D12 World

D12 World is the second and final 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.[13] The album is also the last D12 release to feature Proof before his death in 2006, and the second D12 album to feature "Bugz" on a track.[14]

D12 World
Studio album by D12
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	2003–04
Genre	Hardcore hip hop horrorcore
Length	77:49
Label	Shady Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre Eminem (also exec.) Essman Hi-Tek Kanye West Luis Resto Mike Elizondo Mr. Porter Night & Day Red Spyda Trackboyz Witt & Pep
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]
Blender	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[5]
The Guardian	[6]
HipHopDX	[7]
PopMatters	6/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	B-[10]
Stylus	3/10[11]
Vibe	[12]

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 skit entitled "Bugz '97", which is a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally taken from the song "Desperados". The group was often overshadowed by Eminem's massive success, and as such, the group 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".

Singles

The album produced two singles, My Band and How Come, which were released on March 14, 2004 and June 8, 2004, respectively.

Production

The album was executively produced by Eminem, who also handled most of the audio production for the album along with Denaun Porter, Dr. Dre, Essman, Hi-Tek, Kanye West, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Night & Day, Red Spyda, Trackboyz and Witt & Pep. Guest appearances on the album included Obie Trice, Dina Rae, Young Zee and B-Real.

Commercial performance

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 about 544,000 records in its first week of release in the United States alone, becoming the best performing sales week for a hip hop release of 2004 until the release of Eminem's Encore. Ultimately the album was certified double platinum, having a twenty-eight week stay on the chart overall.[15]

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with approximately 76,666 copies sold during the first week of release. Ultimately the album was certified platinum; total sales of the album stand at 323,649 as of December 2017.[16]

"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.

Critical reception

Upon release, D12 World received mixed 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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Git Up"	Marshall Mathers Ondre Moore Von Carlisle Luis Resto Steve King	Eminem Luis Resto^[a]	4:03
2.	"Loyalty" (featuring Obie Trice)	Mathers Denaun Porter Carlisle Moore Rufus Johnson DeShaun Holton Obie Trice Resto	Eminem Resto^[a]	5:54
3.	"Just Like U"	Johnson Tony Cottrell	Hi-Tek Eminem^[a] Resto^[a]	3:31
4.	"I'll Be Damned"	Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson	Mr. Porter Eminem^[a] Resto^[a]	4:21
5.	"Dude" (skit)	Mathers	Eminem	1:14
6.	"My Band"	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Resto King	Eminem Resto^[a]	4:58
7.	"U R the One"	Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Mike Elizondo Michael Richardson	Mr. Porter	4:19
8.	"6 in the Morning (Come On In)"	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Resto	Eminem Resto^[a]	4:38
9.	"How Come"	Mathers Porter Holton Bryan Johnson Dewitt Moore	Witt & Pep	4:09
10.	"Leave Dat Boy Alone"	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Andy Thelusma Resto	Red Spyda Eminem^[a] Resto^[a]	5:23
11.	"Get My Gun"	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Resto King	Eminem Resto^[a]	4:34
12.	"Bizarre" (skit)	Johnson Mathers	Eminem	1:21
13.	"Bitch" (featuring Dina Rae)	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Resto	Eminem Resto^[a]	4:56
14.	"Steve's Coffee House" (skit)	Steve Berman Mathers	Eminem	0:51
15.	"D-12 World"	Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Kanye West	Kanye West	3:10
16.	"40 Oz."	Mathers Carlisle Johnson Holton Mark Williams Joe Kent	Trackboyz	4:02
17.	"Commercial Break" (featuring Young Zee)	Dewayne Battle Porter	Mr. Porter	1:12
18.	"American Psycho II" (featuring B-Real)	Mathers Carlisle Moore Johnson Louis Freese Andre Young Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mike Elizondo	3:44
19.	"Bugz '97" (skit) (performed by Bugz)	Karnail Pitts Mathers	Eminem	1:05
20.	"Good Die Young"	Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Shelton Rivers J. R. Rotem Paul Williams	Mr. Porter Essman^[b]	5:56
21.	"Keep Talkin'" (bonus track)	Mathers Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Gasner Hughes Tonyatta Martinez Matthew Moore	Night & Day Eminem^[a] Resto^[a]	4:28
Total length:				77:49

Special Edition Bonus Disc[17]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Barbershop"	Marshall Mathers Denaun Porter Von Carlisle Ondre Moore Rufus Johnson DeShaun Holton	Mr. Porter	4:23
2.	"Slow Your Roll"	Mathers Porter Carlisle Moore Johnson Holton Luis Resto	Eminem	4:25
Total length:				86:37

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Making of the Album/Behind the Scenes" (featurette)			29:14
2.	"My Band" (Uncensored Music Video)	Marshall Mathers Denaun Porter Von Carlisle Ondre Moore Rufus Johnson DeShaun Holton Luis Resto Steve King	Eminem Luis Resto^[a]	5:44
3.	"40 Oz." (Uncensored Music Video)	Mathers Carlisle Johnson Holton Mark Williams Joe Kent	Trackboyz	4:02
Total length:				116:49

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies a co-producer.
• The skit "Bugz" is taken from the song "Desperados", performed by DJ Butter, Eminem, Proof, Bugz & the Almighty Dreadnaughtz.
• The song "Just Like U" does not appear on the clean version of the album.
• The song "Get My Gun" is an unlockable song in the 2006 open-world game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
• The song "Barbershop" can be found on the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack.
• The clean version of the album allows "ass" to be uncensored but few uses of the word "hell", some references to alcohol use, most references to drugs, sexual content, and violence are edited out, although all sound effects remain intact.

Sample credits

• The song "Git Up" contains a sample from "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis
• The song "Just Like U" contains a sample from "Sir Galahad" by Rick Wakeman.
• The song "U R the One" contains a sample from "Girl Callin'" by Chocolate Milk
• The song "Good Die Young" contains a sample from "Screen Kiss" by Thomas Dolby
• The song "Keep Talkin'" contains samples from "Tortuga" by Starwood and "Halftime" by Nas

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 - Keyboards, Songwriter

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19]	2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22]	38
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23]	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25]	9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26]	20
French Albums (SNEP)[27]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28]	2
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30]	16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[32]	5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33]	17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[36]	1
US Billboard 200[37]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[38]	Platinum	70,000^^
Germany (BVMI)[39]	Gold	100,000^^
Japan (RIAJ)[40]	Platinum	250,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41]	Platinum	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[42]	Platinum	323,649[43]
United States (RIAA)[44]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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External links

• AllMusic review
• D12 World at Metacritic