Two Shades Of Shai...
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By John_Dillinga
There are two "Diffrent" versions of this perticular album, "Back From The Mystery System: The Love Cycle" and the 2007 Repackaged & Expanded Version "Love Cycle: Back From The Mystery System". Which I have, I only knew of the Expanded Version which only has two of the first issue album's Tracks "Tell Me" & "Fools Rush In" Plus 11 newer songs. The original version of the album featured here seems completely different then the Expanded version which also has a diffrent cover art. But Shai seems to be known for re-releasing their old material on newer titled albums (For Example: "Right Back At Cha" and "End Of The Road" are remix/repackages of "If I Ever Fall In Love" With a few new songs and alt versions of the Title track "If I Ever Fall In Love" and "Comforter". Itunes is missing a few of the Later albums like 1999's "Destiny", and 2008's "Worldwide:(As D&G Of Shai) Which was a duet album from members Garfield A. Bright and Darnell Van Rensalier, Released in Germany in 2008 exclusively on their current label, Fight 4 Mu(ALIVE).
While they could never capture the sucess of "If I Ever Fall In Love", "Comforter, "Baby I'm Yours", "The Place Where You Belong", "Come With Me" & "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" and It's Remix With Rapper Jay-Z. Shai is an R&B legacy that still brings me back when I hear "If I Ever..."