title: Sharkey's Machine
text: # Sharkey's Machine
  
  Sharkey's Machine is the 2004 debut album of Washington, D.C. DJ and producer Sharkey (Shaun Sharkey). Ranging across a variety of styles, this hip hop work features vocalists including Cannibal Ox, Cherrywine ("Butterfly" from Digable Planets), Jean Grae, Grand Puba of Brand Nubian, and The Pharcyde.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllHipHop | |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Pitchfork | 2.7/10 |
  | PopMatters | unfavorable |
  | The Washington Post | favorable |
  
  Reviews were generally negative, with critics finding the album to be an unexciting take on influences such as RJD2, DJ Shadow, N.E.R.D., and Zero 7. An exception was for the universally-praised track with Jean Grae, "whose tightly delivered vision of a New York apocalypse on "Summer in the City (Lovin' It)" is the album's obvious highlight" (Rollie Pemberton, Pitchfork).
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Sharkey – vocals, keyboards, programming, turntables
  * Anntoinette Silva – vocals on tracks 1, 7
  * Zooks – vocals on tracks 1, 16
  * The GrayKid – co-producer on tracks 2, 8, 17, 18
  * Mickey Petralia – co-producer on tracks 4, 15
  * Billy Moon – vocals on track 13
  