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Even from his cell in a bleak upstate New York prison, Jamal Barrow is shining. Three years after going to prison for his role in a New York nightclub shooting involving Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Barrow, who goes by the name "Shyne," is rapping his way toward a multimillion-dollar fortune.

From behind bars, he's created his own Gangland Records label, lured music execs to his prison for negotiations and convinced Universal Music's Island Def Jam to sign a megabucks deal without even hearing the tracks.

While previous published reports valued the deal - signed in April - at around $3 million, new details provided to The Post show that the five-album pact could be worth in excess of $30 million.

While much of that will go toward marketing and promoting and various other costs, Shyne himself will make many millions, depending on how well his albums sell.

Shyne's Def Jam deal, inked in April, followed a courtship with executives at other major record companies, including Warner and Sony, with meetings held in the visiting room at the prison.

His first album under Gangland, titled "Godfather Buried Alive," will be released on Aug. 10 and consists of 10 tracks he recorded before going to jail.

"He's very hands-on; he's approved everything from logos to fonts to color," said one source close to Shyne. "FedExes are going back and forth all the time."

Another source said, "Those who have traveled to prison and sat with Shyne felt empowered to market with his vision."

The signing represents a significant coup for new Def Jam head Antonio "L.A." Reid and his top deputy, Kevin Liles, the exec most responsible for the signing.

"No one heard [the recordings]," said one source. "It was about Kevin's belief in Shyne."

The 25-year-old Shyne, who was born in Belize, but grew up in Brooklyn, is serving 10 years after being convicted for a 1999 shootout in Manhattan's Club New York - the case that infamously became known as the "Puffy Trial."

Combs, also known as "Puff Daddy," was accompanied by then-gal pal Jennifer Lopez at the time of the shooting. He was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges.

Shyne claimed he fired in self-defense, and the case - now being handled by famed attorney Alan Dershowitz - is on appeal.

Last week, Shyne met a Post reporter in the visiting area at Clinton County Correctional in Dannemora - a stark facility that dominates the small upstate town.

He was polite and amiable but declined to be interviewed. Dressed in a red polo shirt and green prison-issue pants, he said he'd converted to Judaism and didn't normally see visitors on the Sabbath.

The only hitch in Shyne's big-bucks venture is trying to get a leave-pass to film a video to accompany the album's release.

He plans to ask a judge to grant him permission to leave prison temporarily.

The first single of the new album, called "More or Less," produced with Def Jam star Kanye West, has already been leaked to radio.

Shyne ein jude...

ich sag nur

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http://www.defjam.com/shyne/

more or less, ist so urhalt, richtige shyne fans kennen den track, heißt eigentlich " Till I Die" und ist ohne foxy brown.

bestimmt tun die noch gangsta dont die & diamonds and mack drauf

könnte schon cool werden, aber die tracks sind extrem alt, und gibts 1000tapes wo die alle mit drauf sind.

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ich hab letztens irgend n neues album von shyne gezogen und das war scheisse

wie heißt es?lost son?

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Normalerweise konvertieren die Schwarzen im Knast sonst immer nur zum Islam...

was will man anderes von defjam erwarten?

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das sie endlich pleite gehen

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Heisst "The Truth" meine ich, sind so Sachen die er ausm Knast gemacht hat glaub ich

sieht mal scheisse aus das cover. hätte was krasses erwartet und was soll das Green Label?

http://www.homepagez.com/seriouz01/shyne-freestyle_from_jail_dissin_50_cent-ntq.mp3

shyne freestyle auf dem knast, disst 50 cent. is cool aber derbst kack quality.

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Ist das eine anspielung auf einen gewissen Film?

so leicht kann man nicht zum judentum konvertieren...das geht nicht bloß weil man paar schlaue bücher liest...glaube nicht dass er das im knast machen konnte...

kann mir jemand sagen wieso die von hiphopsite sagen das die neue shyne single auf vinyl auf Bad Boy raus kam?

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With several months still to go on his sentence, Shyne is stirring up rap beef live from the penitentiary. Taking aim at the HNIC in today's rap game, Shyne delivers a few body blows at 50 Cent's gangsta credentials. Via a barely audible track recorded from a jailhouse telephone, Shyne raps:

"Yo he rhyme with a slug; shots in his face / now he rhyme with a slug trying to sound like Mase / listen to his tapes / this little ni99a used to sound like Case. / ... / You don't wanna ride; You wanna get rich and hide / 'cause ni99as would have died if they shot me nine time..."

The release of Shyne's new album, Godfather Buried Alive, has been postponed from an August 10th to September 14th.

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album is leaked, fast 2 monate vor dem offiziellen release wie young buck. aber macht da eh nicht viel aus, weil es die tracks schon ewigkeiten im netz gibt.

Tracklist

1.Buried Alive Intro
2.Quasi O.G.
3.More Or Less
4.Behind The Walls (Eastcoast Gangsta Mix) feat Kurupt & Nate Dogg
5.Shyne
6.For The Record
7.Martyr
8.Jimmy Choo feat Ashanti
9.Godfather
10.The Gang
11.Edge
12.Diamonds & Mac10


ALT
Quasi OG >>> No More Trouble/Problems
More Or Less >>> Till I Die(100mal besser, ohne foxy und anderer hook)
Edge >>> I Wanna Know
Shyne >>> war glaub auf swizz beatz seiner scheibe schon
Diamonds And Mac10 >>> Diamonds And Mack


SCHEISSE
Behind The Walls Mix so ein dreck
Jimmy Choo mit Ashanti auch ein dreck
und diese 2 foxy brown features auch für den arsch, for the record is ja ein witz, packen die den 50 cent diss auf dem knast in scheiss quali drauf , shyne löööl war des nicht auf swizz beatz seiner cd?

NEU meiner meinung nach
Martyr
Godfather(kommt mir etwas bekannt vor)
The Gang(das auch)

nichtmal Gangstas Dont Die ist drauf

bin bischen enttäuscht aber war klar das def jam scheisse macht

an sein richtiges debüt kommt die scheibe nie dran, obwohl er echte perlen hat die im studio rum gammeln oder auf diversen tapes.

wer dennoch bock auf die guten trcks hat und paar shyne classics


kauft das tape von 2003 für 7 dollar

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Def Jam has reportedly moved up the release date of incarcerated rapper Shyne’s album, Godfather Buried Alive, to August 10 in order deter online piracy and bootlegging. A new single will follow the release of the album.

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