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- Summary: The sophomore album for the British artist features Kanye West on her chart topping single "American Boy."
- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Rap, R&B
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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MojoShine justifies John Legend's signing of her to his Homeschool label and finding producers she could inspire. [Mar 2008, p.112]
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It’s a fairly light album and doesn’t do anything new musically, but it’s solid; you don’t feel like it needs to be anything else.
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Equally adept at slinging sharp rhymes and jazzy crooning, Estelle has a sweet sense of cool and charm.
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The Londoner has constructed something lovable in Shine.
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Though she transforms her preferred vocal delivery from a rough street-slang dialect to full-on harmonizing on her new album, Estelle fortunately avoids this condition on most of Shine, though her all-star production staff occasionally allows her split personality layering and superstar guests to crisscross, clutter, and exhaust the mix, particularly on “In the Rain.”
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As standout lead single 'American Boy' (on which she raps with West) shows, this could be one of the most unlikely comebacks of 2008.
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UncutDespite the starry cameos and production turns, Shine lacks a little lustre. [May 2008, p.94]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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Apr 28, 2020This is an album that I can easily play top to bottom. SO glad I found it, not a single song I would think about skipping.
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RobinsonM.Jul 16, 2009A great pop album that never will lose the fresh. My favorite are the tracks produced by will.i.am, definitely the biggest producer of nowadays.
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PaulCMay 2, 2008
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