Tommy Boy Records - Jock Series, Tommy Boy Records Artists, House of Pain, Naughjock Series, Tommy Boy Records Artists, House of Pain, Naughty by Nature, Masters at Work, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Treaty by Nature, Masters at Work, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Treach (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jock Series, Tommy Boy Records Artists, House of Pain, Naughty by Nature, Masters at Work, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Treach, Jock Jam Megamix, Apache, Jock Jams, Volume 1, K7, Jock Jams, Volume 4, Jock Rock 2000, Jock Rock, Volume 2, Jock Rock, Volume 1, Jock Jams, Volume 3, Jock Jams, Volume 2, Jock Jams, Volume 5. Excerpt: House of Pain is an Irish-American hip-hop group who released three albums in the 1990s before lead rapper Everlast left to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single "Jump Around", which reached #3 in the United States, #6 in Ireland and #8 in the United Kingdom. After a brief unsuccessful 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". This song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without. The album also featured Cypress Hill member, B-Real, on the song "Put Your Head Out". 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. Their follow-up album, 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, "Marky Mark" (Mark Wahlberg) ("Calvin Klein's no friend of mine/So I don't like Marky"). Like Cypress Hi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13453