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Genre:
Rap
Release Date: 07/28/1992
Run Time: 54:25
It's an album that ushered in an era of a thousand suburbanites drinking malt liquor, wearing U.S. Postal Service caps, and reawakening their Irish (or in some cases pseudo-Irish) heritage. And it's also the debut album that ushered
House of Pain into the forefront of
rap culture for a brief period of time. While it's unfair to expect a whole album's worth of quality material like the dynamite classic
"Jump Around," there are some strong points on their eponymous debut that emulate the single's strength. Admittedly, there is a significant amount of filler and the topics
du jour aren't exactly the most original in
hip-hop, but the impact of such songs as
"Jump Around," "Shamrocks and Shenanigans," and
"Put on Your Shit Kickers" more than makes up for the filler. A debut for a group that showed immense promise that sadly wasn't fully realized.
~Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
;)
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