Eminem Presents the Re-Up

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Eminem Presents the Re-Up
Eminem Presents the Re-Up cover
Compilation album by Eminem
Released December 5, 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Hip hop
Length 74:38
Label Interscope, Shady Records
Producer Eminem, Dr. Dre, Dawaun Parker, Alchemist, LT Moe, Akon, Disco D, Mr. Porter, Rikinatti, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Focus, Witt & Pepp
Professional reviews
Eminem chronology
Curtain Call
(2005)		 Eminem Presents the Re-Up
(2006)		 Lullaby Versions of Eminem
(2008)

Eminem Presents the Re-Up is a compilation album produced by rapper Eminem, designed to help launch new Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.

Contents

[edit] Background

The album first began as a street mixtape project; an underground, unofficial CD with raw production values. "But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album", Eminem said: "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".[1] The album was executive-produced by Eminem, who also produced the majority of the songs. A handful of tracks were produced by The Alchemist, who also compiled the album in true mixtape fashion.

Each of the tracks were new songs which debuted on the album, 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 from the album is "You Don't Know", performed by Eminem, 50 Cent, Cashis and Lloyd Banks. The second single from the album is "Jimmy Crack Corn", which features 50 Cent and has already peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[2]

Rampant misinformation about Eminem Presents the Re-Up included many false internet track listings and the claim that the mixtape would be a tribute to the late Proof of D12. "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".[3]

Eminem revealed in a Shade 45 interview that he drew the cover over a three month period.[4]

On the U.S. Billboard 200, the album debuted at number two behind Ciara's The Evolution, selling about 309,000 copies in its first week.[5] The album has recently been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It is currently #18 on the top compilations albums. The album has since sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Performers Length Produced by
1 "Shady Narcotics" (Eminem Intro) Eminem 0:56 Eminem
2 "We're Back" Eminem, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater & Cashis 4:02 Eminem
3 "Pistol Pistol (Remix)" Obie Trice 2:27 Eminem
4 "Murder" Bizarre & Kuniva 2:14 Eminem
5 "Everything Is Shady" Cashis 4:33 Rikanatti
6 "The Re-Up" Eminem & 50 Cent 2:57 Eminem
7 "You Don't Know" 50 Cent, Eminem, Cashis, & Lloyd Banks 4:22 Eminem
8 "Jimmy Crack Corn" Eminem & 50 Cent 3:54 Eminem
9 "Trapped" Proof of D-12 1:01 Eminem
10 "Whatever You Want" Mister Porter of D-12 & Swifty McVay 2:52 Mr. Porter
11 "Talkin' All That" Cashis 4:04 Rikanatti
12 "By My Side" Stat Quo 4:08 Focus
13 "We Ride for Shady" Obie Trice & Cashis 3:09 Alchemist
14 "There He Is" Bobby Creekwater 4:27 Alchemist
15 "Tryin' ta Win" Stat Quo 3:52 Alchemist
16 "Smack That (Remix)" Akon featuring Stat Quo and Bobby Creekwater 5:14 Akon
17 "Public Enemy #1" Eminem 1:58 Eminem
18 "Get Low" Stat Quo 3:19 Dr. Dre
19 "Ski Mask Way" (Eminem Remix) 50 Cent 3:05 Eminem
20 "Shake That" (Remix) Nate Dogg, Eminem, Obie Trice & Bobby Creekwater 2:59 Eminem
21 "Cry Now" (Shady Remix) Obie Trice, Kuniva, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis & Stat Quo 5:12 Witt & Pep
22 "No Apologies" Eminem 4:21 Eminem
23 "I Am Your Leprechaun (Hidden Track)" ShockStewards 2:37 ShockStewards
  • The first and second verses of Eminem's song "No Apologies" are re-recordings of previous freestyles, that can be found on The Freestyle Manual (Freestyle 16 and 21; the latter being a D12 Rap City freestyle with Big Tigger).

[edit] Samples

  • "The Re-Up" samples "In da Club" by 50 Cent
  • "We Ride For Shady" samples "North Face" as performed by Bobby Heath, Eric Peters and Robert Hunter
  • "There He Is" samples "Las Tentaciones de Georgia" by Fred Bongusto
  • "Cry Now" samples "Blind Man" by Bobby Blue Band.

[edit] Certifications

Country Provider(s) Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia ARIA Gold[6] 35,000
Austria IFPI Gold 35,000
Brazil ABPD n/a 10,000
India IMRA Platinum 12,000
Switzerland IFPI Gold 15,000
Japan RIAJ n/a 16,451[7]
Sweden IFPI Gold 30,500[8]
New Zealand RIANZ 2x Platinum[9] 30,000
U.S. RIAA Platinum[10] 1,630,000[11]
U.K. BPI Gold[12] 210,000
Worldwide MediaTraffic Platinum[13] 2,238,150

[edit] Singles chart positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Rhythmic Top 40 Pop 100
2006 You Don't Know #12 #87 #40 #16
2007 Jimmy Crack Corn - - - #77

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eminem present the Re-Up, Now an album. MusicToday. Accessed August 3, 2007
  2. ^ Billboard.com - Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
  3. ^ SOHH.com - Eminem Delays "Re-Up," Converts Mixtape Into Official Album
  4. ^ CD Booklet states that cover design and illustration was completed by Eminem, with additional support by Glenn Josefosky at Chrome Bumper Films
  5. ^ Katie Hasty, "Ciara, Eminem, Stefani Overtake The Billboard 200", Billboard.com, December 13, 2006.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts - Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
  7. ^ French sales.
  8. ^ [1].
  9. ^ "RIANZ July 2 2007, Top Albums Chart". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved July 8, 2007.
  10. ^ "Shipments"
  11. ^ Sales figures sourced from Nielsen SoundScan Subscription Required.
  12. ^ [2].
  13. ^ [3] Week 32 - August 11, 2007.
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