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Everlast
While Everlast is probably still best known for his membership in the groundbreaking Irish-American rap act House Of Pain, the rapper born Erik Schrody has hip hop roots that go back even further. Everlast's first exposure as a rapper came as a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate Cartel in the late '80s. In 1990, he released a little-noticed solo debut, titled Forever Everlasting. After the album's commercial failure, he hooked up with fellow Irish-American rapper Danny Boy and DJ Lethal to form House Of Pain. For a time, HOP were one of the biggest acts in rap, shattering the color barrier as only the Beastie Boys had done before. Their 1992 self-titled debut album went platinum, largely on the strength of the classic single "Jump Around" (currently heard in a high-profile ad for Pringles). Follow up albums such as 1994's Same As It Ever Was were less successful, though, and after 1996's Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, HOP called it quits. While Danny Boy has remained largely silent, and Lethal found success as a member of the rock/rap combo Limp Bizkit, it's Everlast who's had the most visible post-HOP career. 1999's Whitey Ford Sings the Blues saw Everlast make a stab at the kind of alternative hip hop vibe pioneered by the likes of Beck, the Beasties, and Prince Paul, to great commercial and critical acclaim. A song Everlast wrote and performed with Latin guitar legend Santana won a Grammy, and Whitey Ford's first single, "What It's Like," was also Grammy nominated. The solo success had to seem extra sweet, considering the fact that Everlast nearly died of a massive heart attack while making Whitey Ford. He made a complete recovery after receiving an artificial valve implant, though, and has since stayed busy, touring rigorously and preparing a new solo record, Eat At Whitey's, for an October 2000 release. |
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Black Jesus |
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Everlast rises again with a song that's as heavenly as the title implies -- but with just enough hellraising to keep it interesting.
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I Can't Move |
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Thought Everlast's last album was a fluke? This new folk-hop hybrid proves just how wrong you were.
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