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House of Pain


House of Pain was an Irish-styled American hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 90's before lead rapper Everlast decided to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single Jump Around. The band's history starts with a failed short solo career, 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 self-titled debut album (1992) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single Jump Around. 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 Judgement Night movie soundtrack. Sophomore album and decline in popularity Their follow-up effort, 1994's Same As It Ever Was, went gold despite minimal airplay and no major hits. The first single, On Point, is noted for taking a swipe at another American rapper with a strong Irish heritage, Mark Wahlberg (Calvin Klein's no friend of mine/So I don't like Marky). Like Cypress Hill, who, with House of Pain, were a part of the loosely-affiliated Soul Assassins posse, they found urban radio airplay an increasingly closed path, which affected album sales. Third album House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after the release of their t...

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