That was not interscope.
They let Eminem have complete control of the project.
Biggest mistake the group ever made.
Album sounded like it was compiled of beats and hooks that em didn't think was good enough for recovery
The crazy thing is that bunch of beats "co-produced" by Eminem allegedly sounded better before he added his own shyt to them...
and at the end of the day, it's either you do what Em/Paul/Interscope want you to do, or your album doesn't get released
was the album disappointing? without a doubt
would we have even heard few of the good songs/great verses from that album if they had fought to do it entirely their way? nope. at least they got their shyt out. there's still couple of great Joe & Crook verses on the album which I love to this day. at the same time there's couple of songs and verses I wish I had never heard
it's basically a lose/lose situation, especially since Royce n Em are so close, they were never gonna go against Eminem. All of them (Em, SH & Paul) just should've realized they would've sold just as many records if they had released an album with best possible songs, and had not filled it up with possible singles (which they didn't even release as singles)
Budden said this, which is pretty accurate
"Eminem is great at being Eminem. He may not be great at being Slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouse is great at being Slaughterhouse."
also on Slaughtermouse:
"Who the fukk was I to be too vocal in my doubt for some songs?
Even I can't be that dumb to step over the threshold
And be the guy who says no to so many records sold
Whole career, I never bit my tongue, I let it go
Too many times bein' the rebel, ain't end in what's best for Joe"
which is basically the same thing Stat said now

the difference being that his album never dropped