Rapper Shyne Speaks on Rap Game....

Wanna know whats up with rapper Shyne????
According to reports, he will be releasing an album in May through Def Jam. In the meantime, Superstar J and Nina B of Superstar Radio caught up with him via Skype and he discussed everything from being inspired by Drake to his disdain for Rick Ross. He also addressed critics of his new sound.

On Drake
I think the Drake kid has serious potential to go down in history of rap. I definitely get inspired. He’s not really a rapper, he’s a musician. He sings, he makes great music. I’m definitely inspired by what he does.

On critics of his new sound
I don’t have time to sit there and come up with a personality or come up with a character. Whatever you hear, is what came out. I don’t have time to fight what’s coming out. I think it sounds good, I like the way I’m flowing to the records. Art has always been subjective. It was never guaranteed that you were going to come out with a record and everybody was going to love it. We need to do a quick recap of history as to when I first came out. When I first came out everybody screaming blasphemy, “Oh, he’s trying to be like B.I.G….Oh, what’s Puff doing over there at Bad Boy? Oh, we hate this guy.” It took song after song, performance after performance after interview after videos….It took a real campaign for people to be like “Yo, alright I’m jacking this dude, I understand it, I get it. That’s Shyne, that’s who he is, I’m feeling this dude…” It took like an entire year, an entire trial and decade, it took a while for the audience to grow with me and really understand me.

On If He’d Bring The “Old Shyne”
You have to understand the difference between me and the difference between everybody else. I was talking to Fat Joe the other day and he was like “Yo, it’s entertainment” and I was like that’s the difference between me and a former correctional officer or any of these other dudes.

On Rick Ross
I’m the real larry Hoover, these rap dudes is J. Edgar Hoover [...] He’s not no drug lord, he’s not no teflon don. You gone sell records based on people who really suffered, people that’s really running those streets. There are dudes that are really running from the police because they moved hundreds and thousands of kilos. The real people doing that aren’t doing it ’cause they want to but because its a means to feed their families. So for you to be a dude on the other side of that locking those dudes in…To be making records about that is ridicilous.”

On being very selective on whom he chooses to work with
I try to stay away from certain people. I’m really about truth, so if you’re lying and if you’re not who you say you are, I really can’t have anything to do with you. So most of the people I interact with are honest people. They are who they are. Drake is a kid that says, “Listen, I’m not from the streets, I’m just making good music.” Kanye is a dude that doesn’t try to be anything other than who he is. Wayne is really off the block. All the kids that I respect and admire are truthful people. I like the kid Lupe Fiasco, I think he’s extraordinary. I’m really about truth. If you’re being honest and you have integrity, I’m all for you.


And apparently he has a new Look ...hmmmm????