D12 World

D12 World
Studio album by D12
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	2003–04
Genre	Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore
Length	77:49
Language	English
Label	Shady, Interscope
Producer	Eminem (exec.) Mr. Porter, Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, Kanye West, Hi-Tek, Red Spyda, Trackboyz, Witt & Pep, Luis Resto
D12 chronology
Devil's Night (2001) D12 World (2004)
Singles from D12 World
"My Band" Released: March 14, 2004 "How Come" Released: June 8, 2004

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(58/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
The Guardian	[5]
HipHopDX	[6]
PopMatters	6/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	B-[9]
Stylus Magazine	F[10]
Vibe	[11]

D12 World is the second studio album by Detroit hip hop group D12, released on April 27, 2004. The album sold 544,000 copies in its first week on the U.S. Billboard 200.^[12] The album is the last D12 album to feature Proof before his death in 2006, and the second D12 album to feature "Bugz" on a track. ^[13]

Background

In memory of Bugz, who was killed prior to a concert on May 21, 1999, the group recorded the track "Good Die Young" in memory of him. The album also includes a song entitled "Bugz '97", which is a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally taken from the song "Desperados". The band was often overshadowed by Eminem's massive success, and as such, the band toured without him for promotion of the album (but the album still reached the top of the US Billboard chart). At the time, Eminem was busy recording Encore. Although shadowed by Eminem's success, members Bizarre and Proof managed to prevail with mildly successful solo careers following D12 World, with the releases of Hannicap Circus and Searching for Jerry Garcia, respectively, in 2005. Before the album's release, "6 in the Morning" was featured on Eminem's 2003 mixtape Straight from the Lab and was entitled "Come On In".

Reception

Upon release, D12 World received mixed to positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[1]

D12 World debuted at the top of the US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ albums charts. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and also in the top 5 in Switzerland and Norway. It debuted in the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It sold over 500,000 records in its first week of release in the United States alone. "My Band", the first single, was also successful, reaching number one in Australia and on the US rhythmic top 40, the top 5 in the UK and Germany and top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album has sold 313,028 copies in the UK as of November 2013.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Git Up"	M. Mathers, L. Resto, Steve King, O. Moore, V. Carlisle	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	4:03
2.	"Loyalty" (featuring Obie Trice)	M. Mathers, L. Resto, D. Porter, O. Trice, O. Moore, D. Holton, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	5:54
3.	"Just Like U"	T. Cottrell, R. Johnson	Hi-Tek, Eminem & Luis Resto (add.)	3:31
4.	"I'll Be Damned"	D. Porter, O. Moore, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle	Mr. Porter, Eminem & Luis Resto (add.)	4:21
5.	"Dude" (skit)	Eminem	Eminem	1:14
6.	"My Band"	D. Porter, O. Moore, D. Holton, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson, M. Mathers, L. Resto, S. King	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	4:58
7.	"U R the One"	D. Porter, M. Richardson, M. Elizondo, O. Moore, R. Johnson, D. Holton, V. Carlisle	Mr. Porter	4:19
8.	"6 in the Morning"	M. Mathers, L. Resto, D. Porter, O. Moore, V. Carlisle	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	4:38
9.	"How Come"	M. Mathers, D. Porter, D. Holton, D. Moore, B. Johnson	Witt & Pep	4:09
10.	"Leave Dat Boy Alone"	M. Mathers, L. Resto, A. Thelusma, O. Moore, D. Porter, V. Carlisle	Red Spyda, Eminem & Luis Resto (add.)	5:23
11.	"Get My Gun"	M. Mathers, L. Resto, S. King, O. Moore, V. Carlisle, D. Holton, D. Porter, R. Johnson	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	4:34
12.	"Bizarre" (skit)	R. Johnson, Eminem	Eminem	1:21
13.	"Bitch" (featuring Dina Rae)	M. Mathers, L. Resto, D. Porter, O. Moore, D. Holton, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson	Eminem, Luis Resto (add.)	4:56
14.	"Steve's Coffee House" (skit)	S. Berman, M. Mathers	Eminem	0:51
15.	"D-12 World"	K. West, D. Porter, R. Johnson, O. Moore, V. Carlisle, D. Holton	Kanye West	3:10
16.	"40 Oz."	M. Williams, J. Kent, M. Mathers, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle, D. Holton	Trackboyz	4:02
17.	"Commercial Break" (featuring Young Zee)	D. Porter, Young Zee	Mr. Porter	1:12
18.	"American Psycho II" (featuring B-Real)	A. Young, M. Elizondo, L. Freese, O. Moore, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson, M. Mathers	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	3:44
19.	"Bugz '97" (skit) (performed by Bugz)	K. Pitts, M. Mathers	Eminem	1:05
20.	"Good Die Young"	D. Porter, S. Rivers, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle, D. Holton, O. Moore, J. R. Rotem, P. Williams	Mr. Porter, Ess Man (co.)	5:56
21.	"Keep Talkin"	M. Mathers, O. Moore, T. Martinez, G. Hughes, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson, D. Holton, M. Moore	Night & Day, Eminem & Luis Resto (add.)	4:28

Special Edition Bonus Disc[15]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Barbershop"	M. Mathers, O. Moore, G. Hughes, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson, D. Holton, M. Moore	Mr. Porter	4:23
2.	"Slow Your Roll"	M. Mathers, O. Moore, G. Hughes, V. Carlisle, R. Johnson, D. Holton, M. Moore	Eminem	4:25

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD[16]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Making of the Album/Behind the Scenes" (Featurette)	29:14
2.	"My Band" (Uncensored Music Video)	5:44
3.	"40 Oz." (Uncensored Music Video)	4:02

Notes

• The skit "Bugz" is taken from the song "Desperados", performed by Eminem, Proof, Bugz & The Almighty Dreadknaughts.
• The song "Just Like U" doesn't appear on the clean version of the album.
• The song "Barbershop" can be found on the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack.
• The song "Just Like U" contains a sample from "Sir Galahad" by Rick Wakeman.

Personnel

• B-Real – Guest Appearance
• Steve Baughman – Mixing
• Rondell Beene – Skit
• Bizarre – Skit
• Joe Borges – Assistant
• Bugz – Skit
• Tony Campana – Engineer
• Richard Castro – Skit
• Larry Chatman – Project Coordinator
• Mike "Chav" Chavarria – Engineer
• D12 – Group
• Dr. Dre – Producer, Mixing
• Mike Elizondo – Keyboards
• Eminem – Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Skit
• Essman – Producer
• 50 Cent – Skit
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardener – Mastering
• Marcus Heisser – A&R
• Richard Hunt – Engineer
• Steven King – Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Mixing, Skit
• Kuniva – Skit
• Marc Labelle – A&R
• Tracy McNew – A&R
• Riggs Morales – A&R
• Night and Day – Producer
• Red Spyda – Keyboards, Producer
• Luis Resto – Keyboards, Producer
• Michael Strange – Engineer
• Obie Trice – Guest Appearance
• Sacha Waldman – Photography
• Young Zee – Skit
• Kanye West – Producer
• Paul Williams - Songwriter
• J.R. Rotem - Songwriter

Charts

Chart (2004)[17]	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[18]	1
Austrian Albums Chart	5
Swedish Albums Chart	6
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	9
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Danish Albums Chart	6
Dutch Albums Chart	9
French Albums Chart	9
German Albums Chart	2
Irish Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	1
Norwegian Albums Chart	5
Swiss Albums Chart	3
UK Albums Chart	1
US Billboard 200	1
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
US Billboard Rap Albums	1

References

1. "Critic Reviews for D12 World - Metacritic". Metacritic.
2. AllMusic review
3. "Robert Christgau: CG: D12". robertchristgau.com.
4. "D12 World - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com.
5. Caroline Sullivan. "CD: D12, D12 World". the Guardian.
6. HipHopDX (30 April 2004). "D12 - D12 World". HipHopDX.
7. "D12". PopMatters.
8. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
9. "SPIN". google.mk.
10. "D12 - D12 World - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
11. "D-12 - D12 World CD". cduniverse.com.
12. "D12's Opening Sales Rate Retail Raves". Retrieved December 11, 2001.
13. Billboard. Google Books. Retrieved December 11, 2001.
14. Jones, Alan (November 11, 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Eminem LP sells 157k in week one". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved November 6, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
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18. "Australian charts" (PDF). ARIA Charts. May 5, 2004.

External links

• AllMusic review
• D12 World at Metacritic