Devils Night

Devils Night
Studio album by
Publication (s)	June 5, 2001
admission	2000-2001
Label (s)	Shady Records , Interscope
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	CD 1: 19 / (CD 2: 3)
running time	75:19 / (CD 2: 14:05)
occupation	Eminem Proof Kuniva Kon Artis Swift Bizarre
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Dr. Dre Denaun Porter Jeff Bass
Studio (s)	54 Sound Studio (Detroit) Record One Studios The Lodge Vanguard Studio Studio A
chronology The Underground EP (1997) Devils Night D12 World (2004)
Single releases December 5, 2000 Shit on you July 9, 2001 Purple pills November 5, 2001 Fight Music

Devils Night ( named after a tradition in Detroit the night before Halloween ) is the first studio album by the Detroit rap crew D12 . It was released on June 5, 2001 as the first album on Eminem's newly founded label Shady Records .

Production and samples

Eminem acts as executive producer on the long player . He produced the beats for six songs ( Pistol Pistol , American Psycho , Purple Pills , Pimp Like Me , Girls , Words Are Weapons ) independently. The productions for Instigator , Blow My Buzz and Devils Night were made in collaboration with Jeff Bass as co-producer. In addition, Dr. Dre was responsible for the musical lining of the songs Nasty Mind , Ain't Nuttin 'But Music , Fight Music and Revelation . The D12 member Denaun Porter produced Shit Can Happen with Eminem as co-producer That's How ... . Furthermore, Eminem, Jeff Bass and DJ Head produced the beat for These Drugs and DJ Head with Eminem's help as co-producer Shit on You .

Only two songs on the album contain samples from pieces by other artists. So contains That's how elements of the song If There's A Hell Down Below by Curtis Mayfield , and Revelation part of was Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 of Pink Floyd sampled.

Cover design

The album cover shows a burning black matchbox with the D12 logo on it. The background is black, and on the lower right edge of the screen is the word Devils Night .

Guest Posts

In addition to the members of D12, other artists or people can be heard on six tracks. The singer Truth Hurts appears on the song Nasty Mind , and the singer Dina Rae , as with Eminem's solo albums, has an appearance on track 13 ( Pimp Like Me ). The rapper and producer Dr. Dre can be heard on the chorus of Ain't Nuttin 'But Music , but is not included in the booklet. The Shady Records -member Obie Trice raps the same skit a few lines. You can also hear producer Jeff Bass and Steve Berman on other skits.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	occupation
1	Another Public Service Announcement (Intro)	Jeff Bass		0:49	Jeff Bass, Kuniva
2	Shit Can Happen		Denaun Porter	4:52	1st verse: Kon Artis, Kuniva 2nd verse: Swift, Eminem Refrain: Eminem, Kon Artis Outro: Eminem
3	Pistol Pistol		Eminem	5:23	1st verse: Swift, Proof 2nd verse: Kuniva, Kon Artis 3rd verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem Intro / Outro: Bizarre, Swift
4th	Bizarre (skit)			1:12	Kuniva, bizarre
5	Nasty Mind	Truth hurts	Dr. Dre	4:43	1st verse: Swift, Kuniva 2nd verse: Kon Artis, Bizarre Refrain: Bizarre, Truth Hurts Intro / Outro: Truth Hurts, Bizarre
6th	Ain't Nuttin 'But Music	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre	5:11	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Bizarre, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Proof 3rd verse: Swift, Kon Artis Refrain: Eminem, Dr. Dre
7th	American Psycho		Eminem	4:36	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Bizarre 3rd verse: Kon Artis Refrain: Eminem
8th	That's How (Skit)			0:37	Kon Artis
9	That's How ...		Denaun Porter and Eminem (Co)	4:49	1st verse: Kuniva, Proof, Kon Artis, Swift 2nd verse: Kuniva, Proof, Kon Artis, Bizarre, Swift Refrain: D12
10	Purple pills		Eminem	5:05	1st verse: Eminem, Kuniva, Kon Artis 2nd verse: Proof, Swift 3rd verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem
11	Fight Music		Dr. Dre	4:22	1st verse: Kon Artis, Bizarre 2nd verse: Proof, Swift, Kuniva, Eminem Refrain: Eminem
12	Instigator		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	4:58	1st verse: Kuniva, Swift 2nd verse: Kon Artis, Proof 3rd verse: Swift Refrain: Swift
13	Pimp Like Me	Dina Rae	Eminem	5:57	1st verse: Swift 2nd verse: Proof, Kon Artis, Kuniva 3rd verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem, Dina Rae Intro / Outro: Kuniva
14th	Blow my buzz		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	5:10	Intro: Swift 1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Bizarre, Swift 3rd verse: Kuniva, Kon Artis, Proof refrain: Kon Artis
15th	Obie Trice (Skit)	Obie Trice	Denaun Porter	1:07	Verse: Obie Trice
16	Devils Night		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	4:19	1st verse: Eminem, Swift 2nd verse: Kon Artis, Kuniva 3rd verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem
17th	Steve Berman (Skit)	Steve Berman		0:50	Eminem, Steve Berman
18th	Revelation		Dr. Dre	5:48	1st verse: Bizarre, Kon Artis, Eminem 2nd verse: Swift, Kuniva, Proof refrain: Eminem
19th	Girls (hidden track)		Eminem	5:35	Eminem solo

Bonus CD:

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	occupation
1	Shit on you		DJ Head and Eminem (Co)	5:14	1st verse: Swift 2nd verse: Bizarre, Eminem 3rd verse: Kon Artis, Kuniva 4th verse: Eminem Refrain: Eminem
2	Words Are Weapons		Eminem	4:09	1st verse: Eminem 2nd verse: Swift 3rd verse: Bizarre Refrain: Eminem
3	These drugs		Eminem, Jeff Bass and DJ Head	4:44	1st verse: Eminem, Bizarre 2nd verse: Swift, Proof chorus: Eminem

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Shit on you   DE 8th 02/26/2001 (12 weeks)   AT 45 02/25/2001 (9 weeks)   CH 21st 02/25/2001 (12 weeks)   UK 10 03/17/2001 (15 weeks) Purple pills   DE 19th 07/30/2001 (10 weeks)   AT 41 07/29/2001 (12 weeks)   CH 25th 07/22/2001 (14 weeks)   UK 2 07/21/2001 (19 weeks)   US 19th 08/04/2001 (15 weeks) Fight Music   DE 38 11/19/2001 (10 weeks)   AT 61 11/25/2001 (4 weeks)   CH 51 11/18/2001 (9 weeks)   UK 11 11/17/2001 (5 weeks)

Devils Night entered the German charts at number 5 in the 27th calendar week of 2001 and was at number 10 and 7 in the following weeks before settling again at number 5 for two weeks. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 18 weeks. In the German annual charts for 2001, the sound carrier was ranked 49th.

Chart overview

title	Chart placements
	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Devils Night	5 (18 weeks)	12 (13 weeks)	7 (13 weeks)	2 (23 weeks)	1 (22 weeks)

title	Annual charts 2001
	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Devils Night	49	-	-	-	39	33

As singles were Shit on You (DE # 8, 12 wk.), Purple Pills (DE # 19, 10 wk.) And Fight Music decoupled (DE # 38, 10 wk.).

Sales figures and awards

The album was able to sell over four million times worldwide. Due to the sales figures, Devils Night achieved gold status for more than 150,000 copies sold in Germany . In the US, the album sold 372,000 times in the first week and received double platinum awards for a total of over two million sales .

Overview:

country	Certification	Sales
Australia	platinum	70,000
Germany	gold	150,000
France	gold	150,000
Canada	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand	platinum	15,000
Norway	gold	15,000
United States	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom	platinum	300,000
all in all	3 × gold 8 × platinum	3,000,000

Reviews

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

Devils Night received mostly average ratings from critics. The site Metacritic calculated from eleven reviews of English-language media an average of 58%.

• laut.de gave Devils Night four out of a possible five points. It is highlighted that Eminem clearly stands out from the other crew members:

“ You can hear Mr. Mathers in every second hook, as expected, and with his Skillz he raps the other D-12 members Kon Artis, Proof, Swift, Kuniva and Bizarre on the wall, but there is no too big a crack between them Superstar and his unknown colleague. Because they try to counter it with their flows and sometimes funny ideas. [...] In general, D-12 consistently continue the lyrical line of the two Eminem albums, which is mostly oozing with irony. [...] With the beats, however, no gimmicks are to be expected, it's very serious and straight to the point. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

• The taz website presents the album as provocative:

" With" Devil's Night "the" dirty dozen "from the Autostadt Detroit recorded a completely exaggerated gangster rap opus bursting with black humor. Even if "Devil's Night" is less self-reflective than Eminem's solo albums, one thing becomes immediately clear with D12: The "bad boy" image is calculated from the start. [...] Musically, D12, with the active help of Dr. Dre left the classic hip-hop scheme long ago. While they do rock crossovers (including a guitar solo) on songs like the aforementioned "Revelation", they integrate elements like harmonica (on the drug anthem "Purple Pills") and falsetto vocals on the rest of the album. "

- Excerpt from the review by taz.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Devils Night" 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 Devils Night at musicline.de ( memento of the original from January 9, 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 # 49
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. ↑ Devils Night in the Official UK Charts (English)
9. ↑ Annual charts 2001: DE AT CH UK US ( Memento of January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) WW ( Memento of the original of October 10, 2011 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. 
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. ↑ Photo of the total sales ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2010 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.  
12. ↑ US sales first week
13. ↑ Photo of the awards ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2009 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.  
14. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
15. ↑ Rating: laut.de
16. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from August 2, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
18. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
19. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
20. ↑ taz.de: Review of the sound carrier