Word of Mouf

Word of Mouf
Studio album by Ludacris
Publication (s)	November 5, 2001
Label (s)	Disturbing tha Peace , Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Down South , hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	18th
running time	78:53
production	Ludacris ( Executive Producer ) Chaka Zulu (Executive Producer) Bangladesh Jazze Pha Organized Noize Timbaland Swizz Beatz Jermaine Dupri among others
chronology Back for the First Time (2000) Word of Mouf Chicken-n-Beer (2003)
Single releases July 3, 2001 Area Codes October 16, 2001 Rollout (My Business) October 30, 2001 Welcome to Atlanta January 8, 2002 Saturday (Oooh Oooh!) May 21, 2002 Move bitch

Word of Mouf ( English for: " word of mouth ") is the third solo album by the US rapper Ludacris . It was released on November 5, 2001 on the Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings labels . On April 21, 2004 the album was re-released including DVD.

production

Ludacris himself and Chaka Zulu served as executive producers on the album . Five songs on the album were produced by music producer Bangladesh, while Jazze Pha and Organized Noize each contributed two instrumentals. Other beats come from Timbaland , Swizz Beatz , Jermaine Dupri , P. King, KLC and Jook.

Cover design

The album cover shows Ludacris wearing a huge afro and a brown dog. Both of them open their mouths wide and look at the viewer. In the upper part of the picture are the letters Ludacris in yellow and Word of Mouf in white, whereby the letter O of the word Mouf is represented by a red mouth.

Guest Posts

In addition to Ludacris, other artists appear on 13 songs on the album. The rappers I-20 and Fate Wilson are most represented with four times each. The singers Nate Dogg and Sleepy Brown as well as the rappers Mystikal , Jazze Pha , Twista and Jermaine Dupri have other guest appearances . In addition, the R&B group Jagged Edge , the rap group Three 6 Mafia , the rapper Shawnna as well as Keon Bryce, 4-Ize and Chimere can each be heard on one song.

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Coming 2 America		Bangladesh	4:21
2	Rollout (My Business)		Timbaland	4:56
3	Go 2 Sleep	I-20, Fate Wilson, Three 6 Mafia	Bangladesh	5:10
4th	Cry Babies (Oh No)		Swizz Beatz	5:56
5	She said	Fate Wilson	Organized Noize	4:33
6th	Howhere (Skit)		Ludacris, I-20	1:11
7th	Area Codes	Nate Dogg	Jazze Pha	5:03
8th	Growing pains	Fate Wilson, Keon Bryce	P. King	4:49
9	Greatest Hits (Skit)		Mike Johnson	1:16
10	Move bitch	Mystikal , I-20	KLC	4:30
11	Stop Lying (Skit)		Ludacris, I-20	1:36
12	Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)	Sleepy Brown	Organized Noize	3:50
13	Keep it on the hush	Jazze Pha	Jazze Pha	4:46
14th	Word of Mouf (Freestyle)	4-Ize		2:11
15th	Get the Fuck Back	I-20, Fate Wilson, Shawnna	Bangladesh	5:21
16	Freaky Thangs	Twista , Jagged Edge	Bangladesh	5:32
17th	Cold Outside	Chimers	Jook	6:03
18th	Block Lockdown (bonus track)	I-20	Bangladesh	4:25
	Welcome to Atlanta ( Hidden Track )	Jermaine Dupri	Jermaine Dupri	3:24

Bonus DVD of the 2004 re-release:

#	title
1	Rollout (My Business) (Video)
2	Area Codes (Video)
3	Saturday (Oooh Oooh!) (Video)

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Word of Mouf   DE 98 05/27/2002 (1 week)   UK 57 06/29/2002 (3 weeks)   US 3 12/15/2001 (59 weeks)

Singles

Area Codes   UK 25th 09/29/2001 (3 weeks)   US 24 07/14/2001 (17 weeks) Rollout (My Business)   UK 20th 06/22/2002 (7 weeks)   US 17th 11/10/2001 (21 weeks) Welcome to Atlanta   US 35 12/29/2001 (20 weeks) Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)   UK 31 05/10/2002 (4 weeks)   US 22nd 02/16/2002 (20 weeks) Move bitch   US 10 06/08/2002 (23 weeks)

Word of Mouf entered the German album charts at number 98 on May 27, 2002 and left the Top 100 the following week. In the United States, the album reached number 3 and stayed in the top 200 for a total of 59 weeks, while in the United Kingdom it was at position 57 and stayed in the charts for three weeks.

As singles , the songs were AreaCodes , Rollout (My Business) , Saturday (Oooh Oooh!) , Welcome to Atlanta and Move Bitch decoupled.

Sales figures and awards

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	67%
More reviews
source	rating
allmusic
RapReviews

Word of Mouf was in the United States for more than 3.6 million units sold in 2002, with 3-fold platinum excellent. In the UK, the album received a gold record for more than 100,000 sales in 2013 . This makes it the rapper's most commercially successful album.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	3,200,000

Main article: Ludacris / Music Sales Awards

At the 2003 Grammy Awards , Word of Mouf was nominated for Best Rap Album , but was defeated by Eminem's The Eminem Show .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Chart tracking Word of Mouth on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
5. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
6. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
7. Jump up ↑ US sales Word of Mouf
8. ↑ US: 3 × platinum
9. ↑ UK: Gold