Bad Boyz

"Bad Boyz"
A bald shirtless African-American graces the cover that has a pitch black background.
Single by Shyne featuring Barrington Levy
from the album Shyne
B-side"Bonnie & Shyne"
ReleasedMay 27, 2000 (2000-05-27)
Recorded1999
GenreHip hop
Length4:34
Label
Songwriter(s)Jamal Barrow
L.J. Porter
Barrington Levy
David Bowie
Jim Osterberg
Producer(s)Ez Elpee
Shyne singles chronology
"Bad Boyz"
(2000)
"That's Gangsta"
(2000)
Barrington Levy singles chronology
"Top of the World"
(2000)
"Bad Boyz"
(2000)
"Bonnie & Shyne"
(2001)

"Bad Boyz" is the lead single released from Shyne's eponymous debut album, Shyne (2000). The song was produced by Ez Elpee and featured reggae artist Barrington Levy. The song includes samples from "Nightclubbin" by Grace Jones and Levy's own song "Here I Come".[1]

To date, "Bad Boyz" is Shyne's most successful single, having peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, his only single to reach the Hot 100. It found more success on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Hot Rap Singles, reaching number 9 and 11 on the charts respectively. The song would later appear on compilations like The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 4 (2000), Music Inspired by Scarface (2003), and Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition (2016).

  1. ^ "Bad Boyz - Shyne feat. Barrington Levy - WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved October 27, 2013.