My Shit

"My Shit"
Single by Scribe
from the album Rhyme Book
Released 11 August 2007
Format CD single, digital download
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:26
Label Dirty Records, Warner Music
Writer(s) 10Aciouss
Producer(s) 10Aciouss
Scribe singles chronology
"Dreaming"/"So Nice"
(2004)		 "My Shit"
(2007)		 "F.R.E.S.H."
(2007)

"My Shit" is a song from Scribe's second studio album, Rhyme Book. It was the first single from the album in New Zealand, and the second in Australia.[1] The song was released in both countrries on 11 August 2007.[2][3] The song's lyrics contain references to the end of the world.[4]

Critical reception

The Dominion Post‍‍ '​‍s reviewer said that "My Shit" sounds "like an aural business card...[and]...a very weak version of 50 Cent".[5] Jody Macgregor of Allmusic and Rebecca Barry from The New Zealand Herald called the song "a second-rate sequel to...'Not Many'",[6] reusing its theme.[7]

Video

The music video for "My Shit" was directed by Chris Graham,[8] and premiered on 12 August 2007 on New Zealand music channel C4.[1] The video features many New Zealand celebrities and key locations of downtown Auckland, New Zealand. The end of the video features a short snippet of his second New Zealand release, "F.R.E.S.H.".

Chart performance

"My Shit" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart 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.[9]

Track listing

CD single and Digital EP[10][11]
  1. "My Shit" (clean version)
  2. "My Shit"
  3. "My Shit" (instrumental)
  4. "My Shit" (a cappella)
Digital download[2]
  1. "My Shit" - 4:26

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scribe". Talk Talk. Television New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "My S**t - Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "My S**t - Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Vicki (1 October 2007). "Scribe opens his Rhymebook". The Press (Fairfax New Zealand). Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Rhyme Book - Scribe". The Dominion Post (Fairfax New Zealand). 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Macgregor, Jody. "Rhyme Book". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Barry, Rebecca (12 October 2007). "Scribe: Rhyme Book". The New Zealand Herald (APN News & Media). Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  8. ↑ Scribe - My Shit (YouTube). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  9. ↑ "Scribe - My Sh*t". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "My Sh*t (CD Single)". SmokeCDs. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "My S**t - EP". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2010.