Godfather Buried Alive

Godfather Buried Alive
Studio album by
Shyne
ReleasedAugust 10, 2004
Recorded2002–2004
GenreHip hop, gangsta rap
Length52:36
Label
Shyne chronology
Shyne
(2000) 		Godfather Buried Alive
(2004) 		Gangland
(2012)
Singles from Godfather Buried Alive
  1. "More or Less"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Jimmy Choo"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
HipHopDX[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Pitchfork6.9/10[6]
RapReviews7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Godfather Buried Alive (stylised as godfather buried alive) is the second studio album by Belizean-American rapper Shyne. It was released on August 10, 2004 by Def Jam, Murder Inc., and his own label Gangland Records. while Shyne was in the middle of serving a 10-year jail sentence for a 1999 shooting in New York City. The album included 13 tracks, 12 of which were previously recorded vocals, while one was recorded over the phone from jail. It features guest appearances from Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Foxy Brown and Ashanti, and production from Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Mike Dean and Just Blaze, among others. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 158,000 copies sold in its first week, making Shyne the second rapper after 2Pac to have an album debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 while incarcerated.

  1. ^ "Godfather Buried Alive by Shyne". Metacritic. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  2. ^ Godfather Buried Alive at AllMusic
  3. ^ Fiore, Raymond (August 20, 2004). "Godfather Buried Alive". Entertainment Weekly. No. 779/780. New York. p. 126. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. ^ J-23 (August 15, 2004). "Shyne - Godfather Buried Alive". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Baker, Soren (August 15, 2004). "Songs released; he isn't". Los Angeles Times. p. E39. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Warren, Jamin (September 21, 2004). "Shyne: Godfather Buried Alive". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Barone, Matt (August 10, 2004). "Shyne's "Godfather Buried Alive"". RapReviews. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  8. ^ Caramanica, Jon (September 16, 2004). "Bring the Pain". Rolling Stone. No. 957. New York. p. 78. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2024.