Music Thread #1 for 8/11/09: Slaughterhouse Album Is Out

The reviews are very positive, like this one.

The men of Slaughterhouse have said they don’t want journalists writing about their past, preferring instead that we focus on the supergroup’s formidable present. Too bad. Because without Slaughterhouse’s collective past there would be no present. (Saying they’ve had a little trouble with music industry politics is like saying Bobby Brown has had a little problem with crack.) If Joe Budden’s relationship with Def Jam hadn’t disintegrated, there would be no Slaughterhouse. If Joell Ortiz had been properly supported by Aftermath, there would be no Slaughterhouse. If Death Row Records hadn’t collapsed around Crooked I, there would be no Slaughterhouse. And if Royce Da 5’9’s solo work was as successful as his ghostwriting, there would be no Slaughterhouse. Hopefully their past won’t continue to haunt them, but for now, it has thankfully brought us to this point. Fate works in mysterious ways.