News Archive for March 2001 Detroit Music Awards Posted March 18, 2001 D-12, the sextet of Detroit-based rappers including Eminem, Bizarre, Swift, Kon Artis, Proof and Kuniva are among the nominees for the 2001 Detroit Music Awards to be held on April 6th at Detroit's State Theater. The DMAs are sponsored by the Motor City Music Foundation and the Metro Times and recognizes local as well as national recording artists hailing from the Detroit area. They were nominated for Outstanding Hip-hop Artist/Group category for. D-12 is also scheduled to perform at the event along with one other national act to be announced in the coming week. Phoenix Show Posted March 18, 2001 It has just recently been confirmed that D12 will be performing in Phoenix, Arizona on April 21, 2001Charts Update Posted March 18, 2001 This week D-12's single 'Shit On You' fell four places to #14 in the UK charts. Below are some figures for last week: Charts Uk @ #10 Germany @ #8 Holland @ #8 Sweeden @ #25 Switzerland @ #25 Austria @ #45 Tv Rotation MTV Central - Heavy MTV Netherlands - Recurrent MTV UK/Ireland - Spot Plays TMF - 15 VIVA - 1-16 ZTV - Spot Plays D-12 Debut at #10 in UK charts! Posted March 11, 2001 D-12's first single in the UK "Shit On You" (Released Monday) has entered the UK Top 40 charts at number 10!! To buy the CD single online click here. "Shit On You" Hits stores in the UK! Posted March 05, 2001 The D-12 single Shit On You officially hits stores in the UK today some months after its official US release! The US can now look forward to the D-12's next single Purple Pills. The UK version of Shit On You is available on cassette, CD and 12". The track listings are shown below: 12" 1. Shit on you 2. Shit on you (Instrumental) 3. Under the Influence Cassette 1. Shit on you 2. Under the Influence CD* 1. Shit on you 2. Under the Influence 3. Shit on you (Instrumental) 4. Shit on you (CDROM Video) *CD version also contains a posterMTV Interview Posted March 05, 2001 After killing you loudly with his rhymes, Eminem wants you to know one thing: he can feel, dammit. That's the territory the MC is planning on conquering with his third LP — which he predicts will be a "real emotional album" — certain to be influenced by personal turmoil, his pending sentencing after pleading guilty to weapons possession, and trying to be a good father as his little girl grows older. Following last month's explosive Grammy Awards ceremony, the rapper sat down exclusively with MTV News' Kurt Loder and revealed his plans for a new record that's heavy on emotion and long on songs ... song songs, in his own inimitable words. The MC also talked openly about his possible prison stay, why he's just having fun with D12, and why he's shielding his new music from his daughter. Kurt Loder: Have you done any new stuff with Dre yet? The new stuff you're writing — have you gotten together with him? Eminem: He did three tracks on the D12 album, which is something to hear. But other than that, we ain't really got together. D12 has been my main priority right now. It's getting this album out, and then after that, I don't know. Bizarre [of D12] is a character. I think that after this record comes out, some people might even believe that he's worse than me. [laughs] He's out there with the things he talks about. It's humorous, but to some people it might not be. [There are] whole songs out there that might piss some people off. Loder: The same people that were pissed off about [your] last record? Eminem: Yeah. Maybe some new people, too. But the album is finished. When I come back from Europe we're mixing it down, so we'll have our 14 songs. Loder: So you're with us before you know it. Is the video done? Eminem: Not yet. The video concepts we've got in our head, but the video is not done until we finish the single. Loder: Is [the D12 album] going to be very different from... Eminem: I'm just having fun with that record. Loder: Is it going to be anything like The Marshall Mathers LP — that angry? Eminem: Yeah, the D12 record is definitely coming out along the lines of The Marshall Mathers LP. As far as my own solo record, my next record, it's probably going to capture a lot of emotion. I think I want to make this next record, my next record, more of a feel record, where every song is different. There's emotion in every song. With the D12 record that's coming out, we have fun in the studio, and I think that's going to show. We like to clown around a lot. It's kind of my less serious side. But as far as my next record ... every song I do, I want there to be a purpose behind it, and a message. I want there to be a certain feel to it that captures whatever I'm feeling at that time. ... I think I've proven my rap skills; now I want to show that I can write whole songs, and song-songs.