Detroit rapper Obie Trice, best
known for his 2003 hit “Got Some Teeth” has announced today that he is
officially off Eminem’s Shady Records. Obie joined the label in 2000
and has released two albums through the label, one being the RIAA
certified gold selling Cheers.

The news of his departure was not
delivered in typical rap fashion with an over exaggerated press
conference, but instead was told through a new track Obie put up called
“The Giant”. In the song Obie points the finger at Interscope Records,
which is the parent company to Eminem’s Shady Records, as being the
ones not on the ball. “O is a mogul/Low on the totem pole ‘cause
Interscope’s loco/Now I’m gettin’ mo’ dough.”  

As far as
him and Mr. Mathers go, Obie and his people say there is no beef or
friction between Obie and his former boss, but rather that the two just
had different visions. “Obie and Shady were moving in different
directions,” the 30-year-old rapper’s manager Terry Wilson tells us.
“But he still has a great relationship with Shady Records.”  Obie
is currently in the studio recording his third album, Bottoms Up, and
trying to find a label situation for his new label World Wide Hustle.
Do you think it was a smart move for a relatively low key rapper like
Obie to leave the Shady powerhouse?