Joe Budden Kills The 'Monster' Rumor, "I Have No Idea Where They Got That Bullsh*t From"

Calling the title rumor bogus, Budden admitted a sophomore name has not yet been created.

"Today's May 1st, in a couple weeks, not even a couple weeks, about a week and a half, we're all going to Detroit and we're gonna lock in for a few weeks and we're going to record," Budden said in a video. "[Is the album called Monster?] MTV is dead a** wrong, I have no idea where they got that bullsh*t from. What type of name is that anyway? Monster? So I don't know where MTV got that information from but it's not accurate. We don't have a name, we don't have a title. It's so premature. We're just rocking out." (In Flex We Trust)

Reports of the album's title being Monster circulated online last Friday (April 29).

The group, which consists of Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I and, of course, Royce Da 5'9, first formed in 2008 after appearing on a Budden track together. In 2009, the rap quartet dropped their self-titled debut album independently on E1 (formerly Koch) then signed to Eminem's Shady Records in December 2010. Since the high-profile signing, fans of the group have been awaiting their second LP, Monster. Royce assures that Slaughterhouse is hard at work, although news broke this week that he and Eminem will be dropping a joint EP in June. (MTV)