Obie Trice
Second Round's On Me
Review by Marissa J. Lonardo AKA MJ

Obie Trice is back with a very promising sophomore effort, "Second Round's On Me." By using the same drinking theme as his first album, "Cheers", Obie brings us back where he left off with the 18 track offering of pure Hip-Hop. Obie has enlisted many guests, including his boss Eminem, Nate Dogg, 50 Cent, Akon, and Trey Songz, just to name a few, to raise their glasses.

With bullet fragments still in his head from a drive-by shooting and the death of his friend Proof, in the same year, Obie really has a lot to say and he has been quoted as saying, that many of the songs were therapeutic.

With so much drama in his life, he really did confront issues. One of the standout tracks that confront issues is "Wake Up" a great song that reaches out to his Detroit community. Taking a different turn on "Snitch" with Akon, this cut has a nice catchy chorus but with the "don't snitch theme," the songs lyrics take away from the album as a whole. "Cry Now" is an ode to the Obie haters, where he address's his shooting. "All of My Life" featuring Nate Dogg is another catchy song track, with Nate Dogg bringing his trademark R&B gangster and the lyrics are ok. "Mama" featuring R&B up incomer Trey Songs, is a cool track with a nice laidback vibe, and a message, that will make you listen closer to his rhymes. But the best song on the album is definitely the last one, "Obie Story" a real biographical look into Obie's life from beginning to present, that basically adds on to "Mama".

Overall "Second Rounds On Me" has many filler songs and the stand outs are far and few between, and you definitely have to skip through many to get to the good tracks, however, Obie still has given a solid effort with tight lyrics that make since. But when he goes from positive to negative back to positive he’s sure to end up giving the listener mixed messages.