Slaughterhouse may be the first hip-hop group with no real weak link. Joell, Royce, Joey, and Crooked are all capable of holding down an entire album. Together, they’re deadly. So, rather than debate the weakest link, we decided to debate the strongest. Proceed for our thoughts on the question, “Who’s the best MC in Slaughterhouse?” Each entry is followed by a list of the best Slaughterhouse MCs ranked in order of superiority. – Rizoh

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Directed by Court Dunn

This is one of the most creative hip-hop videos I’ve seen all year, Dunn’s rudimentary approach notwithstanding. It goes to show that you don’t need a $10 million to deliver a great product, just good ol’ creative imagination.

The boys from Slaughterhouse are putting their first music video together from their upcoming, self-titled release set to come out August 11, 2009. Yesterday at the Night Hotel  in New York City, Slaughterhouse shot their first official music video directed by Rik Cordero. The theme? Well, peep the pictures after the jump but if you’ve seen The Hangover it’s going to be pretty obvious.
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When I heard rumblings of Slaughterhouse being formed I got excited, I mean these guys are the Fantastic Four of the rap-game. Gargantuan lyricists all roped together to form an even bigger, harder hitting, deeper rap entity that’s mission was to rid the scene of emcees who weren’t carrying the banner of hip-hop the way it should be. Welcome to the Slaughterhouse, enter at your own risk. Read the rest of this entry »

Joell Ortiz – Loud.com Freestyle [mp3]

The folks at Loud.com had Joell Ortiz drop a verse over a beat from Loud.com producer contest winner Chedda Records. Here’s a video of Joell rehearsing his lyrics in his Queens studio before actually recording in the Loud.com studio.

Hit up the mp3 link above for the audio version.

A friend of mine who happens to be a respected journalist surprised me 3 days ago when he asked: “Dude, do you think Termanology is worth a shit?” “Are you serious?” I replied, “He’s one of the freshest “new” rappers around.” My boy wrote back to say that he wasn’t a big fan. I insisted that he should at least listen to Term and let me know what he thought.

Dude hit me up again later that evening with a different opinion. “I would like to change my aforementioned opinion of Termanology,” he said. “He’s dope.” Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most thoughtful Obama tributes from a hip-hop artist.

Fokis & Joel Ortiz – Pandemonium | Clean | Dirty

My homegirl Mel just shot me this joint from Fokis and Joel Ortiz, from Fokis’ upcoming album Road to Riches album. This is what happens when you put two hungry MCs in the same room.