I bought this album the the day that it was released. It opened alongside Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. I bought that too, but I started with Cheers because I didn't have time at the moment for a double album. I really liked "Rap Name" and "Love Me" from the 8 Mile soundtrack. However, I didn't know if he had the endurance for a full album. After one listen, I knew that he did. Cheers has very little filler (the only two tracks that I skip over are "Spread Yo Shit" and "Got Some Teeth"), and lyrically I thought that it was even a bit better than 50's Get Rich or Die Tryin'. I met Obie a few years ago in Detroit, and got a chance to tell him how great I thought Cheers was. He was real humble about it, and it was a great experience for me, as a writer, to develop my style and approach to conducting interviews.
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