What does everyone think of Shyne signing a 7 figure deal with Def Jam???

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Multiple sources have confirmed to me that Shyne Po has signed a 7-figure deal with Def Jam.

This ends a bidding war that had industry bigwigs vying for Shyne’s attention, flying to Belize, calling and courting, ever since the Brooklyn emcee was released from prison and deported to Belize back in October.

For Shyne to turn down hard-court pressure from Jimmy Iovine/Dr.Dre and others and instead join LA Reid back at his last known recording-residence actually seems like an inevitable move….because I’ve been hearing that Shyne has been pow-wowing with veteran manager Kyambo “HipHop” Joshua for a while now. Joshua and his HipHopSince1978 partners, Gee Roberson, also manage Lil Wayne, Drake, Young Jeezy and more. Meanwhile, my old friend Al Branch is both a partner in HipHopSince1978 and a high-level exec at Def Jam…see how that works? Synergy! Now there have been recent reports of new label-wide pressures, but with this team in place, Shyne is in good hands.

there was some wack Khaled song released a few days ago with a Shyne verse and he sounded terrible so i dont know how i feel about this...the track got cut from Khaled's album

I didnt know he was released from prison yet lol. I liked his album (first album, havent heard the second) alot. Was his verse really that horrid?

you can judge for yourself



if he fixes his voice he can redeem himself, it sounds like he smoked 20 packs a day for the last 10 years

Damn he does sound awful. Truthfully, the only song I ever really liked from him was his first ever single. That said, he should have hooked up with Dre instead. He would have masked Shyne's shortcomings with his beats. Not sure if his production team at Def Jam can.

Fuck Shyne. He was never anything special to begin with.

Godfather Buried Alive is better than his first album and not bad. That said, I don't think he was ever worth 7 figures the first time he was signed.

Its a debacle like when ODB signed to ROC on release. Man, they are literally running out of niggaz to sign

KJ Styles wrote:

Damn he does sound awful. Truthfully, the only song I ever really liked from him was his first ever single. That said, he should have hooked up with Dre instead. He would have masked Shyne's shortcomings with his beats. Not sure if his production team at Def Jam can.

Maybe...but his album would've never seen the light of day. LOL

Dang! Trotter wrote:

Its a debacle like when ODB signed to ROC on release. Man, they are literally running out of niggaz to sign

Yeah...ODB to the ROC was never a good look. Mase to G-Unit. J-Kwon to anyone. Some folks just don't think about it first...

That song is fucking awful. He sounds like a asthmatic 50 cent. Pityful..

Slang Editorial wrote:

you can judge for yourself



if he fixes his voice he can redeem himself, it sounds like he smoked 20 packs a day for the last 10 years

Awful song in general.

I know that sample (recognized immediately), but the name isn't coming to me. Someone help me out...

WTF4!!!

When is the last time he did something worthy of note?

Never even heard of the dude.

Alan wrote:

Never even heard of the dude.

You never heard this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BeTqapowAU