Bottoms Up (Obie Trice album)
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| Studio album by Obie Trice | ||||
| Released | April 3, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–12 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, Midwest hip hop | |||
| Length | 62:39 | |||
| Label | Black Market Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Obie Trice (exec.), Dr. Dre, Eminem, K & Square, Statik Selektah, Phonix Beats, Lucas Rezza, NoSpeakerz, Geno XO, Witt & Pep, Coree Benton | |||
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Bottoms Up is the third studio album by American rapper Obie Trice; it was released on April 3, 2012, by Black Market Entertainment. The album entering the charts at number 113, with 4,400 physical albums sold in the first week. The album is his first effort since the 2006 Second Round's on Me and features production from Dr. Dre and Eminem.
The title of the album, Bottoms Up, was chosen as Obie Trice was keen to keep the alcohol-related theme for his album titles. He had begun working on the album while in the process of releasing his second album, Second Round's on Me. As of 21 May 2007, Obie Trice told MTV that he was at the time "a few songs deep", and had by that point collaborated with just Daz Dillinger. He also stated that he'd like to get work done with Eminem, 50 Cent, Slaughterhouse, Young Buck, Akon, Cashis, Jazze Pha, and Devin the Dude. On the topic of collaborating, Obie Trice also explained to MTV,
But in July, XXL displayed in an Obie Trice interview that Obie said he would not to compromise his integrity. He also said that he felt he was near to being finished, and has worked with producers such as South Carolina's Propane the Great (who did his single “Detroit Summer”), Detroit's Square Biz, and Six - all of which he stated as being "unknown producers, but the shit is fire."
Obie had also mentioned in another interview that he does have beats from Dr. Dre, which he received during Second Round's on Me, but decided to keep them for Bottoms Up. He has also stated at various times that he'd like to release the album in the summer of 2008, and further elaborated on this thought by saying,
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