Dodger Hightop

Eminem, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf a.k.a. “Shady 2.0″ cover the next issue of XXL (now your magazine shouldn’t have so much trouble to sell):

After experiencing a monster recovery, both in the booth and on the charts, rap heavyweight Eminem, is ready to reemerge with the next chapter of his label, Shady Records, and XXL has all of the details in our forthcoming March 2011 issue.

XXL’s EIC Vanessa Satten had the opportunity to sit down with the Detroit lyricist and his newest signees—underground supergroup Slaughterhouse, which consists of Royce Da 5’ 9”, Joe Budden, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz, as well as buzzing Alabama upstart Yelawolf—to talk about their plans to take over the rap game as Shady 2.0.

According to Em, this new roster signifies a rebirth of his company Shady Records, which, founded in 1999, lost steam after several members parted ways (Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater) three years ago. “Slaughterhouse, it’s kinda phase two of Shady,” Em says in the story. “The new generation of Shady Records.”

Bonus: Slaughterhouse EP Cover (album due in February) + Tracklist

1. Back on the Scene [feat. Dres]
2. Sun Doobie
3. Everybody Down
4. Put Some Money On It (Remix) [feat. The Lox]
5. Fight Club (Remix)
6. Move On (Remix) [feat. Iffy]