Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
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Eminem Presents The Re-Up[1] is the compilation album from rapper Eminem. The album first 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$his, and Bobby Creekwater. A handful of tracks were produced by The Alchemist, who also compiled the album in true mixtape fashion.
Each of the tracks makes its official CD debut on Eminem Presents The Re-Up, though Obie Trice's Cry Now (Remix), produced by LT Moe, was recently released on mixtapes and to radio. The first single and video was "You Don't Know" from Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and Lloyd Banks. With Eminem, Ca$his, and 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks from G-Unit, the rap illustrates the unity of the two organizations.
The Re-Up also gave acclaimed hip-hop producer The Alchemist a chance to work with Shady's new regime. After joining forces on-stage as Eminem's DJ on last year's Anger Management Tour 3, Alchemist and Eminem began collaborating in the studio. This new album features the results of this anticipated collaboration with new tracks produced by The Alchemist featuring Stat Quo, Ca$his, Bobby Creekwater and Obie Trice. The Re-Up has been dubbed a success, going Gold in its first 2 weeks of sales with no commercial pushing, or promotion of any sort.
Among the album's other recordings are No Apologies from Eminem; Talkin' All That from Ca$his; There He Is from Bobby Creekwater; Murder from Bizarre and Kuniva (both of D12); and The Smack That (Remix) with Akon.
Stat Quo, hailing from Atlanta, was signed to a joint deal between Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment after Eminem and Dre heard him on the Underground Atlanta mixtape series. Creekwater, also from Atlanta, was inked after Eminem heard his work on demos and in the studio with The Alchemist. Ca$his, a Chicago native transplanted in his youth to Orange County, California, was a member of West Coast underground favorites The Renegadez.
Rampant misinformation about Eminem Presents The Re-Up included many false internet track listings 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."
Eminem revealed in a Shade 45 interview that he drew the cover over a 3 month period. [2]
Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer(s) | Time |
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| 1 | "Shady Narcotics (Eminem Intro)" | Eminem | Eminem | 0:56 |
| 2 | "We're Back" | Eminem | Eminem, Stat Quo, Obie Trice, Bobby Creekwater & Ca$his | 3:59 |
| 3 | "Pistol, Pistol (Remix)" | Eminem & Mr. Porter | Obie Trice | 2:25 |
| 4 | "Murder" | Eminem | Bizarre & Kuniva of D12 | 2:10 |
| 5 | "Everything Is Shady" | Rikanatti | Ca$his | 4:29 |
| 6 | "The Re-Up" | Eminem | Eminem & 50 Cent | 2:57 |
| 7 | "You Don't Know" | Eminem | 50 Cent, Eminem, Cashis & Lloyd Banks | 4:17 |
| 8 | "Jimmy Crack Corn" | Eminem | Eminem & 50 Cent | 3:54 |
| 9 | "Trapped" | Eminem | Proof of D12 | 0:58 |
| 10 | "Whatever You Want" | Mr.Porter | Swifty McVay & Mr. Porter of D12 | 2:49 |
| 11 | "Talkin' All That" | Rikanatti | Ca$his | 4:05 |
| 12 | "By My Side" | Focus | Stat Quo | 4:06 |
| 13 | "We Ride for Shady" | The Alchemist | Obie Trice & Ca$his | 3:08 |
| 14 | "There He Is" | The Alchemist | Bobby Creekwater | 4:25 |
| 15 | "Tryin' Ta Win" | The Alchemist | Stat Quo | 3:52 |
| 16 | "Smack That (Remix)" | Akon | Akon, Stat Quo & Bobby Creekwater | 5:11 |
| 17 | "Public Enemy #1" | Eminem | Eminem | 1:54 |
| 18 | "Get Low" | Dr. Dre & Dawaun Parker | Stat Quo | 3:19 |
| 19 | "Ski Mask Way (Eminem Remix)" | Disco D, Eminem, & Luis Resto | 50 Cent | 3:04 |
| 20 | "Shake That (Remix)" | Nate Dogg | Eminem, Obie Trice & Bobby Creekwater | 2:59 |
| 21 | "Cry Now (Shady Remix)" | Witt & Pep | Obie Trice, Kuniva, Bobby Creekwater, Ca$his & Stat Quo | 5:09 |
| 22 | "No Apologies" | Eminem | Eminem | 4:18 |
| 23 | "Billion Bucks (iTunes/UK Bonus Track)" | LT Moe | Stat Quo | 3:41 |
Charting
| U.S. Billboard 200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | 2 [3] | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales Per Week | 309,000 | 151,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 309,000 | 460,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United World Chart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales Per Week | 456,000 | 286,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 456,000 | 742,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- Track 17, "Public Enemy #1", occasionally backmasks and restarts at around 31 seconds into the song.