Eat at Whitey's

Eat at Whitey's
Studio album by
Everlast
ReleasedOctober 17, 2000
Recorded2000
StudioSD Studios (New York City)
Genre
Length46:07
LabelTommy Boy/Warner Bros.
Producer
Everlast chronology
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
(1998) 		Eat at Whitey's
(2000) 		White Trash Beautiful
(2004)
Singles from Eat at Whitey's
  1. "Black Jesus"
    Released: 2000
  2. "I Can't Move"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Deadly Assassins"
    Released: 2001

Eat at Whitey's is the third solo studio album by American recording artist Everlast. It was released on October 17, 2000, via Tommy Boy Records. The album's audio production was primarily handled by Dante Ross and John Gamble. According to AllMusic, the album continues from the folk rock style of Everlast's previous album, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.[1] It featured guest appearances from various musicians, such as Carlos Santana, B-Real, Rahzel, N'Dea Davenport, Cee-Lo Green, Warren Haynes, and Kurupt.

The album was both a commercial and critical success and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release. It peaked at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with sales of 50,000 copies. The lead single of the record, "Black Jesus", peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Alternative Songs and number 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Wall of Sound(favorable)[7]

Eat at Whitey's received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews.[2]

Building on Whitey Ford's organic folk-pop rap, Eat at Whitey's develops the songwriter's street-style troubadour fixation even further. This time, there's more singing than rapping, and his gruff vocals actually sound stylish, especially on the provocative "Black Jesus" and the memorable "Black Coffee".

— Bob Gulla, Wall of Sound[7]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated: "Whenever Everlast lays back and spins stories and tall tales on his own, his blend of folk, rock, blues, rap, and pop culture clicks". In New York's Vulture.com, it said: "The rapper's nicotine-scarred voice does sound bluesy, and his raps are serious without being arch like Beck's. The album's sound -- a marriage of classical string arrangements and sparse drum beats -- makes the guitar stomp of his rap-rock peers seem more one-dimensional than ever. But Everlast's blues are one-shaded -- nothing on Eat at Whitey's approaches the grim fatalism of the Geto Boys' 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me', Eminem's 'Rock Bottom', or even Snoop Doggy Dogg's 'Murder Was the Case'."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Whitey"
1:35
2."Black Jesus"
  • E. Schrody
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
4:40
3."I Can't Move"
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
3:25
4."Black Coffee"
  • E. Schrody
  • K. Ciancia
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
2:56
5."Babylon Feeling" (featuring Carlos Santana)
  • E. Schrody
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
5:11
6."Deadly Assassins" (featuring B-Real)
Alchemist2:43
7."Children's Story" (featuring Rahzel)R. Walters
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
3:20
8."Love for Real" (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
  • E. Schrody
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
4:21
9."One and the Same"
  • E. Schrody
  • K. Ciancia
  • M. Oliver
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
5:02
10."We're All Gonna Die" (featuring Cee-Lo Green)
  • E. Schrody
  • K. Ciancia
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
2:20
11."Mercy on My Soul" (featuring Warren Haynes)
  • E. Schrody
  • K. Ciancia
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
3:24
12."One, Two" (featuring Kurupt)
Fredwreck3:27
13."Graves to Dig"
  • E. Schrody
  • Dante Ross
  • Everlast
  • John Gamble
3:23
Total length:46:07

Notes

  • "Children's Story" is a cover song of "Children's Story" by Slick Rick

Personnel

Vocalists

Instrumentalists

  • Erik Francis Schrody - guitar
  • Keith Ciancia - keyboards (also live), bass (track 2)
  • Carlos Santana - guitar (track 5)
  • Jack Daley - bass (tracks 5, 9, 11)
  • Victor Rice - bass (track 4)
  • Miles Tackett - cello (track 1)
  • Ben Boccardo - bass (track 8)
  • Chris Thomas - bass (track 10, also live)
  • Farid II Schater - bass (track 12)
  • Abdel Wahab - sitar (track 12)
  • John Bigham - guitar (live)
  • Larry Ciancia - drums (live)
  • Patrick Freitas - deejay (live)

Technicals

  • Erik Francis Schrody - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming (tracks 11, 13), executive producer
  • Dante Ross - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming, mixing, executive producer
  • John Gamble - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming, mixing, recording
  • Daniel Alan Maman - producer (track 6)
  • Farid Nassar - producer (track 12)
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering
  • Jamie Staub - mixing
  • David Campbell - strings arrangement
  • Jay Nicholas - assistant engineer
  • Jason Tuminello - assistant engineer
  • John O'Mahony - assistant engineer
  • Noah Evans - assistant engineer

Additional

  • Andy VanDette - editor
  • Christian Lantry - photography
  • Carl Stubner - management
  • Corey Wagner - management

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[8] 67
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 25
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 52
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 89
US Billboard 200[17] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[19] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Eat at Whitey's – Everlast". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for Eat at Whitey's by Everlast - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Eat at Whitey's". Billboard. October 23, 2000. Archived from the original on April 21, 2001. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1018. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Browne, David (October 20, 2000). "Eat at Whitey's". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Consumer Guide Album: Eat at Whitey's". Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Gulla, Bob (2000). "Review: Eat at Whitey's". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved December 25, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 97.
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  10. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Everlast – Eat At Whitey's" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  12. ^ "Everlast: Eat At Whitey's" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Everlast – Eat At Whitey's". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  17. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  18. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  19. ^ "American album certifications – EVERLAST – EAT AT WHITEY'S". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 24, 2019.