Artist: Everlast

Everlast started his rap/hip-hop career as a member of rapper Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate, releasing his debut album Forever Everlasting in 1990. It didn’t enjoy much success on the charts, with a couple of singles doing merely OK. Unsatisfied, he would form House Of Pain with old high school friend Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, and their self-titled debut album House of Pain, coproduced by Muggs of Cypress Hill fame, was released in 1992 and went multiplatinum. After a couple more House Of Pain albums, he once again ventured out on his own to release Whitey Ford Sings The Blues in 1998, which received much critical acclaim. This album had some songs that stuck to his rap/hip-hop roots, but also saw him singing on some acoustic numbers and trying his hand at rock, soul, and metal.