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D12 World
Studio album by D12
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	2002–2004
Studio	54 Sound (Ferndale, Michigan) Teklab (Cincinnati) DNAB (Detroit) Can-Am (Tarzana, California)
Genre	Hardcore hip hop horrorcore
Length	77:49
Label	Shady Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre Eminem Essman Hi-Tek Kanye West Luis Resto Mike Elizondo Mr. Porter Night & Day Red Spyda Trackboyz Witt & Pep
D12 chronology
Devil's Night (2001) D12 World (2004)
Singles from D12 World
"My Band" Released: March 2004 "How Come" Released: June 8, 2004

D12 World is the final studio album by American 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. The album is also the last D12 release to feature Proof before his death in 2006, and the second D12 album to feature Bugz on a track.

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 skit entitled "Bugz '97", which is a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally taken from the song "Desperados". The group was often overshadowed by Eminem's massive success, and as such, the group 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, respectively, 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". Group member Kuniva stated in a podcast that most of Denaun's verses were recorded in his home studio as opposed to with the rest of the group, due to frequent arguments with Proof.

Production

The album was executively produced by Eminem, who also handled most of the audio production for the album along with Denaun Porter, Dr. Dre, Essman, Hi-Tek, Kanye West, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Night & Day, Red Spyda, Trackboyz and Witt & Pep. Guest appearances on the album included Obie Trice, Dina Rae, Young Zee and B-Real.

Commercial performance

D12 World debuted at the top of the US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ albums charts. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and also in the top 5 in Switzerland and Norway. It debuted in the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

It sold about 544,000 records in its first week of release in the United States alone. Debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, the album ended the first five-week run of singer Usher's best-selling album, Confessions. On the week of May 22, 2004, Usher's Confessions regained the Billboard 200's number-one spot, sending D12 World to number two. The album went on to have the best performing first-week sales for a hip hop release of that year until the release of Eminem's Encore that November. Ultimately the album was certified double platinum, having a twenty-eight week stay on the chart overall.

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with approximately 76,666 copies sold during the first week of release. Ultimately the album was certified platinum; total sales of the album stand at 323,649 as of December 2017.

"My Band", the first single, was also successful, reaching number one in Australia and on the US Rhythmic Top 40, the Top 5 in the UK and Germany, and Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
HipHopDX
PopMatters	6/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	B−
Stylus	3/10
Vibe

Upon release, D12 World received mixed 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, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Track listing

Notes

• signifies an additional producer.
• signifies a co-producer.
• "Bugz" is taken from the song "Desperados", performed by DJ Butter, Eminem, Proof, Bugz & the Almighty Dreadnaughtz.
• "Just Like U" does not appear on the clean version of the album.
• "Leave Dat Boy Alone" features additional vocals by 50 Cent.
• "Get My Gun" is an unlockable song in the 2006 open-world game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
• "Barbershop" can be found on the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack.
• The clean version of the album allows "ass" to be uncensored but few uses of the word "hell", some references to alcohol use, most references to drugs, sexual content, and violence are edited out, although all sound effects remain intact.
• "6 in the Morning (Come on In)" was leaked in the bootleg mixtape Straight From The Lab

Sample credits

• "Git Up" contains a sample from "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis
• "Just Like U" contains a sample from "Sir Galahad" by Rick Wakeman.
• "U R the One" contains a sample from "Girl Callin'" by Chocolate Milk
• "Good Die Young" contains a sample from "Screen Kiss" by Thomas Dolby
• "Keep Talkin'" contains samples from "Tortuga" by Starwood and "Halftime" by Nas

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
• Richard Hunt – engineer
• Steven King – bass, guitar, engineer, mixing, skit
• Kuniva – skit
• 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 – keyboards, songwriter

Charts

Certifications

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External links

• AllMusic review
• D12 World at Metacritic

• 2004 albums
• D12 albums
• Shady Records albums
• Albums produced by Dr. Dre
• Albums produced by Kanye West
• Albums produced by Hi-Tek
• Albums produced by Mr. Porter
• Albums produced by Eminem
• Albums produced by Mike Elizondo
• Horrorcore albums
• Albums produced by Red Spyda