by
Everlast
- Record Label: Three Ring Project
- Release Date: Sep 23, 2008
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Both 'Stone in My Hand' and 'Weakness' are redemption anthems that will satisfy sinners looking to be saints. They are the target audience and--along with the Everlast faithful--the ones who will find this heavy, rap-free album rich and rewarding instead of desolate and ponderous.
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If it's a well-worn groove, it's also an accomplished one.
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While the intensity does not live up to the pace set by the opening track 'Kill the Emperor,' Schrody delivers an album of relevant songs overall.
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Q MagazineWhile accepting that his odd but beguiling hybrid of rap, country, folk, and Butthole Surfers/Tom Waits-weirdness will never eclipse 1998's platinum "Whitey Ford Sings The Blues" he's injected impetus into what threatened to become a stale formula. [Oct 2008, p.142]
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His fifth solo album, which is rife with clichéd storytelling, shows signs that another makeover might be in order.