House of Pain

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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 bands 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 Judgment 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

1	Jump Around	1,530
2	Top o' the Morning to Ya	364
3	I'm A Swing It	167
4	Put on Your Shit Kickers	116
5	Shamrocks and Shenanigans	115
5	Jump Around (LP Version)	115
7	Salutations	112
8	Put Your Head Out	102
9	On Point	92
9	House of Pain Anthem	92
11	Guess Who's Back	91
11	Back From the Dead	91
13	Jump Around (Pete Rock remix)	89
14	Who's The Man	82
15	Danny Boy, Danny Boy	81

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MarciaMarciaxD wrote:
12 days ago

yeah i love them

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LosWaranos wrote:
12 days ago

who's the man with the master plan ? best song ever !

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ghostdeini wrote:
17 days ago

Jump Around Pete Rock remix is better than original version

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martis1008 wrote:
22 days ago

then i die, burry me, hang my balls on a cherry tree xDDDDD

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klopsick wrote:
last month

While i'm here i'd like to thank... (:

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IAJP wrote:
last month

they're not really similar to any of their similar artists,

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Milkman519 wrote:
June 2008

I really don't listen to House of Pain but I have to say, how in the hell do these guys not even have 1 million plays?

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JuodasPK wrote:
June 2008

I'll make you feel like a natural woman

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tom_dissonance wrote:
June 2008

about as Irish as the Lucky Charms leprechaun, but still ace

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KamikazeDeadboy wrote:
June 2008

i got demons running thru my sleep, they like to creep when my thoughts get deep..

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skazzembar wrote:
June 2008

http://www.myspace.com/lovelesswhizzkid

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Ricardo011000 wrote:
May 2008

It's no joke Blunt I write rhymes, drink beer,fight,I smoke pot That's all I do, it's all I need I buck down a little sucker just to watch him bleed This is te House of Pain

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Socah wrote:
May 2008

This rocks... Back from the death. Simple.

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absinthecity wrote:
May 2008

I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the top, I never eat a pig 'cause a pig is a cop *lol*

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MurderCapital wrote:
May 2008

Tr1xx: Yeah 'stolen' and then credited in the fucking booklet. It's called sampling, hip-hop is founded on it... Damn moron.

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BoGaNMS wrote:
May 2008

I bought my copy of fine maly lyrics a week ago, jump around pete rock remix is a fucking hip hop gem....

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ThinkOrSink wrote:
April 2008

Top O' the morning to ya ftw :D

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Bonzo-Reborn wrote:
March 2008

Leim Anois, leim anois, leim anois, leim anois, Leim thart!Leim Thart!

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insazy wrote:
March 2008

On Point (Lethal Dose Remix)

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NinoFromHell wrote:
March 2008

You are just another victim kid!

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