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.

Upon release, D12 World received mixed reviews from critics.

The skit 'Bugz' is taken from the song 'Desperados', performed by DJ Butter, Eminem, Proof, Bugz & the Almighty Dreadnaughtz.Īt 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'.

The song 'Just Like U' does not appear on the clean version of the album.

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