Track Listing

1. Shady Narcotics - Eminem
2. We're Back - Eminem
3. Pistol Pistol (Remix) - Obie Trice
4. Murder - Bizarre
5. Everything Is Shady - Cashis
6. The Re-Up - Eminem
7. You Don't Know - Eminem
8. Jimmy Crack Corn - Eminem
9. Trapped - Proof
10. Whatever You Want - Mr. Porter
11. Talkin' All That - Cashis
12. By My Side - Stat Quo
13. We Ride For Shady - Obie Trice
14. There He Is - Bobby Creekwater
15. Tryin' Ta Win - Stat Quo
16. Smack That (Remix) - Akon
17. Public Enemy #1 - Eminem
18. Get Low - Stat Quo
19. Ski Mask Way (Eminem Remix) - 50 Cent
20. Shake That (Remix) - Nate Dogg
21. Cry Now (Shady Remix) - Obie Trice
22. No Apologies - Eminem

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13492 in Music
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Album Description
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (Shady Records/Interscope Records), began as a street mixtape project--an underground, unofficial CD with raw production values--designed to help launch new Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Ca$his and Bobby Creekwater. "But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album," said Eminem. "Instead of putting it out there rough and unfinished, I thought we should add some other new tracks, make it a real album, and put it in the record stores to give these new artists a real boost." The album was executive produced by Eminem, who also produced the majority of the songs. A handful of selections were produced by The Alchemist, who also compiled the album in true mixtape fashion. The Alchemist is best known for his work with Cypress Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, and Jadakiss.

Each of the tracks makes its official CD debut on Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, though Stat Quo's "Billion Bucks," and Obie Trice's "Cry Now" (Remix), produced by LT Moe, was recently released on mixtapes and to radio. The first single and video will be "You Don't Know" from Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and Lloyd Banks. With Eminem and Ca$his from the Shady camp and 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks from G-Unit, the rap illustrates the unity of the two organizations.

The Re-Up also gave acclaimed hip-hop producer The Alchemist a chance to work with Shady's new regime. After joining forces on-stage as Eminem's DJ on last year's Anger Management 3 tour, Alchemist and the Shady camp began collaborating in the studio. This new album features the results of this anticipated collaboration with new tracks produced by The Alchemist featuring Stat Quo, Ca$his, Bobby Creekwater and Obie Trice.

Among the album's other recordings are "No Apologies" from Eminem; "Talkin' All That" from Ca$his; "City Of Gold" from Bobby Creekwater; "Murder" from Bizarre and Kuniva (both of D12); and The "Smack That (Remix)" with Akon.

Stat Quo, hailing from Atlanta, was signed to a joint deal between Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment after Eminem and Dre heard him on the Underground Atlanta mixtape series. Creekwater, also from Atlanta, was inked after Eminem heard his work on demos and in the studio with The Alchemist. Ca$his, a Chicago native transplanted in his youth to Orange Co., California, was a member of West Coast underground favorites The Renegadez.

Rampant misinformation about Eminem Presents: The Re-Up included many false internet tracklistings and that the mixtape would be a tribute to D12's Proof, the recently slain rapper and close friend of Eminem. "The D12 album and those unreleased songs with Proof are coming," said Eminem. "But The Re-Up is about these new artists and these new songs. It isn't fair to them or to the memory of Proof to mix them up."

Amazon.co.uk
What began life as an informal street mix-tape project to help launch fledgling Shady Records artists (Stat Quo, Ca$his, Bobby Creekwater, Obie Trice, and producer The Alchemist) has now become an official release. Flowing fairly randomly from track to track, the project, perhaps surprisingly for such a high profile outing, retains its original mixtape vibe. It's a thuggish and sluggish affair, led by Alchemist's somber, strong-arm beats (with additional production from Dr. Dre amd Kon Artis), and inhabited by a varied range of voices, from the Shady Records artists previously mentioned to Eminem himself (on half a dozen tracks), and appearances from 50 Cent, the recently slain Proof, and others from the G Unit crew. With so many cuts at the same tempo and with the same moody aura, it can all start to wear a little in places. Indeed, with such a wealth of up and coming talent and established personnel at work, there really ought to be more stand-outs. As it is, we get perhaps six killers (including Eminem-led cuts, "The Re-Up" and "Jimmy Crack Corn"), a disproportionate amount of fillers, and a mixtape/album that--just about--leaves a vaguely positive impression. --Paul Sullivan

Customer Reviews

A relatively good "Mix-Tape"...
Alright, I know I have been out of the loop for sometime and I did not get a chance to review the record during the time of its release. But I am gonna do it nearly a year since its release.
This is a good mixtape for the Shady camp, which introduces two new Emcees to the camp - - Bobby Creekwater & Ca$his. Each Emcee has a strength to their lyrical flow which can be displayed throughout the album on tracks like "There He Is", "Everything is Shady" & "We're Back" just to name a few.
The other Shady artists like D12, 50 Cent & Obie Trice seems to hold their own as well...Obie spits just as good as he did on his sophomore release "Second Rounds on Me" and D12 remain strong despite the passing of Proof (R.I.P.) on most of the tracks on the album. As for 50...he finally shows his strength on this album lyrically since he doesnt have total control on the album's content...just the way it needs to be.
For Eminem, well...he shows that he can still cut it better than any of these young wipper-snappers in the Rap Industry. On tracks like "We're Back", "Jimmy Crack Corn", and the best track "No Apologies"; Eminem shows his range of lyrical prowess, giving people that doubting him that he slacked off a middle-finger to all.
Production of Eminem has grown drastically and darker and even more bass to it despite a couple of tracks that were produce by The Alchemist, Mr. Porter & Akon.
Overall, "The Re-Up" is a good "Mixtape" album and probably would have done well if it stayed in the streets instead of release to the coporate masses. But, regardless, it shows of things to come from the Shady camp...

Eminem (and company) reloaded
I've always been a fan of Eminem, from when he made silly songs (see "Get You Mad" or anything from The Slim Shady LP) to when he made more serious tracks (anything after "The Way I Am" -- aside from first singles, that is). But Encore (as well as 50 Cent's The Massacre) were so horrible that I almost felt like distancing myself from anything else they did. Thankfully, Em redeemed himself on "When I'm Gone", as does he on this compilation, The Re-Up.

Em recruited a lot of his friends -- some new, some old -- for this album, and they handle things pretty well. Basically, the album seems to be what the D12 albums should have been. Actually, some D12 members ARE here, but there are also some additional guests, like Bobby Creekwater, Ca$his (pronounced "cashes") and Stat Quo (who appears on three tracks by himself). Em also appears on two tracks by himself with great results: "Public Enemy #1" (no, it's not a remake) and the album's closer, "No Apologies".

Aside from those two tracks, Em doesn't really show up much on here except for the occasional hyping, which is fine because it's a compilation and it gives his friends a chance to shine. And Bobby Creekwater does just that on "There He Is", as does Obie Trice on "Pistol Pistol" and Ca$his on "Everything Is Shady". And the remix of 50 Cent's "Ski Mask Way" has much better production than the original.

Posse cuts also impress. Em, 50 and Ca$his do well on "You Don't Know", as do they when they're joined by Obie and Stat Quo on "We're Back". And most people should be familiar with "Shake That"; the only problem there is that Nate Dogg shouldn't still be talking about bein' "'bout it, `bout it". Another dated rhyme occurs in the otherwise dope title track, when Em talks about droppin' them zeroes and gettin' with these heroes (doesn't that remind you of another white rapper?).

There are also a small handful of songs that I can do without. Stat Quo's "Get Low" is his only strike, and "Murder" features Bizarre being wack as usual. "Jimmy Crack Corn" doesn't go anywhere; and although the remix of Akon's "Smack That" isn't bad, it just doesn't seem to belong. Still, The Re-Up proves that there's still some hope for Shady/Aftermath after all.

Anthony Rupert

Good.
I wasn't overtly impressed with Eminem's The Re-Up. Although it's got some good songs, it's just lacking, severely lacking in some places.

The new artists aren't impressive, and the old ones don't give it their all. It's almost like a cash-in.

If you want to hear better from these artists, I suggest you go for their solo albums (group for D12).