|
|
New & Current Releases
Archives: A-Z Index
Advanced Search
Upcoming Release Calendar
All-Time High (And Low) Scores
Best Of 2008
Best Of 2007
Best Of 2006
Best Of 2005
Best Of 2004
Best Of 2003
Best Of 2002
Best Of 2001
Best Of 2000
How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Music In Our Forums
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.
|
Shwayze
by Shwayze
The California rapper/reality-TV star releases his debut album, which features cowriter/producer Cisco Adler on backing vocals.
LABEL: |
Geffen |
RELEASE DATE: |
19 August 2008 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
Rap |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
50
Rolling Stone
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.
42
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Shwayze is remarkable only in how unremarkable it is.
40
Spin
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.
33
Entertainment Weekly
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]
30
All Music Guide
There may be no recognition of L.A. Style, but in their blissfully ignorant, lazily monotonous sunshine grooves, Shwayze does manage to be all about the style of L.A. in 2008, creating the quintessential record for L.A. sleazeballs.
The average user rating for this album is 5.1 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Discuss this album in our forums |
|
|
|
|