SUMMER 1994
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house of Pain BEER
When House of Pain's first album came out in
1992, they definitely promoted their Irish back-
grounds. Besides getting the group a lot of
attention and elevating them above generic
whiteness, it established that they weren't trying
to come off like they were black (an obvious
problem for a lot of white rappers). But the fact
is, aside from the hype, House of Pain are not all
of house arrest for gun possession), than it is Is street credibility important to you?
offensive. And hey, at least on this new album,
they're considerate enough to give a "big up" to
all the girlies who fed 'em when they were on
their way up. Judging from some of the other
shit that's come out lately, that one short line?
Yes, but you can't buy that, you either have it
or you don't. You make an album for you, not for
a black crowd or a white crowd.
almost makes them groundbreaking. Danny Boy
explains what sets them apart. -Jennifer Lehrer
your album that
hes on yo
most rappers don't know
Allin for instance. What's up with that?
about hip hop on the Irish tip. Everlast explains, You drop a lot of nam shit about like GG
"We're just two guys who happen to have Irish
blood, happen to have a taste for some beer
once in a while, and like to kick funky rhymes."
Their second album, Same As It Ever Was, con-
firms that House of Pain is no novelty act, they Orange, Ill Repute, Black Flag. We
actually make good hip
hop. Of course, the
album has your
token amount
of exaggerated
machismo.
which can be a
pain in the ass
sometimes,
but it is more of
a problem for
them (Everlast
just rece
finished a
short term
I listened to everything growing up, a lot
of skate rock, a lot of punk: Agent
started as a live band and dab
bled in everything. Back then,
you'd listen to a certain type of
music and that's all. Nowadays,
kids are into a bit of everything.
Back then nobody could under-
stand it. Kids that I'd go to punk
gigs with hated rap and now
they're the ones into the most
extreme types of rap. I think that
it's good, I'm not bashing it.
That's the cool thing about
skateboarders, they've
always been the most
open and the most
extreme.
Do
you think
u think that when rappers talk about
violence on the s
he streets they're from that it
scares people away from that kind of life, or
that it makes it more acceptable?
t
I don't know. I'm twenty-six years old and I've
already made my choices in life, so it's hard for
me to say, but kids are kids. They've been fight-
ing and shit like that from day one. There's no
right or wrong to it
it because it works both
ways. Some kids are definitely going to
identify with it. I don't like to turn on the
TV and see Cops and all those brutal
shows 'cause it makes me think, what
kind of fucked up world do we really
live in? But by the same token, that's
where rap comes from. It lets kids know
they're not the y ones struggling and
that they're not the only ones who have
to put up with living in the ghetto and feel-
ng bad about it. It works both
ing i
ways. People believe
what they need to
believe.
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