Shyne speaks on Eminem and Recovery

[mexicant_wrappa]

As most of you probably know Shyne is trying to make a comeback and will be releasing 2 albums next year. Well I was reading some of his recent interviews and found the one he did for XXL with magazine Editor-In-Chief Vanessa Satten and he had this to say about Eminem:

http://www.xxlmag.com/bloggers/2010/08/shyne-interviews-xxls-eic-pt2/

SHYNE: When Wayne puts out an incredible record, a million people go buy it the first week. When fuckin’ Kanye puts out an incredible record, a million people go buy it the first week. I think economics or no economics.

VANESSA: I don’t know if a million people are gonna buy a record the first week. I’m curious to see that. I read an article the other day, and it interviewed a whole bunch of people about their opinions of whether a million people will ever buy one record in a week again, and will that happen. With Em selling 750,000, I don’t know if I agree!

SHYNE: Eminem just did 700, and that’s without a hit record. Did Eminem have a hit record? Keep it honest, did he have a hit record with that last album he just put out?

VANESSA: I heard it was a hit on pop radio, but I don’t listen to pop radio so I’m not sure.

SHYNE: I’m asking you.

VANESSA: No. Not on his level…

SHYNE: Exactly. And he always sold. Yeah, he went to pop later, but Eminem as I knew him and not Marshall Mathers, when he was fuckin’…

VANESSA: But I heard that song on radio six, seven times on Hot 97 today. Took them a while but urban radio played Eminem eventually this go around. After pop music decided it was hot.

SHYNE: They play dudes that I wouldn’t even name in our conversation on the radio six, seven times a day. That don’t mean shit. I’m saying, a hit is just a form of, “Yo, I love that record. Oh, man, that record is incredible.” Is that the general consensus you gettin’ from the records he’s puttin’ out to promote his album?

VANESSA: No, that’s not the general consensus, but I don’t think you’ll get a general consensus like that for anyone.

SHYNE: It does, it does, it does. Because there was a time when Marshall Mathers was puttin’ out records and the general consensus was… I’ll tell you what, when I heard “Stan” and “I Am,” I was like, “Wow!” When I heard 8 Mile “Lose Yourself,” I was like…

VANESSA: You wanna set me up on this Eminem conversation, don’t you?

SHYNE: No, no, no. Ma, I’m tryna make a valid point which is it can be done. ’Cause if he’s selling several-hundred-thousand without a fuckin’ undisputable monster hit…

VANESSA: Maybe, maybe, maybe it can be done with the perfect set-up, but I think there was a misstep with his last album.

SHYNE: Of course it can be done! All you gotta do is make that shit that everybody want hands down.

VANESSA: I don’t know. Maybe, if Eminem came out with this project a year ago on the rollout and put Recovery where Relapse was supposed to be, maybe with that story and he didn’t have that fake record in between, maybe he could have had the build up with his story and not talking yet. But that Relapse misstep in between fucked that up for me. So maybe, but you have to have such a story. Look at everything. He has five years of being gone, he had everything in between— the death of his friend, the break-up with his wife, how many times? His drug addiction, Katrina, a Black president, the recession, the war, politics in hip-hop, all of that was stuff to pick from and he made a fiction album about serial killers for his return. We needed something deeper than that. There’s not that many people who have a hiatus with a story like that and anticipation for their return like that, who are set up with that moment. And Relapse didn’t fill the moment. A lot of stars have to align.

SHYNE: And he still sold 700,000 without any of them shits aligning. So imagine if they would align. He would’ve did like 1.5. Bet that. And I wanna bet this, when the Damu Wayne get out, I bet you he do a million.

[Alaine]

a whole long conversation about record sales? not that I know who shyne is anyway so I don't care much, but what's with black people obsessing over doing 1 mili first week? recovery already outselling the last rap album that did 1 mili first week anyway, the thought of only first week matter is really shallow

[buffalo bill]

who the fuck is Shyne

[vewb]

who the fuck is Shyne

[mangomunky]

didn't 50 prank-called shyne a while back? that's how i came to learn his name.

[macdaddy019967]

shyne is a dumb little bitch
he just mad 50 cent clowned on him
so now he going after eminem by sucking lil wayne and kanye dick
btw kanye only sold 496k on his first week this time out
and eminem did 741k
so shyne loses

[mecuryball]

but what's with black people obsessing over doing 1 mili first week? recovery already outselling the last rap album that did 1 mili first week anyway, the thought of only first week matter is really shallow

Second that.

[Rash J]

who the fuck is Shyne

[Drucifer]

You can tell the young Motherfuckers If they dont know who shyne is, lol

Shynes the dude who shot up the club with Puffy back in the day and went to jail for 8 years, he was suppose to be the 2nd Coming of Biggie, 1st album was a hit then he went to prison, got out, and so on and so one............. Oh, And Def Jam just gave him aMillion dollar contract last year so his new album will be out sometime soon I'm guessing

[Drucifer]

And from what I see he really didnt say nothing bad on here, He's more just out the loop because he doesnt think there were any "Monster Hits" on Recovery, but he lives in Belize now so he wasnt here to hear "Not Afraid" and "Love the way You LIe" 500 times a day on the radio, lol

[stella222]

Not Afraid debuted at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 while becoming the multi platinum single that peaked on the radio in times when LTWYL already started to decline. LTWYL reached number one spot on pop, rhythmic and urban radio and became one of the best selling and most played singles. Does Shyne live under the rock? More importantly, does this Vanessa girl live under the rock?

[Devil'sAdvocate]

who gives a fuck about shyne,im sure 50 will take care of this bitch.

[Alaine]

he didn't even say anything bad about Em? why are you guys mad? (although he seems quite clueless about the market )

[EminemBase]

What the fuck are they talking about lmao. How the fuck didn't he have a monster hit with Recovery, he had two no.1 singles in a row, one of which was no.1 for seven consecutive weeks. I'd say that's pretty much a fucking hit in this world, he hasn't done that on any of his previous albums.

[Alaine]

What the fuck are they talking about lmao. How the fuck didn't he have a monster hit with Recovery, he had two no.1 singles in a row, one of which was no.1 for seven consecutive weeks. I'd say that's pretty much a fucking hit in this world, he hasn't done that on any of his previous albums.

this is an old interview, it's from August so the interview was probably done back in july (hence why they're talking about recovery's first week), both NA & LTWYL blew up on radio after the album release must be why they're so clueless (or they're just living under the rock) LTWYL is pretty much the biggest hit this year.