Customer Reviews

Shamrocks & Shenanigans: The Best of House of Pain and Everlast

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It was said by Everlast himself(on his Island Record message board) about a month before this CD came out, that he was not asked permission to make the CD, and nobody from House of Pain is making money off of it. Rhino only got Tommy Boy's permission, and made the CD. This means that Everlast, Lethal and Danny Boy all got jerked by Rhino. Screw Rhino. This CD is a joke, and the ones who decided which tracks go on this CD need to die. This CD was NOT remastered, and this CD does NOT express House of Pain/Everlast's greatest songs. DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM. But if you do so choose to, please, by a used copy. Everlast isn't making money off of this, Lethal aint seeing a dime, and Danny Boy is getting jerked, too. Don't by this album. It's not a real Best Of album, and nothing on here is remastered.

I already had most of the material but the unreleased songs of Everlast are nice and it is a must have item for thee hard core fan.

Cool group from back in the day! I wish there was still rap music like this today because it was very groovy and you good dance to it.

I am a big Everlast & House Of Pain Fan. I think this CD is great and I think it's great they finally have a greatest hits. Though,the album is missing songs such as "Top o the morning to ya","The Have nots", "Fed Up","Today (watch me shine)","I Can't Move" and "Deadly assassins". But still,the album is great. And it's a must for any Everlast/HOP fans or hip hop fans.

I wanted everlast so i picked this album and started wearin my hat flat billed &to the side.

i love this music i wanted to hear so tunes from the past so i bought the cd

Great CD. Lots of excellent House of Pain and Everlast hits. These songs have a good beat and good sound. The songs are about honest true things. I can't listen to What it's like without honestly reflecting on what the words are saying. If you're a House of Pain / Everlast fan - you will like this CD.

I've wondered for years why "House Of Pain" had no collections out, and even though this could be better, it's still "On Point". I do wish this included "Top O' The Morning To Ya", "House Of Pain Anthem", "Back From The Dead", and "Beef Jerky", from the "Jerky Boys" soundtrack. But, it does have the classic "Jump Around", "Same As It Ever Was", "Pass The Jinn", and "Just Another Victim", from the "Judgment Night" soundtrack. There's even a couple of 1990 pre-HOP tracks on here from "Everlast". Although I do like his solo stuff, and hope he keeps recording, I think this could have been an all "House Of Pain" collection. Also, chronological order would have been nice to seperate the two eras. Still though, this is 17 tracks of dope beats, and "Fine Malt Lyrics".

Poorly done ripoff. Not truely done by Everlast and not even a decent collection of songs. If you are an Everlast fan, you will hate this CD, as I do.

Many of the kids that listen to hip hop today, might not even know who House of Pain (HOP) was. Unfortunately, this effort will not motivate them to know what a revolutionary hip hop band they were. The content is fine and it's great to hear these jams resurface. But what about jams like "Legends", "Fed Up", "The Have Nots", "X-Files", "Back from the Dead", and "Runnin' up on Ya". Because all of these songs and many others are not on this album, the title is definitely not fitting. The same goes for Everlast. From the album cover to the choice of songs, this album falls short of representing what HOP and Everlast have given to the hip hop game. Sadly, someone approved to make this item public before putting together a worthy compilation.