''The Slaughterhouse'' is the thirtieth

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by American recording artist

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. It was released on March 29, 2004 by

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. The album was released as

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s through his website,

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. The album's title comes from the first line of the song "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

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's ''

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'' in 2001. "Peace" and "The Daisy Chain" were released as limited edition CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit n Run Tour. In 2015, the album was released on the

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music service. It was made available on other online music services like

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and the

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in 2018. Even though the album has never been officially released as a CD, there are bootlegs available.

Track listing

All songs written by

. ''Tracks 2 and 5 credited to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince; tracks 7–10 credited to

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.'' # "Silicon" – 4:17 # "S&M Groove" – 5:10 # "Y Should 👁 Do That When 👁 Can Do This?" – 4:33 # "Golden Parachute" – 5:38 # "Hypnoparadise" – 6:05 # "Props 'n' Pounds" – 4:38 # "Northside" – 6:34 # "Peace" – 5:35 # "2045: Radical Man" – 6:34 # "The Daisy Chain" – 6:13 featuring rap from David "DVS" Schwartz

References

External links

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