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Shwayze

(2008, Hip-hop, by Shwayze, Label: Geffen Records)

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Getting high, casual sex, and very clever lyrics.

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Shwayze's message consists of lots of inappropriate references: party drugs, habitual pot smoking, and casual sex. Even traffic laws are flaunted by the duo with the line "f--k the speed limit."

  • Violence:

    Not an issue.

  • Sex:

    This duo talks a lot about casual sex, threesomes, oral sex, and using women for their pleasure. "One conversation lead to another/was under some drinks/now we f--king each other/Constant sex turn to constant text" and "I know a place where we can get down babe/I got a blankie/I'll lay it on the sand/I went deep like the goddamn Grand Can" are two examples of sexually-charged lyrics.

  • Language:

    "F--k," "s--t," and bitch are used on several tracks. On the song "Flashlight," Shwayze sings, "My pick in my hair and my d--k in my hand."

  • Consumerism:

    The duo is featured on an MTV reality series titled Buzzin'.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Mostly every song has a reference to either drinking, smoking pot, or taking pills. Shwayze talks about drinking Patron and "chasing it with some Jack just to smile again." The downer drug group benzodiazipan is mentioned on the song "Flashlight." Shwayze celebrates pot smoking by comparing himself to Cheech and Chong and rhyming lines such as "Just as long as I can get high/sit back and watch the sunset in the sky" and the chorus of "if you got the weed/I got the light/we can get high together all night."
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Shwayze

Parents need to know that Shwayze is completely inappropriate for young kids, tweens, and even most teens. Although the music is mellow and the duo fun loving, the album makes light of anonymous sex, constant pot smoking, and hard partying with prescription drugs. Women are objectified to the role of sex toys and the duo celebrates the "love-'em-and-leave-'em" mentality. Underneath all that there are also clever and creative rhymes.

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  • Families can talk about society's conflicting messages about pot. In most states, being caught smoking pot can get you into a lot of trouble, yet it's seeing a cultural revival on TV, in the movies, and in music. Why do you think the drug is subtly being promoted by record companies, movies, and TV networks like MTV, whose new reality show Buzzin' follows the Shwayze duo on their "high" livin' lifestyle. Do you think teens who see famous people smoking pot will be more likely to try it themselves?
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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    deezlelovesshway ...
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    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I SMOKED AGAIN

    it was amazing. i love balls

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    deezlelovesshway ...
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I SMOKED

    It was amazing and i loved it

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