This is an accepted version of this page Slaughterhouse were an American hip hop supergroup consisting of rappers Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Kxng Crooked, and Royce da 5'9".

[9] In late 2009, however, Royce da 5'9" confirmed talks between the group and Shady Records,[10][11] stating that he felt their second album should be released on a major label.

[13] Royce da 5'9" would later name-drop Shady Records in a Bar Exam 3 freestyle,[14] and the group released a song entitled "Beamer, Benz or Bentley (ShadyMegaMix)", while still with E1.

[15] Slaughterhouse, minus Joe Budden, were featured on the iTunes deluxe edition of Eminem's Recovery album on the track "Session One", while they were still with E1.

[17] A year later, the group was featured on the cover of the July/August issue of The Source magazine in anticipation of their Shady Records debut.

[18] On July 7, 2012, Royce announced in an interview with 11Jenny Boom Boom22 that the group will release a pre-album mixtape around the first week of August.

[29] On May 21, 2014, the group released their second mixtape titled House Rules, which featured 10 tracks with production from Nottz, AraabMuzik, DJ Pain 1, The Heatmakerz, Illmind, Harry Fraud among others.

[30] On February 19, 2015, Royce da 5'9" had confirmed that the album was "pretty close to being done", and that the group, along with Eminem were "nitpicking at it".

[33] In September 2018, Eminem released a four-part interview with Sway Calloway on his YouTube channel explaining the reasons why the group had a downfall.

[35]In January 2020, former group members Royce da 5'9", Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz were featured on Eminem's eleventh studio album, Music to Be Murdered By, on the track "I Will".

[36] In February 2022, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz announced a collaborative studio album titled Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse, in which they addressed the group's fallout from their own perspectives.

[37] Royce da 5'9" and Joe Budden were displeased with the project, as they viewed it as an attempt to tear down the Slaughterhouse brand for financial gain without consent from the rest of the group.