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Track Listing
1. No Hook - (with Prince Rakeem "The RZA"/RZA/Method Man)
2. Newark to C.I. - (with Keith Murray)
3. Biological Didn't Bother - (g-funk version)
4. My Dear - (with Warren G)
5. Shaq's Got It Made
6. Mic Check 1-2 - (with Ill Al Skratch)
7. My Style, My Stelo - (with Erick Sermon/Redman)
8. Hardcore, (So U Wanna Be)
9. Nobody
10. Freaky Flow - (with Mr. Ruffneck/General Sha)
11. Biological Didn't Bother - (original flow version)
12. Shaq-Fu: Stand and Deliver
Album Notes
Personnel: Shaquille O'Neal, Mr. Ruffneck, General Sha (vocals), Ricky Rouse (guitar), LoRiDer (keyboards, bass), Sean "Barney" Thomas, Dui "Bassman" Browder (keyboards), LG (vibraphone, bass, programming), Tony "T" Green (bass).
Producers: Prince Rakeem The Rza (track 1); Reggie Noble, Redman (track 2); The LG Experience & LoRiDer (tracks 3, 6, 11); Warren G (track 4); Erick Sermon, Redman (track 5); Erick Sermon (tracks 7, 9); Chyskillz (tracks 8, 10).
Engineers: Louis Teran (track 1); Joshua Shapera (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9); Greg Geitzenauer (tracks 3-4); Tony P. (tracks 6, 11); Gary Platt (tracks 8, 10).
All songs written or co-written by Shaquille O'Neal except "Shaq's Got It Made" (E. Archer/Howie Tee). Samples include "Fire" (as performed by The Ohio Players), "Machine Gun Funk" (as performed by The Notorious B.I.G.), "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" (as performed by Pete Rock & CL Smooth) and "Come Clean" (as performed by Jeru The Damaja).
On SHAQ-FU: DA RETURN, Shaquille O'Neal's sophomore rap effort, the basketball mega-star assembles a dream team of hip-hop's finest to dish out assists for his lyrical slam dunks. Many of 1994's major trend-setters--from various members of the Wu-Tang Clan, to Warren G and Keith Murray--lob alley-oops in the form of slamming beats and dope rhymes, then just stand back and watch as Shaq demonstrates his own mic skills which, by the way, are not half bad.
Yet it is the tracks on which O'Neal flies solo which best spotlight his abilities. The laid-back confidence of "Shaq's Got It Made," the mature advice of "(So U Wanna Be) Hardcore," and the autobiographical morality tale, "Biological Didn't Bother," are all examples of of an artist molding his own identity rather than copping those of his "high profile" homies. So, while SHAQ-FU: DA RETURN may not be an MVP-caliber outing, it would certainly receive its fair share of all-star votes.
Industry Reviews
7 (out of 10) - ...Shaq can rap in a way that you'd imagine an eight-foot tall man with a shaved bonce would. What SHAQ FU doesn't have is a sense of continuity, but hell, a sportsman has just made some great tunes, even if they don't all fit together. A miracle in itself.
NME (06/03/1995)
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