D12 World

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 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

D12 World debuted at the top of the U.S., U.K., Irish, Canadian and NZ album charts. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and Australia, and also in the top 5 in Switzerland, Norway and Australia. 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, also has been successful reaching number one in Australia and the U.S. rhythmic top 40, top 5 in the U.K. and Germany and top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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, which indicates "mixed or average reviews."^[1]

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"	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^[14]
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^[15]
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

Chart positions

Charts (2004)^[16]	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	2^[17]
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

↑ 1.0 1.1 Metacritic reviews
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ The Guardian review
↑ HipHopDX review
↑ PopMatters review
↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived November 30, 2007)
↑ Spin review
↑ Stylus magazine review
↑ Vibe review
↑ "D12's Opening Sales Rate Retail Raves". Retrieved December 11, 2001.
↑ Billboard. Google Books. Retrieved December 11, 2001.
↑ D12 World: Amazon.co.uk: Music
↑ D12 World: Amazon.co.uk: Music
↑ "D12 World ratings". Retrieved December 11, 2001.
↑ "Australian charts". ARIA Charts. May 5, 2004.

External links

D12 World at Metacritic

Preceded by Confessions by Usher	Billboard 200 number-one album May 9, 2004 – May 15, 2004	Succeeded by Confessions by Usher
Preceded by Greatest Hits by Guns N' Roses	UK number one album May 8, 2004 – May 14, 2004	Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Guns N' Roses
Preceded by Anastacia by Anastacia	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 3, 2004 – May 9, 2004	Succeeded by Michael Bublé by Michael Bublé

D12

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

Studio albums	Devil's Night D12 World

Compilations	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Shady XV

Singles	"Shit on You" "Purple Pills" "Ain't Nuttin' But Music" "Fight Music" "My Band" "How Come"

Related articles	Discography Shady Records Goliath Management