Devil's Night (album)

Devil's Night
Studio album by D12
Released	June 19, 2001
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Midwest hip hop, Hardcore Rap, gangsta rap
Length	75:23
Label	Shady, Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre, Eminem, Denaun Porter, DJ Head, Scott Storch, Jeff Bass, Mike Elizondo, Luis Resto
D12 chronology
Devils Night (2001) D12 World (2004) Singles from Devil's Night "Shit on You" Released: 2000 "Purple Pills" Released: May 8, 2001 "Fight Music" Released: November 5, 2001 "Ain't Nuttin' But Music" Released: March 17, 2002

Devil's Night is the debut album by Detroit hip hop group D12, released on June 19, 2001 and executive produced by Eminem, who had recently released his hugely successful second studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, a year earlier. The album's title comes from the Devil's Night tradition, recognized in and around Detroit. The album produced two singles: "Purple Pills" and "Fight Music" (edited as "Purple Hills" and "Flight Music", respectively). The album featured a hidden track by Eminem called "Girls", which is a diss track aimed at Limp Bizkit, DJ Lethal, and Everlast. Devil's Night was also the first album to be released on Eminem's Shady Records label, although the label has been active since 1999. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with approximately 372,000 copies sold in the first week released.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Public Service Announcement" (performed by Jeff Bass and Rondell Beene(Kuniva))		0:49
2.	"Shit Can Happen"	Denaun Porter	4:52
3.	"Pistol Pistol"	Eminem	5:23
4.	"Bizarre (Skit)" (performed by Bizarre)		1:12
5.	"Nasty Mind" (featuring Truth Hurts)	Dr. Dre	4:43
6.	"Ain't Nuttin' But Music" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	5:11
7.	"American Psycho"	Eminem	4:36
8.	"That's How (Skit)"		0:37
9.	"That's How..."	Denaun Porter, Eminem	4:49
10.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem	5:05
11.	"Fight Music"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	4:22
12.	"Instigator"	Eminem	4:58
13.	"Pimp Like Me" (featuring Dina Rae)	Eminem	5:57
14.	"Blow My Buzz"	Eminem	5:10
15.	"Obie Trice (Skit)" (performed by Rondell Beene and Obie Trice)	Denaun Porter	1:07
16.	"Devil's Night"	Eminem	4:19
17.	"Steve Berman (Skit)" (performed by Steve Berman and Eminem)		0:50
18.	"Revelation"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	5:48
19.	"Girls" (performed by Eminem)	Eminem	5:35

• "Revelation"'s ending covers "Another Brick In The Wall Pt II" where there are kids screaming and Eminem saying both "Wrong! Do it again!" and "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding! You can't have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat!". During the chorus you can also hear Eminem singing a version of the first two lines that are sung in "Another Brick In The Wall" (his version goes: "I don't wanna go to school, I don't need no education").

• Eminem makes a reference to Limp Bizkit's song "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by saying "Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'" in the song "Girls".

Bonus CD

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"These Drugs"	Eminem	4:44
2.	"Words Are Weapons"	Funkmaster Flex	4:37
3.	"Shit on You"	DJ Head and Eminem	5:14

• The song "These Drugs" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 horror movie Bones.

Note: On the edited/censored version of the album, the tracks "Purple Pills" and "Fight Music" were listed as "Purple Hills" and "Flight Music". Also the tracks "Shit Can Happen", "Pistol Pistol", and "Pimp Like Me" were listed as "**** Can Happen", "P***** P*****", and "**** Like Me".

Devil's Night 2

In Obie Trice's album Cheers, on the song "Outro" featuring D12, Bizarre mentions at the end of the song "I'll shit on you, I pee on R. Kelly too. This is Bizarre, see you on Devil's Night 2" (the line also references Kelly's scandal involving urinating on an underage girl). Devil's Night 2 is also mentioned on Census Bureau. D12 hasn't confirmed Devil's Night 2, nor has Eminem or Shady Records. It is unknown if it was just a joke or was never made and has not been mentioned since 2003. It was likely a reference to D12's sophomore album, which ended up being named D12 World.

Musical personnel

• Jeff Bass – bass and keyboards on tracks 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16; bass on track 19; guitars on tracks 3, 7, 9, 13, 14 and 16
• DJ Head – drum programming on tracks 3, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 19
• Mike Elizondo – guitars on tracks 5, 6, 11 and 18; bass on tracks 5, 6 and 11; keyboards on tracks 5 and 11
• Scott Storch – keyboards on tracks 6, 11 and 18
• Camara Kambon – keyboards on track 5
• Ray Gale – harmonica on track 10
• Traci Nelson – backing vocals on track 11
• Dina Rae – vocals on track 13
• Luis Resto – keyboards on track 19

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2001	The Billboard 200	1
	UK Albums Chart	1
	Swedish Album Chart	9

Chart certifications

• Germany - Gold (100,000)
• Canada - 3x Platinum (300,000)
• USA - Platinum (2,100,000)
• UK - Platinum (300,000)
• France - Gold (150.500)
• Australia - Platinum (70,000)
• Japan - 59,923

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
RapReviews	[1]
HipHopDX	[2]
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References

1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/news/devilish-d12-debut-at-no-1-938562.story#/news/devilish-d12-debut-at-no-1-938562.story
2. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.62/title.d12-devils-night

External links

• Devil's Night at MP3.com

Preceded by Take Off Your Pants and Jacket by Blink-182 Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys

Billboard 200 number-one album July 7–13, 2001 July 21–27, 2001

Succeeded by Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys