Soulpole Superstar’s Song by Song Slaughterhouse review

Soulpole Superstar’s Song by Song Slaughterhouse review

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Slaughterhouse is the self-titled debut album of hip hop supergroup, Slaughterhouse, consisting of members Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9", & Crooked I. The album was released on August 11, 2009 on E1 Music.

Listen for every review I do I will keep it 100 no matter what. I welcome your opinions but before I get started down this path of blogging let me say this. I am not a hater/failed rapper. I am a real listener and I am not paid or swayed by anyone but my own ears.

"Sound Off"

The song starts of with a horn solo that is supposed to announce the entrance of some type of hip-hop royalty, but fails to deliver the punch that is need to convince me to pay homage. I don’t know whose idea it was to put this as the first track on the album but it suffers because of it. It will make someone who is expecting something hard from a group named slaughterhouse stop listening. If you do what your hooks does I think it should come off a bit harder, as I am hearing it I get the sense that he is trying to convince himself not the audience. Plus this song is 5 min long and in my opinion if a song is this long it should a few repeatable lines, I found zero.

Rating: D

"Lyrical Murderers" (Feat. K-Young)

This is the song that should be the first song, it has a smooth hitting beat that flows well with the lyrical styles of each rapper. K Young is killing the hook. If anything I would have loved Joell Ortiz part to be earlier in the song, he had the strongest performance.

Rating: B+

"Microphone"

The piano intro is something out of a horror movie. Then the rapper shows up and you realize it is a bunny and not the Rabbit of Caerbannog which would be cool. Instead, we are treated to the repeated use of the word microphone. Then if I had a real to real I could pull the top layer off and understand what the dude talking about in the background incessantly STFU.
Rating: C-

“Not Tonight”

When the music starts, I feel like I am in an old Blaxploitation movie where I hopped in my Impala and ran off to join a high-speed chase. It is toe tappingly good. It also features some scratching and mixing in the track but then it ends. I want this song to be longer and the other songs to be shorter.
Rating: B

“The One"

Because I am a fan of rock music as well, I can really feel this beat with the samples from “Fly Away” the hook is sexy and sultry a rock solid song. It is a Hit.

Rating: A

“In the Mind of Madness”
Not funny if you want to peer into the mind of madness look into the head of my bisexual ex girlfriend who used to wake up at 3 am in an ambian and wine induced haze to argue about why I slept with her girlfriend who was in bed with both of us.
Rating: F

"Cuckoo"
Solid rhymes killer beat I think DJ Khalil is the defining factor on the two tracks I like on this album so far. He is laser focused on making sure that everyone is enjoying the track without trying to hard.
Rating: A+

"The Phone Call" (skit)

I never ever EVER liked skits that don’t contribute to the album. A shout out in the middle of the album is the most pointless thing ever. Save that crap for the liner notes don’t pad your track list with it.
Rating: D only because it came from the heart.


"Onslaught 2" (Feat. Fatman Scoop)

This is the kind of track I love it is very east coast, you don’t dance to it you listen to the lyrics and bounce your head up and down while leaned back champing your black.
Rating: B


"The Phone Call 2" (skit)
See the phone call skit
Rating: F cause you did it again

"Salute" (Feat. Pharoahe Monch)
This song seems to be a mashup of different styles of rap and it comes off nicely. The track is distinctly west coast with a little bit of Gnarls Barkly. The east cost flows in this song make it work. Good songs don’t need a verbose explanation.
Rating: B

"Pray (It's A Shame)"
Great song that is a prayer for the people out there struggling in life. It is a truly the most heartfelt song so far on the album. Listen and enjoy.
Rating: B+

"Cut You Loose"
The song is a shot at the whole hip hip community asking 1. The rappers out there how they let this happened and asking what happened 2. Saying good-bye to the insincere and fake rappers out there perpetuating a fake lifestyle.
Rating: C

"Rain Drops" (feat. Novel)

This reference to tear drops is a sad hip story about loss and pain that is heartfelt and hitting. Very west coast and ice cube like story telling in this one. I like it.
Rating: B+

"Killaz" (Feat. Melanie Rutherford & C. Brown)

Good track but I think it’s ironic that the only one on the song that showed any type of fight skills and anger issues is the r&b singer on the hook.
Rating: B



The album over all is a B it is a cut above what can now be considered normal. It doesn’t push the envelope nor diminish hip-hop. I can turn this on and listen to most of the songs and not get sickened or hear an over abundance of auto tune buffoonery. I feel that Slaughterhouse has a great future in hip-hop and I welcome and look forward to their continued success.




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