With the Power of Zeus by his side, Obie Trice sent a message to the rap world. “All I want is what’s mine – I don’t care who I hurt!” Unfortunately since that message was broadcast on the HBO series Entourage a lot of people probably didn’t hear it. I’m not knocking the show – in fact I enjoy the hell out of it. It’s a funny and smart look at what happens when you blow up famous overnight and take your best friends along for the ride to fame and fortune. Despite being about four white boys in Hollywood the show has a surprising amount of hip-hop saavy, as one of the recurring storylines is about the “Turtle” character becoming Saigon’s manager in a fast rising hip-hop career. As such is no surprise that Entourage got dibs on Obie Trice’s “Wanna Know,” the first song leaked off his long awaited sophomore album “Second Round’s on Me.” Do the math though – take the number of people who have cable, multiply that by the percent that have HBO, multiply that again by the percent who watch Entourage, and then AGAIN by the number of people watching Entourage who are hip-hop heads. Suddenly getting “Wanna Know” into an episode of the show really doesn’t mean much for Obie Trice’s career.

You don’t have to worry about Trice though. He’s the poster boy for Eminem’s Cheers” back in 2003. You might at first believe that 50 Cent was the top man on Shady Records and you’d be right – he’s the top SELLING artist under that imprint. 50 is a man seeking his own empire though with G-Unit, who are both his crew and his own record label to distribute them. Trice on the other hand is as close as kin to Eminem – hailing from Detroit (okay so Em wasn’t born there but he still calls it home) and so well connected to D12 that Proof had a daughter by his first cousin (R.I.P. Proof). 50 may get all the attention for his fame and his beefs, but Obie is the loyal soldier paying his dues and working to get his shine. 50’s style was well developed before ever signing routing number and account number Shady/Aftermath, while Obie sounds highly influenced by Eminem given their penchant for versatile flows and occasionally over-the-top humor. That’s not to say Trice is in any way an Eminem clone – pretty hard to be when one guy’s black and the other’s white anyway – but if anybody can successfully step into the void vacated by Em’s quasi-retirement it’s Obie. Need evidence to support this claim? Look no further than “Cry Now”:

“Hip-Hop’s my fate, since cassette tapes
I’ve embraced what you know of, as this nigga’s culture
Put it in a chokehold, spoke as a soldier (soldier)
Yet you provoke him to pull up out his holster
Leave you wit a visible ulcer, ogle off ya
Niggaz alter what he lyrically offers
All cause he salty, I’m rollin like a boss
I don’t follow nigga’s course, I’m awkward
My choice, Rock City is my voice
The white boy stepped down, so I will accept the crown
Exceptional however, never let ya down
Found my new niche, no more bricks
So I’m pitchin 16’s, verbally bitch”

With production by Witt and Pep and a calm composed flow that states his position without backing down from any adversaries, Obie lays claim to a newfound level of fame. Obie can be a funny dude, but he’s not soft. Step out of line and you may find yourself in the crosshairs of his Eminem-produced track “Kill Me a Mutha”:

“Now I don’t wanna come across as a boss some type of mafia
But these are my thoughts, they awful, I won’t argue with ya
But see, I got a cause a clause, that I live by
Keep the heater close because I don’t want to die
You see I’m from Detroit where they dump ’em off in coffins
And often there’s assorted men where bullets holes departed him
And Amazon prime com mytv don’t want no parts of them, crazy complications
So I keep the heater cocked up in case of confrontation
And I would just be fakin if I said I wouldn’t erase him
If he blatantly, tried to take away God’s creation
I’ll kill me a muh’fucker”

Remember that I said Trice was versatile? Obie’s also got songs for the club, like the thumping Trill sound of “All of My Life” featuring Nate Dogg:

“You know a nigga wanna touch your body
We can keep in touch, have an afterparty
Know you wanna fuck cause you’re actin naughty
You see us in the matress probably (ha)
Want to be involved cause the +Entourage+ I’m endorsed in
Say you love my dirty drawers, you’re all in
Wanna sleep with the lucille bremer abelardo louis rodriguez, be baby mom
Eat lob-ster, see where you’re comin from
Cause hey, that nigga got dick for days
And ain’t too many niggaz blessed in those ways
I guess, I just get better with old age”

It’s fair to say that he does, because in his three years off the flows got more polished and the rhymes got a little bit tighter. There’s plenty of material that could blow up easily on the radio here, yet none of it sounds forced or like Obie’s playing false and going outside what put him on the map. Trey Songz is as much a natural choice to croon on “Ghetto” as Akon is to call a snitch a “Snitch.” Eminem takes a light hand and makes sure the spotlight stays on Obie, only making a cameo on “There They Go”; likewise 50 Cent shows his support on “Everywhere I Go” but doesn’t dominate this CD. (It’s a shame G-Unit couldn’t figure out this formula when putting out Mobb Deep.) By the heartfelt J.R. Totem produced closing track “Obie Story,” how could you not be feeling this man? It’s not a perfect album and Obie has yet to exercise the full potential that Eminem sees in him, but there’s really very little here you can hate. Trice just wants what’s his but buying this album really isn’t gonna hurt you at all.

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[Nate Dogg]
All of my Life (got this lady on my mind)
All of my obie trice entourage (wanna hit it all the time)
?? (I was down and locked obie trice entourage ?? (wanna hit it every day)

[Obie Trice (Verse 1)]
You know a nigga wanna touch your body
We can keep in touch having after parties
You know you wanna fuck cause you're acting naughty
You see us in the mattress probably
Wanna be involved cause the entourage I'm indulged in
You say you love my dirty drawers your all in
Wanna sleep with the star, be baby moms, eat lobster
See where you're coming from
Cause hey that nigga got dick for days
There aint too many niggas blessing O's ways I guess
I just get better with old age cause in my?? Made me say "Mayday"
Anyway, today I'm a different human being
I crush em make em scream
Its nothing aint a thang
Fronting like the dick aint off the chain
Slicing nigga's??

[Nate Dogg (Chorus)]
At the after party we can get naughty watching your body get this shit started
Coke and Bacardi pimp juice and gin and I'm off and ready to roll
At the after party it's a private party what happens at the party stays at the party
Girl roll that body, back up that body into my body (girl lets go)

[Obie Trice (Verse 2)]
You know I'm somewhere where I can ease my mind be
On some island Don Ps beside me
No paparazzi eying that hiney
But I am right behind she
Wanna bump n grind, crying, say I'm all up in that side
Bringing down the menstruation cycle
Girl I lay pipe to the right, pipe to the left, pipe all night, a pipe dream right
O Trice advise your type
If it aint him it's a nigga in my click you like
If the miss's insist on the dick tonight
We throw assists like Scott, Pip and Mike
You blow a kiss on my tip you just might
Get a whiff of the kid up in your windpipe
Now see that insight, it excites, cause she's undressing for that s**, right

[Nate Dogg (Chorus)]

[Obie Trice (Verse 3)]
Take time off my hectic schedule
Just to give you the pleasure you request for
When I hit your spine that's how you measure O
Tell your girlfriends you aint had it like this before
Now your girlfriends all up in the midst of O
Wanna be mistress, all cause a few extra inches
Blew back your interest, you lack experience, new jack my crew ran through that for instance
We can fuck from dust to dawn
No discussion who's nuts your own
Shes in such of a rush to c**
Wanna choke on the dong, like it's a bong
And what is it doing, first citizens bank greenville sc making a moan
You make her wanna leave that muthafucka she got back home
All Os knowing is he keeps hoes going, enjoying O Trice's groin

[Nate Dogg (Chorus)]

Bruh Rolling with my entourage (my entourage) In my garage (my garage) On our way to Mariott (Mariott) Got this little [?] wanna give me massage (massage) Ménage à trois with a boss like mwah (like me) Riding like the mafia, leaving the opera (yeah) He close like binoculars she need me on top of her Or could it be I′m popular or either I'm opposite walmart money card balance espanol these nigga′s that be flocking her Potting me bruh Pockets full of profit I'm an oceanographer (swim) Swimming in women Obie not eating Talopia (hold up) Not even if she on her knees gobbler Eating Obie's thermometer Imma drawn the line, carpenter (that′s me) Monitor her, if she obviously honorary Imma delete and copy the girl Find another follower who hair longer than [?] Who goes by the motto she′s a swallower bruh (yessir) Bruh bruh (Wait a minute! You mean to tell me you ain't gonna eat this pussy those big ass lips?) Bruh Bruh Bruh (See I don′t mind deep throating that dick but you gonna have to eat this pussy though) Bruh Bruh Bruh (I mean like what the fuck you got me fucked up you gonna eat this pussy Obie Trice) Bruh Bruh bruh Uh nuh, I don't pay no attention to her She ain′t in to what I'm in to I′m dismissing the girl Too many bitches on my hit list to be listenin' to ya You ain't feelin′ what I′m spittin' I′ll just hit you with the Bruh Bruh Bruh Bruh Bruh Nigga please you can leave, and don't forget your motherfucking keys Biatch! I ain′t even understand what the fuck you just said nigga) Bruh Bruh Bruh (Fuck you nigga) Bruh Bruh Bruh (Fuck you nigga I never liked you never will nigga) Bruh Bruh Bruh (And when I see you Imma do something to you, Obie Trice) Bruh Ugh nuh, I don't pay no attention to nigga′s I pop the clip in, take out his liver Mean's he on a trip then, he no longer here with us And it's all cause his temper now he ain′t here to remember I said Bruh Bruh Bruh Bruh Bruh Nigga please I drop you to your motherfucking knees Biatch

2006 studio album by Obie Trice

Second Round's on Me is the second studio album by rapper Obie Trice and is his final album released under Shady Records. The track "Wanna Know" can be heard on the HBO series Entourage in the episode "The Sundance Kids" and also in the game Fight Night: Round 3 for the Xbox 360 as well as the PS3. The album contains a predominance of guest appearances from members of his Detroit crew Trife Life. It was released on August 15, 2006, after over a year of delays.

Background[edit]

The first single released from the album was "Snitch" featuring Akon, with a music video directed by Jessy Terrero. Both performers can be seen and heard on the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode "Poppin' Tags" performing the hit song, and the music video can now be watched on Yahoo Music. The second single is "Cry Now" and the remix can be found on the Eminem Presents: The Re-Up album. The third single is "Jamaican Girl". The Album features artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Akon, Trey Midfirst bank locations, Brick & Lace, Trick Trick, Big Herk and Nate Dogg.

Reception[edit]

Commercial[edit]

The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 with 74,000 copies sold in its first week.^[1] As of January 2016, the album has sold 240,000 units.^[2]

Critical[edit]

Second Round's on Me received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 48, based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[3]

J-23 of HipHopDX gave high praise to Trice for having more of a presence on his own record to display his improved lyricism, vocal delivery and choice in beats, saying, "[T]hese days everyone likes to think that every respectable artist has one "classic" in their catalogue. If that is the case, Second Round's On Me will likely go down as Obie's."^[7] Brendan Frederick of XXL praised Trice and Eminem for having "superb attention to visual details and calculated rhyme structure" and an "expanded production palate" throughout the album to deliver in telling "bleak oratories of Detroit's streets" but also highlighted Rotem's contributions on "Mama" and "Obie Story" for allowing Trice to show "historical context to his struggles", concluding with: "Filled with unflinching street tales and dense lyrical couplets, Second Round should be sipped slowly for full potency. No shots to the head necessary."^[13] Thomas Golianopoulos of Vibe praised Eminem for supplying Trice's "sinister outlook" with "equally gloomy production" on tracks like "Violent" and "The Ballad of Obie", but highlighted "Mama" for showcasing Trice with "a much sunnier disposition."^[12] A writer for AllMusic said: "Leaning heavily on a mid-paced, paranoid gangsta rap production style, evidenced on tracks like "They Wanna Kill Me" and "Snitch" (a duet with Akon), Trice stakes his claim as a tough, swaggering performer whose self-awareness never undermines his hard, ghetto edge."^[5]

Entertainment Weekly writer Gilbert Cruz gave the album a C grade, calling it "a more subdued affair" than Trice's debut because it lacked Timbaland and Dr. Dre's "jaunty beats" and with more "repetitive, simplistic production" from Eminem, concluding that "Second Round's on Me does have moments of cross-genre joy, but this round goes down like a cheap well drink."^[6] Peter Relic of Rolling Stone wrote: "Full of creepy, minor-key themes and powered by homicidal mania, Second Round is wholly lacking in the playfulness that made his debut, Cheers, a varied delight."^[11]PopMatters contributor Mike Joseph gave credit to Trice for having a "solid" flow, but criticized the "tired, predictable subject matter" throughout the track listing and Eminem's production feeling "agonizingly predictable" and "substandard" to distract listeners from the hate-filled material, concluding that: "Second Round's on Me just emphasizes everything that's wrong with gangsta rap, which started out as admirable street reporting and has regressed into wanton violence which should be viewed as a cartoon, but a generation of urban youth has unfortunately come to accept as gospel."^[9]

Track listing[edit]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies a co-producer.

Sample credits

• "Cry Now" - "Blind Man" as performed by Bobby Blue Band.
• "Wanna Know" - "It Couldn't Be Me" as performed by Power Of Zeus.

Chart positions[edit]

Album chart positions[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

The track "Wanna Know" was used for a Science Channel commercial, in episode 5 of Friday Night Lights and the video game Fight Night Round 3.

Album Singles[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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