2008 Woodie Awards
Shwayze's lyrics lack any evidence of thought
COURTNEY SMITH
Issue date: 8/26/08 Section: Variety
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The partners met when Shwayze jumped onstage at a Whitestarr concert and began to freestyle, the news release for Shwayze's self-titled EP stated. Adler was impressed with the performance and hired Shwayze.
As he made the album, MTV filmed the reality television show "Buzzin'" to show his process. Apparently, it was recorded in the downtime between his other important obligations which consist of "chillin', hangin' out with chicks and kicking it on the beach."
The show must have been time consuming. From the sound of the lyrics, the album could have been drunkenly written on a cocktail napkin - or more likely a condom wrapper - as Shwayze was picking up another girl to add to the list of names he raps about.
Any person with half a brain could create lyrics of the same quality as what is featured on the album, if not better. Though many of the raps do not make sense, his formula for creating them is simple:
Take out a piece of paper and write down every shot of tequila, mixed drink, one night stand, bong rip and club visited that has occurred. Now, drum on the desk or, for the ultra-talented, beat-box while reading the list aloud and inserting clichés and nouns. Sound ridiculous? Welcome to the lyrical world, Shwayze.
The most devastating part of the album was the rap section of "Lazy Susan." The chorus beginning the song is catchy and the beat is reminiscent of Steven Marley type reggae. But the positive beginning is destroyed the moment Shwayze started to rap.
The rest of the song sounds like him listing events that occurred after he met a 17-year-old girl in a mall. The once lyrically delightful chorus changes after he begins this pitiful excuse for a romance song to include yet another reference to him smoking weed.
All he needs to be happy, according to the chorus, is a "little bag of weed, and a lazy Susan" so he can watch TV. The weed comes as no surprise, but the lazy Susan just shows a lack of thought.
A lazy Susan is a kitchen appliance. Why does he need this? Did he confuse a lazy Susan with a Lay-Z Boy recliner? I have no idea, and I do not think he knows either.
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