There have been many rap groups in hip hop's lifetime that have and haven't seen the spotlight. Groups like Wu-tang who changed the face of hip hop with their classic albums, the Roots who had a major impact on the music industry with their mix of jazz and rap, and A Tribe Called Quest one of the greatest of all time. Then we have a mainstream group like Young Money who capitalized on Lil Wayne's success and took the radio by storm. Let's not forget about the forgotten four Hrsmn who could have been the greatest lyrical group ever if they have gotten a chance. With that said we have the supergroup Slaughterhouse which consist of four emcee's who all have had their label and commercial woes. We got Joe Budden who was on the cusp of mainstream dominace with "hit" pump it up, then he got into label problems with Def Jam then it went all sour.We got Crooked I who was stuck with Death Row and never saw the spotlight. He has always been known as a lyrical monster in the West. Then we got Royce Da 5'9 who was Eminem's sidekick for a few years in Detroit before getting into a beef with Em and then going downfall from their. Their fourth member is more of a new face to hip hop and his name is Joell Ortiz. An emcee who has been rappin for quite a while before getting his chance on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. After asking for a realese because of no support and he went on his own grind. Now that i broke the group down lets go on to the reasons why Slaughterhouse wont ever catch the eye of the majority, not that it matters.
1. Lack of label support and no support from radio stations. 2. Golden era of hip hop is gone. Nobody wants to hear lyrics. Hip hop has been watered down to the fullest so when people hear what used to be they turn the other cheek.
3. There's no balance in hip hop what so ever causing the audience to dislike whats not heard.
4. Their music isn't kid friendly. Slaughterhouse is all lyrics and hard core substance which take paitients to really understand what there emcee's are saying.
5. Hip hop has just become to pop for hard core rappers to survive in. The executives upstairs know this and they dont want no part of it. Hip hop now is just a money making thing, not the art itself.
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