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• Eminem
• D12 (Musical Group)
• Obie Trice
• Hip-Hop and Rap
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All the pimple-pocked teenage boys can grab their dicks and raise them in a toast, because the second album has arrived from D12, Eminem's so-called band. How else to salute a CD that only a girl-deprived li'l duder could enjoy? You'd at least expect some verbal pyrotechnics from Eminem, but he's barely on D12 World, except for a few stanzas here and there and the lead role in the single, "My Band," a life raft of humor in a sea of grotesqueries. Mainly, the CD highlights the debatable talents of Em's pals, who sound like a bunch of potty-mouthed thirtysomethings playing thugs -- save for Bizarre, who "distinguishes" himself by crafting a persona so repellent you have to laugh: He's a fat slob, he fucks a blow-up doll, and he calls his own daughter a slut. What's not to like? The group is so banal that it needs guests like Obie Trice, B-Real, and Kanye West to add personality. This is one world that deserves to go undiscovered.