Second Round's on Me

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Second Round's on Me
J.R. Rotem
  • Luis Resto
  • Mr. Lee
  • Riggs Morales
  • Swinga
  • Trell
  • Witt & Pep
    • Obie Trice chronology
    Cheers
    (2003)     		Second Round's on Me
    (2006)     		Special Reserve
    (2009)
    Singles from Second Round's on Me
    1. "Snitch"
      Released: May 23, 2006
    2. "Cry Now"
      Released: July 18, 2006
    3. "Jamaican Girl"
      Released: August 15, 2006

    Second Round's on Me is the second studio album by rapper

    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 in the Netherlands on July 28, 2006, and in the United States on August 15, 2006, after over a year of delays.

    Background

    The first single released from the album was "Snitch" featuring

    Jamaican Girl
    ". The Album features artists such as     Eminem, 50 Cent, Akon, Trey Songz, Brick & Lace, Trick Trick, Big Herk and Nate Dogg.

    Reception

    Commercial

    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

    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    About.com
    		[4]
    AllMusic[5]
    Entertainment WeeklyC+[6]
    HipHopDX[7]
    Okayplayer[8]
    PopMatters[9]
    RapReviews8.5/10[10]
    Rolling Stone[11]
    Vibe[12]
    XXL[13]

    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

    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."Intro"  0:37
    2."Wake Up"
    • Christian Mathis
    • Resto
    		3:49
    15."Mama" (featuring Trey Songz)
    • Trice
    • Neverson
    • Rotem
    		J.R. Rotem4:09
    16."24's"
    • Trice
    • Rotem
    		J.R. Rotem3:18
    17."Everywhere I Go" (featuring 50 Cent)
    		3:41
    18."Obie Story"
    • Trice
    • Rotem
    • Riggs Morales
    • J.R. Rotem
    • Riggs Morales[b]
    		3:55
    Japan edition bonus tracks
    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    19."Terrible"
    		Mr. Lee3:55
    20."Luv" (featuring Jaguar Wright)
    		9th Wonder3:54
    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

    Album chart positions

    Year Album Chart positions
    Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top Canadian Albums
    2006 Second Round's on Me 8 5 4

    Miscellaneous

    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

    Single information
    "Snitch"
    • Released: May 23, 2006
    • B-side:
    "Cry Now"
    • Released: July 18, 2006
    • B-side:
    "Jamaican Girl"
    • Released: August 15, 2006
    • B-side:

    References

    1. ^ Hasty, Katie (August 23, 2006). "Aguilera Takes No. 1 Amid All New Top Five". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
    2. ^ Gelenidze, Remy (January 7, 2016). "Worldwide Album Sales Of All Current And Former Shady Records Artists". Southpawer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
    3. ^
      CBS Interactive. Archived
      from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
    4. About.com. Archived from the original
      on July 18, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
    5. ^ a b "Second Round's On Me - Obie Trice". AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
    6. ^ a b Cruz, Gilbert (August 11, 2006). "Second Round's on Me". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
    7. ^ a b J-23 (August 17, 2006). "Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Archived from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2011.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    8. ^ Okayplayer review[permanent dead link]
    9. ^ a b Joseph, Mike (August 20, 2006). "Obie Trice: Second Round's on Me". PopMatters. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
    10. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (August 15, 2006). "Feature for August 15, 2006 - Obie Trice's "Second Round's on Me"". RapReviews. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
    11. ^ a b Relic, Peter (September 7, 2006). "Obie Trice: Second Round's On Me". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
    12. ^
      ISSN 1070-4701
      . Retrieved August 8, 2011.
    13. ^ a b Frederick, Brendan (June 2, 2006). "Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me". XXL. Townsquare Media. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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