Shwayze - Shwayze
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39 out of 100

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5.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings

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  • Summary: The California rapper/reality-TV star releases his debut album, which features cowriter/producer Cisco Adler on backing vocals.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. Rolling Stone
    50
    Adler's no beat master, and the tracks on Shwayze all sound like variations on thumb-strummed Jack Johnson tunes, topped with Sugar Ray-style rhymes about weed and women.
  2. The A.V. Club
    42
    Shwayze is remarkable only in how unremarkable it is.
  3. Spin
    40
    The 23-year-old Malibu rapper's debut is as shallow as a spray-on tan; it's stocked with bro'd-out, giggly rhymes about 420-filled nights and T&A aplenty over lazy, midtempo beats from producer/reality-show rocker Cisco Adler.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    33
    The pair have an MTV reality show, which only reminds us we'd probably be better off listening to one of the dudes from "I Love Money." [22/29 Aug 2008, p.125]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 11 out of 20
  1. kkmkkm
    10
    Its a great album, no doubt about that. Learn music before you rate again people.
  2. MarcoP
    8
    I will admit, the beats on Shwayze's first album sound a little, well, cheap. But Shwayze delievers vocally, with catchy lyrics (My name is Shwayze/ kind of like Patrick). Although I'm not sure of the amount of people that relate to them though. He may not be the greatest rapper around, but he does deliver some nice solid beats. Good start, Shwayze… Expand
  3. JordacheK
    1
    This music is an example of everything wrong with society. Clearly pop music hasn't taken a step forward since "No Strings Attached".
  4. RichC.
    1
    Look at the reviewers, none of them have ever championed N Sync or Britney Spears. They look for originality and flair in their music, this lacks all of those. It's a tired 'thug life' pastiche. Boring and horribly shallow.… Expand

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