Welcome to: Our House
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| Studio album by Slaughterhouse | |||||||||||
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August 27, 2012 |
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| Label (s) | Shady Records , Interscope Records | ||||||||||
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16/20 |
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64:21 / 80:32 |
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Welcome to: Our House ( English for Welcome to our home is) the second studio album by the US rap group Slaughterhouse . It was released on August 27, 2012 as a standard and deluxe edition on the Shady Records and Interscope labels .
Origin and PhD
The release of the album has been postponed several times - from May 2012 to August 2012. Shortly before the record was released, the mixtape On the House was released on August 19, 2012.
Production and samples
Eminem acted as executive producer on the album , mixed the songs and produced the intro The Slaughter , the Skit We Did It and the song Asylum . He also worked as a co-producer on various songs. Two productions each come from Alex da Kid ( Our House , Rescue Me ), Mr. Porter ( Throw It Away , Die ), Boi-1da ( Goodbye , Our Way (Outro) ) and T-Minus ( Throw That , Frat House ) . AraabMuzik produced the song Hammer Dance and the instrumentals for My Life and Walk of Shame were created by StreetRunner in collaboration with Sarom and ILO, respectively. The track Coffin was produced by Hit-Boy , while Black Key and Zukhan produced Flip a Bird . Other productions come from JUSTICE League ( The Other Side ) and No ID ( Get Up ). Kane Beatz created the instrumental for Park It Sideways and, in collaboration with JMIKE, the beat for Place to Be .
Samples from tracks by other artists were used in seven of the songs. Get Up samples the track Ali In the Jungle by the rock band The Hours. For My Life a sample of the song The Rhythm of the Night by the band Corona was used and the song Flip a Bird contains a sample of Little Bird by the singer Imogen Heap . Throw It Away contains elements of the track UFO by the band ESG, while Park It Sideways contains a sample of the song Real Love by the band Delorean . Walk of Shame also samples the song Light of the Morning by the group Band of Skulls and Hammer Dance contains elements of the track Falling Away From Me by Korn .
Cover design
The album cover shows a white house that has several damage, such as broken window panes and scorch marks. There are scattered objects in front of the building, such as burning music boxes, a swimming pool and a domestic pig. On the wall of the house are the words: Welcome to and bigger in red Our House . The Slaughterhouse logo is in the sky above the roof.
Guest Posts
Seven or nine songs on the album contain guest appearances by other artists. The label boss Eminem can be heard on the songs Our House , Throw That and Asylum . At Coffin , Slaughterhouse are supported by Busta Rhymes , while Swizz Beatz appears on Throw It Away . The singer Cee-Lo Green can be heard in the chorus of the song My Life and Skylar Gray takes part in the pieces Our House and Rescue Me . BoB also has a guest post on Place to Be and the singer Sly Jordan is featured on the song Die .
Track list
| # | title | Guest Posts | producer | length | occupation |
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| 1 | The Slaughter (Intro) | Eminem | 1:16 | ||
| 2 | Our house | Eminem and Skylar Gray | Alex da kid | 5:58 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 ″ 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz Interlude: Joe Budden 3rd verse: Crooked I , Eminem Refrain: Eminem, Skylar Gray |
| 3 | Coffin | Busta Rhymes | Hit boy | 3:41 |
Intro: Busta Rhymes 1. Verse: Joe Budden 2. Verse: Joell Ortiz 3. Verse: Crooked I 4. Verse: Royce da 5'9 " Refrain: Busta Rhymes Outro: Royce da 5'9" |
| 4th | Throw That | Eminem | T-minus | 3:57 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joe Budden, Joel Ortiz Refrain / Bridge: Eminem |
| 5 | Hammer dance | AraabMuzik | 3:43 |
1st verse: Joell Ortiz 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joe Budden Refrain: Royce da 5'9 " |
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| 6th | Get up | No ID | 5:01 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joell Ortiz 4th verse: Joe Budden |
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| 7th | My life | Cee-Lo Green | StreetRunner and Sarom | 4:21 |
1st verse: Crooked I 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz 3rd verse: Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9 " Refrain / Bridge: Cee-Lo Green |
| 8th | We Did It (Skit) | Eminem | 0:41 | ||
| 9 | Flip a bird | Black Key and Zukhan | 4:20 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Joe Budden, Crooked I 3rd verse: Joell Ortiz |
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| 10 | Throw It Away | Swizz Beatz | Mr. Porter | 4:15 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz 3rd verse: Crooked I 4th verse: Joe Budden Refrain: Swizz Beatz |
| 11 | Rescue Me | Skylar Gray | Alex da kid | 3:39 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 ", Joell Ortiz 2nd verse: Crooked I, Joe Budden Refrain: Skylar Gray |
| 12 | Frat House | T-minus | 3:48 |
Intro: Eminem 1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz Refrain: Royce da 5'9" |
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| 13 | Goodbye | Boi-1da | 5:02 |
1st verse: Joe Budden 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joell Ortiz |
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| 14th | Park It Sideways | Kane Beatz | 3:56 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 ", Joe Budden 2nd verse: Crooked I, Joell Ortiz Refrain: Royce da 5'9" |
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| 15th | The | Sly Jordan | Mr. Porter | 5:04 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joe Budden Refrain: Sly Jordan |
| 16 | Our Way (Outro) | Boi-1da | 5:39 |
Intro: Royce da 5'9 " 1st verse: Royce da 5'9" 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz 3rd verse: Joe Budden 4th verse: Crooked I Refrain: Royce da 5'9 " |
Deluxe Edition Bonus Songs:
| # | title | Guest Posts | producer | length | occupation |
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| 17th | Asylum | Eminem | Eminem | 4:02 |
1st verse: Joell Ortiz 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Royce da 5'9 " Refrain: Eminem |
| 18th | Walk of Shame | StreetRunner, Sarom and ILO | 4:06 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Crooked I 3rd verse: Joe Budden 4th verse: Joell Ortiz |
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| 19th | The other side | JUSTICE League | 4:09 |
1st verse: Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz 3rd verse: Joe Budden |
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| 20th | Place to Be | Bob | Kane Beatz and JMIKE | 3:54 |
1st verse: Crooked I, Royce da 5'9 " 2nd verse: Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden 3rd verse: BoB, Slaughterhouse refrain: BoB |
Chart successes and singles
With around 52,000 copies sold in the first week, Welcome to: Our House climbed to number 2 in the US charts and stayed in the top 200 for six weeks. Also in Switzerland (# 76, 1 week) and Great Britain ( # 33, 1 week) the album made it into the charts.
The first single was the song Hammer Dance on March 13, 2012 for download from iTunes , the second single My Life followed on May 15, 2012 and the third release Throw It Away on July 2, 2012. On August 14 and 21 In 2012, the songs Goodbye and Throw That were also released as download singles. Except for Throw That (US # 98), no single was able to make it into the charts.
Chart placements
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CH76 (1 week) CH |
UK33 (1 week) UK |
US2 (6 weeks) US |
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reception
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| Metacritic | 70% |
| More reviews | |
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| Rolling Stone |
 
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| allmusic |
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Welcome to: Our House received mostly positive reviews from critics. The site Metacritic calculated from ten reviews of English-language media an average of 70%.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
- ↑ US charts singles
- ↑ Chart sources (albums): CH UK US
- ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
- ↑ Review: rollingstone.com
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Rating: xxlmag.com
- ↑ Review: rapreviews.com
