

Last year, he completed North American and European tours with Slaughterhouse and embarked on the Second First Impression solo tour in late 2012.
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He’s given them plenty of free music, most recently the November 2012 mixtape A Loose Quarter, which has been downloaded 265,000 times on. 2 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 104,000 copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.įor Budden, interacting with listeners has been paramount to staying relevant. Their latest, “Welcome To: Our House,” bowed at No. Since the release of his 2009 retail sophomore album, “Padded Room” (Amalgam Digital), the 32-year-old has released acclaimed digital-only solo sets, mixtapes and a pair of albums with Slaughterhouse, a supergroup also consisting of Royce Da 5’9”, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz signed to Eminem’s Shady Records. That’s been a good model for me for success.” It was about the relationship between me and the fans.


“I wasn’t relying on the label to keep me relevant. “I’ve tried to eliminate as many of the middlemen as possible in my career, so the fans are dealing with me and the music,” Budden says of the LP, which features guest appearances from such names as Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa.
