Second Round's on Me

Second Round's on Me is the second studio album by rapper Obie Trice and is his final album released under Shady Records. The track "Wanna Know" can be heard on the HBO series Entourage in the episode "The Sundance Kids" and also in the game 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 on August 15, 2006, after over a year of delays.

Second Round's on Me
Studio album by
Obie Trice
ReleasedJuly 28, 2006 (Netherlands)
August 15, 2006 (US)
Recorded2004–06
Genre
Length62:25
Label
Producer
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

Background

The first single released from the album was "Snitch" featuring Akon, with a music video directed by Jessy Terrero. Both performers can be seen and heard on the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode "Poppin' Tags" performing the hit song, and the music video can now be watched on Yahoo Music. The second single is "Cry Now" and the remix can be found on the Eminem Presents: The Re-Up album. The third single is "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 also debuted at number 8 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
Metacritic48/100[3]
Review 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]

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]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"  0:37
2."Wake Up"
2:51
3."Violent"
  • Trice
  • Mathers
  • Resto
4:04
4."Wanna Know"
Emile4:03
5."Lay Down"
  • Trice
  • Mathers
  • Resto
2:54
6."Snitch" (featuring Akon)
Akon4:01
7."Cry Now"
  • Trice
  • Bryan Johnson
  • Dewitt Moore
Witt & Pep4:00
8."Ballad of Obie Trice"
  • Trice
  • Mathers
Eminem2:54
9."Jamaican Girl" (featuring Brick & Lace)
Eminem3:38
10."Kill Me a Mutha"
  • Trice
  • Mathers
  • Resto
3:21
11."Out of State"
  • Trice
  • Swinga
  • Mathers
  • Swinga
  • Eminem[a]
2:30
12."All of My Life" (featuring Nate Dogg)
4:15
13."Ghetto" (featuring Trey Songz)
J.R. Rotem4:20
14."There They Go" (featuring Big Herk, Eminem and Trick-Trick)
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. 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. "Second Round's On Me by Obie Trice". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. Adaso, Henry. "Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me". About.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  5. "Second Round's On Me - Obie Trice". AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  6. Cruz, Gilbert (August 11, 2006). "Second Round's on Me". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  7. 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.
  8. Okayplayer review
  9. Joseph, Mike (August 20, 2006). "Obie Trice: Second Round's on Me". PopMatters. 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. 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. Golianopoulos, Thomas (August 2006). "Obie Trice 'Second Round's On Me'". Vibe. Vibe Media. 14 (8): 140. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  13. Frederick, Brendan (June 2, 2006). "Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me". XXL. Townsquare Media. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
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