Obie Trice

Matching the success of 50 Cent's GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' might seem a formidable task, but with CHEERS, Obie Trice more than rises to the challenge. The latest release from Eminem's Shady Records, CHEERS is bursting with musical and lyrical ...

D12's initial success was certainly aided by the high-profile presence of member Eminem, as well as lyrics that took his provocative topics to another twisted, incendiary level. However, D12 also consists of five other Detroit rappers, who were ...

Detroit rapper Obie Trice is widely known as a protégé of controversial hip-hop superstar Eminem. With appearances on Em's 8 Mile soundtrack and a debut album, Cheers, in the can, Trice reaches for the brass ring on the follow-up, Second Round's ...

THE EMINEM SHOW was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. "Without Me" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year and Best Male Rap Solo Performance. This deluxe limited edition includes a bonus DVD ...

Track Listing: Illest Featuring Obie, The; Under The Weather; Out Cold; Twice Twice; In The D Featuring Paradime & Trick Trick; Obie Trice; Good Shit Featuring Bango; Drop That Shit; Rude Jude Shade 45; Number 2 Featuring ROC Danz; Certified ...

Bizarre is known as the Ol' Dirty Bastard of Eminem's D12 posse--an out-of-control, just-maybe-crazy guy whose visual hook is that he's always wearing a shower cap. After a series of guest spots on Eminem's records, Bizarre manages to define ...

P/A. All Prev.Unrel.Tracks. W/ 50 Cent,Jadakiss,L.Banks,Outlw Dozens of posthumous releases have been culled from 2Pac's archives, both by his mother, Afeni Shakur, and by more dubious sources. Eight years after the conflicted poet/thug's death ...

On "Clap Wit Me," the first track on his major-label solo debut, Proof announces "the world's been 'sleep long enough, they better wake up." The Detroit MC has good reason to be antsy for recognition. While the larger-than-life Eminem and the ...

On 50 Cent posse G Unit's platinum first release, 2004's BEG FOR MERCY, Tony Yayo appears as a ghost, pictured in the flap but unable to rap on the record due to his incarceration on a weapons charge. When Yayo was freed from prison he cut his ...

Shady protegees Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Swifty McVay, Kuniva, and Mr. Porter, newcomers Bobby Creekwater and Ca$his, as well as established stars like 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Nate Dogg are allotted time to shine. One of THE RE-UP's strongest ...

The People vs. chronicles Trick's murder trial. In 2003 Trick was wrongfully accused of Murder. He was arrested and sat in jail for eight months until his trial. In March 2004 Trick was found innocent and was acquitted of all charges. With the ...

"Lose Yourself" won the 2004 Grammy Awards for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and for Best Rap Song. The song was also nominated for Record Of The Year, for Song Of The Year and for Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other ...

While Eminem has revealed levels of depth far beyond his Slim Shady persona, few could have anticipated 'Mosh,' the second single from his 2004 release, ENCORE. This song, by one of music's most controversial artists, features Em focusing his ...

DJ Kayslay has been a part of the hip-hop world practically since its inception. As a graffiti artist and DJ, the man goes back to the days when the music and the culture were truly underground. However, he didn't become huge until about 30 ...

Returning with a stellar sophomore album, Ginuwine picks up where his 1996 debut album left off. On 100% GINUWINE, he sounds prepared to break out into superstar pop status. Packed with lyrical passion and bomb beats, the soulful singer has ...

Song writer and music educator Obie Leff has a dual mission: to write great songs and to help children learn the core curriculum through music. Some of Obie's CDs are full of songs from the heart, while others teach concepts such as counting, ...

All songs written by Hip Linkchain except "Blow Wind Blow" (Muddy Waters), "Gambler's Blues" (B.B. King/Johnny Pate), "Strain On My Heart" (Allen Orange), and "Diggin' My Potatoes" (Robert Brown). Hip Linkchain was a solid, no-frills bluesman ...

Between 1956 and 1961 the Coasters put out a dozen or so classic singles that brilliantly detailed teenage angst, love, and lust, all of them given a slight comic spin that allowed the songs to nestle into AM pop radio with undetected subversive ...

Recorded between 1964 and 1982. Includes liner notes by Steven Ivory. An all but impossible to beat single disc greatest hits set, this collection covers just about every crucial stage of the Tops' career. During Motown's 1960s glory days, ...