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Track Listing
1. Blinded by the Sun
2. Broken
3. White Trash Beautiful
4. Sleepin' Alone
5. Warning, The
6. Angel
7. This Kind of Lonely
8. Soul Music
9. Godwanna
10. Lonely Road
11. Sad Girl
12. Ticking Away
13. Pain
14. 2 Pieces of Drama
15. Maybe
Album Notes
Personnel include: Everlast (vocals); Josh Lopez, Rob Hill (guitar); Alma Cielo (violin); Dante Ross, Zac Rae, Alma Cielo, John Vercessi (organ, keyboards); Chris Thomas, Justin Premino, Dorian Heartsong (bass guitar); Tobias Raulf (drums); Al Pahanish (percussion); Angelo Moore (Theremin); Jenny Fujita, B Real, Carlos Rigas (background vocals).
Recording information: MGS Soundlab, Los Angeles, California; Stimulated Dummies Studio 57, New York.
For WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL, Everlast's third album since his reinvention as an acoustic-guitar-slinging storyteller, the former House of Pain member also known as Erik Schrody further embraces his rootsy, down-home leanings. The opening track, "Blinded By the Sun," expertly sets the tone for the album (and proves to be one of its strongest tracks), with a strummed guitar line enhanced by samples from classic rap tunes by Run-DMC and Eric B. & Rakim. Here, as on other cuts, Everlast uses his gravelly voice to evoke the humble dreams and everyday lives of the working class, earning him status as sort of a de facto Bruce Springsteen for the hip-hop set. Although the mood of WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL is largely melancholy, Everlast's knack for pop melodies and vintage soul hooks makes the album a strangely uplifting affair.
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