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Greatest Story Never Told

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The greatest story never told is a great ablum from start to finish. Shyhiem is one of the most underappreciated rappers in the game today. I wish the wu would put him on some more of their stuff. I reall think that if you have heard shyheim in the past or are a fan of the wu youll really enjoy this album. RZA does do some of the producion and la the dark man appears also. WU Tang Forever??? Get this wu tang clan back in the studio and make an album

Shyheim, in my opinion has one good album, and it was never released in the U.S. That being "Manchild". A real coming of age hardcore album. When I saw this in the store I was skeptical, but I tried it anyway. What I heard was a hungry MC with no background to tell his story. Shyheim come on point lyrically on all the songs, but the beats suffer from being overly simplistic and repetitive. There are a couple songs produced by RZA and one by Bars and Hooks, the album is a good jump off point for his new label, but he has to keep the lyrics in check. Song #2 is the bomb, I thought I was getting something hype and out of this world. But instead I got a very mature album from Shyheim, not what I was expecting, but its okay.

After a stint in the slammer and 5 years off Shyheim is back, not as good as "Manchild" but still a solid 4 star album. After being in the game for 11 years (since the age of 13) he shows he still has what it takes to deliver the goods. As usual with his stuff, you get good lyrics, some deep songs, and some straight gangsta/hustlin tales. It has 16 songs, 4 are ok, 12 are good. The last half of the albums is very good, the first half is slightly above average. Guests rap on about half of the songs, but you still get a good deal of the Ruggid Child. Production is pretty good, Booda & J Pelligrino each do 3, RZA, & Gooch each do 2, and S Mason, Calogero, Easy Mo Bee, Bars & Hooks, Arizona Slim, Jwells all do 1. A good album to have for fans of the Wu.

#1 - 7 (f/ Jamsine Rae)
#2 - 8
#3 - 9 (f/ Lex -- relaxing beat)
#4 - 7.5
#5 - 8.5 (f/ IMF Blue & The embassy)
#6 - 8 (deeper song)
#7 - 7.5
#8 - 7.5
#9 - 8.5 (f/ Bars & Hooks and V-12)
#10 - 8.5 (f/ Yumi -- about how the Wu went out and got new producers -- produced by RZA)
#11 - 8.5 (f/ Gutta - -good beat)
#12 - 8.5 (f/ King Just)
#13 - 8 (deeper song)
#14 - 8.5 (nice beat -- about fake pimps)
#15 - 8.5 (F/ LA the Darkman)
#16 - 8.5 (f/ Housegang -- nice beat)


Shyheim Franklin -- b. 1980 -- Staten Island, NY
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