House of Pain - Classic or Dud?

If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
But this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
Yes this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything

There are people in this town
That try to put me down
They say I don't give a damn
But the people in this town
That try to put me down
Are the people in the town
That could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more
Don't take it no more
Don't take it no more

There are people in the town
That try to put me down
They say I don't give a damn, damn
But the people in the town that try to put me down
Are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more

If you see Robert Johnson, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe
Now tell him I hear
If you see Malcom tell him I'm next, vexed
If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
If you see my brothers tell them it's clear
I've been living on the wrong side
Now I hear
Don't take it no more
I don't take it no more
Mr. Joshua Nkomo
Don't take it no more
Jomo Kenyatta, oh no
Don't take it no more
Haile Selassi, Rastafarian
Don't take it no more
Professor Longhair
Don't take it no more

House of pain were American 'Irish' though, i.e. not Irish.

Anyway, outside of the eternal "Jump Around', their best song was "Put On Your Shitkickers and Kick Some Shit" or whatever it was called. Catholic working class kid punk rock; Dropkick Murphys (who ARE from Boston) would be proud. (Most Irish song title, I believe: "Shamrocks and Sheleleighs," which I am probably totally spelling wrong.)

Also: Way better than 3rd Bass.

Do The Right Thing!

That you made it to the second one is impressive. I don't believe I could make it through half of the debut (tho' "Jump Around" remains a forever classic).

Er, apart from the whole DJ Lethal/ Limp Bizkit thing, though! I'm sure the Latvian hip-hop scene is shamed to this day.

Everlast's What It's Like is great, though.

-- xhuxk (xedd...), March 18th, 2006

No. HofP inspired the mook hop genre of Limp B and the like. 3rd Base had two fun LPs with Prince Paul production, not to mention cameos from Zev Love X (the young MF Doom.) MC Serch basically discovered Nas and his company was namechecked by Jay-Z on "The Takeover"--"I know who I paid, god, Serchlight Publishing." Unfortunately, neither Serch nor Pete Nice have appeared on a Santana record.

i should also point out that, outiside of the word "fun" (and assuming some Prince Paul productions and MF Doom cameos are better than others, which they are), none of this has anything to do with how good either group's music is.

Steppin' to the AM, Brooklyn Queens, Words of Wisdom, Product of the Environment are all at least as good as Jump Around. Steppin' is better.

Is that what you're doing? I am so very pleased. :-D

- Member's projects since have been not-so-embarrassing.
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 18 March 2006 18:50 (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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House of Pain Youtube comments boxes seem to be fertile breeding grounds for Americans who like to pretend they're Irish dropping racial challops:

IRISHMOBSTER83BABY (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
DOnt be hating the Irish nig's, we felt the pain when the irish famine took place we were like slaves, the irish set over 5 million square feet of brick in boston alone
this music the shit and you best be bumpin this shit if you irish>> HOUSE OF PAIN FOR LIFE!!!!

grubitsch (2 days ago) 0 Reply | Spam
seriously they used to call us the green n***ers, we's brothas cept we hail from Erins green shores and you from the motherland both oppressed by british bastards

den22thecoast2 (3 weeks ago) +4 Reply | Spam
Mike, us Irish have never been slaves, maybe you have. We won our independance. Irish is our language and English our day to day languge. And English ppl are as nice as Irish. So in essance you are a bafoon.

grubitsch (2 days ago) 0 Reply | Spam
seriously they used to call us the green n***ers, we's brothas cept we hail from Erins green shores and you from the motherland both oppressed by british bastards

^^^no they didn't. The correct term is "potato n*gger"

Shamrocks & Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom)- the butch vig mix with big metal riff is great!

― grapple (grapple), Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:57 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I DJ the shit out of this.

Also, re: the 3rd Bass/HoP fite upthread
3rd Bass = better album group
House Of Pain = better singles group

you are amazing

Not just Americans pretending they're Irish, Amercians pretending they're Irish and pretending they're black AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Their second album is surprisingly good, but I credit that to Muggs.

Funkdoobiest's album is surprisingly good, but I credit that to Muggs.

Yeah motherfucker right back up on your ass
I hid in the bushes and I crept up through the grass
What you running for bitch? You fake Irish faggot
You got a big booty Everlast let me tag it
Cause you look like a Roman but you try to clown
I kicked you in your ass that's why you jump around
So don't try to fuck with a Compton nigga
And I'mma tell you who's Daddy fuck with a trigga
Now Daddy is the nigga getting head from your Mommy
Daddy is the nigga with the gun like a tommy
Daddy is the nigga that you wanna be like
And Daddy is the nigga with your shit on his nikes
So don't be scared just be prepared
For when you dis a nigga that you won't be spared
Little white boy how the fuck you figure
No you can't fuck with a nigga

Internet needs more photos of Everlast in his "white Heavy D" Rhyme Syndicate days.

can't front, everlast was the shining star on rhyme syndicate

hooking up with muggs was the best thing for him.

still underrated

"I've got more rhymes than a bible's got psalms"

There are only 150 psalms. Hence, he released only three albums with House of Pain before leaving the group, bereft of further rhymes.