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Shine
Studio album by Wale
Released	April 28, 2017
Recorded	2015–2017
Genre	Hip hop
Length	55:20
Label	Every Blue Moon Maybach Atlantic
Producer	808-Ray Big Ghost Ced Brown Christian Rich Cool & Dre Diplo DJ Money DJ Spinz Don Cannon Dreamlife Go Grizzly Kane Beatz Majestic Drama Lee Major Marcè Reazon Nez & Rio The Picard Brothers Pro Reese Sean Momberger Super Miles Spinz Beats, Inc. The Dope Boyz Vinay
Wale chronology
Summer on Sunset (2016) Shine (2017) Wow... That's Crazy (2019)
Singles from Shine
"My PYT" Released: May 20, 2016 "Running Back" Released: January 20, 2017 "Fashion Week" Released: February 24, 2017 "Fish N Grits" Released: April 6, 2017

Shine (an abbreviation of Still Here Ignoring Negative Energy) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Wale. It was released on April 28, 2017, by his label, Every Blue Moon, distributed by Maybach Music Group and Atlantic Records. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Cool & Dre, Kane Beatz, Diplo, Lee Major, Nez & Rio and Christian Rich among others. The album also features guest appearances by Dua Lipa, Chris Brown, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne, Wizkid, J Balvin and G-Eazy among others.

Shine was supported by four singles: "My PYT", "Running Back", "Fashion Week" and "Fish N Grits". The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics and achieved small commercial success. It debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 28,000 album equivalent units in its first week.

This album mark as Wale's third and final release under the Atlantic Records label.

Singles

The first single from the album, "My PYT", was released on May 20, 2016. The music video for the track premiered on July 25, 2016. The song has peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Running Back" featuring American rapper Lil Wayne, was released as the second single on January 20, 2017. The song's music video premiered on February 6, 2017. It has peaked at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The third single from the album, "Fashion Week" featuring American rapper G-Eazy, was released on February 24, 2017. The music video for the track premiered on April 10, 2017.

The album's fourth single, "Fish N Grits", was released on April 6, 2017, and features American rapper Travis Scott.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Exclaim!	8/10
HotNewHipHop	65%
Pitchfork	6.0/10
XXL	4/5

Shine was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on five reviews.

Commercial performance

Shine debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 28,000 album equivalent units in its first week.

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a co-producer
• signifies an additional producer
• "Thank God" features additional vocals from singer Rotimi
• "Scarface Rozay Gotti" features background vocals from August Grant, and additional vocals from K-Doe Sleeze
• "My Love" features background vocals from Eric Bellinger
• "Fashion Week" features background vocals from August Grant, DJ Money, Edgar Machuca, Michika Skyy and Phil Adé
• "Colombia Heights (Te Llamo)" features additional vocals from Edgar Machuca
• "CC White" and "Heaven on Earth" features background vocals from Phil Adé
• "Fine Girl" features additional vocals from DJ Money
• "My PYT" features vocals from Sam Sneak

Sample credits

• "Thank God" contains a sample of "Wind Parade", written by Larry Mizell, as performed by Donald Byrd.
• "Fashion Week" contains a sample of "Kharma Is Coming", written by Kenna Zemedkun and Chad Hugo, as performed by Kenna.
• "CC White" contains a sample of "'Til the Cops Come Knockin'", written by Menard Maxwell and Hod David, as performed by Maxwell.
• "Fine Girl" contains a sample of "Can You Stand the Rain", written by James Harris and Terry Lewis, as performed by New Edition.
• "Heaven on Earth" contains a sample of "Lullabies", written by Yunalis Zara'ai and Christopher Braide, as performed by Yuna.
• "My PYT" contains an interpolation of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", written by James Ingram and Quincy Jones, as performed by Michael Jackson and a sample of "Sexual Healing", written by Marvin Gaye, Odell Brown and David Ritz, as performed by Marvin Gaye.
• "Smile" contains a sample of "I Wanna Be Where You Are", written by Arthur Ross and Leon Ware, as performed by Michael Jackson.

Personnel

Charts

References

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• Albums produced by Cool & Dre
• Albums produced by Diplo
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