Out of the 2 D12 albums from the early 2000's, this is by far the better one. Almost every song is good, even the ones without Eminem, such as Instigator, though, the ones with Eminem are always the best.
Top 3 Songs: Ain't Nothin' But Music, Purple Pills and Revelation.
Listening to this as an adult, it does seem pretty likely a lot of the verses were ghostwritten. Maybe not all of the gimmicky duelling verses like Kuniva and Kon Artis were ghostwritten, and maybe not all of the ghostwriting was done by Eminem, but really this is a very unnatural hip-hop album.
The instrumentals, largely produced by Eminem and Mr. Porter (AKA Kon Artis, as per The Dirty Dozen's alter ego gimmick) and not Dr. Dre as is commonly thought, are very weird and all over the ... read more