The Re-Up: A Review

Okay, this isn’t exactly a review… but I’m basically just saying that if you are down with heavy bass tracks an aggressive lyrics, then you should definitely pick up a copy of Eminem: The Re-Up.

It was originally just going to be a mix tape, but now as an LP it’s basically a compilation of several of Em and 50’s new tracks, along with a few from Obie Trice, Proof (the guy from D12 that was shot and killed earlier this year), the surviving members of D-12, and introducing a few new members to their “crew”, such as Cashis, Stat Quo and Bobby Creekwater. There are even a few remixes of older tracks like Obie’s “Pistol Pistol” and 50’s “Ski Mask Way”.

There’s actually a really funky remix to Akon’s “Smack That” too… and I’ve been chuckling about this for a while, but take the chorus:

Smack that all on the floor Smack that give me some more Smack that 'till you get sore Smack that oh-oooh!

…and replace “smack” with “tap”… somehow I find this hilarious. Of course, being hip hop, there’s about an 85% chance that’s exactly what he’s talking about, and I’m just not hip to the lingo.

In fact, seeing as I just used the phrase “hip to the lingo”, let’s just bump that up to 99%.

Wow. Am I ever white sometimes…