1060 Hip Hop Uncut

As Hip hop supergroups continue to excite Hip-Hop fans, it is hard to forget the importance of Slaughterhouse and its short-lived impact in the hip hop fraternity. A decade ago, the collective of some lyrical geniuses Royce 5’9, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, and Kxng Crooked was at work on their sophomore album and first on Shady Records, welcome to: Our House and corresponding mixtape On The House. Released in the summer of 2012, that album, executive produced by Shady records boss himself Eminem, would top the charts to reach no 2.. It was a very momentous affair for four top-tier lyricists who had been deemed industry outcasts at past points in their careers.  In the later 2010s, as Slaughterhouse began work on a third album, the crew disbanded. Joe Budden went solo and pivoted his career to a full-time media personality, whose views and opinions eventually clashed with fellow industry folks such as Eminem. Amid a Grammy-nominated solo album run, Royce put together another su

The Joe Budden Podcast debuted five years ago with Budden and co-hosts Jamil “Mal” Clay and Rory Farrell. The show offers their take on news, culture and current events. In 2018 Budden signed a two-year deal giving Spotify exclusive distribution rights. It has grown into one of the most listened-to podcasts, ranking in the top ten, according to the streamer’s latest show rankings. But as Spotify has spent hundreds of millions of dollars growing its podcast business, including a reported $100 million deal for the rights to The Joe Rogan Experience, it seems Budden has concluded that Spotify has underpriced what it should pay him. “If I were to accept that bum-ass deal that Spotify put in front of me, I would not be able to sleep at night. I don’t care how much money it is,” said Budden. “We’ve been in a deal that is vastly undervalued and undermined for the good course of a year and a half — just watching everybody get paid.” Spotify resigned that it will not be