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you expected, we at GYEAH.com got our hands on D-12 Devil's Night and we haven't played
anything since. We didn't get a new Eminem CD this spring, but no one really expected one.
Instead we got the first official offering from his group D-12. We at GYEAH.com fought
over who got to review this beauty, and me and Vigilante decided we would do it as a duo.
So without further delay, here are our impressions of Devil's Night: ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Like every Eminem album, there is a skit from the lovely
Public Service Announcer. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't make it through his normal
speech, as he gets knocked out by the D-12 announcer. He then tells us what we are to
expect from D-12. Hilarious.
"God Dammnit, if you would've just stayed still nothing would've happened to ya. It
just goes to show that when ya fuck around with us...sh*t can happen."
Track Rating: $0.75
SHIT CAN HAPPEN D-12 talks about the basic statement
that applies to any and everything that goes wrong..."shit happens". Kuniva, Kon
Artist, Swifty and Em break open on the first track with a solid track, but compared to
the rest of the album it ends up being one of the weaker tracks on the album.
"With a Luger that'll spit fire. And hit higher than a pitch by a b*tch like
Mariah."
"Ever since I spit some sh*t on
"Infinite", I've been giving it 110 percent."
$1.75
PISTOL PISTOL Detroit represents to the fullest on
this track, as Eminem proves once again that he creates some of the most heartfelt hooks
known to man. On this track D-12 talks about their stories on how they can't go anwyhere
without their pistols. This is Vigilante's favorite track.
"Too many enemies on my list to sit through. Nobody got my back in this b*tch, but
this do. Sorry officer, I don't care how pissed it gets you. But I don't go nowhere
without my pistol pistol"
"It'll make Ike stop beating Tina. It'll make
Slim Shady, fall back in love with Christina."
$4.25
BIZARRE (Skit) The resident D12 nast ass
Bizarre gets his own skit. Here Bizarre hangs out with one of Kuniva's girls while he
makes a run to the store for some blunts and 40's. He then releases some gases from his
rear, as he tries to get his mack on. Pretty funny, and a great lead in to the next track.
"Girl chill out, that came
from my soul."
$0.50
NASTY MIND For the fans of D12, and the freaks
out there...the boys talk about what goes down inside their nasty ass minds. Funny ass
ish.
"If you want me, and ain't out screaming about your monthly. I'll be sticking your
pretty ass until you turn ugly."
"Yo I know I'm dogmatic, but yo pussy walls
done had it. Its evident that you been fuckin like a jack rabbit."
$3.00
AIN'T NUTTIN' BUT MUSIC The beat on this track is very Mtv friendly in the way "Real Slim
Shady" was, but the lyrics on here would never allow it to be even considered as
being aired on that station. As every MTV personality is mentioned and given a new ass hole to release their waste from.
No one is safe! I have just found the funniest track I've heard in about 5 years.
"This just in, Britney just dissed Justin. She just fucked Ben . Got tit fucked and
dick sucked him. If Affleck can get his ass licked. How come I can't, shit. God damn
bitch, I'm rich. I can't understand this!"
"So all the Indepenent
Women in the house (hey). Show us your tits, and shut your motha fuckin mouth.(why?)"
"What's going on in the world today,
people fighting, fuedin, looting..its ok. Let it go, let it flow, let the good time's
roll. Tell em Dre ("It Ain't Nuttin' But Music)."
$3.75
AMERICAN PSYCHO A track named after
several Gyeah.com staff member's favorite film. This track must be off the hook, and I'm
here to tell you it certainly is. Em and the rest of D12 take you into the dark crevices
of their brain as they tell the psychotic stories that run through their minds.
"So lock your doors, drop to the floors. Get your shotguns drawn, here comes another
Clockwork Orange. "
"And I ain't got no food, my
job I been cheated. My girlfriend had a miscarriage (I'm sorry). I had to eat
it."
$3.75
THAT'S HOW (Skit) - We meet D12 while they are performing at a concert when
someone in the audience throws something on stage. One of the members of D12 calls him
out, and the man talks ish. D12 get a hold of him, and make him pay for his ignorance.
"That's how nigga's get f*cked up"
$0.25
THAT'S HOW The epitome of a get hype song here, and Eminem isn't even rapping on this
track. Here, D12 goes over a list of things that will cause people to get "fucked
up". This song is now known as Vigilante's anthem.
"No love at home wit you kinfolk, and the world just keep fuckin wit yo' mental. And
all these kids making fun of your trench coat. That's how students get shot up."
"Choking your wife all in front of your peeps. She
toss a brick through the window of your jeep. They back together by the end of the week.
That's so sweet. Slim and Kim argue too much."
$4.50
PURPLE PILLS The track
that most of your internet heads have already heard. It somehow got leaked first, and I've
been digging it for quite a while now. Everytime I take my stomach pills, I'm
singing this track like a crazy man. Not quite the pills, they're talking
about...but it works for me. Some bastards are going to call this track too
"sing-songy," but Eminem on a hook can pull off things that other rappers can't
get away with.
"I been to mushroom mountain, once or
twice...but who's counting?"
$3.50
FIGHT MUSIC - Need
a track to release all that built up frustration you have inside of you. D12 has created
the track for you. This is the track you listen to when you want to cause confusion, just
act stupid, and NOT do what the authority tells you to.
"I suffocated my shrink just for talkin. Came back and fucked up his pall bearers,
and made em drop his coffin. Its Fight Music!"
"I came to save these new
generations of babies, from parents who failed to raise them cause their lazy. To
grow to praise me and makin em go crazy. That's how I got this whole nation to embrace
me."
$4.25
INSTIGATOR Swifty McVeigh takes over the majority of this track, but
that only makes sense considering the title is taken from some of his lines off The
Marshall Mathers LP. Some might not dig McVeigh as much as the others, but I like
this track for a specific reason...personally I consider myself being an
"instigator" in every sense of the word. I'm scrawny and am one hell of a shit
talker. I can see myself quoting this one in the future. It may take a while to grow on
ya, but eventually you'll give in.
"With these cherry hot slugs that will barbecue your ribs."
$1.75
PIMP LIKE ME It's pretty damn weird to me to hear D-12 rapping straight
"gangsta shit" like this song. It's something you would expect on Snoop or Dre
albums...but D-12? I wasn't expecting some pimp tunes, and the Eminem loving ladies are
going to think again next time they swoon. I love it. The woman from Eminem's "Drug
Ballad" is back singing a part of the hook. She has one hell of a voice and it's
perfect for this song. A little slow, but a bad ass track that will get the boys
singing in a drunken rage.
"So what if you're on your period, blood never hurt nobody."
$2.50
BLOW MY BUZZ The hook sounds like some E40 type shit, with lots of funky voices and
shouting, but I have a special place in my heart for E40...so I'm digging it. Bizarre
drops some more crazy ass lyrics. If this guy was as big as Eminem, the whole world would
be trying to censor him. This is one of my least favorite songs on the CD, but that
doesn't mean it's not good ish. In a few months, every mark will be quoting this song at
parties. Mark my words.
"When you end up becoming
so dependent on weed, you end up spending a G on the vending machine."
$2.00
OBIE TRICE (Skit) This is more than just a skit, it's got a few
verses from Obie Trice, who claims to be the newest signee to Shady Records. Personally,
I've never heard of this guy before, but damn I recogonize now. He only drops about 30
seconds of rhymes, but it's damn impressive. Damn impressive. But still, it's just too
short to get me too wet.
"Mr. Trice, the name has
occured in your conversation, but the face is a blur."
$0.75
DEVIL'S NIGHT The title track, something Eminem rarely partakes in. But this isn't Em's
CD, this is D-12 and they all own this track. This song is full of verbal carnage and D-12
proves that they're more than 'Eminem's crew' and are full fledged icons in their own
right. I have no more doubts...none. You won't either after this track.
"It's Devil's Night, cause I came back
to rule this time. Cause I came back to take what's mine."
$3.00
STEVE BERMAN (Skit)
An Eminem CD wouldn't be an Eminem CD without
Steve Berman on it. I hope that this bastard is around for every single CD, 'cause his
skits just keep getting more hilarious each time. Like always, he's snapping on Eminem
about his content, and I'm not usually a skit mark...but I LOVE IT!
"Do you just fucking hate me? What have I ever done to you?....This D12 album is
fucked! I don't want to rape my grandmother! I don't want to have sex with pit bulls. I
want to roll on dubs. I want to throw bows! I want to rock Prada!"
$0.75
REVELATION I think of this as a rap version of Alice Cooper's 'School's
Out." If there was sleep, this would be bumping at high school graduations across the
country. Each member of D-12 tells stories from their childhood, which are far from happy
tales. One hell of an interesting song, that isn't going to leave my CD player for a long,
long time. Every member gets his time on the mic, and there isn't one weak spot. A great
final chapter for an amazing CD.
"Gangsta rap made me act like a maniac."
"When the principal would tell me
I was nothing and I wouldn't amount to shit. I made my first million and counted it. Now
look it. A fucking drop out, stupid as shit and proud of it."
$4.25
Bonus Track (Limp Bizkit Diss) Anyone wondering why
Eminem didn't give Fred Durst props at the MTV Music Awards? Here's you answer. Em rips a
hole into DJ Lethal and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, and I can't wait till they say
something back. Oh wait, they're nothing but girls...so they won't. This track is hot.
"Ya'll some girls (Ya'll is some god damn
girls). Why do you act this way?(Why do you act this way?) Why do you act like fuckin
sissies, you pussies keep talkin shit behind my back, you just some bitches for that. And
we all know (we all know), how fuckin cowards roll (keep ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN). And fuckin
with me and pretend to be down, but as soon as the song calls you out you put your
tail between your legs and run around."
"Next time I'll know when someone's copying off me, I'm not being cocky, I just know
when someone's blockin me. I stick up my middle finger, he sticks up his finger. I say
fuck Christina, he says fuck Christina but meaner.So from doing a song with Meth, and to
begging to get excepted. I'm peggin Fred with the bottle of dye that he bleached his head
with."
"And Fuck Bizkit, cause I know
you're saying fuck D12. Only not to our face...under you breath, to yourselves."
$5.00
Eminem has managed to continue his
incredible work ethic for music, while maintaining his edge and humor that got him their
in the first place. This time around, he brings his 5 pals from Detroit along to create 6
times the carnage and mayhem that Em could do by himself. There is no limit to the number
of people that will be disturbed and pissed off by the things that D12 say. In other
words, "Devil's Night" get its job done and will make any true hip hop fan very
proud. BUY THIS ALBUM ON THE 19TH OF JUNE!!!
Album worth: $50.25
Album price: $15.49
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