Word of Mouf explained

Word of Mouf
Type:studio
Artist:Ludacris
Cover:Ludacris-WordOfMouf-music-album.jpg
Released:November 27, 2001
Recorded:2000 - 2001
Length:78:54
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Prev Year:2000
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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!)".

Critical reception

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". 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." 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."[2]

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.[3]

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.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 281,000 copies in the United States,[4] 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.[5] This is Ludacris' best selling album. It was nominated at the 45th Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album, but lost to The Eminem Show.

Track listing

Notes

Samples and interpolations

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–02)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] 30
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"
Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 108
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[9] 20
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] 9
US Billboard 200[11] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amazon.com: Ludacris: Word Of Mouf: Music. Amazon . 6 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Ludacris "Word of Mouf" (Def Jam South) - Review. Soren. Baker. The Chicago Tribune. Tony W. Hunter. February 3, 2002. July 10, 2011.
  3. https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Ludacris Robert Christgau: CG: Ludacris
  4. Web site: Creed Won't 'Sacrifice' Pole Position On Billboard Chart . https://web.archive.org/web/20020203013335/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451320/20011205/creed.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2002 . D'Angelo . Joe . December 5, 2001 . . June 17, 2011.
  5. Web site: USA: Top 20 New Acts Since 2000 . Yahoo! Music . June 24, 2014 . Grein . Paul . July 10, 2014 . October 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008220808/https://ca.music.yahoo.com/photos/top-new-acts-since-2000-1403561474-slideshow/ludacris-photo-2084588195.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. December 20, 2001. April 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20041210193658/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_122001_ALBUMS.html. December 10, 2004.
  7. Web site: R&B : Top 50. Jam!. December 20, 2001. January 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20011223082112/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. December 23, 2001.
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html. September 6, 2004. Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales). Jam!. March 23, 2022.
  9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032620/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b.html. October 12, 2003. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032336/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_rap.html. October 12, 2003. Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
  11. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. September 3, 2020.
  12. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. September 3, 2020.

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