Devil's Night (album)

Devil's Night

Studio album by D12

Released

June 19, 2001

Recorded

2000-2001

Genre

Midwest hip hop, Hardcore Rap, gangsta rap

Length

75:23

Label

Shady, Interscope

Producer

Dr. Dre, Eminem, Denaun Porter, DJ Head, Scott Storch, Jeff Bass, Mike Elizondo, Luis Resto

D12 chronology

Singles from Devil's Night
	Devils Night (2001)	D12 World (2004)
"Shit on You" Released: March 5, 2001 "Purple Pills" Released: May 8, 2001 "Fight Music" Released: November 5, 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
HipHopDX	^[2]
RapReviews	7.5/10^[3]
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Devil's Night is the debut album by Detroit hip hop group D12, released on June 19, 2001 and executive produced by Eminem, who had recently released his hugely successful second studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, a year earlier. The album's title comes from the Devil's Night tradition, recognized in and around Detroit. The album produced three singles: "Shit on You", "Purple Pills" and "Fight Music". The album featured a hidden track by Eminem called "Girls", which is a diss track aimed at Limp Bizkit, DJ Lethal, and Everlast. Devil's Night was also the first album to be released on Eminem's Shady Records label, although the label has been active since 1999. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with approximately 372,000 copies sold in the first week released.^[4]

1 Track listing
2 Musical personnel
3 Chart positions
4 Chart certifications
5 References
6 External links

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Public Service Announcement" (performed by Jeff Bass and Rondell Beene(Kuniva))		0:49
2.	"Shit Can Happen"	Denaun Porter	4:52
3.	"Pistol Pistol"	Eminem	5:23
4.	"Bizarre (Skit)" (performed by Bizarre)		1:12
5.	"Nasty Mind" (featuring Truth Hurts)	Dr. Dre	4:43
6.	"Ain't Nuttin' But Music" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	5:11
7.	"American Psycho"	Eminem	4:36
8.	"That's How (Skit)"		0:37
9.	"That's How..."	Denaun Porter, Eminem	4:49
10.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem	5:05
11.	"Fight Music"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	4:22
12.	"Instigator"	Eminem	4:58
13.	"Pimp Like Me" (featuring Dina Rae)	Eminem	5:57
14.	"Blow My Buzz"	Eminem	5:10
15.	"Obie Trice (Skit)" (performed by Rondell Beene and Obie Trice)	Denaun Porter	1:07
16.	"Devil's Night"	Eminem	4:19
17.	"Steve Berman (Skit)" (performed by Steve Berman and Eminem)		0:50
18.	"Revelation"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	5:48
19.	"Girls" (performed by Eminem)	Eminem	5:35

UK Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"These Drugs"	Eminem	4:44
21.	"Words Are Weapons"	Funkmaster Flex	4:37
22.	"Shit on You"	DJ Head and Eminem	5:14

"Revelation"'s ending covers "Another Brick In The Wall Pt II" where there are kids screaming and Eminem saying both "Wrong! Do it again!" and "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding! You can't have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat!". During the chorus you can also hear Eminem singing a version of the first two lines that are sung in "Another Brick In The Wall" (his version goes: "I don't wanna go to school, I don't need no education").
The song "Girls" features a reference to Limp Bizkit's song "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", repeating "Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'".
The song "These Drugs" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 horror movie Bones.
On the censored version of the album, the tracks "Purple Pills" and "Fight Music" were listed as "Purple Hills" and "Flight Music". Also, the tracks "Shit Can Happen", "Pistol Pistol", and "Pimp Like Me" were listed as "**** Can Happen", "P***** P*****", and "**** Like Me".
On Obie Trice's solo album Cheers, the "Outro", featuring D12, mentions "I'll shit on you, I pee on R. Kelly too. This is Bizarre, see you on Devil's Night 2". The line references Kelly's scandal involving urinating on an underage girl, but Devil's Night 2 is also mentioned on Census Bureau. D12 never confirmed Devil's Night 2, nor has Eminem or Shady Records. It is unknown if it was just a joke or was never made and has not been mentioned since 2003. It was likely a reference to D12's sophomore album, which ended up being named D12 World.

Musical personnel

Jeff Bass – bass and keyboards on tracks 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16; bass on track 19; guitars on tracks 3, 7, 9, 13, 14 and 16
DJ Head – drum programming on tracks 3, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 19
Mike Elizondo – guitars on tracks 5, 6, 11 and 18; bass on tracks 5, 6 and 11; keyboards on tracks 5 and 11
Scott Storch – keyboards on tracks 6, 11 and 18
Camara Kambon – keyboards on track 5
Ray Gale – harmonica on track 10
Traci Nelson – backing vocals on track 11
Dina Rae – vocals on track 13
Luis Resto – keyboards on track 19

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2001	The Billboard 200	1
	UK Albums Chart	1
	Swedish Album Chart	9

Chart certifications

Germany - Gold (100,000)
Canada - 3x Platinum (300,000)
USA - Platinum (2,100,000)
UK - Platinum (300,000)
France - Gold (150.500)
Australia - Platinum (70,000)
Japan - 59,923

References

External links

Devil's Night at MP3.com

Preceded by Take Off Your Pants and Jacket by Blink-182 Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys	Billboard 200 number-one album July 7–13, 2001 July 21–27, 2001	Succeeded by Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys

D12

Bizarre · Eminem · Fuzz Scoota · Kuniva · Mr. Porter · Swifty McVay Bugz · Proof

Studio albums	Devil's Night · D12 World

Extended plays	The Underground EP

Singles	"Shit on You" · "Purple Pills" · "Fight Music" · "My Band" · "How Come"

Related articles	Discography