Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Saying that Everlast showed a great deal of artistic growth between his fir… Read Full Bio ↴Saying that Everlast showed a great deal of artistic growth between his first and second solo albums would be a understatement. While 1989/1990's Forever Everlasting was a decent, if uneven, debut, Everlast's second solo album, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues is an amazingly eclectic gem that finds him really pushing himself creatively. Between those two albums, Everlast joined and left House of Pain, which evolved into one of the most distinctive rap groups of the 1990s. While Pain's albums thrived on wildness for its own sake, Whitey Ford has a much more introspective and serious tone. Everlast, who was born with a heart defect, was in the process of recording the album when he needed life-saving open-heart surgery; in fact, he was lucky that he was around to see Whitey Ford completed and released. Though not without its share of hardcore b-boy rap, Whitey Ford also finds Everlast playing acoustic guitar, doing some singing, and exploring folk-rock, Memphis soul, and heavy metal. As a singer, Everlast has a relaxed style that sounds a bit like Gil Scott-Heron. "Today (Watch Me Shine)," "Ends," and "What It's Like" venture into Neil Young/Bob Dylan territory, while "Hot to Death" is blistering metal with industrial touches. And the plot thickens -- on "The Letter," he raps over a jazz-influenced piano. Given how rap's hardcore tends to frown on rappers crossing over to rock, it took guts for Everlast to be so diverse. But it's a good thing that he did, for his risk-taking pays off handsomely on this outstanding release. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi
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Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Everlast Lyrics


7 Years It's been seven years down the road I got no more…
Death Comes Callin' A yes yes y'all It's too fresh y'all A little b-boy blue Yo…
Ends "Everything must change" Ends, some people will rob their m…
Funky Beat Check, uh huh Check check y'all Yo Whitey Ford's…
Get Down I see everybody rockin' the same old style And everyone's sp…
Guru Hey, yo yo Everlast. What up? This is big Guru from…
Hot to Death We're gonna be breakin' it down (Yeah!) You gotta know the…
Next Man I rock a jam for love I quit my band for…
Painkillers On behalf of Pan Am Airlines, we'd like to be…
Praise the Lord (It's Whitey. . . and the Likwit) repeats several times Wat…
Prince Paul Hey yo, what up Everlast? This is Prince Paul, man. Yo,…
Sen Dog Yo Everlast, what's up? It's Sen Dog. How you doin'…
The Letter Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose All the broken hearts …
The White Boy Is Back Whitey, Whitey, Whitey, Whitey... Ford, Ford... Whitey, Whit…
Tired We can go, soul for soul, over mic control Kid you…
What It's Like We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin'…


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