Obie Trice

Obie Trice has spent a lot of time with very famous people like Eminem and Akon, and sometimes those famous people do some very strange things. After the jump, Obie talks about Rich Homie Quan and Rich Gang (complete with some dance moves) as well as his willingness to work with Detroit artists like Big Sean, Dej Loaf, Trick Trick and more.

Obie Trice stopped by the VladTV office before releasing his fourth studio album, The Hangover, and the Detroit emcee rapped a verse from “Letter.” The track, which didn’t make the album cut, features the Black Market Entertainment CEO rapping lyrics, “Wrote a letter to myself, won’t forget my hell,” and “I’ve never been here, never been noticed. Life is more than just a poster on OTIS.” After rapping the verse off the top of his head, DJ Vlad asked Obie how he memorizes all of his songs, and the former Shady Records artist replied, “This is what I do. It’s just like osmosis for me, you know…I’m a hip-hop artist.” He also pointed out that he has forgotten some lyrics from his vast catalog, and he pointed out that even great emcees like Jay Z forget their lyrics.

Certain artists can always be counted on to keep it a hundred when it comes to their opinions on life industry and everything in between. And in case there was any doubt, Detroit native Obie Trice is just such an artist. With Meek vs Drake now in the past-tense, and his new album The Hangover on the scene, Obie sat with AHH’s MrMecc and shared his thoughts on how it went down now that the dust has settled.

Detroit emcee Obie Trice was a little vexed with VladTV after his last interview with us in 2013. In the clip, Trice detailed times where Eminem would rewrite his lyrics after listening to his. According to him, we made it seem as if he was “sonning” Em. “I got a lot of flak for that s***,” he tells us during his latest sit-down. Clearing up his statement, Obie Trice says “when I read a verse he saw my lyrics, he listened to the lyrics and he heard the rap. He was like ‘f*** that I’m gonna rewrite my s***.’” After things were sorted out, the former Shady records artist was asked how he believes the world may feel if we were to ever find out Eminem used a reference track. Obie doesn’t feel it would “tarnish anything,” and “could he continue moving? Yes, indeed.” “But I dont’ think that some real hip-hop cats will respect him anymore,” he reasons. Watch for more above.

In this VladTV exclusive, Obie Trice recently released his fourth album, “The Hangover“. which the Detroit emcee said is “hip hop music to the fullest.” He then spoke about the drinking theme in all of his album titles, including “Cheers”, “Second Round’s On Me”, and “Bottoms Up”. When asked by DJ Vlad if he was trying to admit to the world he’s an alcoholic, the Detroit emcee said that was never his intention, but he admits that he likes to partake in enjoying spirits. During the conversation, the “Cry Now” emcee spoke about how his sophomore album “Second Round’s On Me” was the first album he didn’t ask for Eminem’s help with, and he admitted that the Shady Records CEO was impressed with the project.

After checking in with King Los on his dense “Black Blood” record, our second installment of Between The Lines brings us to Obie Trice’s feel-good party track, “Good Girls,” which despite being built for the club, is similarly wordy. Full of multi-syllabic rhymes and some hilarious punchlines, Obie takes us through bar-by-bar, telling us all about the “bae-dar” (kinda like gay-dar, but for baes!), handling your business with a woman in the first 48, the Detroit roots embedded in his rhymes, and the ultimate goal in music– the Grammys.