Word of Mouf

Infobox Album | Name = Word of Mouf
Type = studio
Artist = Ludacris


Released = November 6, 2001 (US)
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Southern Rap, gangsta rap, Crunk
Length = 79:00
Label = Def Jam Recordings
Producer = Ludacris
Swizz Beatz
Paul King
Bangladesh
Timbaland
Organized Noize
KLC
Jook
Jazze Pha
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5ad3vwdla9lk link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/282867/ludacris?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 link]
*HipHopDX.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.121/title.ludacris-word-of-mouf link]
Last album = "Back for the First Time"
(2000)
This album = "Word of Mouf"
(2001)
Next album = "Chicken-N-Beer"
(2003) |

"Word of Mouf" is rapper Ludacris' third release, and second for Def Jam Recordings, released in 2001. Def Jam decided to release the album early when pirated copies of the album's tracks were leaked onto popular peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

It produced the singles "Rollout (My Business)", "Area Codes", "Move Bitch", and "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)".

It was nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2003 for Best Rap Album, but lost to "The Eminem Show".

Track listing

amples and interpolations

"Coming 2 America"
*"Requiem", 3rd movement (Dies irae) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Conductor and orchestra unknown)
*Symphony No. 9, "From the New World", 4th movement (Allegro con fuoco) by Antonín Dvořák (Conductor and orchestra unknown)

"Area Codes"
*"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" by BT Express

"Growing Pains"
*"I Forgot To Be Your Lover" by William Bell

"Welcome to Atlanta"
*"Five Minutes of Funk" by Whodini