Listening to "What
it's Like" by
Everlast speaks mounds to my feelings of how we choose
to view one another in life. We must remain compassionate towards
those we view as "different."
God forbid...
FIGHT ON and NEVER F#CKING SURRENDER,
Da Pirate
The
Brooklyn
Way
feat.
Everlast
music
video
from the
album
The
Brooklyn
Way by
The
Lordz.
Title
song to
the docu-series
The
Brooklyn
Way
premiering
on FUSE
"...God forbid you ever had to walk a mile
in His shoes, cause then you really might know
what it's like..."
Once best known for his
tenure in the rap unit
House of Pain,
Everlast successfully
reinvented himself in 1998
with the best-selling Whitey
Ford Sings the Blues, a
largely acoustic, hip-hop-flavored
effort in the genre-crossing
mold of
Beck. 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 which 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 follow-ups including
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, but
while recording Whitey Ford
Sings the Blues 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: hitting
the Top Ten, going platinum,
and launching the Top 40
single "What It's Like."
After appearing on
Santana's vaunted comeback
album Supernatural,
Everlast began work
on a follow-up 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 succesful as Whitey
Ford. Everlast then returned
in 2004 with the moody,
more song-driven White Trash
Beautiful. ~ Jason Ankeny,
All Music Guide
SUP BRO,
I just wanted to say that your site is bad ass...and
that you truly are a fighter. There's nothing
in this world that can stop you man.
Fighters live with honor and respect. You
have mine.
~ 84 FOX
I
just want
to let you
know i think
what you're
doing is
amazing.
My father
has HIV
from the
mid 80's
but my Uncle
(his brother)
died in
'90. Unfortunately
they shared
a needle.
And my aunt,
my uncles
wife, is
surviving
it too.
I think
you have
an amazing
attitude
and that
helps a
lot.
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to support HIVictorious'
education and outreach
Life
should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn
out and screaming
WOO HOO what a ride!!!"
