D12 World [Original recording, Explicit Lyrics]

D12 | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording, Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Shady Records
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• ASIN: B0001Z53BA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (361 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #490,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

You can say this about D12: few rap groups do a better job of straddling the line between the humorous and offensive, silly and sadistic. So when Eminem kick starts D12's sophomore effort by spewing vulgar rhymes to the tune of the adolescent "Name Game" on "Git Up," it's not entirely unexpected. But can D12 ever be considered anything other than an Eminem science project gone awry? "My Band," a pure novelty track (and this album's "Purple Pills"), addresses this question. Rather than lament the fact that nobody cares about the rest of the Em's crew, group members Proof, Kuniva, Swift, and Bizarre celebrate their obscurity while Shady himself croons a painfully catchy off-kilter hook. In fact, most of the crew's punch lines and hooks tend to be overshadowed by Him. Plus, Eminem produces a sizable chunk of the tracks, which is not necessarily a good thing considering his rhyme skills trump his beat-making skills considerably. With the exception of Mr. Proof's banging production on "Good Die Young" and Bizarre's creepy shock rap come-ons on "U R the One," D12's world sounds too much like an Eminem side project. Beat contributions by Kanye West (title cut) and Dr. Dre ("American Psycho 2") bolster the overall product, but not to the level of an Eminem solo album. --Dalton Higgins

Product Description

2004 album from Eminem's Detroit based hip hop crew D12. UK edition includes the single 'My Band' & two bonus tracks, 'Barbershop' & 'Slow Your Roll'. Shady/Interscope. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Example... (2.5 Stars), August 13, 2004

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Norfeest "Yes Yes Y'all" (Washington DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D12 World (Audio CD)

I've read a lot of these reviews and I've learned this much......Amazon.com critics either get 1,000,000% behind an artist and hands them higher praise/stars than they really should be getting......or they do the exact opposite and just hate it for very childish reasons. Very few people speak on the actual CD, rather they bash Eminem/D12 rather than telling the reader what makes the CD so bad. I've seen reviews that gave this album 1 star because the reviewer prefers Esham instead.....or because he's a white man that hangs out with black men.....or because they're just die hard Ja Rule fans......or simply because he is who he is. Then you have those that give this album 5 stars if for no other reason than the fact that Eminem is associated in some way (we have a word for these two extremes where I'm from: Haters or D*ck Riders). Either way, none of these reviews are acurate and almost all of them fail to speak on the CD itself. This album isn't anywhere close to 5 stars, but it's not deserving of a 1 star either. "D12 World" is typical pop rap. Anyone that bought this album in search of anything else was a fool to begin with. The CD opens with Eminem spitting rhymes that would be ultra tight if they came from someone else, but Eminem (who has always been tight to me up until this point) has lost some steam and on this album it starts to show. I'll speak about the other group members, but as we all know....they don't really matter. Bizarre manages to bring the rating of this album down 2 stars all by himself. If you want some decent rhymes from someone other than Eminem, look for Kon Artis or Proof. Those two should break camp and start doing some solo stuff. There are tracks produced by Kanye West and Lil' Jon (who supplied a VERY weak beat for the "40 Oz." single), but for the most part, Eminem handles the production work and most of his beats sound the same. Don't get me wrong, I like his beats, but they can get REALLY repetitive. Most of the songs are VERY long and tend to be on the boring side. A perfect example would be "Loyalty" feat. Obie Trice. I love the beat and some of the lyrics are hot, but it's kind of long (5:54). If you strip this entire album of all the beats and just listened to the lyrics, you'd actually have a pretty wack album on your hands. The beats aren't really that tight either. And having Eminem perform every hook can be a bit tiresome. But on a positive note, it's a progression from the last album in the sense that they're not trying to "out gross" or "out shock" each other on this album like they were doing on the last LP. Overall, this is a middle of the road album. Like I said before, it's typical pop rap. If you expected something other than that, then the joke is on you. Pop heads will love it, but heads like me that want skills and substance are better off searching the underground for quality hip hop because there is none on this album. I would reccommend downloading this album instead of actually buying it though. Come to think of it, I would NEVER reccommend buying any album that has Bizarre rapping on it. He has NO SKILLS at all. But that's just my opinion. In my mind, if Eminem had never blown up like he did, you'd never hear from these guys (well maybe you'd hear from Proof and Kon Artis). This is a perfect example of how having a famous homie can get you a record deal instead of landing a deal with actual skills. Just ask Juelz Santana, him and the rest of the Dip Set are in the same boat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A World With Some Dark Spots (3.5 stars), June 20, 2006

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Chandler "Infamous" (Atlanta (College Park), Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D12 World (Audio CD)

Eminem's group Dirty Dozen aka D12 (Eminem, Bizarre, Proof, Swifty, Kuniva, Kon Artis aka Mr. Porter) has had many joy times and many sad times throughout their career. With their most recent album D12 World, they were out again to show that they wern't just a sideshow to Eminem.

The album starts off on a strong point, with the songs "Git Up" and "Loyality". "40oz" would be another strong song, as it seems like their loud and club type songs would be their most sucessful. The Group also keeps their normal style of rapping on subjects that many people are used to such as "B***h" and "Get My Gun". "How Come" would be their second single, and I as of many people have an idea that it's dedicated to an old frined Royce The 5'9".

There are many parts of this album that the group falls flat when trying to impress an entire audience. "My Band" might have been aimed to impress listeners MTV wise, but fails miserably (seeing that was the first single). Bizarre would get his cut on a solo "Just Like U" with his perverted rhymes...shouldn't be suprising comming from him. "Leave Dat Boy Alone" is suffered by the singing of Eminem with a southern accent which sounds pathetic. The bonus song "Keep Talkin" just sounds completely terrible.

Two touching songs are towards the end of the album. "Bugz '97" is a rhyme that has late D12 member Bugz rhyming (possibly something they found digging in the crates), as the next track "Good Die Young" would be a song dedicated to him. The song hits even harder today because of the recent murder of member Proof who says "It ain't never late in the game, Satan remains/ with a grudge to see slugs break through my frame/ My heart aches with the pain, the light limits breath/ We gotta have fun now, there's only minutes left...," Damn...

Overall It's a decent sophomore album that D12 has made. It suffers some low points as well as it collects some high points. I recommend this to D12 fans, becuase they'll love it more than normal Eminem fans. It's glad to see that all members (including Bugz) were involved in this project. If you enjoyed this, I recommend that you search for D12 very frist album The Underground EP.

Rest In Peace Proof and Bugz

Lyrics: C+
Production: B-
Musical Vibes: C+
Overall: C+

Favorite Tracks: Git Up, Loyality, I'll Be Damned, Get My Gun, B****, Welcome To D12 World, 40oz, Bugz '97, Good Die Young

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Devils Night still good though, July 11, 2004

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Justin "j_unit_415" (Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D12 World (Audio CD)

Before I got this cd, I was expecting this to be one of the best cd's so far this year with all the hype behind it. When I picked it up and I heard the first 2 songs I thought it was gonna be but from there it went downhill even though the end does save it. Here is my rating of this cd, all scores out of 5.

1.Git Up-great intro it gets u into the cd, 5
2.Loyalty-I knew Obie or 50 would have to be on this cd but this is a great appearance, 5
3.Just Like U-weird weird song dont really like it, 2.5
4.I'll Be Damned-alrite, 3
5.Dude(skit)
6.My Band-loved it at first cant really stand it now, still gets a 4 though
7.U R The One-an ok song i guess, 3.5
8.6 In The Morning-pretty good, 4
9.How Come-the current single its gonna get soo played out like my band but its good now-4.5
10.Leave That Boy Alone-another ok song,3.5
11.Get My Gun-a funny song, 4.5
12.Bizzare(skit)
13.Bitch-Hillarious song I love it,5.5!
14.Steve's Coffee House(skit)
15.D-12 World-ok i expected more being a Kanye beat, 3
16.40 Oz.-My favorite song on the whole cd i love this song eminem's verse is just amazing-6!
17.Commerical Break-half skit half introduction to new rapper like the song on Devil's Night where we first met Obie
18.American Psycho II-another great song featuring Cyrpress Hill makes it even better, 5.5
19.Bugz 97(skit)-I wouldnt say this was all a skit since Bugz is rapping in it so i'll give it a 4
20.Good Die Young-a great song mourning of their old member Bugz, 4.5

21.Keep Talkin-bonus song dissing ja rule off of one of their mixtapes pretty good, 3.5