Jamal Michael Barrow Moses Michael Leviy graces the cover of XXL for the first time in a couple years, but instead of it being a reprint of his old “Fuck Diddy” pre-prison interview, he actually has something new to say. They better ask him about that damn Eli Porter-sounding voice he’s now using. I respect you’re trying to not sound like the “old” Shyne, but you still sound like that when you’re not rapping. Everybody has accepted and moved on from that incident, Po. Understandably it’s much harder for you to do so, but going so far as to willingly sound like the equivalent of a dying Cookie Monster isn’t helping matters either. Just do you – the real you – and nobody will even think twice about it anymore. But what do I know, I’m just a guy that sits in front of two computers every day.
Some choice quotes, courtesy of the new home of the Tyrese-produced reality series on Koreatown (good grief, 2012 can’t come soon enough), down bottom.
“You can always say, ‘Man, that ain’t the way to handle the situation,’ ” he told XXL. “Sure, I know in my soul that the situation was supposed to be handled in a different way. But it ain’t really a matter of disappointment or letdown, ’cause I never really … I grew up never having sh–, never having anybody. So I never was that dude to depend on a mother—-er. Obviously, the actions is not something that you condone or that you’re happy with. Not at all.”
After serving almost nine years of his prison sentence, the Brooklyn-bred rapper was deported to his native Belize. Since then, he has re-joined Def Jam’s roster. The rapper has only provided a small sampling of material in the months after inking with the label, including “Messiah,” in which he raps with a noticeably drawn-out flow, a variation from the tighter delivery he displayed during his Bad Boy days.
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why is kat stacks in XXL?
last real rapper alive, lol
^Because Meka loves to unknowingly give her free publicity by saying her name all the time and XXL is a wack magazine.
Meka is the last person that needs to be giving advice.
Shine’s been through some shit. Rooting for him. And it’s always fuck Diddy.
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wtf is XXL?
This is a cover fail:
How can you put on 1 site of the cover “the last real rapper alive” and on the other side “Does street cred still count?” ?????
i lol’d
…and kat stacks getting her shine on huh…smh, they ain’t a rap mag no more, havn’t been for a while
XXL doesn’t count anymore….
The top picture looks like Shyne auditioning for “Grease”.
Brutally Honest< totally agree, check the side bar on the right
"kat stacks"
"does street cred even count"
its over. xxl is irrelevant as an authentic voice or opinion in hiphop. the power they do have is cover. but i do not respect them.
@Meka: Don’t think the K-Town show has been picked up by anyone yet. Based on the relationship with the producers of RW/RR, doubt MTV will be the new home for the show.
Ps. I’m sure you don’t really care…
Shyne on the cover of XXL? More power to him but I hope he saw a pay day for taking that Diddy case . . .
when XXL gon do somethin good for hip hop like put on some real rappers??? go check out Smoove to see what i mean…
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“Shyne Poe”!! I respect this dude so much! He is so real,plus took the rap for “Diddy The Devil” and “J Lo” Phat ass!
this cover is all sorts of garbage… shyne the last real rapper? i heard his new stuff that sh!t sucks! and did it really say THE REAL STREET ISSUE and have the nerve to ask does street cred still count?? clearly not Drake is blowing up
what the fuck did he do to deserve a cover ? just saying..
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