| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[gangsta rap]]
| length = 52:36
| label = {{hlist|Gangland Records|[[Def Jam Recordings]]|[[MurderDef Inc. RecordsJam]]}}
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| prev_title = [[Shyne (album)|Shyne]]
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'''''Godfather Buried Alive''''' (stylised as '''godfather buried alive''') is the second and final [[studio album]] by [[Belizeans|Belizean]]-[[Americans|American]] [[rapper]] [[Shyne]]. It was released on August 10, 2004 by Gangland Records and [[Def Jam]],[[Murder Inc. Records|Murder Inc.Recordings]], and his own label Gangland Records. while ShyneIt was inreleased theduring middle of serving aShyne's 10-year jailprison sentence for a 1999 nightclub shooting in New York City. The album included 13 tracks, 12 of which were previously recorded vocals, while one was recorded over the phone from jail. It features guest appearances from [[Kurupt]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] and [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], and production from [[Kanye West]], [[Swizz Beatz]], [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]] and [[Just Blaze]], among others. The album debuted at #3number three on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 158,000 copies sold in its first week, making Shyne the second rapper after [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] to have an album debut inwithin the top 10five of the ''Billboard'' 200 while incarcerated.