Eat at Whitey's | ||||
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Studio album by Everlast | ||||
Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
Studio | SD Studios (New York) | |||
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Length | 46:07 | |||
Label | Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 67/100 |
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Entertainment Weekly | (B) |
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. As rapper's previous blues-influenced work, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, the record's audio production was primarily handled by Dante Ross and John Gamble and incorporates musical styles from hip hop, blues and rock music. 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.
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.