Artist to Reconsider :::: Everlast

Everlast - A popular artist who emerged out of the group House of Pain. I know many can remember Jump around. That song that the DJ puts on in the club every weekend to get us riled up to have a good time. This is the father of that group. Everlast Branched out on his own in the late 90's to put together Whitey Ford Sings the Blues. The album bounced around the scene for some time and received great reviews from the underground music scene as well as the mainstream.

The year was 1999 and What its like fell onto my lap, I looked over to my roommate and asked him what is this, and he stated to put it in and vibe to it. So I Followed his instruction, placed the disc into my CD player, and what came out in my opinion was an instant classic. A classic that has gone unnoticed for too long. When I say unnoticed, it is to say that Everlast has gone down as a one hit wonder and this is not the case. When someone can put together a solid album such as Whitey ford, one hit is so far from the truth. The record companies are to blame, they made too many attempts to box him into a category and from that, resulted in the loss of a dedicated fan base. However his fan base is built on rebellion, those who know you do not need a category to exist, those who took the correct pill, and are always willing to see how far the rabbit hole goes( one for cliche). Remember this album was both a commercial and critical success (selling more than 3 million copies). However the world needed to classify his music and the artist. They did not appreciate that he is as multi talented as he is. He can deliver both Rap Lyrics and Bass Guitar strumming for your listening pleasure.

He is the best of both worlds, with out the second artist to ride along. Now who can deny that? He is the complete musical a package, heck I think he would sing you a love song if you gave him an opportunity to do it his way.

So for this posting Everlast is my Artist to Reconsider, and begin the petition to keep good music alive.

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Many would remember the misunderstanding between him and Eminem or not. Either way ti went something like this.

Wiki post:

In 2000, a feud erupted between Everlast and Eminem. Eminem felt insulted by "I'll buck a 380 on ones who act Shady" from Everlast's verse from the Dilated Peoples all star track "Ear Drums Pop (Remix)". Eminem then in turn dissed Everlast several times in public and on the song "I Remember (Dedication To Whitey Ford)", mocking Everlast's rap/rock style, released as a b-side to the D12 12" vinyl single "Shit On You". Everlast then recorded the track "Whitey's Revenge" and released it on his official website. The track contained the lyric "Better run and check your kid for your DNA," referring to Eminem's daughter, Hailie. Eminem responded with the help of his group D12 on the track "Quitter", in which he took shots at Everlast and threatened to kill him if he ever mentioned Hailie's name again. Everlast later stated in various interviews that he felt everything had been said and he would now refrain from further responses.

Now their is a new stage in Everlast's life; a new group by the name of La Coka Nostra, hardcore no filler. They feel that the industry is missing good Rap music. That is something that you know I am in agreement with, and I can endorse La Coka Nostra as I would Wutang, it is time for real music with substance to make its return, and not this "Contrived" stuff we hear every day.

La Coka Nostra Which is a combination of House of Pain and some new members. Embracing the new members they has expanded and rearranged some things but HOP is still in there with new blood.

Here is the La Coka Nostra Version of Jump Around





LA Coka Nostra Myspace page

I will have more on this group and the featured artist as they have available. I look forward in continuing to bring you great artist and their mission to bring good art no matter their outlet.