★★★★★
A musical partnership between rapper Shwayze and rock star wannabe Cisco Adler (son of famed producer Lou Adler), this vacuous offering is music inspired by, and intended for, reality TV. Featuring a song shamelessly named for their own MTV show, Buzzin', and the brazen marketing tie-in Corona And Lime (which has somehow become an iTunes hit), Shwayze is entry-level electro-rap rock for people who like their music corporate and artless...
- nowtoronto.com
2009-11-07
★★★★★
"She said, 'Boy, you're crazy!'/Nah, I'm Shwayze." That's the closestthing to wit on this Malibu native's debut Shwayze. He is technically arapper; more saliently, Shwayze's a pal of scenester Cisco Adler, whoproduced and sings on each of the disc's semi-acoustic frat-house jams.The pair also has an MTV reality series, which only reminds us we'dprobably be better off listening to one of the dudes from i Love Money.D+ DOWNLOAD THIS: Watch the video for "Corona and Lime" on AOL.com
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Cisco Adler, leader of Los Angeles sleaze rockers Whitestarr, is famous for his well-connected dad (producer Lou Adler), ex-girlfriends (like Mischa Barton) and his ballsy nude photo, which leaked online last year. His newest hobby is producing tracks (and an MTV reality show) for 22-year-old Malibu chill-hop rapper Shwayze, whose breezy flow is a hybrid of Young MC and Digable Planets' Butterfly...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
"I'm brown like a blunt," Shwayze reports on opening track "Roamin'," and it's a stellar summary. The 23-year-old Malibu rapper's debut is as shallow as a spray-on tan; it's stocked with bro'd-out, giggly rhymes about 420-filled nights and T&A; aplenty over lazy, midtempo beats from producer/reality-show rocker Cisco Adler. The tunnel vision and less-than-Sublime singing bores halfway -- but even if Shwayze does cash out early, his chill vibe is perfectly reflective of 2 a.m...
- spin.com
2008-10-23
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