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Eminem’s Latest Publicity Stunt: Play Willie Wanka
09-05-03
Keavin
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Listen up people, Eminem wants you to buy
the debut CD by his protégé Obie Trice! As an inducement,
they are playing Willie Wanka and placing 3 “golden tickets” into the first
500,000 pressings of “Cheers”, which hits stores on September 23rd.
If you luck into one of the golden tickets,
you won’t get to tour a magical chocolate factory, but you will get an
all expenses paid trip to Detroit to join Eminem in the studio while he
records his new CD.
Eminem does not say that the idea came
from the famous children’s book “Charley and the Chocolate Factory” or
the film based on the tale, “Willie Wanka…”, instead he explains that the
idea came to him in this way, “We were working on this album and trying
to come up with the craziest idea possible to help promote it," Eminem
said. "Obie said, 'Let the fans meet you, that's what they want.' So we
came up with the contest, and hopefully it will make everyone know the
album is out."
Obi Trice added, "Everybody's always doing
the same sh-t with their records. Buy my album, get a DVD, get a free poster,
get a piece of my toilet seat...f--k all that sh-t. We wanted to come with
the hottest, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' type sh-t for a contest. When
I was a kid I would have given a nut to win something like this."
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to entice you into purchasing Trice’s CD? Post your comments below
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