Name The Pig

Shady Records and Slaughterhouse invite you to name the pig from their logo... Yeah, he's tied upside down and looks lifeless but we want to give this poor guy an identity and who knows where it goes from there...

Yelawolf & Kid Rock on Letterman- "Let's Roll"

In case you missed it, the Wolf came to the big city with his other Mid-west buddy Mr. Rock to perform "Let's Roll" on the Late Show with David Letterman. Rock is chillin' hard in the fur. (I don't know if it was real so don't ask so you can just splatter my blog with red paint if it was. Knowing him, it was.)

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Shady Records x GQ NFL Playoffs

Our friend and GQ Senior Editor Will Welch came up with the idea to have some Shady Records artists, Eminem and myself create bracket predictions and talk some smack about the NFL playoffs and who will emerge victorious in the Super Bowl.
The brackets started with Divisional Playoffs following Wild Card weekend. Slaughterhouse was in the studio in Detroit with Eminem and I was in town as well when we filled our brackets out, and everyone saw mine and balked. Eminem got his words in first with this interview that ran last week.
Turns out that I picked 3 out of 4 right in the first round. My bracket is below.

Check out my interview and amature opinion here. Interviews with Yelawolf as well as Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz of Slaughterhouse are coming soon. May the best man(ager) win! LET'S GO BIG BLUE!

Shady 2.0 Cypher Beat

Sadly, a lot of folks don't know what the instrumental used in the Shady 2.0 Cypher was. It's a 12" single from East Flatbush Project feat. Des called "Tried by 12." The record was independently released in 1996 on a label called 10/30 Uproar Records and was produced by Spencer Bellamy. When we were preparing for the cypher, I was messing around on my laptop playing random mp3's and Em overheard the beat and yelled "yo, ask them if we can rap on THAT!" So I did, and our good friend DJ Premier obliged. The record's instrumental was a favorite in the Detroit battle scene back in the day, and I consider it a classic. Check out the song and video below.

Shady Records History Hall

As reported on Rosenblog below, the Shady Records Brisk Bodega in New York City was a one-day-only event with performances from Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf with a pop-up "museum." The staff at Shady and myself searched our archives, homes, storage facilities and vaults to come up with a collection of artifacts, awards and memorabilia spanning the history of the label and Eminem's career. I was personally very concerned that some things might get damaged and/or stolen in the process but we hired the Shady Security crew to spend the night with the collection to make sure nothing got vicked or ganked. Special thanks to Riggs Morales, Marc LaBelle, Dro Genao, Alvon Miller and Craig Barnes for making sure everything went smooth and putting in overtime hours to make sure that this special collection came together. Below check out two different videos with narration from yours truly describing most of what was on display for those that couldn't make it in person. See you in another 12 or 13 years I guess? Shady Records, Established 1999. TRUST US. (P.S. I know I said "tooken" and that "5 Star Generals" isn't actually on Soundbombing 2 so shutup).

Yelawolf on Sway In The Morning

This morning Shady Records' own Yelawolf came by SiriusXM's Shade45 to chat with Sway on his Sway In The Morning show. Below hear Yela discuss his new DJ, the Shady Records Brisk Bodega, the song he has with Eminem on his upcoming Radioactive album, his Jim Morrison phase and more.

NYC Shady Brisk Bodega

This Saturday, September 17th, The Shady Records Brisk Bodega will be open for business- for the day at least. The concept of the Shady Records Brisk Bodega is to turn the experience of copping a bottle or can of Brisk Iced Tea at your local corner store in NYC into a Shady Records corner store run and operated by the Shady brand of entertainment mixed with a little bit of history... See, in this bodega there is a pop-up one day only Shady Records History Hall, which chronicles the inception and rise of the label through rare photos, art, objects, awards, apparel, sneakers, etc. The collection contains items from the Shady Vault, including some of my personal prized possessions such as the Dr. Dre "Missing" milk carton from "The Real Slim Shady" video. The Shady Records History Hall will be open for public viewing from 1-5 pm. Come nightfall, lucky contest winners and invited guests will be treated to exclusive performances from the 2.0 Boys themselves, Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse. Sounds will be provided by the incomparable Dj Enuff. Drinks will be provided by the bar via the good folks at Brisk. Our whole staff spent a ton of time putting this experience together along with the Brisk team and the homies at Cornerstone. If you are a fan of Shady, this isn't something you will want to miss. Unfortunately, tickets aren't available to the public. Follow Yelawolf and the Slaughterhouse guys as well as myself and Shady Records on Twitter to be some of the lucky few. More information is available at BriskBodega.com or by clicking here.

Bad Meets Evil "Fastlane" (Video Teaser)

Here's the teaser for the Syndrome-directed video for "Fastlane" from the Bad Meets Evil EP Hell: The Sequel. Look out for the full version after the holiday and be sure to cop the EP on 6/14/11.

Bad Meets Evil- Hell: The Sequel EP Cover

Unveiled: the cover for Hell: The Sequel. For this one, Eminem and Royce hooked back up with The Slim Shady LP photographer Danny Hastings. Danny did the interior packaging and special edition cover shots for Em's Interscope debut and we decided that since the Bad Meets Evil project is bringing things full circle from that time period that it would be appropriate to work with Danny on the visuals. You can peep some of Danny's classic work and current material HERE. Be advised, this is the guy that did the classic Wu-Tang Enter: The 36 Chambers cover, Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... cover, and many others.

Here are a couple of shots that Danny did back-in-the-day with Em for The Slim Shady LP:



Bad Meets Evil's EP Hell: The Sequel is in-stores 6/14.

Kuniva- Midwest Marauders

D 12's own Kuniva is back with another mixtape. Our guy is spittin' something fierce here. Click here for the link, and be sure to check out the clever artwork flip on the Quest classic.

50 Cent- "Get Up" Music Video

Check out 50's new video for "Get Up" directed by The Brothers Strausse.

Cashis, Mickey Slick & Young De

Check out this video for "Can't Move Me" with Shady Records' own Cashis, Diego's Mitchy Slick and Young De. Pay attention to the shots of Cash in the graffiti hall with his very inked up torso.

The Trophy, The Champions

As promised, behold the Trophy of Champions for the 1st Annual Shady/G Unit/Sedlmayr & Assoc. Bowling Tournament right where it belongs- at Shady Records' NY office. This trophy will circulate amongst our offices if anyone is good enough to beat us in the next tournament scheduled for September this year. Should be plenty of time to heal up my ankle and take the back-to-back high score title and keep the Trophy of Champions in the Shady building.

Shady Nursery

New advertisement debuts in March books for Shady Ltd.
Maybe this was what Em was really doing in the hospital over the holidays? (Don't be stupid I'm joking).