Second Round's on Me

Second Round's on Me
Studio album by Obie Trice
Publication (s)	August 15, 2006
Label (s)	Shady Records , Interscope
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	18th
running time	62:19
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Luis Resto JR Rotem Emile Akon Witt & Pep Swinga Trell
chronology Cheers (2003) Second Round's on Me Bottoms Up (2012)
Single releases May 23, 2006 Snitch July 18, 2006 Cry Now August 15, 2006 Jamaican girl

Second Round's on Me ( English for the second round's on me ) is the second solo album of American rapper Obie Trice . It was released on August 15, 2006 via Eminem's Shady Records and Interscope labels .

Production and samples

The album was mainly produced by Obie Trice's explorer, Eminem , who also served as executive producer . In collaboration with Luis Resto, he created the beats for the songs Wake Up , Violent , Lay Down , Ballad of Obie Trice , Jamaican Girl , Kill Me a Mutha , There They Go and Everywhere I Go . Swinga was at his side on the song Out of State and Trey supported Eminem on the beat of All of My Life . JR Rotem contributed the productions for Ghetto , Mama , 24's and Obie Story , while Emile produced the song Wanna Know . The rapper and producer Akon created the beat of Snitch and the production for Cry Now is from Witt & Pep.

The song Cry Now contains a sample of Blind Man by the Bobby Blue Band.

Cover design

The album cover is in shades of brown and shows Obie Trice's face with sunglasses. In the right part of the picture there is a symbol with the words Obie Trice and Second Round's on Me .

Guest Posts

In addition to Obie Trice, other artists appear on seven tracks on the album. The rapper and singer Akon is featured on the song Snitch , while the R&B duo Brick & Lace can be heard on Jamaican Girl . Nate Dogg supports Obie Trice on All of My Life and label colleague 50 Cent raps a verse on Everywhere I Go . R&B singer Trey Songz is involved in the titles Ghetto and Mama and There They Go is a collaboration with Detroit rappers Eminem , Trick-Trick and Big Herk.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Intro			0:37
2	Wake up		Eminem and Luis Resto	2:51
3	Violent		Eminem and Luis Resto	4:04
4th	Wanna know		Emile	4:03
5	Lay down		Eminem and Luis Resto	2:54
6th	Snitch	Akon	Akon	4:01
7th	Cry Now		Witt & Pep	3:59
8th	Ballad of Obie Trice		Eminem and Luis Resto	2:54
9	Jamaican girl	Brick & Lace	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:38
10	Kill Me a Mutha		Eminem and Luis Resto	3:21
11	Out of state		Swinga and Eminem	2:30
12	All of My Life	Nate Dogg	Trell and Eminem	4:15
13	ghetto	Trey Songz	JR Rotem	4:20
14th	There They Go	Big Herk, Eminem and Trick-Trick	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:49
15th	mummy	Trey Songz	JR Rotem	4:09
16	24's		JR Rotem	3:18
17th	Everywhere I Go	50 cents	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:41
18th	Obie story		JR Rotem	3:55

Chart successes and sales figures

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Second Round's on Me   CH 31 08/27/2006 (3 weeks)   UK 46 09/02/2006 (2 weeks)   US 8th 09/02/2006 (8 weeks)

Singles

Snitch   UK 44 09/16/2006 (3 weeks)

Second Round's on Me couldn't quite build on the success of its predecessor and missed entry into the German Top 100. In the USA the album rose to number 8 and stayed in the charts for eight weeks.

Singles

The songs Snitch , Cry Now and Jamaican Girl were released as singles, none of which could be placed in the German charts.

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	48%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
rap.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

Second Round's on Me received mostly average ratings from critics. The Metacritic site calculated an average of 48% from nine reviews from English-language media.

Valerie Timm from laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points. It was “overall very dark and thoughtful.” So the rapper processed “the loss of his Shady Records colleague Proof in April 2006 and a drive-by shoot on New Year's Eve 2005.” The single Snitch is described as a “typical catchy tune” and Wanna Know is another “highlight” of the album. The production is also highlighted positively, but "the ultimate classic" is missing "the finishing touches."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US 
2. ↑ USA # 8  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: laut.de
5. ↑ Rating: rap.de
6. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
8. ↑ Rating: RapReviews