''Eat at Whitey's'' is the third solo studio album by American recording artist

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. It was released on October 17, 2000, via

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. The album's audio production was primarily handled by Dante Ross and John Gamble. According to

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, the album continues from the

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style of Everlast's previous album, '' Whitey Ford Sings the Blues''. It featured guest appearances from various musicians, such as

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, N'Dea Davenport,

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, and

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. The album was both a commercial and critical success and has been certified

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by the

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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''

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and number 30 on the ''Billboard''

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Reception

''Eat at Whitey's'' received generally favorable reviews from critics. At

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, 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.

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stated: "Whenever Everlast lays back and spins stories and tall tales on his own, his blend of folk, rock, blues, rap, and pop culture clicks". In ''New York'''s Vulture.com, it said: "The rapper's nicotine-scarred voice does sound bluesy, and his raps are serious without being arch like

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's. The album's sound -- a marriage of classical string arrangements and sparse drum beats -- makes the guitar stomp of his rap-rock peers seem more one-dimensional than ever. But Everlast's blues are one-shaded -- nothing on ''Eat at Whitey'''s approaches the grim fatalism of the

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Track listing

Notes *"Children's Story" is a cover song of "Children's Story" by

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Personnel

Vocalists * Erik Francis Schrody - vocals * N'Dea Davenport - vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 9) * Louis Freese - vocals (track 6) * Thomas Callaway - vocals (track 10) * Ricardo Brown - vocals (track 12) *

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- additional vocals (tracks 2, 4, 11) * Bob Khalil - additional vocals (track 2) *Brendan Lynch - additional vocals (track 2) *Chris Thomas - additional vocals (track 2) *Kevin Dorsey - doowops (track 2) *James Gilstrap - doowops (track 2) *Dorian Holley - doowops (track 2) *Phillip Ingram - doowops (track 2) * Rahzel M. Brown - beatbox (track 7) Instrumentalists *Erik Francis Schrody - guitar * Keith Ciancia - keyboards (also live), bass (track 2) *

- guitar (track 5) *Jack Daley - bass (tracks 5, 9, 11) *Victor Rice - bass (track 4) * Miles Tackett - cello (track 1) *Ben Boccardo - bass (track 8) *Chris Thomas - bass (track 10, also live) *Farid II Schater - bass (track 12) *Abdel Wahab - sitar (track 12) *John Bigham - guitar (live) *Larry Ciancia - drums (live) *Patrick Freitas - deejay (live) Technicals *Erik Francis Schrody - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming (tracks 11, 13), executive producer * Dante Ross - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming, mixing, executive producer * John Gamble - producer (tracks 1–5, 7–11, 13), programming, mixing, recording * Daniel Alan Maman - producer (track 6) * Farid Nassar - producer (track 12) *

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- mastering *Jamie Staub - mixing * David Campbell - strings arrangement *Jay Nicholas - assistant engineer *Jason Tuminello - assistant engineer *John O'Mahony - assistant engineer *Noah Evans - assistant engineer Additional *Andy VanDette - editor *Christian Lantry - photography * Carl Stubner - management *Corey Wagner - management

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References

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