djdixie wrote:he wont last at shady records coz he wont sell shit.
I'm more of that opinion with Slaughterhouse. I seriously doubt Slaughterhouse will be able to pull off big numbers without the absolute inclusion of Eminem into the proceedings, to the point where he may as well be an unofficial number.
Also, as great of rappers as they all are in Slaughterhouse, as a collective - they're hardly doing anything new, groundbreaking or even slightly different from what has been done. Punchline tracks about how big their dicks are, and how well they can spit and endless puns to do with rap, microphones and their own names are unlikely to sell in a mainstream market and unless they can find some kind of way of flipping it, or... creating original concepts outside of what they've done I can't see any big success happening.
Where as, Yelawolf is actually bringing something different. Firstly, he has a lot of genuine rock and grunge influence - he's quite clearly a student of genres other than hip-hop and that's not entirely typical in hip-hop. I also think everybody is going to be surprised by what he does with his album and I think he will be able to achieve success (big success) without Eminem.
From listening to all of his mixtapes, he's able to flip his style (and voice, since it's obvious that's a pet peeve of yours) in multiple ways; he can make it rap rock, grunge rap (if that even exists), or sometimes even sound like a white B.o.B. He can sing pretty well, he can write monster hooks and plays off his own image with a sarcasm not unlike some of Eminem's past humour.
So... I can absolutely see the possibility of Yelawolf selling big and if all you've heard from him is a few verses here and there and you've made a snap judgement I'd urge you to check out his mixtapes. I can absolutely see him writing some monster hits within and outside of hip-hop, that connect with rock and other audiences, and I think that he has that 'spark' that I haven't seen from a rapper in a while.
He's much more likely to be successful on a big scale than Slaughterhouse, in my opinion.