Before Eminem began his ascent to stardom, he had to make his way through Detroit’s legendary battle Rap scene. The process was far from smooth, with Eminem being booed and feeling so discouraged that he wanted to quit rhyming.
In an interview with SOHH.com, Eminem’s former artist, Obie Trice, explained how he was able to relate to that experience. “I knew that when that happened to him, but that’s just part of the game,” said Obie of his old boss.
Trice recalled not getting any response from crowds in New York. ‘”I remember doing shows in New York back in the day where the crowd was just staring at me. I was trying my best to get some type of reaction, and that didn’t happen at that time until later on in my career when they just started knowing who I was.”
“So, I believe that’s part of the whole process of getting to know an artist and listening to his music. Eminem, at the time, was a breaking-through artist. He was a white dude back when Hip Hop was mainly just black culture. So, you know, he probably had a lot of different hurdles [more]than the norm, but quitting is not an option. You take a hiatus, but I don’t believe in quitting.”
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Best niggas never heard:
1 – Obie Trice
2 – Pharoahe Monch
3 – Black Thought
4 – Vinnie Paz
5 – Slug
I would take Vinny Paz and Slug out and put
4)Immortal Technique
5)Talib Kweli/Dead Prez
^^ Immortal Technique and Talib are famous as fuck this list is just for underground niggas
obie fucking sucks
who are you?
“remember doing shows in New York”
Sadly, that was just last week.
– Pharoahe Monch
Never heard? He had that one song, Simon Says, that was played during the end credits of Boiler Room.
Also Charlie’s Angels, when Sam Rockwell was doing that dance. That’s how I found out about it.
Yet nobody knows this neega.
Obie was alright, but he was too much of a liability when he got shot in his head and had to be dropped from Interscope. If he was in the studio instead of the streets, then maybe he would have more than 2 albums out. What has it been, 7 or 8 years? It’s sad to see that him and Em aren’t on speaking terms when they ran the rap game at one point. I always thought Second Time Around was better than Cheers
Yet Immortal Technique is a much better MC than Eminem.
you do know about the album he put out with MoSS in 09 right? it was mostly older material but still… and he put out his 3rd official studio album in april of this year. and he had a collab with em on a track on that album too. big dummy
They’re not on speaking terms? Is that why Em had a guest appearance on Obie’s album earlier this year?
NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS? HE PRODUCED FOR BOTTOMS UP AND FEATURED ON IT… WHAT YOU SMOKING