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Eminem to return with mix tape
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
September 14, 2006 at 10:46:00 AM | more stories by this author

Multiplatinum rapper dispels retirement rumors with The Re-Up, dedicated to slain D12 rapper and Shady sidekick Proof and including tracks with 50 Cent and G-Unit.

With multiplatinum rapper Jay-Z announcing the end of his three-year "retirement" this week, Eminem is dispelling retirement rumors of his own by prepping the release of a mix tape that will serve as his return to the rap game at the end of a tumultuous 2006.

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The CD, dubbed The Re-Up, will hit stores October 30 and will be hosted by Eminem and mix tape specialist DJ Whoo Kid. Eminem will feature on several tracks, including "Things Need to Change" with fellow D12 member Bizarre. The track is dedicated to rapper and Eminem sidekick Proof, who was gunned down in a violent, reportedly drunken altercation at a Detroit nightclub in April, and will likely address the violence in hip-hop. D12 also recorded a tribute to Proof titled "Last Words."

The album also includes performances from 50 Cent, G-Unit, Obie Trice, D12, and verses recorded by Proof before he died. It also features several popular hip-hop songs from the past year, including the remix of Rick Ross' "Hustlin'" featuring Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes' "I'll Hurt You" featuring Eminem.

Here's the full tracklisting for the Re-Up mix tape:


Eminem featuring DJ Whoo Kid - "We're Back"

Eminem - "Let Me Speak"

Eminem featuring Bizarre - "Things Need to Change"

Obie Trice featuring Akon - "Snitch"

Eminem - "I'm Lazy"

Busta Rhymes featuring Nas - "Rough Around the Edges"

Eminem featuring D12 - "Last Words (R.I.P. Proof)"

Rick Ross featuring Jay-Z & Young Jeezey - "Hustlin' (Remix)"

Obie Trice - "Cry Now"

Stat Quo - "Twirl"

Obie Trice - "Pistol Pistol (D12 Remix)"

Alchemist - "The Interlude"

Obie Trice featuring the Alchemist - "The Word Is Out"

D12 featuring Eminem & Proof - "Blast That"

Lloyd Banks featuring 50 Cent - "My House"

Dr. Dre - "The Interlude (Part Two)"

Busta Rhymes featuring Eminem - "I'll Hurt You"

All of Shady Records - "The Interlude (Part Three)"

Swifty & Kuniva - "Freestyle"

Obie Trice featuring Eminem - "Emulate"

Trick Trick - "Freestyle"

Proof featuring 50 Cent - "Forgive Me"

Eminem featuring DJ Whoo Kid - "We Out"

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4 Comments

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does he have to return? Can't he just chill out somewhere in a trailer park or something?
Posted 09/14/2006 4:47pm
Eminem shouldn't retire, not yet. He's still a good rapper. Encore wasn't that good, but there were a few OK songs on there. I prefer the Eminem Show. I might buy this album, I like a few of the rappers featured on it.
Posted 09/14/2006 4:42pm
This is probably will help my boy Em back on his feet.
Posted 09/14/2006 1:36pm
Well that ruins Eminem, he should have retired I really liked him back when he came out but so far he's just been going downhill, I mean I haven't heard any of the songs, but before I even do they won't have the same magic back then, he has enough money and should just retire.
Posted 09/14/2006 12:24pm
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