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Music review of: Singles from album “Shaton’s Lyric” by Shaton

“Here’s an interesting fact, Shaquille Farrington is the song and artist least supported by its countrymen and followers in the history of Lluvia FM. This song (Make Me Over) has been most voted in by France in first place, Canada in second place, Italy in third, Belgium and Spain in a tie, *laughs* you gotta be kidding me. The Bahamas , it’s amazing, there is only like five people there voted for him, amazing! ” - Lluvia FM Host  

The Lluvia FM host is so right The Bahamas has no clue how hard they are sleeping on Shaquille Farrington, who goes by the stage name Shaton. Talk about moving in silence, Shaton is taking over the world one single at a time. The four songs I’m reviewing are singles from Shaton’s sophomore album entitled “Shaton’s Lyrics” that will be released later this Summer. He describes his music as a mix of Pop, R&B, EDM, World, and Hip-Hop in one nice bundle and I definitely can’t disagree.  

Let’s start off with Rebel 4 Love I love the production of this song. I can definitely hear the Jordan Bratton and Kanye West influence in his music, Kanye and Jordan are two artists that Shaton said inspired him while making “Shaton’s Lyrics”. Rebel 4 Love sounds really dark and dramatic, like something Kanye would produce. The song really puts you into the mind of someone telling you that they are going hard for love and no matter what they are not giving up. When I hear it I literally have the video playing out in my mind. It’s one of him being on a battlefield fighting (going hard for love) alongside a group of other love filled rebellions covered in sweat and dirt. That’s because the song pretty much paints the story for you in your head and I love it.  

Never Land ft. Bey Chaino is a great R&B and Pop blend. When listening to the song it starts of with smooth vocals from Shaton then you get a bit of musical texture from Bey Chino with raw lyrics that work very well together. I like to think about how songs would sound without the feature sometimes, just to determine if the feature was a smart move and I think featuring Bey Chino on the song was indeed a good move. After hearing the song I think that I may have been bored with a version of just straight up singing. Of course that has nothing to do with Shaton’s ability to sing, because we know that he can sing, it’s just that sometimes a feature pushes a song to another level the same way a feature can add nothing to a song and decreases its potential. It takes a good artist to know when a different element is needed in a song and so I commend Shaton for having Bey Chino on. It’s really the second verse from Bey Chino that sold me on the idea of the feature so kudos to him as well.  

Now on to the song that was #1 on Lluvia FM, Make Me Over. I don’t have to question why this song was voted #1 on “Europe’s #1 FM station” it really is made for radio. A nice Pop & EDM mix this song sells itself. I can see this playing at a music festival in Europe and festival goers loving it. Not only is it very good production wise it also is very true to the type of artist I think Shaton is. He is manifesting to a mainstream artist that you go to when you are looking for an overall good song that makes you feel something and/or lyrics that you can relate to in some way. According to Lluvia FM’s host, listeners actually thought Make Me Over was Chris Brown’s song but even after finding out that it wasn’t fans continued to request it. Seeing how Shaton’s European fans have already spoken for us by making the song #1 I’m going to leave the hit alone and get into the last of the four songs.  

There is a reason why I left Highway Driving for last and it’s because this song is my favorite so far! Highway Driving has decided that it wants to live in my head, I realized this as I was getting lunch and started singing it. Another great mixture of genres Shaton has another #1 with this one in my opinion. As a matter fact while doing research to write this review, yes I do research, I saw a fan’s request for this song on Lluvia FM’s site. It’s just a cool ass song and the lyrics are catchy as heck. I get all kinds of new Justin Bieber vibes from it, which is not a bad thing at all because Justin’s last album was great, this sounds like something Justin missed out on. Welp, too bad for JB because it belongs to Shaton and he is killing it. I’m looking forward to the music video for Highway Driving that is coming soon and the continued waves it will be making on the charts as it is currently #26 on Lluvia FM’s Top 40 chart.

Overall I’m looking forward to hearing the rest of Shaton’s sophomore project especially since artists like Rihanna, Dawn Richard, Jordan Bratton, Bryson Tiller, Kanye West, and Taylor Swift influenced his artistry during the making of the project. Shaton said that with this project he wants to open listeners ears to the unique sound that is his music. I hope that Bahamians start supporting Shaton and all our artists out there pushing their music because as we can see, especially with this artist, other countries are the ones supporting our very own. Much more is to come with Shaton and we will be right here watching and listening to give you more Str8 Up Reviews!  

Shot rating: 2.5 out 5

**The rating seems low because we’ve decided to rate the singles as a part of the project so the 2.5 shot rating will be added to whatever shot rating is given once hearing the entire album**

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