Devil's Night (album)
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| Studio album by D12 | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore | |||
| Length | 75:23 | |||
| Label | Shady, Interscope | |||
| Producer | Dr. Dre, Eminem(also exec.), Denaun Porter, DJ Head, Scott Storch, Jeff Bass, Mike Elizondo, Luis Resto | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (58/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (mixed) |
| Entertainment Weekly | C |
| HipHopDX | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Q | |
| RapReviews | 7.5/10 |
| Robert Christgau | C |
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Devil's Night is the debut studio album by Detroit hip hop group D12, released on June 19, 2001.
The album was executively 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 in which abandoned homes are set ablaze. This practice was so popular in Detroit that it was depicted in the film 8 Mile. The album produced three singles: "Purple Pills", "Ain't Nuttin' But Music", and "Fight Music". The album featured a hidden track by Eminem called "Girls", which is a aimed at Limp Bizkit, DJ Lethal, Dilated Peoples, 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 on the week of release.
The group recorded Devil's Night in memory of Bugz, who was killed in May 1999 just hours prior to a concert.
In August 2001, while on promotion for the album, D12 and Esham were kicked off the Warped Tour after members of the group allegedly physically attacked Esham over the lyrics of his song "Chemical Imbalance," which contained a reference to Eminem's daughter. Eminem was not present during the tour.
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