He was also a part of the hip-hop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which consists of his former House of Pain mates, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal along with underground rap veteran Ill Bill and Irish-American rapper Slaine. On July 14, 2009, they released their debut album, 'A Brand You Can Trust', through Uncle Howie Records and Suburban Noize Records.
Everlast was born in Valley Stream, New York of Irish descent. His grandfather was of German descent. Emerging as a member of the Rhyme Syndicate, Everlast's first solo album Forever Everlasting (1990), largely made possible by MC Ice T, was a disappointment both critically and commercially. Following the album's failure, Everlast teamed up with DJ Lethal and high school friend Danny Boy to form House of Pain. The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their eponymous debut album, House of Pain (1992), went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single Jump Around. This song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without. The album also featured Cypress Hill member, B-Real, on the song Put Your Head Out.
Fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish American hooligans (Lethal is actually of Latvian heritage), they toured with various rap and alternative-rock bands after their breakthrough. They participated together with Helmet, along with several other rap acts, on the influential 1993 rock-rap collaborative Judgment Night movie soundtrack. The group eventually disbanded in 1996, with Everlast pursuing a solo career.
Everlast's second solo album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998)-- which was released a full eight years after his solo debut and after he had a major heart attack – was both a commercial and critical success (selling more than 3 million copies). Whitey Ford Sings the Blues was hailed for its blend of rap with acoustic and electric guitars, developed by Everlast together with producers Dante Ross and John Gamble. The album's lead single What It's Like proved to be his most popular and successful song, although the follow up single, Ends, also reached the rock top 10.
Everlast followed-up this success by collaborating with Santana on the track Put Your Lights On on Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. It charted at #118 on the pop chart, but did considerably better with rock radio airplay, peaking at #8 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Put Your Lights On" won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
Despite the success of Whitey Ford Sings the Blues and his success with Santana, Everlast's follow-up album, Eat at Whitey's (2000), stumbled commercially at first in the United States. However, it was eventually certified gold. The album was also embraced critically, especially by Rolling Stone Magazine, which reviewed the album between "good" and "great" and focused on it as that month's most important release.
Shortly after both artists contributed tracks to the End of Days soundtrack, a feud erupted between Everlast and Eminem. Eminem and Everlast crossed paths before a concert in early 1999. Eminem says he didn't greet Everlast because he didn't recognize him right away, and said Everlast didn't acknowledge him. Everlast's version is that he tried to congratulate Eminem on his success, and Eminem blew him off. Either way, Everlast's verse from the Dilated Peoples all star track Ear Drums Pop (Remix) contained a thinly veiled reference to Eminem "I buck a .380 on ones that act shady", and went on to warn "You might catch a beatdown now where I come from" in his recounting of the incident.
Eminem, in turn, ripped Everlast several times in public and with the song I Remember (Dedication To Whitey Ford) released as the b-side to his group D12's 12" vinyl single Shit On You. In it, Eminem talks about how he remembered Everlast's music, however, "Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit came along now / Don't nobody wanna hear your old ass sing no more."
Everlast responded with the track Whitey's Revenge, released only on his official website. Whereas the song contained references to Eminem's strained relationships with his wife and mother, it was "Better run and check your kid for your DNA", again referring to Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, that set Eminem off.
Eminem & D12 responded with Quitter, the first half uses the backing of Eminem's own song Marshall Mathers, the second half of which is a take off on 2Pac's Hit Em Up (a diss song aimed at The Notorious B.I.G.). In it, he warns Everlast, "If you talk about my little girl in a song again, I’ma kill you." The track ends with the spoken words, "Fuck him, that’s it, I’m done, I promise, I’m done, that’s it," and again warning, "Mention my daughter’s name in a song again you fucking punk."
Everlast echoed similar sentiment on the status of this feud, stating in various interviews that he felt everything had been said and he would now refrain from further responses.
After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records' catalog of master tapes to Warner Bros. Records and its metamorphosis to a dance music label in 2002, Everlast was without a label, but in 2003 he signed with Island Def Jam. His fourth solo album, White Trash Beautiful (2004), was subsequently released after almost a four-year hiatus. The album, which had an almost country-rap feel, received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. Eventually, Everlast was released from his contract.
In early 2006, Everlast teamed up with his former House of Pain mates DJ Lethal and Danny Boy to join the hip-hop group La Coka Nostra.The group first came to be due to the former House of Pain Hype man Danny Boy starting the group as a collective with rappers Slaine and Big Left (who has since left the group). Soon after the group started, Ill Bill of a now disbanded Non Phixion and Everlast joined the group. Their first known song was Fuck Tony Montana, which features Cypress Hill's MC B Real and Sick Jacken. Due to the popularity of the song online, the group released several more online for free. The group's debut album, A Brand You Can Trust, was released on July 14. The album features guests like Snoop Dogg, B Real, Bun B, Immortal Technique, Sick Jacken and Q-Unique. La Coka Nostra recently joined the likes of Nas and Ill Bill's brother, Necro on Rock The Bells.
In 2007, Everlast was chosen to do the theme song for the TV show Saving Grace. The song,Saving Grace, plays during the show's main title sequence, and was originally released to digital outlets only, however, it was also included on Everlast's fifth solo album, Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford. The album was released on September 23, 2008, on Everlast's own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (It was revealed through diditleak.co.uk that the album leaked out early on Friday, August 29). A second single and video, Letters Home From The Garden Of Stone, was released for free download from martyr-inc.com in December 2007. The third single, a cover of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues, was released to download on August 19. The Video for Stone in My Hand debuted on the martyr-inc website on October 28, 2008, making it the fourth video for the album.
Discography
Forever Everlasting
* Released: March 27, 1990
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Singles: "Never Missin' a Beat", "The Rhythm", "I Got the Knack"
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
* Released: September 8, 1998 (2× Multi-Platinum)
* Label: Tommy Boy Records
* Singles: "What It's Like", "Ends", "Painkillers"
Today (EP)
* Released: 1999
* Label: Tommy Boy Records
* Singles: -
Eat at Whitey's
* Released: October 17, 2000 (Gold)
* Label: Tommy Boy Records
* Singles: "Black Jesus", "Deadly Assassins", "I Can't Move"
White Trash Beautiful
* Released: May 25, 2004
* Label: Island Def Jam
* Singles: "White Trash Beautiful", "Sleepin' Alone", "Blinded By The Sun", "Sad Girl", "Lonely Road"
Love, War and The Ghost of Whitey Ford
* Release Date: September 23, 2008
* Label: Martyr Inc.
* U.S. sales: 6,500+ in its first week.
* Singles: "Letters Home from the Garden of Stone", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Stone In My Hand"
Selected Guest Appearances
* Ice-T - What Ya Wanna Do? (]The Iceberg, 1989)
* Bronx Style Bob - Ode II Junior (Grandma's Ghost, 1992)
* The Whooliganz - Hit the Deck (Put Your Handz Up (Single), 1993)
* Madonna/artist] - Waiting (Remix) (Rain (Maxi-Single), 1993)
* Nice & Smooth - Save the Children (Jewel of the Nile, 1993)
* Lordz of Brooklyn - Gravesend (Lake Of Fire) (Gravesend (Soundtrack), 1997)
* Carlos Santana - Put Your Lights On (Supernatural, 1999)
* Swollen Members - Bottle Rocket (Balance, 1999)
* SX-10 - Rhyme in the Chamber (Mad Dog American, 2000)
* Dilated Peoples - Ear Drums Pop (Remix) (The Platform, 2000)
* DJ Muggs - Razor to Your Throat (Soul Assassins II, 2000)
* Run DMC - Take the Money and Run (Crown Royal, 2001)
* Kurupt - Kuruption! (Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, 2001)
* Limp Bizkit - Faith/Fame Remix (New Old Songs, 2001)
* Hesher - Whose Generation (Hesher, 2001)
* X-Ecutioners - B-Boy Punk Rock 2001 (Built From Scratch, 2002)
* DJ Muggs - Gone for Good (Dust, 2003)
* Danny Diablo - Rise Above (Street CD Vol 2, 2005)
* The Lordz - "The Brooklyn Way" (The Brooklyn Way, 2006)
* Swollen Members - Put Me On (Black Magic, 2006)
* Snoop Dogg - My Medicine (Ego Trippin', 2008)
* Ill Bill - Only Time Will Tell "Pain Gang"(The Hour of Reprisal, 2008)
* Swollen Members - Dumb (Armed to the Teeth, 2009)
Soundtracks
* Judgment Night (1993) -- "Just Another Victim" Helmet & House of Pain
* Gravesend (1997) -- "Gravesend (Lake of Fire)" w/ Lordz of Brooklyn; "Some Nights (Are Better Than Others)"
* End of Days (1999) -- "So Long"
* Big Daddy (1999) -- "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
* Black & White (2000) -- "Life's A Bitch"
* King of the Jungle (2000) --"Love for Real (Remix)" feat. N'Dea Davenport
* Ali (2001) -- "The Greatest"
* Saving Grace (TV series) (2007) -- Saving Grace
Birth Name: Erik Schrody
Also Known As: Whitey Ford, Mr. White, Whitey Farad
Born: August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18) (age 40)
Origins: Valley Stream, New York
Genres: Blues, Hip hop, Rock, Alternative, Country-rap
Instruments: Vocals, Emceeing, Guitar
Years Active: 1988–Present
Labels: Martyr Inc. Records. Warner Bros. Records, Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records, Island/ IDJMG/ Universal Records, PIAS Recordings
Associated Acts: House of Pain, La Coka Nostra, Soul Assassins, Cypress Hill, Rhyme Syndicate, B-Real, Carlos Santana
One Two
Everlast Lyrics
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The party just started, ha-ha, ha-ha
Everlast, Kurupt, Fredwreck, Kurupt
Goes somethin' like this
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
Sticker man tryin' to feed his baby
Drug dealer tryin' to raise his son
Every pimp gotta dress his lady
Come on now you ain't the only one
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
Now this is the combination of intervention
That just might open up a new dimension
I can tell, the well, just might run dry
Loss some tension of thoughts, modify and simplify
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
I said life, blast, present to the past
Hard rapper the war path
War path Kurupt young Gotti
Incredibly clever, mack auther with Everlast it's true
Do what you want to do, one, two
Mary Jane want to run smoke reefer
Little Ricky's out sniffin' rock
Cynthia, she's at the disco coked out
Doesn't matter what drugs you on
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
It go one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
Game, growth, life by oath
The gifted, different toast
Talent, the mellow dramatic
Violent life in silence but this here's mine
Crystal clear ?
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
The song "One Two" by Everlast feat. Kurupt is a call to empathy for people who are struggling in life. The song's opening lyrics set the tone for its message. The chorus repeats the phrase "one, two" while defining the message of empathy. The singer tells listeners that the Lord knows what they have been through, and they must continue doing what they have to do. The song acknowledges that everyone is facing their battles, and we must not judge but show understanding and respect for one another's challenges.
The following lyrics go on to present real-life situations where individuals are dealing with hardship. The "Sticker man tryin' to feed his baby," "Drug dealer tryin' to raise his son," and "Every pimp gotta dress his lady" lines highlight that people who are often judged harshly by society are real human beings who are struggling with daily life's complexities. The song's chorus reasserts the idea that life sometimes can be harsh, and everyone must navigate it the best way possible.
One interesting fact about "One Two" is that the song features a cast of talented musicians. FredWreck produced the song, while the legendary Kurupt and Everlast provided the vocals. The song fuses elements of West Coast hip-hop and the blues.
Another fact about the song is that it appeared on Everlast's 2000 album, "Eat at Whitey's." The album is home to hits such as "What It's Like" and "White Trash Beautiful."
"One Two" has appeared in several movies, including the 2009 film, "Fighting." The song also gained popularity in the gaming community through its use in the soundtrack of the video game, "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2."
The song's chorus, which repeats the phrase "one, two," has become a popular chant in sports and fitness contexts.
The song was the first and only single released from Everlast's "Eat at Whitey's" album.
"One Two" has had many remixes over the years, including remixes by FredWreck and DJ Muggs.
The lyricist Everlast has had a successful career and has released fourteen solo albums.
Kurupt is a West Coast hip-hop legend who was a member of the famed Death Row Records label in the 1990s.
FredWreck is renowned for his production work in hip-hop and has worked with other luminaries such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Unfortunately, I don't have the chords for the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah, yeah, two-thousand, zero, zero
The year is 2000, and the song is starting.
The party just started, ha-ha, ha-ha
The party has started, and the singers are excited.
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The singer is counting to a beat of one-two-one-two.
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
God is aware of the trials and tribulations one may face in life.
Sometimes you're just doing what you've got to do
In life, people have to do what they can to make it through tough times.
Sticker man tryin' to feed his baby
A person is trying to provide for their child by selling stickers.
Drug dealer tryin' to raise his son
A drug dealer is trying to support their child.
Every pimp gotta dress his lady
A pimp has to provide for their significant other.
Come on now you ain't the only one
There are others in similar situations.
Now this is the combination of intervention
The combination of musicians and their respective styles.
That just might open up a new dimension
A new dimension of musical expression may be introduced.
I can tell, the well, just might run dry
The singers may run out of creative ideas eventually.
Loss some tension of thoughts, modify and simplify
They may need to relax and simplify their ideas to keep going.
Life, blast, present to the past
The singer is discussing life and reflecting on the past.
Hard rapper the war path
A rapper is on a path to success and competition.
Kurupt young Gotti
A reference to Kurupt's nickname and self-confidence.
Incredibly clever, mack auther with Everlast it's true
Kurupt and Everlast are clever and skilled musicians.
Do what you want to do, one, two
The singers want the listener to do what makes them happy and enjoy the beat.
Mary Jane want to run smoke reefer
A person wants to smoke marijuana.
Little Ricky's out sniffin' rock
A person is using cocaine.
Cynthia, she's at the disco coked out
A person is using cocaine at a club.
Doesn't matter what drugs you on
Regardless of the drug, the struggles are the same.
Game, growth, life by oath
The singer is discussing the journey of life and personal growth.
The gifted, different toast
Singers with various talents and styles are celebrated.
Talent, the mellow dramatic
Talent can be expressed in subtle and dramatic ways.
Violent life in silence but this here's mine
The singer has lived a violent life but this song is their own creation, regardless of their past.
Crystal clear ?
The meaning of this phrase is unclear.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ERIK SCHRODY, RICARDO BROWN, FREDRICK NASSAR
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@jamsster
thank u blessed am I
@jamsster
st.joseph can no longer hide from it haleluja 🙏
@jordanolafson80
Shout out to Everlast of House Of Pain and Kurupt of Dogg Pound Gangsters 🔥
@antunstampalija2642
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
The good Lord knows just what you've been through
I say one, two, one-two-one-two
Sometime's you're just doing what you've got to do
@SW-qq5fl
Yep
@jamsster
always hart for the blood (leviticus) no flesh can rewrite that amen
@Annastasia666
Corrections? Oh honey, this is perfection at its best! No need to correct a thang! ;-)
@MichaelTreacy-fi7gv
1212 baby
@mattmckeown2324
its "Stick Up man" not sticker, also gonna say he's referencing General MacArthur not Mack Auther? Especially since he mentions war path. Not sure I don't hear that well but both make sense to me so its my best guess
@irishmayo4sam
kurupt is the correct spelling !