Released September 23, 2003 Length 74:27 Release date 23 September 2003 | Recorded 2001–03 Artist Obie Trice | |
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Cheers
(2003) Second Round's on Me
(2006) Label Insomniac/Interscope Records Genres Hip hop music, Gangsta rap, Hardcore hip hop Producers Eminem (exec.), Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, Luis Resto Similar Obie Trice albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
Obie trice cheers full album
Cheers is the debut studio album by rapper Obie Trice, released on September 23, 2003 after he was signed to Shady Records in 2000. The title track "Cheers" celebrates Obie's successful debut into the rap game after being in the Detroit underground for many years. The album's title is a homage to the long running NBC sitcom of the same name, and the album cover features a logo similar to that used on the show.
Contents
- Obie trice cheers full album
- Obie trice average man
- Critical reception
- Samples
- Singles
- Shit Hits the Fan
- We All Die One Day
- Outro
- Songs
- References
The album consists of 17 tracks, with executive production from Eminem, and additional production by Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Mike Elizondo, Emile, Fredwreck and Denaun Porter. Artists featuring on Cheers include Busta Rhymes, D12, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Timbaland, and Tony Yayo
Topics Obie has touched on this album include his life on the streets of Detroit, problems with his mother, relationships with women and the soulful reminder that, despite having made it into the mainstream, he has not forgotten his friends.
The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 with 226,000 copies sold in its first week and has sold over 2 million worldwide
Obie trice average man
Critical reception
Upon its release, Cheers received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Samples
Singles
"Shit Hits the Fan"
The track "Shit Hits the Fan" is a track which insults Ja Rule. Examples of disses from Dr. Dre in the track are: "This little nigga, Ja Rule, Talking bout he's gonna slap me, Nigga please, you gotta jump and swing up to hit me at the knees." At the end of the song, Obie spoke over the beat telling Ja Rule to, "Go behind all the gangsta's you want. Matter of fact get every gangsta from every hood in the United States of America to back you. Ain't nobody reppin' with you, you cant see that?" This was intended to mock Ja Rule's street credibility, declaring that no one was backing him again and that he "fell off."
"We All Die One Day"
The track "We All Die One Day" is a diss to Benzino and The Source. Examples from Lloyd Banks include a subliminal shot at Ja Rule and Irv Gotti like, 'Your boss and your captain soft'. Eminem dissed The Source with lines like, 'We burn Source covers like fuckin' Cypress Hill'.
"Outro"
The track "Outro", which features D12 in the song, was a diss to Murda Inc. and Benzino.
Songs
1Average Man4:17
2Cheers3:34
3Got Some Teeth3:48