D’Angelo)Ġ5 - What They Do (Live On Jenny McCarty)Ġ8 - Distortion To Static(Black Thought Mix)ġ2 - You Got Me (Live On David Letterman)ġ4 - Proceed IV (AJ Shine’s W/O A Pause Mix)Ġ4 - Distortion To Static (At Ease Microphone Check Mix)ġ1 - Distortion To Static (Bob Powe Bass Mix)ġ4 - You Got Me (Original Version) (Feat. Dep's Child of the Ghetto (2001).03 - Silent Treatment (Black Thoughts 87 You And Yours Mix)Ġ9 - Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz Mix)ġ4 - Distortion To Static (Freestyle Mix) (Bonus 2002 Track)ġ5 - Break You Off (Original Version) (Feat. His efforts here are indeed commendable, particularly considering the precedent he's following, but ultimately this is a rather forgettable album, on a par with other here-today, gone-tomorrow post- Biggie Bad Boy releases like Black Rob's Life Story (1999) and G. 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.
The album unfortunately comes across as far too contrived, seeming staged and overly theatrical. 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.