Dienstag, 30. Juni 2009
ImNaShitFoolTV: The Making Of "The One"
Crooked is taking anotha Slaughterpiss again??? hehehe can´t wait for that fuckin album.
Gangrene (Alchemist & Ohno) Feat. Crooked I - Acts Of Violence
Damn Alc produced a Westcoast Banger right here and ofcourse Crooked is Killing Beats asusual..
Gangrene (Alchemist & Ohno) Feat. Crooked I - Acts Of Violence
K Young Feat. YaBoy Summer Love Remix
from his upcoming mixtape "Summer Love" Hosted By Dj Ill Will & Dj Rockstar, Feats. from Crooked I, Knoc-Turnal,Cashis,YaBoy,Nipsey Hussle,Kobe,Hot Dollar,One-2 & Yung Berg.
K Young Feat. YaBoy Summer Love Remix
Montag, 29. Juni 2009
Freitag, 26. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse Feat. M.O.P - Woodstock Hood Hop [CDQ]
Yeah after joey dropped the unmixed version Of "Woodstock Hood Hop" they just dropped the final mix. SlaughterHouse Album in stores 11th of august !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slauuuuuuughhhhhhtttttter Houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussseeeeeeee....
Slaughterhouse Feat. M.O.P - Woodstock Hood Hop [CDQ]
Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2009
Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2009
Blaq Poet Feat. MC Eiht and Young Malay - Ain't Nuttin' Changed (QB To CA Remix)
Blaq Poet´s upcoming album "Tha Blaqprint!" 30th of june in stores.
Spice 1 - I'm a Ridah
Og Cokeland (Oakland) Gangstarapper Spice 1 is going to drop his album "Home Street Home" soon, here is a brand new track from his upcoming album.
Spice 1 - I'm a Ridah
Dienstag, 23. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse Official Behind the Scenes of "The One" video shoot
yeah that official single from slaughterhouse sounds great man and the video is hot as fuck!!!!
Montag, 22. Juni 2009
Lakey The Kidd - Choose Your Life
Lakey The Kidd & his 848 Crew from QB, is comin with a mixtape, here is a solo song from lake.
Lakey The Kidd - Choose Your Life
Samstag, 20. Juni 2009
Freitag, 19. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse Feat. M.O.P - Woodstock
1st leak from the slaughterhouse album, damn that shit knocks like a motherfuccca. we thought dj premier is on the beat??? wrong thought, the homie nottz blast this beat and M.O.P yelled the hook as someone in southside quenns is burnin up...in my opion they needs to drop the official single and that´s enuff, cause we want to hear a full album with new material, rumor is a collaboration with Pharoahe Monch for the upcoming project which is produced by Denaun Porter is bobblin. Last word to joe budden, please stop these album leaks!!!!
Slaughterhouse Feat. M.O.P - Woodstock
Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse/M.O.P/DJ Premier In The Studio
God damn that´s a very fuckin good look here, mark 7.26...hehehe.
Dienstag, 16. Juni 2009
Crooked I - Dear Tupac (Komplex Remix)
Yeah Crooked´s tribute song to 2pac was recorded last year, this time komplex treacherous records producer did a remix.if you missed the og do you a favor a check itbelow under the remix. Happy B-Day & R.I.P 2PAC"AMARU MAKAVELI THE DON"SHAKUR.
Crooked I - Dear Tupac (Komplex Remix)
Crooked I - Dear Tupac og
Slaughterhouse Urb Magazine Interview
Last year, Jersey MC Joe Budden needed some lyricists to join him in tearing up the Scram Jones-produced track “Slaughterhouse,” an album cut off his digital-only release Halfway House. The result was seven minutes of utter sickness, featuring guest spots from Brooklynites Joell Ortiz and Nino Bless, West Coast representative Crooked I and Detroit MC Royce Da 5’9”. Each (save Bless, who was still new to the rap game compared to the others) had dealt with and moved beyond a ridiculous set of industry politics that many would never make it passed, and the chemistry seemed too good to be true. With the streets and the Internet buzzing heavily about the collaboration, it was obvious what needed to happen: the four would join forces and form a supergroup named after the track that brought them together (Bless was not included, but remains close to the others). With leaked tracks like “Onslaught,” “Wack MCs” and “Fight Club” only adding to the buzz, fans are anxiously awaiting the group’s first LP, which hits stores August 11 via E1 Music.
Late last week, the four sat in DJ Premier’s midtown Manhattan studio, cracking jokes, answering questions, and building the excitement for the debut album of the “Voltron crew.” I talked to them about the future of lyrics, their upcoming Rock the bells tour, and what exactly it is that makes Slaughterhouse a four-headed monster.
It seems like now is the first time in a while when you can be a rapper at any level— and you don’t have to be lyrical at all. As lyrical MCs, do you fear for the future of lyrics?
Budden: Hell no.
Me: Why not?
Budden: Cause of us, nigga! Nah, it’s just like with anything else out there. Like I tell my girl all the time,rummaging through my phone, searching for shit, 'if you looking for something, you’ll find.' So for the people out there that are in search of lyricists and top-notch wordsmiths, they’re out there. Maybe you won’t find them on your local radio station, or when you turn on the TV, but they’re definitely out there, you just have to put the effort forth in coming out there to get it. I know the four of us, together, are fucking phenomenal MCs, not to pat ourselves on the back. But I don’t think there’s any reason to fear the future. The game changes. It changes every however many years it is: dancing’s cool one second, words will be back one second, fashion is cool one second. We’ve all made a healthy, comfortable living for a lot of years being lyricists. So no, I don’t think you can fear.
I picture the studio being extremely competitive, lyrically, since you’re all on similar level. How do you avoid letting things get too heated and too competitive? How do you push the egos to the side and keep all the competition healthy in the studio?
Crooked: I think it’s a respect factor. We all respect each other and I know that these guys right here are lyrical geniuses. So there’s a respect. If he [Royce] says ‘yo, I think this should be like this,’ I have to take his opinion very seriously because he’s a lyrical genius. It would be different if it was somebody who I had no respect for on the microphone telling me ‘yo, you need to do X, Y and Z,’ you know? So I think we can put aside egos and all that and just mesh together because we all respect each other. We respect each other’s opinion, each other’s bodies of work, and each other’s work ethic—so it was smooth, man.
Royce: I don’t even compete. I just know that I gotta perform at the peak of my capabilities in order to exist. It’s not ‘yo, I gotta have a better verse than Joey.’ I’m not gonna mentally do that to myself because I don’t know if my verse is better than Joey’s, because opinions vary.
Crooked: Opinions are like assholes.
Royce: Yeah, there’s always gonna be somebody there to say Joey had a better verse or Royce had a better verse. I just know I gotta perform on a certain level in order to be on a song with these dudes, otherwise that song will not be balanced.
Do you ever hear something one of you says that makes you go, ‘shit, I gotta step my game up?’
Joell: Every goddamn time! Every song you gonna get that, if you’re your worst critic and you know the niggas next to you are fucking dope. But we don’t let that take away from the fun of recording. That never interferes with our recording process. It might be something we joke about after when this nigga [Crooked] is doing tequila sunrise, he’s [Royce] doing Patrón, he’s [Budden] Red Bullin’ it and I’m Jack-and-cokin’ it. We might be like, ‘you lost, mothafucka.’ As long as the song sounds fine when we’re done, we good.
Royce: We all try to do our best because of how good we know that each other are. But we’re not against each other. That’s what I think a lot of people in press don’t understand, and why we keep getting these same type of questions. We on the same team, you know? But there’s always going to be a friendly edge there in terms of competition. I mean, I’m cut from the Eminem cloth. I was 19 years old in the studio getting clinked up by Em. A certain mind frame was already instilled in me at an early age. So I’m just doing what’s natural.
So you guys are going on tour this summer. What’s a Slaughterhouse live show like? Is there a lot of planning or is it more just feeding off the energy on stage?
Royce: We have no choice but to feed off the energy because we don’t have a lot of time to rehearse. A lot of it is just what we do naturally. It ain’t nothing but rock-n-roll to us; we just go up there and do what we do best.
Crooked: And it’s a lot of energy. Don’t get it twisted, it’s not like some of these rappers that go up there and they don’t break a sweat. You got a lot of people in the industry right now that could do 12 songs and then walk off and look like they didn’t do shit. That’s absolutely not what’s going to go on at a Slaughterhouse show. At a Slaughterhouse show you’re gonna see a four-headed monster get on stage. Each individual is gonna tear into the microphone. Everybody’s gonna be sweating. You’re gonna see red slaughter water pouring all over the crowd. You’re gonna see an intense energy that you probably won’t see from the act after us.
Royce: Yeah, and if you’re headlining, and you’re a little too comfortable with your shit, then we might just steal the show.
Joell: And, if you look near me, there’s usually a good group of girls trying to tear my clothes off because of the element I bring to it. . .which is the beard element (laughs). You see, we do on stage the same thing we’re doing now, have a goddamn ball.
Budden: Wait, hold up a minute. (Turns to Joell) You really think those are girls trying to tear your clothes off?
Joell (to me): Go ahead, next question (laughs).
In the beginning it looked like you guys would take care of your solo records and then the Slaughterhouse record would come after that. Recently it seems like the Slaughterhouse buzz has been so big that you couldn’t put it off anymore. How did it come to the point where you guys were like ‘We gotta put out the Slaughterhouse album, then we’ll take care of ourselves.’
Budden: I think each and every one of us puts just as much energy and pride into Slaughterhouse as we do our individual careers. Royce’s album—that nigga pushes it back everyday I feel. I’ve got a project. Crook’s project—he’s got a million songs he’s sitting on. We all could do that [solo albums]. That’s the easy part, that’s been done before. There’s nothing monumental or groundbreaking in that. Not when you compare it to this and what we’re doing now. Like we were saying before, this is the first, actually it’s many firsts, and we’d like to continue to see many firsts. Personally, I’ve never been on Rock the Bells. They’ve never asked me to go on Rock the Bells, and I’ve been rapping for quite some time. So I mean, just for me personally, certain doors will open because I’m associated with these three monsters that haven’t opened before. So the eagerness was there, the willingness was there, the support was there, the fans were there, everything was there—I think it’s safe to say a lot sooner that what we expected. We were maybe three freestyles in- maybe two freestyles in, the third one was just like, 'all right we gotta put something out there, the people are tearing our asses up.' [Ed. note- pause]. They want something. It was something that we thought Hip Hop needed, and like I said before, it turned into something that Hip Hop wanted.
Any collaborations outside of the Slaughterhouse group on the album or just you four?
Crooked: Personally, when it comes to collabos, these are the dudes I want to collaborate with. Outside of them, it’s probably a noteworthy producer, and that’s it. There are a lot of well-respected people in the industry that wanted to be a part of this project, you know? My whole position was ‘maybe on the next one,’ right now we need to dig in with Slaughterhouse, do what we do. You’ll see what it is. I don’t want to give up too much of the project because I need the fans to really anticipate what’s about to happen.
In terms of the album, what percentage would you say are songs a la “Onslaught” and “Wack MCs,” versus more conceptual songs like “Move On?”
Joell: It’s very broad. We let you peak in on some personal issues. We let you rock out on some show-driven, stage-performance songs, and we also gives you the “Onslaughts” and the “Fight Clubs.” It’s a crazy record. I can’t wait for everyone to pick it up.
Budden: It’s a very unique album. It’s very diverse. And in the records- if you want to talk to percentages- the percentage that’s in the same vein as “Onsalught” is under 10 percent.
Really?
Budden: Yeah, and even on those, they’re concept records. The concept is Slaughterhouse. It’s to go in and do what we do on that microphone, back to back to back to back, no hook, hard beat, and just get it in the way niggas used to do when I was coming up. I just want the same feeling that niggas got when you listen to “Symphony,” when you listen to fucking “Triumph,” when you listen to “Rampage,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Banned from TV.” When you listen to those joints and you get a certain feelin. We want to restore that.
In terms of the personal songs, when you guys are in the studio making music about personal experiences, do you learn about each other there or is that something that happens away from the studio?
Joell: The learning process for me, it’s simultaneous. It’s physically being in the studio with these guys and it’s also hearing what they talk about. I would’ve never known about, rest in peace, Crooked I’s aunt and her story if he didn’t express it over music. Which brings me back to what I was talking about in the other interview, that I’m such a fan of Slaughterhouse that I want to answer a lot of these questions as a fan. So I wouldn’t have known a lot of stuff about a lot of these dudes—about Royce’s situation in the crib and stuff like that—if it wasn’t expressed over music. It excites me that even when these dudes, who are now my friends, talk about something personal they still remain lyrical. They still don’t take away from what the fans want to hear. So when Joe Budden said that less than 10 percent of the album is in the same vein of an “Onslaught,” it just means structure-wise, because you still feel lyricism each and every time out. It’s just a different energy.
What specific producers did you guys work with?
Crooked: The production credits on this album are ridiculous, to me personally, as a fan of Hip Hop. Because, to me, DJ Khalil, he’s bananas. Denaun Porter—ridiculous. Alchemist—ridiculous. StreetRunner. Focus. Nottz. Emile. It’s a buffet of production, you know what I mean. Anybody who knows those names that we just called knows that those dudes are at the top of their games. I’m very excited about the production.
Royce: They’re the Hip Hop producer version of us.
Crooked: And they were all excited to work with us. They’re bending time schedules, doing different things, just because they respect what we bring to the table, and that just feels good that somebody who understands what you’re doing in Hip Hop wants to be a part of it. It gives the project a different energy.
Do you ever disagree about beats?
Royce: If it’s a disagreement with beats then it won’t be used. It’s easy for all four of us to agree on something because we all got great ears.
All right, this is a little tough. Let’s say there’s one Slaughterhouse song, and it’s the last one ever. What producer do you want on the beat?
Budden: Man, I ain’t answering this shit (laughs). There’s so many different producers that showed us nothing but love, put their, well, I’m not gonna say put their feet in the sand, but certainly gave us a family discount, some waived fees, some producers are just extremely big fans of us and what we’re doing. I wouldn’t do that.
Joell: It would have to be somebody doing the kicks, somebody else on the drums, somebody else doing the bassline.
Budden: Or the beat would have to change every four bars.
Crooked: With every producer that we respect, beat changing every four bars, and Rahzel and Doug E. Fresh beatboxing at the end.
Joell: If the question didn’t involve producers though, I’d want the last shit to be a capella, just so niggas can hear what the fuck we talking about. That’s what all of us really concentrate on, understanding what the fuck we talking about. It ain’t bullshit just because it’s lyrical.
Crooked: A capella lyrics are music to my fucking ears. I swear to God I can listen to a CD of a capellas driving down the street.
Joell: Me too.
Budden: (Looks at computer, which is live streaming) The fans voted, they said it should be Jazze Pha.
Crooked: Jazze Phanzelli! That’s what the fans said, Jazze Pha? He’s got a lot of respect out there.
Royce: I can’t even answer that question for my own solo shit. I don’t see how it can be possible for four different opinions to answer that.
Joell: Good question though.
Crooked: Yeah, you got us.
I heard you guys were doing an EP each week in July to build anticipation for the album. Whose idea was that?
Budden: Who said that shit? And what week is mine coming out?
Read it somewhere on the Internet. I heard you guys were doing songs each week leading up to the full album.
Budden: That’s not something that the four of us have decided on as a cohesive unit. But we would like to build anticipation for the project. I know as a solo artist I’m willing to do any and everything in my power to try to get people excited and look forward to this project just as much as I am.
Are you guys going to put out a mixtape or something? How do you plan to build anticipation beyond the tour?
Royce: There are other things we can do. I don’t think we need a mixtape, people know what we do. I don’t think we have time to do a mixtape before we leave for the tour.
Crooked: There will be music though. There will be a variety of things to get the pump up, you know what I’m saying? But personally I don’t think we need to do a mixtape. It’s like we are a mixtape.
Budden (to Crooked): Are you gonna put an EP out in July?
Crooked: Yeah, I’m thinking about putting an EP out July 21st, just to kind of circulate through digitally and create awareness. My thing is that when it comes to the West Coast, I have to take special care to inform them about Slaughterhouse. So I’m hiring a publicist out of my own pocket to work the West for Slaughterhouse. I’m dropping things over there, and I’m putting the Slaughterhouse logo on everything from San Diego to Vancouver. That’s just something that I’m doing to further the name of Slaughterhouse, so when we get out there, and we’re in San Bernardino on August 7th or we’re in San Francisco on August 8th, I want niggas going bananas, period. So I’ll to utilize every relationship I got, whether it’s radio, whether it’s cross-street promo, whatever it is, to Slaughterhouse the game. So when we get over there, it’s like, ‘yo, we been waiting on ya’ll.’ So I’m definitely dropping an EP because I know that might awaken some that might still be sleeping. There ain’t too many people sleeping though. When I do individual shows on the West Coast, and I say ‘Ya’ll heard of Slaughterhouse’ (makes cheering noises). They get crazy. There ain’t too many people sleeping, but those who are, I’m trying to get everybody involved.
Budden: Royce, you still doing your shit on the 7th [July]?
Royce: Yeah, I think I’m looking at July 7th for my digital EP. It’s called The Revival.
Budden: I gotta tip-toe around these things because I know with release dates, and fans, I don’t want nobody getting hung up.
Royce: My shit is digital so I don’t think that’s going to matter.
Budden: Yeah, so hopefully I can play catch-up. If Royce does the 7th and Crook does the 21st, then I need to snatch the 28th or the 14th and maybe niggas (turns to Joell) will jump quick and make them do the same thing. Then you’re rumor will be correct.
OK, so when I think of groups or supergroups like you guys coming together or attempting to—groups like the Four Horsemen, Jay-Z, Ja Rule and DMX [as Murder, Inc.], The Firm—why will you guys not fail?
Budden: We’re not even in the same sentence as the Four Horsemen, no disrespect to them, because they never put out a project, an official album.
Royce: They never even got on a label.
Crooked: They never talked to you.
Budden: I mean I get it. I’m clear that the Four Horsemen are up the same alley in terms of four guys who cherish their pen game the same way that we do. But it was short lived, for whatever reason, and it didn’t work out. We don’t let this fail, individually, we won’t. We all treat it the same way we treat our solo careers, and I think that says enough about the perseverance and resilience that each one of us has. We’ve all been through the turmoil and trials and tribulations and went through the gun smoke and came out unscathed.
Joell: I feel like we already won.
Royce: Just look at the results. That’s your answer right there.
Crooked: Yeah, because you know how many people wanted us to get in a group? And you get together with people that’s very talented and you say, ‘Yeah, group project.’ But sometimes it never gets passed that.
Royce: Only thing we actually share in common with those other groups is the actual idea. Look at the results.
Crooked: And the idea’s even a little different than theirs because they didn’t come from the different amount of regions that we do. What people need to understand is that this is very unique. This man [Royce] is Midwest. This man [Joell] is Brooklyn. This man [Budden] is Jersey. I’m Cali. This is unique. You can’t name me—go get any Hip Hop almanac you want to—you name me a four-member group, with the skills that we have, representing the regions that we represent, combining together. Never happened.
Royce: Somebody’s gonna try it again.
Crooked: I’m hearing it right now. You know, the little fly buzzing by my head right now. There are a lot of people trying. But I ain’t mad at though, because when you set a trend and somebody follows… you know.
It seems like you guys use the respect that you have for each other and put it together, and it results in a respect for the group on the same level that you respect your solo careers. Is it accurate to say that that’s a big part of making this happen?
Budden: Well, I’ll take a step further than what you just said. Not only are we students of our own craft and we respect our own craft as well as students of the group, we’re students of the game. We have a mutual respect for Hip Hop. We love it, and I think that helps add to what we’re trying to do. I don’t think any of us here are doing it for financial gain. We’re certainly not doing it to gain this big TMZ pop notoriety. We’re doing this strictly out of love and passion, and the same love for Hip Hop we have for our solo careers, and it carries over into the group, which is why this is a four-headed monster. It’s why this animal is stronger than 95 percent of the other animals out there. Because it’s four bad asses; it’s four lives; it’s four people with totally different experiences; it’s four different hoods; it’s four different everything, just rolled into one. It’s a four-headed monster. That’s the easiest way to put it.
Slaughterhouse True Stories Radio Interview + DJ Green Lantern Interview+Freestyle
damn the Slaughterhouse Machine is comin like a mothafucka, check also the Green Latern shit, they murderin Jay-z´s new record D.O.A.
Dj Green Latern Interview+Freestyle
Only the Freestyle
Montag, 15. Juni 2009
The Slaughterhouse Rules.
Damn The New Boyz 2 Men is going to drop their album "Commitment Rings N Shit" hahahaha on 11th og August so go and cop that 1!!!!
Slaughterhouse Video Shoot Recap
Another milestone has been reached today in the Slaughterhouse saga. The super-group filmed the video to their first single "Number 1" produced by DJ Khalil this afternoon. The video, which is directed by Rik Cordero of Channel Three 21, was filmed in New York City and apparently depicts a party atmosphere and it's aftermath. According to industry insiders, the shoot was packed with "video girls", notable names included the models Missy and Jael. Interestingly enough, even Joe Budden's long-time girlfriend Tahiry Jose made a brief cameo in the video. We can also report that The Horse Shoe Gang, Sauce The Boss and several others were on the scene, but there is no word on whether or not they will be making cameos. We were able to obtain photographs from the video shoot by Hip Hop photographer John Ricard which gives us a glimpse of the action. Ricard's first photograph shows Joell Ortiz layed out with the models Missy and Jael, while the second shows Joe Budden nearly passed out on a building's roof top. At this time we are only able to speculate as to what the song itself represents. However, judging from the imagery, it is clear that the group is trying to grab some mainstream attention with this project. Readers may recall that Royce Da 5'9" stated that they will push the video to television outlets, but there is no time frame available as to when this will happen. We can confirm that BET was indeed on the scene for this video shoot though, so there is no doubt that they will support this project. In the mean time, keep it locked for further updates and check out the photographs included below for a sneak preview.
Sonntag, 14. Juni 2009
Freitag, 12. Juni 2009
Joe Budden - The Great Escape Album dropping October 13th.
Looks like Joe Budden is gearing up to release another album with Amalgam Digital titled "The Great Escape". The album will be dropping October 13th. Joe Budden is also releasing a digital-only album "Escape Route" in July. Hit the jump for the full press release.
Joe Budden returns with Amalgam Digital after the successful release of his sophomore album “Padded Room.” The company’s approach in combining traditional marketing efforts with an innovative new media strategy assisted in repositioning the former major label recording artist’s retail status while also expanding upon his existing fan base. The album debuted at #42 on the Billboard Top 200 Charts—a tremendous achievement for an independent release—and despite lures from other labels, Budden has decided to continue to build on his success as part of Amalgam Digital’s growing artist roster.
Following the critical and commercial acclaim of the “Padded Room,” Joe Budden is back to release “The Great Escape.” The album is a completion to the concept trilogy, which includes “Halfway House” and “Padded Room,” in which Budden finally finds salvation and freedom from a sense of confinement that had been pervading his life and career. “The Great Escape” is set to be one of the rapper’s best efforts yet, with features from several established producers and artists, marking a change from Joe Budden’s usual formula. “The Great Escape” will be released in both CD and digital form October 13th, 2009.
In addition, Amalgam Digital and Joe Budden will make waves this summer by releasing the digital-only album, “Escape Route” as a prelude to “The Great Escape.” This digital-only prelude will give fans a taste of what to expect from Budden’s third studio effort, and it will be released July 2009.
Amalgam Digital launched as Hip Hop’s first genre specific digital retail store and record label. The company is rapidly gaining popularity for its unique business model and innovative new media marketing strategy. In addition to releasing the first wave of digital only Hip Hop albums, the company has delivered live webcast technology setting precedence by hosting a “Live In-Studio” Webcast. Over 80,000 viewers logged onto AmalgamDigital.com/TV to watch Joe Budden, put the finishing touches on his upcoming album “Padded Room” and perform a live Q&A via live video chat room which is now a popular trend amongst artists. AmalgamDigital.com recently launched its user generated content module creating a platform for artist to upload their content and make it immediately available for sale to fans.
Royce Da 5´9´´ - The Revival Ep Cover+Tracklist
Royce is realsing his ep hits the (streets) net7th of july, please support that.bytheway Crooked i´s - "Mr. Pig Face Weapon Waste EP" on July 21!!!!
Joe Budden´s - "Escape Route" Ep will july & Joell Ortitz Upcoming mixtape is in work...
1. Gun Harmonizing
2. Count For Nothing
3. Warriors = Slaughterhouse
4. Street Hop 2010
Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2009
Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse Machine.
When I say Slaughter,Y´all Say House...
From the very beginnings of rap we have loved the groups that have graced the microphone. Do you remember that scene in ‘Wild Style’ when the Cold Crush Brothers battled the Fantastic Five on the basketball court. The group is the essence of Hip-Hop. Several emcees all rhyming over the same beat trying to find ways to verbally outdo the person who held the microphone before them. As each rapper steps in the cipher the lyrics become more acute and the flows pick up their intensity. This is that REAL rap shit.
And this is why the SlaughterHouse collective wins time and time again. They are practicing the very foundation of rap music. I’m just amazed that these four emcees can unify themselves in a culture that is notoriously selfish and ego driven. You haven’t seen this many good spitters together on the same page since the mythical 4 Horsemen but they had too many difficulties in producing music. There was an early union between Jay-Z, Ja Rule and DMX that fizzled away because these three were too full of themselves and too crazy (in DMX’s case).
Joe Budden, who might be the most hated rapper in the game right now, told me that the origin of SlaughterHouse was simply the ability of he and Royce Da’ 5-9 to squash a simmering feud between the two of them. That is the first and hardest principle in forming the group. Can you imagine what it must be like to ask a rapper to put aside their ego? Rappers need their ego, especially in this day and age, when so many people have become art critiques instead of fans. The rapper’s ego protects them from the comment threads that tell them they suck. So to put down your armor is actually more hardbody than to keep it on. You are vulnerable to attack, but somehow you are now stronger than you were before.
SlaughterHouse bugs me the fuck out because not one of these emcees even shares the same homestate. This means that they will each have their own definitive state of mind. In the short time I have been around them I can sense they have this incredible respect for one another like a band of brothers. They will fight amongst one another, but will instantly flip on anyone who tries to come at one of their brothers. When emcees assume that ‘Ride Or Die’ mentality with their teammates no one holds back any energy or material. They spur each other to leave everything in the booth.
This is why I was scared at first for SlaughterHouse because each of these artists is an individually minded person who has survived in the music industry for at least ten years. All of these dudes came into the business in their late teens and have been thrashed about by label politricks, artist backbiting and the constant fuckery that is the music industrial complex. They are all survivors in one way or another, and the SlaughterHouse collective is their best last chance to tel all the haters and the nay-sayers to go kill themselves.
That theme was evident in the track ‘Move On’ where each of the emcees recounted their angst and the solution they had for dealing with those issues. ‘Move On’ was an epic song for me because I envisioned myself in that same position several years back writing for a magazine that wasn’t paying me shit. I wanted the exposure, and the publisher knew that much, so I traded my labor for that means to an end. We all make those similar decisions in our lives, but instead of living with regret or remorse we shoukd just move on. With that track SlaughterHouse doesn’t just make good music, they made real life music.
SlaughterHouse and Koch, er, E-1 Records invited me to listen to a preview of their upcoming album. Along with some of the people that you have come to see on the internets as the folks that bring info to you live and non-stop. Eskay was in the building so you know that shit is big. Nah’Right Dre came up from his mom’s basement too. Oh shit! I just realized that n8tion had the bridge to starship Enterprise all to himself. Niiiice. Global Grind’s BlogXilla came through and reminded me that we have politicked previously. I am gonna stop puffing because I can’t remember a damn thing. The dudes from ItsThe Real, Eric and Jeff, also showed up. I didn’t see Hoffa from OnSmash but I left the session at 3am and that is usually when Hof appears.
The tracks they played for us were all good and their intensity picked up with the replays. Everything you thought they would be doing on the mic like Crooked spitting his crack verses, Joell Ortiz bringing his energy, Royce providing the structural stability to songs and Budden throwing lyrical shots at your favorite rapper is all in there. SlaughterHouse only previewed seven(7) tracks to us and then we got a cameo from the legendary super-producer Showbiz who brought some HEAT! I’m gonna say this shit right here so it goes on the record. The best music from Dr. Dre comes from when he is digging in the crates.
One of the criticisms that has dogged SlaughterHouse would be their ability to craft songs. I still don’t understand where this comes from though. Maybe it is the perception from fans that these emcees are only freestyle caliber rappers. That is far from the truth though. On the tracks that SlaughterHouse previewed they all showed that they have some incredible range as far as content and concepts. Wait until you hear this track called ‘Cuckoo’. There was also this emo rap joint that I want to say was called ‘Rain Tears’ or some shit like that. When SlaughterHouse pours out their heart like they did with ‘Move On’ you can’t help but be riveted to the music. These emcees are all fans of Hip-Hop before anything else. Don’t get it twisted by wheat you may have heard. If there was a RAP SAT these dudes would be in the top 5 percentile.If you weren’t fuxing with the SlaughterHouse collective after the joints they have already released then you aren’t a fan of Hip-Hop. You might listen to rap, but you aren’t a fan of Hip-Hop music. Rap groups are the essence of Hip-Hop culture. Just like writer and breaker crews. The fact that SlaughterHouse finds themselves unified from points all over the counter is some Black superhero shit. posted in http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=48829
Royce Interview;
Last night I had the chance to check out the upcoming Slaughter House album. They played 6 joints off their album, everyone filled with lyrically dope. While I'm very familiar with 3/4's of the group I wasn't too familiar with Crooked I, but boy was I sleeping on the kid. He's got lines for days. "Here's how the story of your life will begin/ Once upon a time... The End" & "If your chick burps the smell of my nuts will fill the air." I told him he has gained a fan.
After the session was over I hung around the studio for a little longer, kicked it with some real hip hop heads like Eskay from Nah Right, Dallas Penn, Carl Chery from XXL, Andreas Hale from BET, and more. I sat down with Royce the 5'9 and spoke to him about a few things. Check out that interview where he touches on the Charles Hamilton/J. Dilla situation.
BlogXilla: Are you excited about this Slaughthouse album?
Royce The 5'9: I'm super excited about. I'm excited about how real everything came out with the short amount of time we had to do it. I'm excited about the response we've been getting. We just didn't over think it we just went in there and just did what we do best and that's what happened.
What's your favorite line on the Slaughterhouse album?
It's probably a Crooked Line. I don't know man, I still have to really go through everything, but I know for a fact in my personal opinion Crooked got the best verses. That's what he do, line for line he's a problem. I'm definitely glad we are on the same team. I love everybody and all of our verses, everybody stepped their game up.
What do you think of the Jay-Z DOA joint?
I think it's cool, I think the title is edgy the actual record is not that edgy. Hov is Hov, that n*gga is going to come with it every time I dont give a f*ck what nobody got to say about him the n*gga is going to come with it. I think he did that, I think he came with it especially with that 3rd verse he tore n*ggas up with that verse.
What do you think about Charles Hamilton making J Dilla the Executive Producer?
I like Charles, I like Charles a lot. I think he's definately is still at that age where he just says things, and that's where he needs to grow out of just saying stuff. I don't think a lot of people understand Detriot is a whole other world and we don't like you talking about our people and the people that are enforcing these things are n*ggas that will kill you. So you know I got that situation under control. I know who to call to make sure that nothing serious will happen to him, but he's definately playing with fire. Know what I'm saying. Dilla and Proof n*ggas are very really sensitive about those two deaths.
You really really... I looked at it like it was a compliment but i just know how my n*gga look at it and just how my n*ggas would look at it which is how they responded to him. He was going back and forth before I even knew about it, Mecca just brought it my attention today. I lost my phone yesterday and once i get my phone back I'm going to call the right people and make sure they know peace everything. I don't think Charles meant any malice by it but he just has to understand the way people will take it, because its not always about your intentions. Your intentions you might now always know your intentions sometime you have to think about someone took what you said instead of just saying 'yo that wasn't my intention.' You might not of meant to piss somebody off, but if you piss someone off that gotta be peace'd up.
What's do you think about the Detriot Economy?
The economy in detriot is sad, a bunch of n*ggas loosing their houses its just bad, I hope some way we can stimulate the economy. Even a lot of the street n*ggas like a lot of the n*ggas that was getting money they not getting money now. Its effecting everybody it's not just effecting the corporate world it's effecting the streets, everything. It ain't even a lot of n*ggas brining work into that muthafucker! It's BAD! That Detroit mindframe that sh*t is just going to cause more violence. That's all it's going to do.
I'm glad I'm not there a lot when I'm at the crib i'm not in the city much. Only when I hit the studio and where I record it, It's on the east side it's right in a murderous area but nobody knows I'm there. I feel bad for the economy man i wish it was something i could do. If I had that Eminem money man i would be donating to so many charities right now. Cause we need it.
Editor's note, I have video of the interview but it's a bit dark, once I get done editing the video I'll release the video footage in it's entirety.
Foundation Magazine has finally made their tenth issue which features Slaughterhouse on the cover available for online purchase. The article itself was written back when Slaughterhouse first started to gain mass notoriety. In fact, the cover was photographed the same day as the "Move On (Remix)" video shoot. Most of the feature focuses on the group coming together and may seem slightly outdated to regular followers. One detail that the article included is that the group had almost consisted of five members in total. In fact, Royce Da 5'9" was pushing for Interscope's Charles Hamilton and Crooked I was pushing for Nino Bless who appeared on the group's first track. Crooked I stated that he thought a five man group would make sense due to the fact that there is an already released book by the name of "Slaughterhouse 5". However, it is clear that things worked out for the best and Slaughterhouse should focus on moving forward instead of questioning the past. If you are interested in reading everything that this article has to offer, please head over to Foundation's official website or visit the link included below to order yourself a copy. In the mean time check out this scan from the article included below and keep it locked to The B.O.S.S. Board for additional news updates.
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Slaughterhouse & Tony Touch on "Toca Tuesday"Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009
Information And Rumors From Listening Party
The B.O.S.S. Board is back with a collection of new Slaughterhouse updates and rumors for everyone. The highly anticipated album was presented to industry insiders and affiliates during a private listening session tonight. However, we were able to obtain some new information for the fans regarding the project. Firstly, we have a list of new song titles that should be making the album. It has been confirmed that "Onslaught 2" will be appearing on the project and it is rumored that tracks titled "Rain Drops" and "Photograph" will be included. When it comes to production we have learned that DJ Khalil produced the song "Cuckoo" and Nottz has provided production on an unspecificed track. As far as feature appearances go, we can confirm that MOP has made an appearance on the album and there is a rumored appearance by Sean Price. This collaboration has not been confirmed though and could appear on another project. Other details regarding the album include the fact that not every emcee will be appearing on every track. This was a concern for many fans who were worried about monotony. Additionally, there will be a specific single for the project that will be pushed to radio stations. Whether or not this is the song "Welcome To The Slaughterhouse" featuring Treacherous Record's recording artist K-Young is yet to be determined. This new collection of information should be enough to keep Slaughterhouse fans satisfied until the album hits shelves. However, it is important to note that not all of this information is confirmed. The items marked as rumor should be taken with a grain of salt. In the event that more information surfaces you will find it here on The B.O.S.S. Board.
Sonntag, 7. Juni 2009
Samstag, 6. Juni 2009
Slaughterhouse Album on 11th August.[Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
Unfortunately we have discovered some disappointing news for the fans of Slaughterhouse. According to the album listing on Amazon.com the album has now been pushed back to an August 11th release. Although this has not been confirmed by any member of the Slaughterhouse group, it is safe to assume that this is an official update. Fans will remember that both Crooked I and Royce Da 5'9" have stated in the last week that they would not be surprised if the album was moved to August. Perhaps that was their way of breaking the news to the fans without making an official statement. However, all has not been lost with this upsetting news. Fans still have a chance to hear individual EPs from Crooked I, Royce Da 5'9" and Joe Budden before the release of the Slaughterhouse album. Additionally, Joell Ortiz is gearing up to release his next mixtape. It would appear that E1 Entertainment and the group feel that the solo projects will build hype for the album release. In the event that this push back is confirmed by Slaughterhouse or the date changes once again we will provide the information as soon as it becomes available.
Freitag, 5. Juni 2009
Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2009
Joe Budden Up Close & Personal Pt. 1[Meth & Busta Response]
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL - JOE BUDDEN from Executive Nick on Vimeo.
wow...can´t wait for that and yeah royce album "Street Hop" is Pushed Back Because of The Slaughterhouse Album in 14th july(One Week later, honstly who gives a fuck about 1 week??? nobody), But Crooked´s Ep "Mr. Pig Face Weapon Waste" will drop before the Slaughterhouse album and Joell´s Album " The Free Agent" in late of July.
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