“Hammer Dance” is sinister and bouncy, sounding like the theme song for a Netflix series where Denzel Washington decapitates zombies. “ Rescue Me” mixes visceral emo-rap with the bombastic intensity of a trap banger, leaving you wondering if you should start bawling or start a mosh pit. Despite getting trashed by various hip-hop outlets, the highs on Welcome To: Our House are higher than Shaq on stilts. This was back when music was actually made available for purchase, on shelves. One month later, in August 2012, Welcome To: Our House finally landed on store shelves. The crew celebrated this new chapter with the high octane posse cut “ 2.0 Boys.” To build buzz, they released The Slaughterhouse EP and hopped on the Bad Meets Evil track “ Loud Noises.” To commence what Em referred to as “Shady 2.0,” Slaughterhouse, along with Yelawolf, posed alongside Mr. In 2011, Budden and company finalized a record deal with Shady. The foursome appeared on “ Session One,” a bonus track on Em’s Recovery, and released the track “ Beamer, Benz Or Bentley (ShadyMegaMix).” This move was the music industry equivalent of knowing you and your girl are about to break up and lining up a rebound in advance. But fear not, Interscope was on their way to save the day.ĭespite eOne allegedly trying to stop negotiations, Slaughterhouse kept tossing hints that they were going to sign a new deal with Eminem and Shady Records.
Sales were lackluster, and it barely made a nanosecond-long blip on the cultural radar-which is a damn shame. Unfortunately, while the album received mostly positive reviews, it garnered damn near no public attention outside Rap Twitter.