In about one month (or less for the illegal downloaders) the SlaughterHouse collective project will be unleashed upon us. That will be a great day for these artists since they formed a union that many couldn’t believe would bear an actual album rather than just a few singles. I’ve always loved the idea of rappers from different locales finding common ground without sounding soft or diluted. My only concern at this point is whether SlaughterHouse can make it to the finish line intact.
Their popularity has brought on a new set of problems that I hope they will be able to withstand in the long term. The jealousy that arises from other artists and fans alike who feel that the SlaughterHouse collective doesn’t deserve their blessings is starting to show its face. This sentiment was expected however. I’m not worried about outside forces slowing down the SlaughtHouse movement. It is the dischord from within that I am concerned with. Will these artists be able to contain their egos from one one another?
Over the course of the year I have discussed the SlaughterHouse collective at this site. Which site? THIS site gotdamnit. The comments have ranged from which emcee has brought the best lyrics to the table to which of these rappers is the most likely to say some shit off wax that creates friction in the “rapposhere” (my word bitches). I’ve gone through the trouble to use some of the information that you have spoken on and create a graphic representation of what the SlaughterHouse collective means to us all. The internets loves graphs.
2009 Album Anticipation (Buzz Chart)
The anticipation for the SlaughterHouse album is off the charts when you compare their leaked singles to those of Only Built 4 Cuban Links 2, the Blueprint 3 and Detox. At least SlaughterHouse has a confirmed release date. The other three albums may never come out.
SlaughterHouse Shit Talker
Rap music is definitely a spectacle now as much as it is about recorded music and who understands that better than Joe Budden? His disdain for the Vibe ‘Best Rapper’ list is what caused that magazine to have to close their doors. I hope that Joe Budden’s penchant for letting his stream of consciousness rants create more attention than his rhymes doesn’t rub off on the rest of the collective but I see that Royce is also letting other issues with washed up rappers become his focus instead of the Revival EP he just released on iTunes.
SlaughterHouse Best Lyricist
This is the topic I’m most excited to debate after the album has been released. Who will be the emcee that goes in the deepest and the hardest [ll]? Which one of these guys will leave it all in the booth? Who will make me press rewind the most. Joell and Crooked I have been early favorites of most people online, but I have a sneaky suspicion that Budden and Royce have a few tricks up their sleeves.
SlaughterHouse Sexiest Member
Don’t forget for one second that rap music is now pop music and pop music is about image and style above all other things (sadly, including music). With that said I thought we would take a look at the sexiest member of the SlaughterHouse collective. You know that isn’t Joell or Crooked I who are both inceidentally two of the ugliest motherfuckers to ever grip a microphone. Maybe that is why they are such ill rappers? Royce and Joe Budden are both vying to be the Eddie and J.T. of this boy band but the sexiest of them all is their manager Crystal. You can say hi to her on the Twitter and ask her when SlaughterHouse will be coming to your town.
Or you can just stare at her picture like I do.
I think the most lyrical list is
1. Crooked
2. Royce
3. Joe
4. Joell
Joell might trade spots with Joe tho.
The last graph should just be a big pink circle, with a thin line drawn from outer edge to center.
That said, Slaughterhouse…and done. As far as as who’s the best, depends on the track you’re listening to. And probably what part of the country you hail from.
Which in my brain is why they’re (metaphorically) gonna be that dude you just gotta shoot. If internal strife is the Sahel Kazemi of this thing…*smh*
yo DP, I have purposely ignored Budden’s leaks so I can get the CD and play through that bitch with fresh ears like a brah still in high school. shit got me hype.
Uh, I agree with Polotron that the circle should have just been a pink circle with a blue/black line in it, that was hyperhoom.
is “rapposhere” = “rapper-sphere”?
the best in Slaughterhouse debate should be never ending like a Nas vs Jay argument, if this album even hits a fifth of my expectations.
U aint holla at Crystal yet? u betta man up! Pz
Brilliant! Didn’t know you had graph making skills as well.
This clown Joe Budden is crazy. Hs’s gettin his publicity for the Slaughterhouse record by comin at The Kings of rap groups: Wu-Tang. plain and simple. Inspectah Deck’s got songs, but what the fuck; Joe Budden you got Dear Diary and a few others man. I guess Inspectah Deck got you first but your dreamin’ man. Let’s see how that SlaughterHouse tour money goes. Let’s see SlaughterHouse last 15+ years. My son Ghost is about to get you like he got Mase. Wu may be old, but they’re more innovative and creative then you could dream to be.
“If you could feel* how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt”
~’Ye Tidda
P.S.- Joe, if ODB was alive I’d like to believe he’d already have smoked your career away.
*floor*
hahaha yo son we gotta step your diagram game up. that shit is about as ugl as Joell.
lol
Fucking bias idiot Dallas Penn another Slaughterhouse slobbing post huh?!? Can’t go a week without sucking off Slobberhouse, when not preoccupied by sucking Kanye’s fishstick?? FUCK HOE BUDDEN AND THE SLOBBERMOUSE YESMEN, SUPPORTING THIS DISRESPECTFUL JUNKIE AND FUCK DALLAS PENN FOR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THESE FOOLS EVERY FUCKING WEEK. EVERY REAL HIPHOP FAN SHOULD BOYCOTT HOE BUDDEN AND HIS PROJECTS FROM NOW ON.
WU-TANG 4 LIFE.
Haven’t heard any Slaughterhouse yet I am hopeful. It’s a smart move to come together tho’ because ALL these guys are damaged goods– hate to say that about Joell because of the idiocy he must have gone through with Interscope but hopefully he was able to bank some $$$ and plot his next move.
Whether or not Slaughterhouse can come together like Voltron well…
That new almost Wu Tang cd is pretty goddamn great, even if it’s only 30 minutes long AND about half of the new U-God is U-pidly awesome.
I have no problem with Budden shooting his mowf off, especially against a numbnuts like Saigon but better to shut the fuck up and DELIVER.
We shall see.
jay has a date… 9/11… and its not even a tuesday… hes releasing on some weird day of the week…
I don’t know how anyone can think that Joe Budden is an amazing lyricist.
Come on, he takes 4 bars to start making sense which is almost as bad as Lil Wayne taking 4 bars to say the same thing.
Rap fans are getting dumber every second.
brahmabull, you may need to get your reference aptitude up. I’m just sayin’:
you might be a rap fan.
Curious though, who do you consider “amazing”?
Yo there may not be bigger Wu fan than I am, (I bought Iron Flag and the Swarm!!) ….. and Budden may be a disrespectful asshole….. but what has his beef with Meth have to with us? Yeah I will ride for Meth any day all day, but please dont take this Rap shit personal…as Meth would say ‘Knucca don’t feed my kids so ef em!’… so gettin all angry and shit, and talkin about boycotts….soundin real dumb!….good music is good music and a rare commodity today, so we should try enjoy all of it rather than get all snippy about shit that dont effect us….
if you wanna boycott something boycott BET or VH1
I thought Joe was reckless talking about Mef and Wu. I’m waiting for this album. They haven’t made a wack song yet. Royce’s EP is FLAMES. Go to Amazon and cop it.
I’m not paying too close attention to any of this but it is a strange concept to have one member of your group constantly clowning himself. I’ll deny being a Wu stan– we all know there’s some inconsistency there and I personally can barely stand GZA anymore (“Pro Tools” was as imaginative as its banal title)– but, uh…
Has Joe Budden topped– or will he ever top– “City High,” from Deck’s second cd, which most people don’t rate at all?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYmf5iwNho
I think the fuck not and while i wish Joell the best… Who ya’ll riding with and why?
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