Forever Everlasting

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Forever Everlasting
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 1990
Recorded1989–1990
Studio
  • VCS Studios, Van Nuys, CA
  • Echo Sound, Los Angeles, CA
[1]
Genre
Length48:09
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Everlast chronology
Forever Everlasting
(1990)
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
(1998)
Singles from Forever Everlasting
  1. "Never Missin' a Beat"
    Released: 1989
  2. "The Rhythm"
    Released: 1990
  3. "I Got the Knack"
    Released: 1990

Forever Everlasting is the debut solo studio album by American recording artist Everlast. It was released on March 27, 1990, via Warner Bros. Records. The eleven track full-length album features a remix song of his 1988 single "Syndication", and singles "Never Missin' a Beat" (released in 1989), "The Rhythm" and "I Got the Knack" (both dropped in 1990). Single "The Rhythm" featured guest appearances from his Rhyme Syndicate bandmates Donald D and Ice-T, as well as an early appearance from the Brand New Heavies singer N'Dea Davenport who is credited as "Diva", and "I Got the Knack" featured scratches provided by DJ Lethal, whom he would later join to form House of Pain.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
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The Orlando Sentinel opined, "To Everlast's disadvantage, Ice-T takes a star turn on 'The Rhythm'... His brief time on the mike highlights the fact that he's a rap heavyweight while Everlast is at best an up-and-coming welterweight." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Syndicate Soldier"3:31
2."Speak No Evil" (featuring Kool Nick)4:21
3."Syndication (Remix)"4:26
4."What Is This?"4:22
5."The Rhythm" (featuring Ice-T, Donald D & Diva)4:19
6."I Got the Knack"3:32
7."On the Edge"5:39
8."Fuck Everyone"4:02
9."Goodbye"3:52
10."Pass It On"5:55
11."Never Missin' a Beat"4:10
Total length:48:09

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Personnel

References

  1. Schrody, Erik (1990). Forever Everlasting (Media notes).
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Forever Everlasting Everlast". AllMusic . Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Everlast". Robert Christgau . Retrieved March 5, 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. 1 2 Fields, Curt (July 13, 1990). "Everlast". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 24.