If it seems like a show of restraint that they wait three minutes to make their first crack about skinny jeans, I don't know what to say about leaving "Cut You Loose" until the 13th track. It's your basic "you can't fire me 'cause I quit" missive to a mainstream acceptance they clearly strive for, and the saddest part is when Crooked I goes at Rick Ross and Jim Jones for taking shots at Eminem in 2009-- it takes me back to reading Guitar World in the mid-90s and suffering through technically proficient assholes like Steve Lukather and Billy Setzer putting Billy Corgan on blast for not staying true to rock'n'roll's roots. It's easy enough to dismiss Slaughterhouse as preaching to the choir (albeit one known to be stingy around the collection plate), or just point out that even the most intense internet test-tubing can't save a wack album (see also: Asher Roth), but it's that impotent defensiveness that ultimately makes you think Dr. Dre might've been right about these guys.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/133 ... hterhouse/
came from a review of the slaughterhouse album.
