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Following the release of their DJ Drama-hosted On the House mixtape, Shady Records' fearsome foursome supergroup Slaughterhouse have released their major label debut, Welcome to: Our House, featuring singles "Hammer Dance," "My Life" and "Throw It Away." The 16-track Welcome to: Our House features guest appearances from B.o.B, Busta Rhymes, Cee-Lo Green, Eminem, Skylar Grey and Swizz Beatz. ...Read the full album review
Fans can also check out Slaughterhouse's previous albums: Slaughterhouse - On the House | Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
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Slaughterhouse ft. Eminem - Throw That
The (relatively) mainstream-friendly nature of Slaughterhouse‘s song releases leading up to their sophomore set have led some fans to question whether Shady Records is giving the microphone-murdering four-piece enough...Read More
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Slaughterhouse ft. Swizz Beatz - Throw It Away
Back in March, Slaughterhouse polarized listeners with My Life, a single which found them tempering their lyrically iconoclastic style with more mainstream ambitions. On the follow-up, Throw It Away, the group once again...Read More
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Slaughterhouse ft. Cee-Lo Green - My Life
According to common wisdom, artistic integrity and financial success are mutually exclusive; thus, a rapper can be forgiven for releasing garbage on the grounds that he or she had bills to pay. Like most pearls of common...Read More
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Slaughterhouse - Hammer Dance
It’s finally happened. Unsatisfied with the financial rewards of their uncompromising, lyrically-driven approach, Slaughterhouse have decided to line their pockets by creating a mindless, focus-grouped dance hit. Psych!...Read More
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DJBooth Album Review
Before we dig into welcome to: OUR HOUSE, let’s take a minute to truly understand what we’re talking about when we talk about Slaughterhouse. Hip-hop’s really never seen anything like this particular four-man crew before. Sure, we’ve seen fleeting, always ill-fated “supergroups” formed by already established stars (cough The Firm cough), but never anything like Slaughterhouse. With some variation, Royce da 5’9”, Crooked I, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz were all in shockingly similar places in their careers. For each of them, mainstream success had once seemed around the corner, but that avenue now appeared to be closed off. Hip-hop is a young man’s game, you’re only given so many chances, and with every day it looked increasingly less likely that Royce, Crooked, Joell or Joe’s face would be on MTV anytime soon.
But then….a mixtape track lead to the formation of a group, which lead to a self-titled album, which lead to a Shady Records/Interscope deal, which lead to welcome to: OUR HOUSE, the kind of major label funded album that was almost unthinkable for any individual member three years ago. With that in mind the mere fact this album exists has to be considered a success for Slaughterhouse, but hip-hop doesn’t give out feel-good points. OUR HOUSE arrives with a “hip-hop savior” aura around it, and by that measure it falls well short. This album won’t change hip-hop, and it certainly won’t change an industry loath to invest in lyrical hip-hop, but no one album, no matter how good, could carry the weight of expectations like that. Maybe I’m just feeling uncharacteristically optimistic today, but it’s still ultimately a good thing OUR HOUSE is in the world.
We might as well get the bad news out of the way first. Nothing could be more cliché than saying that Slaughterhouse “sold out” on this album, nothing more predictable than saying Interscope’s fingerprints are all over the crime scene…but that doesn’t mean it’s true. The primary reason fans were first sold on Slaughterhouse is that it sounded like they really, truly, didn’t give a f**k. They were going to make their music, their way, and a middle finger to the rest of the world. OUR HOUSE’s singles, on the other hand, sound like a group that very much gives a f*ck. There are multiple f**ks given. You don’t get Swizz Beatz on a track like Throw It Away without an eye on radio spins. You don’t get Cee-Lo on the hook of a record like My Life without hoping for a The Voice performance on prime time. You don’t have Alex da Kid and Skylar Grey do two tracks, Rescue Me and Our House, without hoping they’ll work the same chart magic they worked on Eminen’s Relapse. Speaking of which, you don’t have Em on the hook of a stripper anthem like Throw That without some hit aspirations. It’s not so much that these songs are bad, it’s that they sound like a focus-grouped version of Slaughterhouse, like they’re being squeezed into the same box that not too long ago wanted nothing to do with them.
With that said, come on, it’s not like welcome to: OUR HOUSE contains a posse cut with Flo-Rida, Tinie Tempah and Katy Perry. (An exec at Universal just wet himself.) At 16 tracks, 20 on the deluxe version, this album manages to work in more than a couple joints featuring some of the vicious rap hardcore fans were hoping for. Coffin is driven by one of Busta’s best hooks in a minute and some serious wack emcee casket burying, Flip a Bird appropriately flips a crazy sample into the album’s best hustling anthem, and Frat House is as narcotic and wild as the title suggests. Still, OUR HOUSE seems much more interested in lifting listeners up then tearing down the opposition. In fact, Joell Ortiz may just say it best on the put your lighters in the air arena anthem Park It Sideways: “I can’t say that / radio won’t play that.” It’s a joke, but it’s funny because it’s true.
Listen, there’s a reason Slaughterhouse put out On the House last week. If you want 12 minute songs, barrages of lyrical gunfire and sh*t you definitely can’t say on radio, you’ve got it. But that album/mixtape/whatever we’re calling projects like On the House these days was free. OUR HOUSE is Slaughterhouse’s bid to make some money, move some units and who knows, maybe even land on a Lipton Brisk commercial or two. Can you blame them? If anyone knows just how quickly this game will pass you by if you don’t seize every opportunity, it’s Joe, Joell, Royce and Crooked.
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Average Member Rating: Total Ratings: 18
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Solid album, This is the kinda album SH needed to cement themselves on the big stage. It does have a mainstreamish, popish, comercialish sound it to it, wtv u wanna call it, but these guys proved that u can make these sounds and still have incredible lyrical content, and create a balance. my picks would be:
Our House. Die. Frat House. Rescue Me. Flip a Bird. Asylum. Throw That. Goodbye. Park it Sideways. Coffin. Our Way (Outro). Hammer Dance. and Get Up.(Shouldve been their 2nd single.) All in all a GOOD album, with very complex and great production, as well as countless structures...these guys explored and nailed it. Eminem made this work. I rly hope they sell and make it big, along with their mixtape theyve given us good to great music. SLAUGHTERHOUSE, BUY THE ALBUM, |
| Posted on Aug 28, 2012 |
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Wasn't what I wanted or expected but was still superb.
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2012 |
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The production is a huge part of any album. They said Nas is in heavy rotation, but didn't follow what Nas has continued to do which is give you something to bob your head to and listen intently. Slaughterhouse has conformed to Eminems' production style. Those beats were less than enjoyable. No Primo, Lee Bannon, Krhysis, 9th Wonder, or Pete Rock. Hip Hop is boom bap and this is techno pop. A few are listenable but most are atrocious.
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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ppl rly need to give these guys a break, this is the album slaughterhouse needed to get on the big stage....and plus along with 12 tracks on here, and almost EVERY track on their mixtape...these guys delivered good music to the fans....they mightve sold out sound and production wise a lil to get their names out there more...but lyrically theyre still BEASTS
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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1 or 2 tracks are not that bad.. production SUCKS.
for raw lyrics you need raw beats, thats not too hard to understand imo but they really really @*#$! up this album in the wrong way my SL hoodie is gonna stay in the closet till they actually make an album or ep that i wouldnt wanna throw in the trash after listening to only half of it. shoulda got premier on at least 1 track. shoulda used REAL producers instead of these faggots |
| Posted on Aug 29, 2012 |
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Solid Album, Dont know whats up with all the negative feedback.. Great Album...
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 8 |
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I could not agreewith this revue more!!! Sure it fell short of my expectations but if anyone deserves to sell out it's these guys. I dont even care that the songs are radio friendly or how repetitive the verses are; i dont even care that ON THE HOUSE was technically better in my opinion but they are still better than average than what is on the surface of music these days. Yea i wish it didn't try so hard either or that the production was better and that their were too many hands on this album but hey it came out and i'm STILL A FAN OF ROYCE, JOE, CROOKED, AND JOELL. Great review btw, stole the words right out of my mouth.
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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bad album. not buying this. bad hooks, bad beats...meh...
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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After hearing the horribly mixed On The House, I was very worried about this album. After listening today, I am sold. This is a damn good hiphop album. In 10 years you'll see a lot of people change their minds and put this in one of the top albums released in "said category."
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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2.5* very average for slaughterhouse, expected so much more for a group with this much talent.
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2012 |
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Straight fire for all 80 minutes of the album...
"Goodbye" is one of the realist songs of the year 4.5/5 |
| Posted on Sep 02, 2012 |
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Solid album, except for the fact that couple of songs are over-produced. I really liked the album. And for those hard-core slaughterhouse fans who were expecting something like their first album, they've put out that Mixtape, On the House which is also really good.
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| Posted on Sep 04, 2012 |
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I don't give a fvck if they released a good album for free before this. The fact is this is a travesty of a Slaughterhouse album, and that means the concept of most songs (or lack of) was trash, there was absolutely no chemistry between the members and worse - the beats (Alex da Kid, and features - Skylar Grey) were atrocious. Considering they had a better budget this time, you'd expect a better album but this is awful all around. I listened to their first album after this and one can't even believe once "The One" was their most shameless commercial attempt... the ones on this are cringe-worthy. Their talent as rappers is unquestionable, but they should be ashamed of this record (specially Eminem for ruining their route).
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| Posted on Sep 09, 2012 |
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welcome to: OUR HOUSE:
Dope 2. Our House feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey (Produced by Alex da Kid) 3. Coffin feat. Busta Rhymes (Produced by Hit-Boy) 5. Hammer Dance (Produced by AraabMuzik) 6. Get Up (Produced by No I.D.) 12. Frat House (Produced by T-Minus) 13. Goodbye (Produced by Boi-1da) 17. Asylum feat. Eminem (Produced by Eminem) 19. The Other Side (Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League) 20. Place To Be feat. B.o.B. (Produced by Kane Beatz) Ehhh 4. Throw That feat. Eminem (Produced by T-Minus) 7. My Life feat. Cee-Lo Green (Produced by StreetRunner, co. Sarom) 11. Rescue Me feat. Skylar Grey (Produced by Alex da Kid) 14. Park It Sideways (Produced by Kane Beatz) 15. Die (Produced by Mr. Porter) 16. Our Way (Outro) (Produced by Boi-1da) Nope 9. Flip A Bird (Produced by Black Key, co. Zukhan) 10. Throw It Away feat. Swizz Beatz (Produced by Mr. Porter) 18. Walk Of Shame (Produced by StreetRunner) |
| Posted on Sep 13, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 2 |
My favorite album of the year already can't stop listening to it. These guys got to be the best group in the game right now.
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| Posted on Oct 28, 2012 |
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Here is what everyone's problem with this album is: Cheaply mixed. However, I felt that it was done well enough and I liked how they attempted to make actual songs and not just battle-rap banter.
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| Posted on Oct 30, 2012 |
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