''The Slaughterhouse (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume 2)'' is the thirtieth

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by American recording artist

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. It was released on March 29, 2004 by

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. The album was released as

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s through his website,

NPG Music Club NPG Music Club was the official website for Prince from 2001 to 2006, and was named after Prince's New Power Generation band. Based on being one of the first mainstream artists to use the internet as an independent music distribution hub, Prince won ...

. The album's title comes from the first line of the song "Silicon", "Welcome 2 the slaughterhouse." The tracks consist of material previously available on the same website back in 2001, although some may have rearrangements of music and/or lyrics. "2045: Radical Man" was released on the

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's ''

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'' in 2001. "Peace" and "The Daisy Chain" were released as limited edition CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit n Run Tour. In 2015, the album was released on the Tidal music service. It was made available on other online music services like

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and the iTunes Store in 2018. Even though the album has never been officially released as a CD, there are bootlegs available.

Track listing

All songs written by

. ''Tracks 2 and 5 credited to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince; tracks 7–10 credited to

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.'' # "Silicon" – 4:17 # "S&M Groove" – 5:10 # "Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?" – 4:33 # "Golden Parachute" – 5:38 # "Hypnoparadise" – 6:05 # "Props 'n' Pounds" – 4:38 # "Northside" – 6:34 # "Peace" – 5:35 # "2045: Radical Man" – 6:34 # "The Daisy Chain" – 6:13 featuring rap from David "DVS" Schwartz

References

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