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House Of Pain's third album is a murky, nightmarish soundscape that curls around the listener like a cloud of pot smoke. The minor-key synth chords and simple, bass-heavy beats provided by D.J. Lethal, and the rough, husky voices of Everlast and Danny Boy O'Connor paint a picture of grim urban desolation, as eerie as it is urgent. House Of Pain employs none of the tongue-twisting vocal gymnastics and erratic phrasing that are staples of modern hip-hop. Rather, Everlast and O'Connor come off like groovy stormtroopers, declaiming with a brutish immediacy and rhythmic simplicity that connect like a kidney punch.
Guests Guru ("Fed Up" remix) and Sadat X ("Heart Full Of Sorrow") expand the sonic horizons of TRUTH CRUSHED with their sinuous contributions, but the bottom line here is the unvarnished brutality of the streets. This is the world represented on the ominous "The Have Nots" and the uncompromising "Choose Your Poison." Miles away from the bounce and levity of House Of Pain's early work, TRUTH CRUSHED is a lethal dose of hard-core hip-hop that makes no concessions to commerciality.
Having found its voice on Same as It Ever Was, House of Pain delivered an equally captivating effort with its third album, Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again. Being Anglo rappers in a genre that had grown increasingly hostile toward whites, Everlast and Danny Boy encountered their share of racism and bigotry. And they responded by being unapologetically street and hardcore, while bragging about their Irish heritage. On the whole, the album's subject matter isn't very substantial -- the group still spends too much time boasting. But as was also the case with Same as It Ever Was, the LP is impossible to resist thanks to House of Pain's insanely captivating hooks and Everlast's twisted style of rapping. ~ Alex Henderson
Recorded at Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood, California.
Recorded at Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood, Calfornia.
Audio Mixer: Ross Donaldson.
Recording information: Ameraucan Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
House Of Pain: Everlast, Danny Boy O'Connor (vocals); D.J. Lethal.
Additional personnel: Guru, Sadat X, Divine Styler, Cockni O'Dire (vocals).
Q (12/96, p.134) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "Dubious Irish roots and urban hooliganism always seemed a rather narrow formula on which to base an entire pop career, even for a rap group....the music's the same--poppy hip hop spliced with some jazzy touches--but there's nothing as memorable as `Jump Around.'..."
The Source (12/96, p.136) - 3 Mics (out of 5) - "...The album's primary strength rests in the solid, understated texture provided by DJ Lethal..."
Rap Pages (11/96, p.36) - "...Sounds like HOP have something substantially more profound on queue than the drunken bounce of trademark jigs like `Jump Around'....keeps moving with murky tracks..."
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Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again Music Review
Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)    HOUSE OF PAIN
This is one of those albums we buy expecting one thing while getting something totally unexpected. I've been with House of Pain from day one, and I'm still with the guys. The album just takes some getting used to. It's not a thing like either of the two before, it's darker, somehow evil-gangsterish. I'd recommend it, if not just for the experience of something different. Everlast is a bit more rough, and there's a lot of guys we've not heard mixed in with the crew.
Submitted by murrayjd (RALEIGH, NC) 
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 House of Pain at there best...
This is by far the House's greatest album..the production on this is some of the best i've ever heard. I so desperatly wish everlast would go back to this style. These rhymes are better than eminem at his best..Hail house of Pain!!....
Submitted by Mark (Minnesota)
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One hell of nice album
House of Pain's third album, which was their last, "Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again", was not given a chance by a lot of people beacuse their mind set was probably still stuck on "Jump Around" and have already written them of as being as something from the past. Anyway this a;bum proved that they were getting better after each album. No longer depending on DJ Muggs on giving them a helping hand on the beats, Everlast and DJ Lethal get full credit on the beats that were no where near as being weak. Once again Everlast and Danny Boy proved that could hold their own in the mic especially along side MC heavyweights such as Sadat X and Guru, who were special guests on the album. It's a shame that these Irish lads with a funk soul no longer are together but I can not forget the contribution the gave to hip-hop. Peace.
Submitted by catracho90250 (Los Angeles)
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With this release, House of Pain cared about nothing more than delivering an immense dosage of hardcore hip-hop. If you want your skull crushed into dust, I highly recommend this release.
Submitted by EXE (United States)
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