12) | |
| [Untitled Track] | Shyne |
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