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| Released | November 27, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
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| Length | 78:54 | |||
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Word of Mouf is the third studio album by American rapper Ludacris. It was released through Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam South on November 27, 2001. [1] It contains four singles: "Rollout (My Business)", "Area Codes", "Move Bitch", and "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)".
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Robert Christgau | B− [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B) [5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| HipHopDX | [7] |
| RapReviews | (8/10) [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] [10] |
| USA Today | [11] |
Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic called Word of Mouf a "superstar affair that aims for mass appeal with a broad array of different styles" and enjoyed "witty puns and sly innuendoes" displayed in songs such as "Area Codes". [3] However, he felt that "amid all of these various team-ups you do lose a little bit of the sincere, personal edge that had characterized much of Ludacris' debut." [3] Soren Baker of the Chicago Tribune also praised the album's comedic nature, commenting that "Whether he's delivering a punchy one-liner, exaggerating his rhyme flow to a silly extreme or cleverly deploying pop culture references, Ludacris keeps the mood light and festive. Even his skits are funny enough that they could serve as the foundation for a top-tier comedy album." [12]
Robert Christgau stated: "[Ludacris] raps and rhymes with gusto, and I like his Timbaland beat so much I don't want to know how real its Glocks are. Nevertheless, he is or impersonates a no-class pimp motherfucker, and if he never reached one of the nine-year-olds O'Reilly yammers about, he would still be coarsening public discourse. Song after song pumps the pimp theory that all women are whores. Rotate good-humored dance songs in which the best thing you say about female persons is that they crave your tallywhacker and the worst is that you'll murder them if they bother, and you'll change how real human beings of both sexes think and behave. Anyone who claims different is certainly a liar and probably a bully. [13]
Ludacris took part in the second edition of the Anger Management Tour in the summer of 2002. Headlined by Eminem along with support from Papa Roach, Xzibit, X-Ecutioners and Bionic Jive. It was his sole Tour where he toured alongside Rap acts and rock acts in the same package.
The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 281,000 copies in the United States, [14] The album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 31, 2002. As of July 2014, the album has sold over 3,674,000 copies in the United States to date. [15] This is Ludacris' best selling album. It was nominated at the 45th Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album, but lost to The Eminem Show .
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Coming 2 America" | Bangladesh | 4:21 | |
| 2. | "Rollout (My Business)" |
| Timbaland | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Go 2 Sleep" (featuring Three 6 Mafia, I-20, and Fate Wilson) |
| Shondrae | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Cry Babies (Oh No)" |
| Swizz Beatz | 5:56 |
| 5. | "She Said" |
| Organized Noize | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Howhere (Skit)" ( [note 1] ) | Bridges | Bridges | 1:11 |
| 7. | "Area Codes" (featuring Nate Dogg) | Jazze Pha | 5:03 | |
| 8. | "Growing Pains" (featuring Keon Bryce and Fate Wilson) |
| P. King "The Specialist" | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Greatest Hits (Skit)" ( [note 1] ) | Bridges | Mike Johnson | 1:16 |
| 10. | "Move Bitch" (featuring Mystikal and I-20) |
| KLC | 4:30 |
| 11. | "Stop Lying (Skit)" ( [note 1] ) | Bridges | Bridges | 1:36 |
| 12. | "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)" (featuring Sleepy Brown) |
| Organized Noize | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Keep It on the Hush" (featuring Jazze Pha) |
| Jazze Pha | 4:46 |
| 14. | "Word of Mouf (Freestyle)" (featuring 4-Ize) |
| Bridges | 2:11 |
| 15. | "Get the Fuck Back" (featuring Fate Wilson, Shawnna, and I-20) |
| Bangladesh | 5:21 |
| 16. | "Freaky Thangs" (featuring Twista and Jagged Edge) |
| Shondrae | 5:32 |
| 17. | "Cold Outside" (featuring Chimere) |
| Jooka | 6:03 |
| 18. | "Block Lockdown" (Bonus track [16] featuring I-20) |
| Bangladesh | 4:53 |
| 19. | "Welcome to Atlanta" (Jermaine Dupri featuring Ludacris; unlisted track [17] ) |
| Dupri | 3:16 |
Notes
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [30] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [31] | Gold | 100,000* |
| United States (RIAA) [32] | 4× Platinum | 3,674,000 [15] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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