D12 World

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D12 World
Studio album by D12
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Detroit hip hop
Length	77:49
Label	Shady/Interscope
Producer	Eminem, Mr. Porter, Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, Kanye West, Hi-Tek, Red Spyda, Trackboyz, Witt & Rep, Night & Day, Luis Resto, Ess Man
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment.ie link Rap Reviews link Rolling Stone link
D12 chronology
Devil's Night (2001) D12 World (2004)

D12 World is the second studio album by Detroit rap group D12, released on April 27, 2004.

Contents 1 Making of the album 2 Chart Success 3 Track listing 4 Chart positions 5 External links

[edit] Making of the album

D12 member Eminem was the executive producer of the album recruiting Dr. Dre as producing tracks himself, Kanye West appeared in the D12 World credits as Kayne West. The album also features guest appearances by Obie Trice and B-Real. Unlike their previous album, it contains no intro. The album's first single "My Band" is a humorous take on the widespread, if incorrect, view that the band is solely a creation of Eminem rather than a rap crew that has been together since 1996. The tracks "Good Die Young" and "Bugz 97" on D12 World are also in the memory of Bugz, a former member shot in 1999. The album contains some diss-oriented lyrics aimed at other rappers or people. The album features a great deal of adult content and the Bizarre's track "Just Like U" had to be left off the edited version of the album. Also, the song "Bitch" is listed as "*****" on the edited version of the album, The edited/clean version of the album cuts all violent references, drug content, sexual content, and almost all the swearing by blanking, on the skits they put a DJ swish over swearing and backmask. At the beginning of the song "D12 World" on the dirty version of the album, the words weed and coke are backmasked for an unknown reason. The track "Get my Gun" is featured on the videogame of Scarface:The World is Yours soundtrack.

[edit] Chart Success

D12 World debuted at the top of the US, UK and Australian album charts and number 2 in Germany, selling over half a million records in its first week of release in the US alone^{[citation needed]}. "My Band", the first single, also has been successful reaching number one in Australia and the US rhythmic top 40, top 5 in the UK and Germany and top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Performer(s)	Length	Producer(s)	Recording Engineer(s)	Mixer(s)	Note(s)
1	Git Up	Eminem, Swift, Kuniva, Bizarre (Outro)	4:03	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Guitars: Steve King Keyboards: Luis Resto
2	Loyalty (Benzino Diss Song)	Eminem (Intro), Swift, Kon Artis, Bizarre, Obie Trice, Proof, Kuniva	5:54	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Guitars: Steve King Keyboards: Luis Resto
3	Just Like U	Bizarre	3:31	Hi-Tek, Eminem, Luis Resto	Hi-Tek, Steve King	Eminem, Steve King	Guitars & Bass: Steve King
4	I'll Be Damned	Proof (Intro), Kon Artis, Swift, Bizarre, Kuniva	4:21	Mr. Porter, Luis Resto	Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria, Mike Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Guitars: Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria
5	Dude [skit]	Kuniva, Bizarre, Richard Castro, Eminem	1:14	Eminem
6	My Band	Eminem, Swift, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Bizarre, Proof	4:58	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Guitars & Bass: Steve King Keyboards: Luis Resto
7	U R The One	Kon Artis, Swift, Bizarre, Proof, Kuniva	4:19	Mr. Porter	Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria	Steve Baughman	Additional Keyboards: Mike Elizondo
8	6 In The Morning	Eminem, Swift, Kon Artis, Kuniva	4:38	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Keyboards: Luis Resto
9	How Come	Eminem, Kon Artis, Proof	4:09	Witt & Pep	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Keyboards: Luis Resto Bass: Larry Live
10	Leave Dat Boy Alone	Eminem, Swift, Kon Artis, Kuniva	5:23	Red Spyda, Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Keyboards: Red Spyda Additional Keyboards: Luis Resto
11	Get My Gun	Eminem, Swift, Kuniva, Proof, Kon Artis, Bizarre	4:34	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King, Michael Strange	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Guitars & Bass: Steve King Keyboards: Luis Resto Intro Skit Performer: Kon Artist
12	Bizarre [skit]	D12	1:21	Eminem
13	Bitch	Eminem, Swift, Bizarre, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Proof	4:56	Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Additional Engineers: Rich Hunt, Tony Campana Keyboards: Luis Resto
14	Steve's Coffee House [skit]	Steve King	0:51	Eminem
15	D12 World	Bizarre, Swift, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Proof	3:10	Kanye West	Steve King, Michael Strange	Steve King, Michael Strange
16	40 Oz.	Bizarre, Eminem, Kuniva, Proof	4:02	Trackboyz	The Trackboyz, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King
17	Commercial Break	Rondell Beene, Young Zee	1:12	Mr. Porter
18	American Psycho II	B-Real, Swift, Kuniva, Bizarre, Eminem	3:44	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Steve King	Dr. Dre	Assistance: Jose Borges Guitars & Keyboards: Mike Elizondo Project Coordinator: Larry Chatman
19	Bugz 97 [skit]	Bugz	1:05	Eminem
20	Good Die Young	Kon Artis, Bizarre, Kuniva, Proof, Swift	5:56	Mr. Porter, Ess Man	Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria, Michael Strange	Eminem, Steve King	Keyboards: J.R. Additional Keyboards: Luis Resto Contains samples from the composition "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" written by Paul Williams Contains a sample of the recording "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" as performed by Three Dog Night
21	Keep Talkin [bonus track]	Eminem, Kuniva, Swift, Bizarre, Proof	4:28	Night & Day, Eminem, Luis Resto	Steve King, Michael Strange	Michael Strange	Contains samples from the composition "Tortuga" written by Matthew Moore

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2004	Billboard 200	1

[edit] External links

• All Music Guide D12 World review

Preceded by Confessions by Usher

Billboard 200 number-one album May 15 - May 21, 2004

Succeeded by Under My Skin by Avril Lavigne

v • d • e D12 Bizarre · Eminem  · Kon Artis  · Kuniva  · Swift Bugz †  · Eye-Kyu  · Fuzz Scoota  · Proof † Albums The Underground EP · Devil's Night · D12 World Singles "Shit on You" · "Purple Pills" · "Fight Music" · "My Band" · "How Come" · "Git Up" · "40 Oz." · "U R the One"