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Eminem’s new album Shady XV drops later this month on Black Friday. Here, Eminem, Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5’9″, Joe Budden, Crooked I (KXNG CROOKED), Joell Ortiz), and Yelawolf spaz in this 18 minute cypher.
After this Shady Cxvpher, address me as KXNG CROOKED please and thank u
— KXNG CROOKED (@CrookedIntriago) November 7, 2014
Here is the DJ Premier produced track for Slaughterhouse, “Y’all Ready Know,” featured on the Shady XV album due out November 24th.
Royce Da 5″9′, Joel Ortiz, Joe Budden and Crooked I are back with a new mixtape. House Rules features ten new tracks which, just like last year, serves as a precurser to their upcoming album Glass Album. Listen and download it below.
Listen: Slaughterhouse-House Rules
Dropped last night. I was watching the NFL Draft and NFL Playoffs. Word is they have a mixtape in the works. Uh oh.
Slaughterhouse’s new album House Gang will grace our ears next year and if Just Blaze is correct in what he’s been saying so far, we’re in for a treat. Here is their new single “Party” produced by Cardiak & Just Blaze. Now this is more like it.
Of all the fuckery that occurs in hip-hop, the one anomaly I never understand is when music critics, bloggers and rappers alike claim that “Hip-Hop is Dead.” Sure the landscape has morphed and face of hip-hop is unorthodox, but 2012 has been a damn good year for the genre.
10. Action Bronson and The Alchemist – Rare Chandeliers: I think the only thing missing from this project is a Danny Brown feature. Nonetheless, Bronson is entertaining as ever.
9. Slaughterhouse – On the House: In an interview’ Royce pretty much summed up this mixtape perfectly: “The mixtape is what we do, the album is what people thought we couldn’t do.” What they can do is definitely proven on this mixtape with lyrical genocide on every track; I just wish I could say the same for their album…
8. Brother Ali – Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color: Jake One and Brother Ali really need to do more shit like this.
7. Kids These Days – Traphouse Rock: It really is criminal how slept-on this group is, especially with the album they dropped this year. They’ve got more talent than the entire MMG roster and are barely even adults. If any Chicago native deserves a co-sign from Kanye, it’s Kids These Days.
6. Childish Gambino – Royalty: This was an interesting, if not surprising, project for Childish Gambino. The experimentation with a more aggressive flow and traditional beats made for mixed results. Although this isn’t his best work, I enjoyed the hell out of this mixtape. Oh, and bonus points to anyone who can ride a Brittany Spears sample.
5. Ab-Soul – Control System: “Black Lip Bastard Remix” is still in rotation and will continue to be, along with the rest of this album, for a while.
4. El-P – Cancer 4 Cure: Paranoia, anarchy, dystopian society, reckless behavior, alternate reality, emotional closure; it’s all a good time on Cancer 4 Cure.
3. Aesop Rock – Skelethon: As someone with a very nerdy love for words, Aesop Rock’s ridiculous vocabulary never ceases to continuously blow my mind. This album is as rewarding as it is difficult to decipher.
2. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city: Does anything else really need to be said about this album?
1. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist: If Macklemore’s music is defined by anything, it’s the emotionally brutal honesty he pours into every song. Fortunately The Heist was no different this year as Ryan Lewis crafted production that complimented Macklemore perfectly.
Honorable Mention: Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music: I’m very aware that this album should be on my list but for reasons I really can’t explain, I slept on this album way too long. If I was more familiar with it, it’d be ranked very highly.
Well that’s my list. Leave your comments, criticism and most importantly, your own lists. I want to hear them all!
Of all the members of Slaughterhouse, Joe Budden has arguably always been the most underrated. If his impressive work ethic is any indication of that, then Budden will be damned before he succumbs to the media rumors. It seems like playing the role of the underdog has always been content with Joe; it supplies him with an endless motivation to defy skepticism.
This year appears to serve as Budden’s magnum opus in regards to his career with Slaughterhouse’s major label debut. Now, he presents a solo effort of his own, A Loose Quarter.
When listening to a genre that’s saturated with as much testosterone and over-compensated egos as hip-hop, genuine honesty is always appreciated. And that’s precisely what Budden delivers on nearly every track, fortunately not at the expense of the listener’s interest. Since Joe has never been one to be verbose, he simply vents about life in such a way that doesn’t require a tiny violin playing in the backround the whole time.
Whether it’s attempting to meet the demands of the various people in his life, the woes he’s experienced in the industry or trying to maintain some kind of stable relationship with his father, it’s all told with a candid disposition. It’s a fine balance between vulnerability, masculinity and confession that Budden executes quite well which makes the mixtape all the more enjoyable.
He also gets Ab-Soul, who makes a monstrous cameo on “Cut From A Different Cloth,” which is extremely appropriate due to his tendency to be overlooked amidst all the hype from other Black Hippy members. Speaking of which, everyone is still waiting for that Slaughterhouse/Black Hippy collaboration. We all know it exists.
The Lana Del Rey sample was a nice touch as it proved how versatile Joe Budden is sound-wise. Although, I could have done without the slightly excessive amount of relationship songs, and Emanny really doesn’t need to be featured five times. The combination of the two breeds monotony.
If anything is taken away after listening to A Loose Quarter, it’s the progression of Joe Budden, not only as an artist, but as a person. The growth of his discography parallels his journey to a place of contentment in his life.
Common, DJ Quik, Immortal Technique, Action Bronson, Layzie Bone & Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Royce Da 5’9″ & Crooked I of Slaugtherhouse, and A-Trak describe what “This Generation” means to them.
They say thank you.
Check out this new extended version of Slaughterhouse’s “Our House” with Eminem and Skylar Grey.