Bonnie & Shyne

Not to be confused with Bonnie & Clyde (song).
"Bonnie & Shyne"
Single by Shyne featuring Barrington Levy
from the album Shyne
A-side "Bad Boyz"
Released 2001 (2001)
Format CD, 12"
Recorded 2000
Genre Hip hop, reggae fusion
Length 4:17
Label Bad Boy
Writer(s) J. Barrow
C. Thompson
B. Levy
M. David
E. Gassion
L. Guglielmi
Producer(s) Chucky Thompson
Shyne singles chronology
"That's Gangsta"
(2000)
"Bonnie & Shyne"
(2001)
"More or Less"
(2004)
Barrington Levy singles chronology
"Bad Boyz"
(2000)
"Bonnie & Shyne"
(2001)

"Bonnie & Shyne" was the third and final single released from Shyne's eponymous debut album. The song was produced by Chucky Thompson and features vocals from reggae artist Barrington Levy, his second collaboration with Levy (the first being "Bad Boyz"). The song contains a sample from "La Vie En Rose" by Grace Jones, his second time sampling from Jones (the first being "Nightclubbin").[1]

The song only managed to chart on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks at number 57. It would later appear on The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2001 compilation.

Music video

The video was directed by Chris Robinson and aired on February 5, 2001.[2] The video starts in a New York tenement apartment where Shyne is seen with a woman in bed. Afterwards, voices are heard and the front door is broken down by F.B.I. agents as they release smoke canisters and Shyne attempts to get out of the room. It then flashbacks to Shyne and a friend of his watching said woman with her friends from his Coupé as he gets out to talk to her and give his number for her to call. The relationship starts out smoothly with both of them hanging outside his tenement and going inside as they fall in love. Later on, Shyne is being harassed by an F.B.I. agent (played by Dean Winters of Oz, Rescue Me and 30 Rock fame; inspired by Gary Oldman's character Norman "Stan" Stansfield from Léon: The Professional) while at the same time the woman is pulled over by F.B.I. agents going through the stuff that Shyne bought for her; leaving the woman disgusted and flipping the bird at them as they leave. It goes back to the beginning of the video where the head F.B.I. agent is preparing a raid on the tenement as he orders the team to make their way up the building. Shyne makes his way out through the window as the agents enter the room and escapes through use of the ladder and runs from the building as he gets one last look of the woman, only for her to be taken by the F.B.I. agents.

Track listing

  1. "Bad Boyz" – 4:34
  2. "Bad Boyz" (Radio Edit) – 3:51
  3. "Bad Boyz" (Instrumental) – 4:31
  4. "Bonnie & Shyne" (Radio Edit) – 3:57
  5. "Bonnie & Shyne" – 4:17

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[3] 57

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