12/07/06 - Obie Trice: Re-ing Up

Tha Boricua Flow · 12-07-2006, 08:50 AM

OBIE TRICE

Obie Trice wants you to spend Christmas with the Shady Records family. Actually, he's ordering you to. "Open up that motherf---in' package before you open up all your Christmas presents, throw that CD in, and unwrap your gifts to the sound of the Shady family," the 29-year-old rapper said in an interview with BallerStatus.com.

"That CD" is, of course, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, over 20 cuts that started as a mixtape and ended up as a compilation, or as Trice called it a "mixtape slash compilation slash mixtape-compilation-mixtape."

Along with Trice and other hip-hop heavyweights like 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Eminem, the album features members of D12 and newcomers Bobby Creekwater, Stat Quo and Cashis. Production comes from Eminem, Dr. Dre and The Alchemist, who compiled the album "in true mixtape fashion," among others.

"It just came about, everybody was just like 'f--- it man, y'all want to do a mixtape?' And we was like, 'f--- it, let's do a mixtape.'" said Trice. "We was all in one room... we just did it right there and we did it that day."

While The Re-Up isn't a dedication to Proof, the D12 member who was slain in April of this year (see "D12's Proof Shot And Killed At Detroit Club"), Trice said Proof's death did influence the album. "He influenced it a lot because we just had to all collectively do something to really... get past the whole situation and keep working," he said. "Motherf---ers were sick about that, it was a real bad moment. We had a dark cloud over our heads, and we just had to get past that whole thing and the best way to do it was to make music, do what we love to do."

The kind of violence that claimed Proof is nothing new for Trice, who had his own brush with death on New Year's Eve of last year (see "Obie Trice Shot While Driving On Detroit Freeway"), after he was shot by an unknown assailant for reasons he still hasn't uncovered.

"That sh-- was foul as hell," he said. "I'm on the freeway, a car pulled up and just started dumping in my vehicle and like the fifth bullet hit me in the back of the skull." Doctors told him if the bullet had been less than an inch deeper it would have killed him. The bullet hasn't been removed yet for fear of causing more damage.

Still, Trice said those events haven't necessarily changed his perspective on life, beyond making him more cautious. "My n----s been getting killed since we was 14, so I've been knowing that life ain't promised for a long time," he said.

Issues like these do make their way onto The Re-Up on songs like "Cry Now (Remix)" and "Pistol, Pistol (Remix)," which Trice calls a "vengeance song."
But, he said the tightest song on the album is one he appears on with newcomer Cashis, called "We Ride For Shady."

"Once that sh-- really hit and n----s can go buy that album, I guarantee you 'We Ride for Shady' be the most played song on that motherf---ing record," he said. "I guarantee you, because it's so gangsta, the beat is crazy. It's one of them songs, people are going to love that record."

Trice talked about a possible tour with the Shady family to promote The Re-Up and said he is working on bringing the Obie Trice brand to the next level. "I still ain't the superstar I want to be," he said. "I think I can be that n---- you always see on TV all the time, but I'm going to get there. This is just the beginning ... I got a whole bunch of albums left in me."

Trice's next project is tentatively called Bottoms Up in keeping with the drinking theme of his album titles -- his debut album was titled Cheers and his sophomore album was Second Round's on Me, released this August.

"My crew, we drink, that's what we do. I come from a family of alcoholics. Some motherf---ers got crackheads... my peoples is alcoholics, this sh-- is in my blood," he said. "That's what I know, that's what I come from, so I put it out there."

As far as having to re-establish the Shady brand of hip-hop with the influx of so many Southern acts on the radio right now, Trice said "hell nah" to that concept.
"We innovators of hip-hop. I mean, Atlanta is doing it right now and the South is doing it, that's a good thing, hip-hop is evolving," he said. "That's how hip-hop, if you know the history of hip-hop music, hip-hop music goes in cycles. Sometimes in history, the West Coast had it banging, then it moves to the South, then it moves to the East, it's a rotating thing.

"But Shady reestablishing itself, hell nah, it's a wrap. We're just re-in up, we're just putting out some stocking stuffers," he said. "We're making y'all holidays happier. This is our Christmas present to the world right here."

For more on Obie Trice, visit MySpace.com/obietrice. Obie says: hit him up on MySpace and let him know you read this story and bought The Re-Up and Second Round's On Me and he'll "do favors."

For more on The Re-Up, visit Myspace.com/shadyrecords

Ca$his · 12-07-2006, 09:00 AM

propz mayne

SmOkEy420 · 12-07-2006, 09:04 AM

yeaa da re-up is sick 4 a mixtape compilation n dat ride 4 shady jawn is firee obie is vicious he does got flow

denilson · 12-07-2006, 09:34 AM

props man..........

chronicad · 12-07-2006, 09:46 AM

this shit is hot obie does smash every track he is on

cantbestoped · 12-07-2006, 10:04 AM

cd is fucking sick every beat is dope shadys back

Montana Diary · 12-07-2006, 10:10 AM

Props on this shit.

vokal_guy · 12-07-2006, 10:16 AM

damn gotta cop d re-up

Ty193 · 12-07-2006, 10:28 AM

propzz on the info...

G-Unit-IE · 12-07-2006, 10:51 AM

the re-up is the shit and obie is fire on pistol pistol

SM596 · 12-07-2006, 10:52 AM

good shit.........

IbeWazir · 12-07-2006, 11:41 AM

The Re-Ups aight for a mixtape, not the best though! I'm afraid to say that the old Eminem is never comin' back!

Hakaroodi · 12-07-2006, 12:09 PM

propz mayne.. Obe Trice, Real Namez No Gimmicks....

ns_diplomat · 12-07-2006, 12:18 PM

propz man...

240KA · 12-07-2006, 01:15 PM

obies the shit. even two of the niggas in D-12 stepped their game up. fuck everyone else.

IbeWazir · 12-07-2006, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 240KA

obies the shit. even two of the niggas in D-12 stepped their game up. fuck everyone else.

Stat Quo & Cashis killed that mixtape too, I wasn't feelin' Bobby Creekwater though, Eminem's fallin' off, and 50's stepped his game up a lil' bit from previous songs I've heard (comin' from a Game fan)!

de Ronne · 12-07-2006, 01:56 PM

propssssssssssssssssssssss

bizzy26 · 12-07-2006, 02:16 PM

props good looks

gunit06 · 12-07-2006, 02:30 PM

how yall gonna say em has fallin off and nevr comin back. if you listen to no apologies and that other track hes got on there they are darker just how he use to be. hes comin back and comin hard. you'll see

xopton · 12-07-2006, 03:48 PM

Props, Good Read.

Drewshady17 · 12-08-2006, 04:09 PM

Man Obie is fuckin tight.He is a real dude speakin the truth.You do need to go get the Re Up that CD is fire.I'm glad to see Eminem workin again and be able to still work and keep workin to make Proof proud and those Em and 50 collabo's are off the chain.The whole CD is raw not one song needs to be passed by.Its a classic from start to finish.And fuck them bitches that tried to get Obie.They will get there's some day.And go cop Second Round's On Me cause that CD is hot too.Shady Is Back In Full Mothefuckin Effezect.

MaliQ · 12-08-2006, 04:22 PM

propz mayne

AUTHENTICakaATT · 12-08-2006, 04:27 PM

propxzzzzzzzzzzzz

PhillyThug · 12-08-2006, 06:03 PM

props. obie and cashis killed the mixtape. yall sayin em fell off r sayin it cause hes not talkin about stupid shit anymore. listen to no apologies and public enemy number 1. those tracks are fire

The Gatfather · 12-08-2006, 06:47 PM

Props! Topic Moved To Shady/Aftermath news...

12-07-2006, 08:50 AM	#1
Tha Boricua Flow Free At Last Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Repped: 893 Repped 3,554 Times in 388 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	12/07/06 - Obie Trice: Re-ing Up 12/07/06 - Obie Trice: Re-ing Up OBIE TRICE Obie Trice wants you to spend Christmas with the Shady Records family. Actually, he's ordering you to. "Open up that motherf---in' package before you open up all your Christmas presents, throw that CD in, and unwrap your gifts to the sound of the Shady family," the 29-year-old rapper said in an interview with BallerStatus.com. "That CD" is, of course, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, over 20 cuts that started as a mixtape and ended up as a compilation, or as Trice called it a "mixtape slash compilation slash mixtape-compilation-mixtape." Along with Trice and other hip-hop heavyweights like 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Eminem, the album features members of D12 and newcomers Bobby Creekwater, Stat Quo and Cashis. Production comes from Eminem, Dr. Dre and The Alchemist, who compiled the album "in true mixtape fashion," among others. "It just came about, everybody was just like 'f--- it man, y'all want to do a mixtape?' And we was like, 'f--- it, let's do a mixtape.'" said Trice. "We was all in one room... we just did it right there and we did it that day." While The Re-Up isn't a dedication to Proof, the D12 member who was slain in April of this year (see "D12's Proof Shot And Killed At Detroit Club"), Trice said Proof's death did influence the album. "He influenced it a lot because we just had to all collectively do something to really... get past the whole situation and keep working," he said. "Motherf---ers were sick about that, it was a real bad moment. We had a dark cloud over our heads, and we just had to get past that whole thing and the best way to do it was to make music, do what we love to do." The kind of violence that claimed Proof is nothing new for Trice, who had his own brush with death on New Year's Eve of last year (see "Obie Trice Shot While Driving On Detroit Freeway"), after he was shot by an unknown assailant for reasons he still hasn't uncovered. "That sh-- was foul as hell," he said. "I'm on the freeway, a car pulled up and just started dumping in my vehicle and like the fifth bullet hit me in the back of the skull." Doctors told him if the bullet had been less than an inch deeper it would have killed him. The bullet hasn't been removed yet for fear of causing more damage. Still, Trice said those events haven't necessarily changed his perspective on life, beyond making him more cautious. "My n----s been getting killed since we was 14, so I've been knowing that life ain't promised for a long time," he said. Issues like these do make their way onto The Re-Up on songs like "Cry Now (Remix)" and "Pistol, Pistol (Remix)," which Trice calls a "vengeance song." But, he said the tightest song on the album is one he appears on with newcomer Cashis, called "We Ride For Shady." "Once that sh-- really hit and n----s can go buy that album, I guarantee you 'We Ride for Shady' be the most played song on that motherf---ing record," he said. "I guarantee you, because it's so gangsta, the beat is crazy. It's one of them songs, people are going to love that record." Trice talked about a possible tour with the Shady family to promote The Re-Up and said he is working on bringing the Obie Trice brand to the next level. "I still ain't the superstar I want to be," he said. "I think I can be that n---- you always see on TV all the time, but I'm going to get there. This is just the beginning ... I got a whole bunch of albums left in me." Trice's next project is tentatively called Bottoms Up in keeping with the drinking theme of his album titles -- his debut album was titled Cheers and his sophomore album was Second Round's on Me, released this August. "My crew, we drink, that's what we do. I come from a family of alcoholics. Some motherf---ers got crackheads... my peoples is alcoholics, this sh-- is in my blood," he said. "That's what I know, that's what I come from, so I put it out there." As far as having to re-establish the Shady brand of hip-hop with the influx of so many Southern acts on the radio right now, Trice said "hell nah" to that concept. "We innovators of hip-hop. I mean, Atlanta is doing it right now and the South is doing it, that's a good thing, hip-hop is evolving," he said. "That's how hip-hop, if you know the history of hip-hop music, hip-hop music goes in cycles. Sometimes in history, the West Coast had it banging, then it moves to the South, then it moves to the East, it's a rotating thing. "But Shady reestablishing itself, hell nah, it's a wrap. We're just re-in up, we're just putting out some stocking stuffers," he said. "We're making y'all holidays happier. This is our Christmas present to the world right here." For more on Obie Trice, visit MySpace.com/obietrice. Obie says: hit him up on MySpace and let him know you read this story and bought The Re-Up and Second Round's On Me and he'll "do favors." For more on The Re-Up, visit Myspace.com/shadyrecords __________________

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SmOkEy420 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: PhiLLy Posts: 717 Repped: 10 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeaa da re-up is sick 4 a mixtape compilation n dat ride 4 shady jawn is firee obie is vicious he does got flow

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chronicad Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 211 Repped: 16 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	this shit is hot obie does smash every track he is on

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cantbestoped Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	cd is fucking sick every beat is dope shadys back

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240KA Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orlando, FL aka trigger state Posts: 2,708 Repped: 9 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	obies the shit. even two of the niggas in D-12 stepped their game up. fuck everyone else.

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gunit06 SCP Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: VA Posts: 1,113 Repped: 361 Repped 63 Times in 23 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	how yall gonna say em has fallin off and nevr comin back. if you listen to no apologies and that other track hes got on there they are darker just how he use to be. hes comin back and comin hard. you'll see

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xopton Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,089 Repped: 9 Repped 462 Times in 81 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Props, Good Read.

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Drewshady17 Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,001 Repped: 295 Repped 347 Times in 71 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 16 Times in 12 Posts	Man Obie is fuckin tight.He is a real dude speakin the truth.You do need to go get the Re Up that CD is fire.I'm glad to see Eminem workin again and be able to still work and keep workin to make Proof proud and those Em and 50 collabo's are off the chain.The whole CD is raw not one song needs to be passed by.Its a classic from start to finish.And fuck them bitches that tried to get Obie.They will get there's some day.And go cop Second Round's On Me cause that CD is hot too.Shady Is Back In Full Mothefuckin Effezect.

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PhillyThug King of Philly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 780 Repped: 140 Repped 17 Times in 10 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props. obie and cashis killed the mixtape. yall sayin em fell off r sayin it cause hes not talkin about stupid shit anymore. listen to no apologies and public enemy number 1. those tracks are fire

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The Gatfather Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,436 Repped: 519 Repped 2,049 Times in 381 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Props! Topic Moved To Shady/Aftermath news...

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