Shwayze

Shwayze是一支來自美國加利福尼亞Malibu的流行說唱樂團，與一般的說唱樂團不同的是，Shwayze的音樂中除了有典型的Hip-Hop節(jié)奏之外，還融入了一些原聲吉他的伴奏，這讓他們的歌兒聽起來非常的輕松。與那些咬牙切齒、互相詆毀謾罵、裝的一個比一個吊、恨不得拚的你死我活的綁匪說唱樂團不同的是，Shwayze的說唱帶來的完全是放松的享受，就像加州的陽光和海灘一樣，沒有任何陰霾。有人把Shwayze的風格定義為Party Rap，的確，他們這種輕松而不失節(jié)奏感的說唱非常適合在派對上播放，既能帶動氣氛，又不會令人煩躁。 Although that terrible Jamie Kennedy movie Malibu's Most Wanted posited that the beachside Los Angeles suburb is so upper class and lily white that the only rappers it can produce are rich teenagers fronting gangsta poses, real-life Malibu resident Shwayze begs to differ. He's in touch enough with movie culture that his handle is a corruption of the surname of the star of Dirty Dancing and Roadhouse, and his musical mentor is Cisco Adler, son of multi-millionaire record producer Lou Adler, most notorious for a hugely unflattering nude photo widely circulated on the Internet while Adler was dating TV star Mischa Barton, as well as a stint on a short-lived VH1 reality series, The Rock Life. However, despite this intimate connection with a second-generation nepotist more known for his connections than his talent, Shwayze claims to have grown up in a comparatively tough trailer park in one of Malibu's less prosperous neighborhoods. Born Aaron Smith in 1986, legend has it Shwayze was working as an assistant to his handyman grandfather in 2005 when he began an impromptu on-stage freestyle with a friend, drummer Alex Orbison, prior to a local gig by Orbison's band Whitestarr. Adler, Whitestarr's singer/songwriter, was impressed enough with the young rapper that he started collaborating with him. Co-writing the songs with Adler producing, the duo came up with a mellow, largely acoustic sound akin to a hip-hop Jack Johnson, far removed from the glammy Southern rock revivalism of Adler's own band. Shwayze signed to Geffen Records in 2007 and his self-titled debut album was released the following year, preceded by the single "Don't Be Shy" and followed by a stint on the 2008 Vans Warped Tour.