Everlast
Breaking into the early-'90s mainstream with rap unit House of Pain and their enduring hit "Jump Around," rapper and singer/songwriter Everlast successfully reinvented himself in 1998 with the multi-platinum Top Ten album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, an acoustic-rock-meets-hip-hop genre crossover that included the storytelling hits "What It's Like" and "Ends." Riding the success of Whitey Ford, he won a Grammy in 2000 with the Santana collaboration "Put Your Lights On." While subsequent releases saw a steady decline on the charts, Everlast continued to issue albums into the 2010s, including Songs of the Ungrateful Living (2011) and Whitey Ford's House of Pain (2018).
Born Erik Schrody, Everlast first surfaced in Los Angeles as a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate Cartel, issuing his debut album, Forever Everlasting, in 1990. When the album failed to find an audience, he formed House of Pain with Danny Boy and DJ Lethal. Carving out an image that drew heavily on Everlast and Danny Boy's shared Irish heritage, the trio managed to overcome the stereotypes facing white rappers and scored a massive hit with their 1992 single "Jump Around." Their self-titled debut LP also went platinum, but when such follow-up efforts as 1994's Same as It Ever Was and 1996's Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again failed to repeat House of Pain's early success, the group disbanded.
Everlast then returned to his solo career. While recording Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, however, he suffered a massive cardiac arrest stemming from a congenital defect, resulting in heart bypass surgery and an artificial valve implant. Following his recovery, he completed the album, which appeared in the fall of 1998 to strong commercial notices. It entered the Top Ten, went platinum, and launched the pervasive Top 40 single "What It's Like." After appearing on Santana's vaunted comeback album Supernatural (and winning a Grammy for "Put Your Lights On"), Everlast began work on a follow-up album with an eclectic group of guest artists. Titled Eat at Whitey's, the album was released in late 2000, and enjoyed critical notice (even if it wasn't quite as successful as Whitey Ford).
Everlast then signed with Island/Def Jam before releasing the the moody, song-driven White Trash Beautiful in 2004. The album featured a strong country influence, but its new sound failed to boost Everlast's record sales. He was dropped from the label soon after, but Everlast bounced back by joining his House of Pain alums in a hip-hop supergroup named La Coka Nostra. The group released several recordings via social media in 2008; that same year, Everlast issued his fifth studio album, Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford, on his own label. The album featured a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," which Everlast released as a single.
In 2011, Everlast scored his third-highest charting album to date with his sixth set, Songs of the Ungrateful Living. The Life Acoustic followed in 2013, featuring unplugged reinterpretations of previously released songs such as "Black Jesus" and "Jump Around." His eighth album, Whitey Ford's House of Pain, arrived in 2018.
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Discografia
29 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Whitey Ford's House of Pain
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Long Branch Records il 7 set 2018
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It Ain't Easy
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Long Branch Records il 31 ago 2018
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The Culling
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Long Branch Records il 20 lug 2018
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Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Rock - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 8 set 1998
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White Trash Beautiful (Album Version)
Rock - Pubblicato da RAL (Rush Associated Label) il 1 gen 2004
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Folsom Prison Blues
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue il 22 ago 2008
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Saving Grace (From "Saving Grace"/Theme)
Colonne sonore - Pubblicato da Hollywood Records il 19 giu 2007
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Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 8 set 1998
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Forget You
The Felons Club, Big B, Everlast
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Regime Music Group il 5 giu 2020
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Eat At Whitey's
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 17 ott 2000
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Eat At Whitey's
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 17 ott 2000
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Eat At Whitey's
Rock - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 17 ott 2000
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Love, War & The Ghost of Whitey Ford
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue il 21 set 2008
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Songs of the Ungrateful Living
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da SPV il 18 ott 2011
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The Life Acoustic (Acoustic)
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da SPV il 27 ago 2013
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Live At Open Air Gampel (2004)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Open Air il 7 lug 2015
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Forever Everlasting
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Tommy Boy Music, LLC il 27 mar 1990
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Little Miss America
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da SPV il 17 feb 2012
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Live in Boston '99
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Active Driveway LTD il 31 gen 2020
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