It sold about 544,000 records in its first week of release in the United States alone. It debuted in the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and also in the top 5 in Switzerland and Norway. Guest appearances on the album included Obie Trice, Dina Rae, Young Zee and B-Real.ĭ12 World debuted at the top of the US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ albums charts. Dre, Essman, Hi-Tek, Kanye West, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Night & Day, Red Spyda, Trackboyz and Witt & Pep. The album was executively produced by Eminem, who also handled most of the audio production for the album along with Denaun Porter, Dr. ![]() ![]() The album produced two singles, My Band and How Come, which were released on Maand June 8, 2004, respectively. 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". 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. At the time, Eminem was busy recording Encore. 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). The album also includes a skit entitled "Bugz '97", which is a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally taken from the song "Desperados". 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 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. The album sold 544,000 copies in its first week on the U.S. D12 World is the second and final studio album by Detroit hip hop group D12, released on April 27, 2004.
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