Word of Mouf

Word of Mouf
Studio album by Ludacris
Released	November 27, 2001
Recorded	2000–2001
Genre	Hip hop southern hip hop dirty rap
Length	78:54
Label	Disturbing tha Peace Def Jam South
Producer	Ludacris Swizz Beatz Paul King Bangladesh Timbaland Organized Noize KLC Jook Jazze Pha
Ludacris chronology
Back for the First Time (2000) Word of Mouf (2001) Chicken-n-Beer (2003)
Singles from Word of Mouf
"Area Codes" Released: July 3, 2001 "Rollout (My Business)" Released: October 16, 2001 "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)" Released: January 8, 2002 "Move Bitch" Released: May 21, 2002

Word of Mouf is the third studio album by American rapper Ludacris; it was released on November 27, 2001, by Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam South. It contains the singles, "Rollout (My Business)", "Area Codes", "Move Bitch", and "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	B−
Entertainment Weekly	(B)
Los Angeles Times
HipHopDX
RapReviews	(8/10)
Rolling Stone
USA Today

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."

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 a 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.

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, 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. 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