The Slaughterhouse is the twenty-ninth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 released as MP3

MP3

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s through his website, NPG Music Club

NPG Music Club

NPG Music Club was an official website of Prince. Prince won a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for the site in 2006. The site was launched at Studio 54 nightclub.Membership was either $7.77 for Basic Monthly access or $100 for a premium annual membership...

. The album's title comes from the first line of "Silicon:" "welcome 2 the slaughterhouse". The tracks consist of material previously available on the same website back in 2001, although some may have rearrangements of music and/or lyrics. "2045: Radical Man" was released on the Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

 Bamboozled

Bamboozled

Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the violent fall-out from the show's success...

soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 in 2001. "Peace" and "The Daisy Chain" were released as limited edition CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit + Run Tour

Hit + Run Tour

Hit + Run Tour was a tour done by Prince. It is the first tour to be done by Prince after reverting back to his birth name. Backed by a totally different form of the New Power Generation.-The Band:* Prince: Guitar and Lead Vocals* Mike Scott: Rhythm Guitar...

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Track listing

Tracks 2 and 5 credited to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince; tracks 7-10 credited to The New Power Generation.

1. "Silicon" - 4:17
2. "S&M Groove" - 5:10
3. "Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?" - 4:33
4. "Golden Parachute" - 5:38
5. "Hypnoparadise" - 6:05
6. "Props 'n' Pounds" - 4:38
7. "Northside" - 6:34
8. "Peace" - 5:35
9. "2045: Radical Man" - 6:34
10. "The Daisy Chain" - 6:13

External links

• The Slaughterhouse at Everything2.com