OBIE
TRICE - real name, no gimmicks. One sentence, But it really says
it all. Rapping under his government name, Obie Trice, is the
real deal, no frills, no filler. Just skills and personality.
Obie, whose
career jumped off in the same Detroit neighborhoods and
underground scene that had birthed Eminem, was quick to keep his
attention once they met. "I'm basically a real laid back
type
of dude," says Trice of his first meeting with Em,
"But I'm really about my music, so we got along great from
the jump." Em was so impressed with Obie's work ethic, and
felt so strongly that he fit the Shady roster, that he rushed
production on a Obie freestyle skit which was added to D-12's
double platinum '01 Debut 'Devil's Night.'
Working with
legendary producers like Timbaland and Dr. Dre, and the Shady
one himself, Obie quickly knocked out a slew of tracks. Obie's
offbeat but respectable rhyme style was a perfect fit for Em's
curious, but nonetheless g'd up beat selection. "Once me
and Em really got into the studio together," says Trice,
"It just became clear that we should do most of the record
together."
OBIE
TRICE - real name, no gimmicks. One sentence, But it really says
it all. Rapping under his government name, Obie Trice, is the
real deal, no frills, no filler. Just skills and personality.
of dude," says Trice of his first meeting with Em,
"But I'm really about my music, so we got along great from
the jump." Em was so impressed with Obie's work ethic, and
felt so strongly that he fit the Shady roster, that he rushed
production on a Obie freestyle skit which was added to D-12's
double platinum '01 Debut 'Devil's Night.'