Disco de Obie Trice: “Second Round's on Me [Bonus Track]”

Obie Trice's sophmore album, "Second Rounds on Me" is probably the best album of 2006 by far. This album is one of those albums you can blast in your car or listen to on your headphones. I read a lot of the reviews and people feel the album is "dark" or depressing. This album is just a little more rugged than cheers. I don't see this album as "dark" at all. Songs like "Jamaican Girl" and "All of My Life" do not give the album a gloomy feeling. In fact, only a 1 or 2 tracks on the album will give you a depressing feeling. Songs like "Lay Down" or "Ballad of Obie". So if what you're looking for is a Britney Spears album, I'm sorry but you might want to keep looking through the shelves. If you're looking for an album that brings a gutter street presence with incredible lyrical talent and production, this is the album for you.

1. Intro

2. Wake Up 4/5 - Good song to start off the cd. I heard the base in my car and I had to pull over for a second. The beat is so pure and Obie's lyrics through flames on the song like a lot of other songs on the album, as you'll read on.

3. Violent 5/5 - Very strong chorus from Obie. This is a song where I think he lets some of his anger out from him being shot. Eminem's production is sick. One of the best songs by far.

4. Wanna Know 3.5/5 - Good song also. I think the guitar is too much though. Obie's lyrics really helped to save the song.

5. Lay Down 3/5 - This is one of the songs that give a gloomy feeling like I was talking about. The beat is very plain. If you really listen to it, it just sounds like snares. In my opinion, just an album filler.

6. Snitch 5/5 - First single off the album, and rightfully so. This song sticks out like a sore thumb (sorry for the cliche). Akon gives an amazing appearence with the chorus and produces the song as well. Obie did the track justice with his verses as well. Akon is very underrated.

7. Cry Now 5/5 - This is absolutley my favorite song on the album. This just shows us that Obie Trice is nothing but a beast. He showed so much energy in the song and gave it everything he had. You can tell in his voice.

8. Ballad of Obie Trice 4/5 - This is another dark song, but this one is really good. It's one of those songs you would listen to on a rainy day in my opinion

9. Jamaican Girl 4/5 - Very uptempo song. Brick n Lace makes a feature on the song by singing the chorus. They have very good voices and the beat went along great with Obie's lyrics (If you haven't figured it out, Obie's lyrical talent is a huge factor in why this album is so good)

10. Kill Me a Mutha - 4.5/5 What can I say, I'm a sucker for songs with "Scarface" samples. Song is catchy as well. Sounds like a song that would've have made it on "Cheers"

11. Out of State - 3/5 Great beat with this song. I was a little worried because it was a little faster than Obie's regular flow but he kept with the beat. Shows us that he can switch up his flow and it could work either way.

12. All of My Life - Nate Dogg, , Obie Trice - 4/5 I like this song because of the westside feel that it brings. Nate Dogg is also another underrated artist on this album. Great hook that he gave.

13. Ghetto - Trey Songz, , Obie Trice - 3.5/5 Trey Songs really didn't bring much to this song. I'm sorry to all of his fans that are reading this, but I think he is just a poor R.Kelly impersonater. Again, it is Obie that saves the song.

14. There They Go - Eminem, , Obie Trice - 5/5 WOW!!!! This song is absolutley incredible. Obie Trice and Big Herk destroy this song with their solid lyrics. Eminem just slaughtered the track with his verse. Very tight song. They should make a video for it.

15. Mama - Trey Songz, , Obie Trice - 4/5 This is the better of the two songs with Trey Songs. Obie gets personal on this one and thats why I like it.

16. 24's - 4/5 I think every rapper in the world has made a song about 24's once in their career. But I liked this from Obie. Has a gangsta feel to it.

17. Everywhere I Go - 50 Cent, , Obie Trice - 4.5/5 I was kind of hoping for a verse from 50 but the song still came out good. Again, Obie's lyrics are untouchable.

18. Obie Story - 5/5 Great song because, again, Obie gets personal and tells parts of his life. Very genius in changing the beats when he tells a sad part of his life from a happy part of his life.

Again, I would reccomend this album to any rap fan. Def the album of the year so far.

It really had slipped under my radar that Obie Trice was coming out with his second album this month. I hadn't really heard anything from him in awhile except for recently. It's been three years since his debut dropped which was an excellent effort! Cheers was a very enjoyable album with it's lighthearted humor, tales of things he'd been through, dis tracks and deep, painful songs. It was probably one of the more underrated albums of '03. Second Round's On Me didn't quite reach the level of Cheers after me first listen, but there is no sophomore jinx in my view either. It is still good listen. The CD starts off with what Obie talked about in his listen album with him and his mom, a skit that revisits that moment when his mom discovered the work he was selling and kicked him out the house. It leads into a track called Wake Up, which Obie challenges his people to wake up and realize what it is they want to do with their lives. Violent is a cool track, then after that you have Wanna Know and Snitch, which were the first two tracks I heard before the album. They have grown on me a lot. Wanna Know has a rock edgy feel to it as it samples from Van Halen and Snitch features Akon on the hook which made the song even tighter! Cry Now is probably one of the better tracks along with Ballad of Obie Trice and Jamaican Girl. After that, the album kind of tails off in the latter half. Maybe only a few songs that you can take out of there. The song with Eminem, Big Herk and Trick Trick is one of them as Obie and Em really work well together as they did on the first album. The track where Nate Dogg makes an appearance as okay for now. Everywhere I Go with 50 kind of caught me by surprise. When I saw the package, I figured it would be a violent song or a type of clubbanger beat to it. Not even! It's kind of slowed down off-pace beat on which at the end they talk of how thoughts change once you get a chance to step outside the hood and see other things. Pretty decent track! Obie's Story is probably the best on the back end. He tells his story from childhood when he was excelling in school to young adulthood with his being a drug dealer to growing up as a man and becoming a father which changed his whole demeanor and way of life into being a rapper. What makes even tighter is how they switched up the beat to match the points in the story. The beat starts off all happy-go-lucky with its upbeat feel, then goes into deep heavy bass and drum type deal where you can feel pain and anger of the beat and goes back again when he starts to talk about life with his daughter. Listen for yourself to see what I'm talking about. It was a very nice wrap-up. This album kind of strays away from Cheers as Obie tries to take it in another direction with the production he got, although he kind of stays with his first album in the aspect of going a bit deeper into his own life. I cannot give this album the level status of Cheers, but Obie keeps himself around with another good effort. Thanks for seconds!

Obie Trice provides another solid album with his sophomore release "Second Round's On Me" (2006). The Detroit MC provides a relatively dark album, which has good track-to-track continuity. I noticed some other reviewers, saying they would like him to diversify his subject matter, and I basically agree with that. I would also like to see more variety in production. Having followed what his life has been like recently though (Getting shot on Freeway, friend Proof of D12 dying) it's no surprise that his rhymes be related. After the stellar Eminem produced "Wake Up" and thugged out "Violent", Obie provides a banger with "Wanna Know". The album's first single "Snitch" has Obie Trice teaming up with singer Akon for a distinct cut. Another album single has Trice collaborating with R & B singers Brick & Lace on "Jamaican Girl". Obie Trice collabs with Nate Dogg providing a decent party cut with "All Of My Life". Obie Trice, Eminem, Big Herc and Trick Trick provide a banger with "There They Go", everyone comes on point while repping their city. Another standout is "Everywhere I Go", 50 Cent laces the cut with a smooth chorus while Obie rhymes about his rise in the Rap Game. Obie Trice puts some heart into the album's closer "Obie Story" remembering his early days growing up with his mom, then hitting the streets and hustling, and then changing his life and pursuing his dreams to make it in the Rap game. Overall "Second Round's On Me" is an album worth checking out. 3.5.

The first time I remember hearing about Obie Trice was on D12's Devil's Night skit where Obie lays down a preview verse of things to come. I was impressed and patiently waited for his debut album 'Cheers.' I got the album and I wasn't disappointed at all, it was a great album in almost every aspect. After the 'Cheers' hype died down, I couldn't wait until his new album. Finally, after all the push backs and delays, he release 'Second Round's On Me.' I'll have to admit that I was a little disappointed with the album, although it was very good, it was no 'Cheers.' I think the bar was set a little too high because of it, but it's not unusual for an artist to not surpass his debut with his later albums. However, Obie still delivers a solid album.

The album starts off with a pretty useless intro that he could've done without. It's just a little skit of his mother finding dope in his room and kicking him out of the house. That leads in to the first song "Wake Up" which is a great start to the album. He just lays down a long verse and a hook at the end. All the singles "Snitch," "Cry Now" and "Jamaican Girl" are great songs, it's a shame that MTV and other stations wouldn't play "Snitch" because of the content. The album didn't get much promotion because of this, and it's probably going to hurt his sales big time. Eminem does most of the producing for the album, and he does a nice job with that. My favorite songs are "Cry Now," "Everywhere I Go" and "Obie's Story." Most of the choruses are good but some could use some work. "Ballad Of Obie Trice" is a prime example of this, the chorus was annoying. All the guest appearances do an amazing job on the album, especially Akon on the "Snitch" chorus and Eminem's nasty verse on "There They Go." Obie shows off a variety of different flows on this album, it really shows his versatility. This album is definitely worth your money and you won't be disappointed. I would suggest it to any real hip hop fans and any fan of Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit records.

this is definitely one of the top cd's to come out this year if not the best. the cd is strong beginning to end in every way. the beats are incredible and as far as im concerned obie is one of the most underrated rappers out there. his story telling abilities are second to none. i definitely recommend buying this cd. it's one that deserves the couple dollars, and im usually very harsh when it comes to that grading scale. you wont be disappointed.