Eminem’s Shady Records has been fairly quiet since they put out the 8 Mile soundtrack and signed 50 Cent all the way back in 2002, but Em is looking to pick up the pace in 2011. He recently signed both the Alabama native rapper Yelawolf and hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse. Yelawolf has been at it for a few years, but finally had a breakout year in 2010 with his relatively successful Trunk Muzik 0-60 mixtape and his first major feature on Big Boi’s highly acclaimed Sir Lucious Left Foot album. Yela’s debut album, Radioactive, is expected to hit sometime this year. Slaughterhouse are also expected to have a new LP out this year (their 2nd), and although Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″, and Nino Bless have each been doing their own things over the past decade, signing to Shady Records will put them under the biggest spotlight of any of their careers. Slim Shady himself is expected to have a hand in the production of both albums.
[Via Rap Radar]
