D12 World

D12 World
Studio album by
Publication (s)	April 27, 2004
admission	2003-2004
Label (s)	Shady Records , Interscope
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	CD 1: 21 / (CD 2: 2)
running time	CD 1: 78:02 / (CD 2: 8:48)
occupation	Eminem Proof Kuniva Kon Artis Swift Bizarre
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Denaun Porter Dr. Dre Kanye West Mike Elizondo Hi-Tek Witt & Pep Red Spyda Trackboyz Night & Day Eat Man
Studio (s)	54 Sound Studio (Detroit) TEKLAB Studios (Cincinnati) DNAB Studio (Detroit) Can Am Studios Trackboyz Studios (Florrisant)
chronology Devils Night (2001) D12 World -
Single releases March 14, 2004 My band June 8, 2004 How come

D12 World ( English for: “ D12 World ”) is the second studio album by the Detroit rap crew D12 . It was released on April 27, 2004 on Eminem's Shady Records label .

Production and samples

The executive producer of the album is Eminem ; he created the beats for the titles Git Up , Loyalty , Dude (Skit) , My Band , 6 in the Morning , Get My Gun , Bizarre (Skit) , Bitch , Steve's Coffee House (Skit) , Bugz '97 (Skit) and Slow your roll . D12 member Denaun Porter produced the beats for I'll Be Damned , UR the One , Commercial Break and Barbershop as well as the song Good Die Young in collaboration with Ess Man, who acted as co-producer . Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo produced the beat for American Psycho II together . The producers Hi-Tek (Just Like U) , Witt & Pep ( How Come ) , Red Spyda (Leave Dat Boy Alone) , Trackboyz (40 Oz) and Night & Day (Keep Talkin ') are also represented with one beat each. In addition, the rapper Kanye West is responsible for the instrumental for the title song D12 World .

Only two tracks on the album contain samples of songs by other artists. For example, Good Die Young samples the track Just An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night and Keep Talkin ' contains elements of Tortuga by artist Matthew Moore.

Cover design

The album cover shows the globe surrounded by space. A huge hand reaches for her from below, which has a ring with the D12 logo on its index finger. The lettering D12 World is located at the top left .

Guest Posts

In addition to the rappers from D12, other artists or people appear on seven tracks. So Shady Records -member Obie Trice the song Loyalty to listen while the rapper Young Zee in Commercial Break makes an appearance. Cypress-Hill -Frontmann B-Real has a guest post on American Psycho II and ex-D12 member Bugz, who died in 1999, raps a few lines on Skit Bugz '97 . Steve King can also be heard at Skit Steve's Coffee House and Deanna Johnson is responsible for the backing vocals on Bitch .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	occupation
1	Git Up		Eminem	4:03	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Swift, Kuniva Outro: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem
2	Loyalty	Obie Trice	Eminem	5:54	Intro: Eminem 1st verse: Swift 2nd verse: Bizarre, Obie Trice 3rd verse: Proof 4th verse: Kuniva, Kon Artis Refrain: Kon Artis Outro: Kon Artis
3	Just Like U		Hi-Tek	3:31	Bizarre solo
4th	I'll be damned		Denaun Porter	4:21	Intro: Proof 1st verse: Kon Artis 2nd verse: Swift 3rd verse: Bizarre, Kuniva Refrain: Kon Artis
5	Dude (skit)		Eminem	1:14	Kuniva, Bizarre, Eminem
6th	My band		Eminem	4:58	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Swift, Kuniva, Kon Artis 3rd verse: Proof, Bizarre Refrain: Eminem, Bizarre Intro / Outro: Eminem
7th	UR the One		Denaun Porter	4:19	1st verse: Swift, Bizarre 2nd verse: Proof, Kuniva 3rd verse: Kon Artis Refrain: Kon Artis
8th	6 in the morning		Eminem	4:38	Intro: Eminem 1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Swift 3rd verse: Kuniva, Kon Artis Refrain: Eminem
9	How come		Witt & Pep	4:09	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Kon Artis 3rd verse: Proof refrain: Eminem
10	Leave Dat Boy Alone		Red Spyda	5:23	1st verse: Swift 2nd verse: Kon Artis 3rd verse: Kuniva Refrain: Eminem Outro: Eminem
11	Get my gun		Eminem	4:34	Intro: Eminem, Kon Artis 1st Verse: Swift 2nd Verse: Kuniva, Proof 3rd Verse: Eminem, Kon Artis 4th Verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem
12	Bizarre (skit)		Eminem	1:21	D12
13	Bitch	Deanna Johnson	Eminem	4:56	Intro: Eminem 1st Verse: Eminem 2nd Verse: Swift, Bizarre 3rd Verse: Kuniva, Kon Artis, Deanna Johnson, Proof Refrain: Eminem, Kon Artis Outro: Kon Artis
14th	Steve's Coffee House (Skit)	Steve King	Eminem	0:51	Steve King
15th	D12 World		Kanye West	3:10	Intro: Bizarre 1st verse: Bizarre, Swift, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Proof 2nd verse: Kuniva, Bizarre, Swift, Kon Artis Refrain: D12
16	40 oz		Trackboyz	4:02	Intro: Kuniva 1st verse: Bizarre 2nd verse: Eminem 3rd verse: Kuniva 4th verse: Proof refrain: D12
17th	Commercial break	Young Zee	Denaun Porter	1:12	Intro: Kuniva Verse: Young Zee
18th	American Psycho II	B-Real	Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo	3:44	1st verse: Swift, Kuniva 2nd verse: Bizarre, Eminem Refrain: B-Real
19th	Bugz '97 (Skit)	Bugz	Eminem	1:05	Verse: Bugz
20th	Good Die Young		Denaun Porter and Ess Man (Co)	5:56	Intro: Bizarre 1st verse: Kon Artis 2nd verse: Bizarre, Kuniva 3rd verse: Proof 4th verse: Swift Refrain: Kon Artis
21st	Keep Talkin '(Bonus Track)		Night & Day	4:28	Intro: Bizarre 1st verse: Kuniva, Swift 2nd verse: Bizarre, proof refrain: Eminem Outro: Eminem

Bonus CD:

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	occupation
1	Barbershop		Denaun Porter	4:23	Intro: Kon Artis 1st verse: Kon Artis 2nd verse: Kuniva 3rd verse: Bizarre, Proof, Kon Artis, Swift Refrain: Kon Artis
2	Slow your roll		Eminem	4:25	Intro: Eminem 1st verse: Swift, Proof 2nd verse: Bizarre, Kuniva 3rd verse: Kon Artis Refrain: Eminem Outro: Kon Artis

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

My band   DE 2 04/26/2004 (15 weeks)   AT 4th 04/25/2004 (16 weeks)   CH 3 04/25/2004 (20 weeks)   UK 2 04/24/2004 (20 weeks)   US 6th 05/15/2004 (18 weeks) How come   DE 15th 07/26/2004 (12 weeks)   AT 17th 07/25/2004 (15 weeks)   CH 17th 08/01/2004 (15 weeks)   UK 4th 08/07/2004 (8 weeks)   US 27 08/07/2004 (12 weeks)

D12 World entered the German charts at number 2 in the 20th calendar week of 2004 and was at position 6 in the following weeks; 5 and 8. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 21 weeks. In the German annual charts for 2004, the sound carrier was ranked 34th.

Chart overview

title	Chart placements
	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
D12 World	2 (21 weeks)	5 (20 weeks)	3 (19 weeks)	1 (22 weeks)	1 (28 weeks)

title	Annual charts 2004
	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
D12 World	34	-	64	-	30th

My Band (DE # 2, 15 weeks) and How Come (DE # 15, 12 weeks) were released as singles . Music videos were also shot for the songs Git Up , 40 Oz and UR the One .

Sales figures and awards

Due to the sales figures, D12 World achieved gold status for over 100,000 units sold in Germany, among others . In the US, the album sold 544,000 times in the first week and received double platinum awards for a total of more than two million sales .

Overview:

country	Certification	Sales
Australia	platinum	70,000
Germany	gold	100,000
Japan	platinum	1,000,000
New Zealand	platinum	15,000
United States	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom	platinum	300,000
all in all	1 × gold 6 × platinum	3,485,000

Reviews

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	58%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

D12 World received mostly average ratings from critics. The side Metacritic calculated from 13 Reviews of English-language media is a section of 58%.

• laut.de gave D12 World two out of a possible five points. The weak production is particularly criticized:

" Wood and cramped [Eminems] try to play six tunes" Git Up "," Loyalty "," My Band "," 6 In The Morning "," Get My Gun "and" Bitch "with interlaced snares and dramatic piano and guitar fragments groove, but always break their stiff beat legs. […] Sufferers of the beat debacle: Ems Detroit buddies Bizarre, Kon Artis, Kuniva, Proof and Swift, whose above-average lyrics and flows have to move too much in Eminem's comic and bubblegum style regions. The best example is the single "My Band". The nice superstar homie concept doesn't work. Eminem dominates the track as well as the entire band image, and with no freedom of their own, D-12 are in its shadow. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "D12-World" on Shadyrecords.com
2. ↑ Album cover at amazon.de
3. ↑ Chart sources (singles): DE ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH US 
4. ↑ D12 in the Official UK Charts (English)
5. ↑ Chart tracking D12 World at musicline.de ( memento of the original from January 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 34
7. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH US 
8. ↑ D12 World in the Official UK Charts (English)
9. ↑ Annual charts 2004: DE AT CH US ( Memento from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Singles from musicline.de ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ IFPI : search result gold and platinum awards from D12
12. ↑ RIAA : search result gold and platinum awards from D12
13. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
14. ↑ Rating: laut.de
15. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento of November 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
17. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
18. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier