Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings the Blues

When you think about it, House of Pain really were ahead of their time. Tracks like "Jump Around" may have been light on the content side, but they delivered in the production department--they played with sounds in the same way that Missy Elliott and Timbaland have popularized, and they crossed over to a rock audience long before Puffy ever tried it. On Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, Everlast's second solo album, the opening is an appropriation of "The Fat Boys are Back"; a couple of songs favor a sensitive folk-rock touch, with Everlast on guitar; and others reach back for House of Pain's best rock-influenced sounds. Though plenty of others have rhymed over rock and folk tracks, Everlast has a good feel for it and his songs are solid. If this isn't a career album, it's damn close. --Randy Silver Amazon.com

love this cd!!

i think everlast is great, i like most of their music. he has a great voice and sings about real life. i am an almost 40 yr old mom who listens to a wide variety of music. June 11, 2007

Whitey Ford sometimes sings the blues...

This album is worth having, if only for the 3-4 good songs out of the chuff that constitutes the rest of the album.

If i wanted hard core ganster bangin rap I would buy it... from the genre Dodgy rap - however, I wanted something a little more chilled.

When he sings the blues he does it well - and when he runs out of blues material he fills the space with a half baked white boy snoop pup style. March 14, 2006

Everlast expands himself, but stays true.

What a great album. Everlast, after dissapearing for a little bit after he left House of Pain, comes solo. I was skeptical about getting this album when I saw an interview Everlast did, since he stated he was trying to get away from being a hip hop artist and show that he could do the guitar and go into rock and blues. But I saw the guest list on the back, Sadat X of Brand Nubians not on one but two tracks and Casual of the Hieroglyphics crew, aww man I was struck since I was living in the area at the time and loved the group. Prince Paul had a sketch. So I got the album. Wow, this was just tight. My favorite tracks are Money (Dollar Bill) with Sadat X on the Hook. What It's Like, Get Down, which has a tight beat and an accoustic guitar to compliment it, Tired, which Everlast just tears the tracks apart with his lyrics and the beat was just bangin, Painkillers, Funky Beat with Casual and Sadat, and Next Man, the bonus cut, which was just plain sick. Those are my favorites, but pretty much everytrack is good for repeats. This is a must have. One of the classic cd's, in my opinion. August 15, 2005

i like this album.....truth for a change

this album is about how real life is and i like that because some
people have become blind to things in life and take them for granted
and thats what this whole ablum is about and i suggest you buy this album
"then you might really know what it's like"
May 7, 2005

Ryan A. Rigg's review below is completely wrong

Have had this album for quite some time and every time I put it back in to listen to I never get tired of this lyrical genius. Ever track on this CD is amazing. "What it's like" went too comercial and if u don't like this cd because there isn't enough of that then u don't have a taste for true hip-hop because this album is amazing. From a soft beat with mellow lyrics to hardcore rap this has it all. And forget the black/white rap thing this man is alot better that alot of black rappers. Get this cd u honestly won't be disappointed May 5, 2005

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