"My Shit" is a song from Scribe's second studio album, ''

Rhyme Book ''Rhyme Book'' is the second studio album by New Zealand rapper Scribe. It follows on from his 2003 award-winning album, '' The Crusader''. It was released on 29 September 2007. Background and release In an interview with ''The New Zealand Herald ...

''. It was the first single from the album in

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, and the second in

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. The song was released in both countries on 11 August 2007. The song's lyrics contain references to the end of the world.

Critical reception

'' The Dominion Post'' reviewer said that "My Shit" sounds "like an aural business card... nd..a very weak version of

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". Jody Macgregor of

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and Rebecca Barry from ''

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'' called the song "a second-rate sequel to...'

Not Many "Not Many" is a hip hop single by New Zealand rapper Scribe, taken from his debut album, '' The Crusader''. It was released as a double A-side with " Stand Up". Background and recording "Not Many" was written by Scribe and P-Money. Chip Matthews ...

'", reusing its theme.

Video

The music video for "My Shit" was directed by Chris Graham, and premiered on 12 August 2007 on New Zealand music channel C4. The video features many New Zealand celebrities and key locations of downtown

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. The end of the video features a short snippet of his second New Zealand release, "

F.R.E.S.H. "F.R.E.S.H." was the second single released from Scribe (rapper), Scribe's second studio solo album, ''Rhyme Book''. It was released on 8 September 2007. "F.R.E.S.H." stands for "Forever Rhyming Eternally Saving Hip hop". Composition "F.R.E.S. ...

Chart performance

"My Shit" debuted on the

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at number six, rising to its peak position of number four two weeks later. It fell off the chart after a total of nine weeks.

Track listing

;CD single and Digital EP #"My Shit" (clean version) #"My Shit" #"My Shit" (

instrumental An instrumental or instrumental song is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through Semantic change, semantic widening, a broader sense of the word s ...

) #"My Shit" (

a cappella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

) ;Digital download #"My Shit" – 4:26

References

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