Slaughterhouse

When Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, and Royce Da 5'9" joined Joe Budden on his 2008 mixtape Halfway House, the chemistry on their collaborative track meant "Slaughterhouse" the song would quickly become Slaughterhouse the hip-hop supergroup. Seeing as how Budden, Crooked I, and Ortiz all had issues with their former labels - Def Jam, Death Row, and Aftermath respectively - other tracks recorded at their initial meeting bypassed the usual music distribution channels and were leaked to the net, including "Move On" which gave the music press the group's backstory in song. They recorded their debut album in a mere six days, signed to the E1 label, and released their self-titled, debut in 2009. Due to sample clearance issues, the final product did not include the promised single "Woodstock," but in keeping with the group's alternative marketing plan, it was released via Budden's Twitter account.

Slaughterhouse is currently signed to Shady and Interscope. Slaughterhouse, minus Joe Budden, were featured on the iTunes deluxe edition of Eminem's Recovery album on the track "Session One," while also still with E1. The group would also be featured in Loud Noises on Hell: The Sequel, a collaborative album between Royce and Eminem. An EP was released on February 8, 2011, with four new tracks and two remixes by their DJ Frequency of tracks previously released.Slaughterhouse currently plans to release their second studio album Welcome to: Our House, the first to be released under Shady Records, on June 12, 2012.

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