Slaughterhouse review
From the jump you get that slaughterhouse which consists of Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9” and Joell Ortiz mean business. Before they dropped the album all the internet cuts or pre-releases like “Fight Club”, Joell’s “Move On” Remix, the track called “Slaughterhouse” off of Joe Budden’s Padded Room which sparked the whole thing all bang as hard as the album does. Which I’m glad at least one super group has somehow managed to live up to expectations unlike 90’s “The Firm” and The “Horsemen” hadn’t really done much since either had live up to the potential they had due to various reasons. On the other hand Slaughterhouse has crushed everything they’ve done as collective or as solo artists.
As you delve into the album you feel their presence on songs like “Sound Off”, “Lyrical Murderers”, “Microphone” and other tracks. While the track I just mentioned showed off the lyrical portion of the LP it’s hard not to say they have songs for everyone from the semi-rock anti-radio sounding anthem with “The One” to unconventional “Cuckoo” to the tear jerking “Rain drops” and the emcee tearing “Not Tonight”. With all the skits, the songs and all the concepts the album is cohesive and sounds very alike even with allot of producers like The Streetrunners, The Alchemist, Mr. Porter and DJ Khalil all provided dope backdrops and help finish the pictures these artist were painting.
For this listener I felt this album works if the listener is engaged to the sounds and the style because to be honest outside of the single “The One” the accessibility of this album for some will seem like they hating on the game or come off too hard. Rather it’s not the case it’s just this is the basic 90’s esq hardcore hip hop album. Overall this album is going to be a 4.5 out of 5 just on the simple fact if you don’t like this type of hip hop you ain’t going to like naan one of these emcees.
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Originally Posted by CharlesJones
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