White Trash Beautiful

White Trash Beautiful is the fourth solo studio album by American recording artist Everlast. It was released internationally on May 25, 2004 and a day later in the United States via Island Records. It has sold about 124,000 copies in the U.S.

White Trash Beautiful
Studio album by Everlast
Released	May 25, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Rock blues rock rap rock alternative hip hop
Length	58:17
Label	Island Def Jam Music Group
Producer	Everlast (also exec.) Dante Ross (also exec.) Rob Hill Emile
Everlast chronology
Eat at Whitey's (2000) White Trash Beautiful (2004) Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The record peaked at number 12 on German music charts, at number 21 on Swiss music charts, at number 32 on Ö3 Austria Top 40, at number 56 on the US Billboard 200, and at number 124 on French music charts. The lead single of the album, "White Trash Beautiful", was dropped in March 2004 and also has been charted, but only in three major European charts: #42 in Switzerland, #59 in Germany, and #64 in Austria. The official music video features American actor Aaron Paul.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Blinded by the Sun"	E. Schrody D. McDaniels E. Barrier J. Simmons L. Smith W. Griffin	Everlast Dante Ross (co.) Rob Hill (co.)	4:08
2.	"Broken"	E. Schrody	Everlast Dante Ross (co.) Rob Hill (co.)	4:23
3.	"White Trash Beautiful"	E. Schrody	Everlast Dante Ross Rob Hill	4:01
4.	"Sleepin' Alone"	E. Schrody	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	4:07
5.	"The Warning"	E. Schrody D. Ross	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	3:07
6.	"Angel"	E. Schrody	Everlast Rob Hill Dante Ross (co.)	4:40
7.	"This Kind of Lonely"	E. Schrody H. Williams	Everlast Dante Ross (co.) Rob Hill (co.)	3:32
8.	"Soul Music"	E. Schrody D. Robey E. Haynie G. Caple J. Scott	Emile	3:12
9.	"God Wanna"	E. Schrody C. Bobbit J. Brown	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	4:26
10.	"Lonely Road"	E. Schrody	Everlast Dante Ross (co.) Rob Hill (co.)	3:18
11.	"Sad Girl"	E. Schrody P. Mayfield R. Charles	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	4:10
12.	"Ticking Away"	E. Schrody D. Ross E. Randle L. Seymour W. Mitchell	Dante Ross	3:44
13.	"Pain"	E. Schrody	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	4:38
14.	"2 Pieces of Drama"	E. Schrody B. Williams B. Bouldin E. Edwards E. Dixon L. Muggerud L. Freeze	Everlast Dante Ross (co.) Rob Hill (co.)	3:47
15.	"Maybe"	E. Schrody	Dante Ross Everlast (co.)	3:14
Total length:				58:17

Notes[4]

• Track 1 sampled "Rock Box" by Run-DMC (1984) and "Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim (1987)
• Track 7 sampled "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams (1949)
• Track 8 sampled "Deep in My Soul" by Bobby Bland (1966)
• Track 9 sampled "I Know You Got Soul" by James Brown (1971)
• Track 12 sampled "It Ain't Easy" by Syl Johnson (1975) and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick (1985)
• Track 13 sampled "Salutations" by House of Pain (1992)
• Track 14 sampled "Hand on the Pump" by Cypress Hill (1991)

Personnel

Vocalists

• Erik Francis Schrody - vocals
• Jeni Fujita - backing vocals (tracks: 4-5, 9, 11)
• Carlos Rigas - backing vocals (tracks: 3, 6, 10)
• Sheree Brown - backing vocals (track 1)
• Derek Murphy - backing vocals (track 5)
• Louis Freese - backing vocals (track 14)

Instrumentalists

• Justin Premino - bass (tracks: 4-5, 9, 13, 15)
• Dorian Heartsong - bass (tracks: 1-2, 6, 10)
• Chris Thomas - bass (tracks: 3, 7, 11)
• Tobias Raulf - drums (tracks: 4, 9)
• Johnathan Moouer - drums (tracks: 6, 13)
• Joshua Lopez - guitar (tracks: 3, 7)
• Rob Hill - guitar (track 6)
• John Vercessi - keyboards (tracks: 4-5, 9, 11, 13, 15)
• Keefus Ciancia - keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 14)
• Zac Rae - keyboards (tracks: 1-3, 6-7)
• Dante Ross - keyboards (track 12)
• Al Pahanish - percussion (track: 6, 10)
• Miles Tackett - cello (track 2)
• Angelo Moore - theremin (track 2)
• Alma Cielo - violin (track 10)

Technicals

• Erik Francis Schrody - producer (tracks: 1-3, 6-7, 10, 14), co-producer (tracks: 4-5, 9, 11, 13, 15), executive producer
• Dante Ross - producer (tracks: 3-5, 9, 11-13, 15), co-producer (tracks: 1-2, 6-7, 10, 14), executive producer, recording (tracks: 4-5, 9, 11-13, 15)
• Rob Hill - producer (tracks: 3, 6), co-producer (tracks: 1-2, 7, 10, 14), recording (tracks: 1-3, 6-7, 14)
• Emile Haynie - producer (track 8)
• John Gamble - recording (tracks: 4-5, 9, 11-13, 15)
• Brian Gardner - mastering
• Robert Power - mixing
• Ari Raskin - assistant engineer
• David Campbell - string arrangement (tracks: 7, 15)

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	21
US Billboard 200[8]	56

References

1. Loftus, Johnny. White Trash Beautiful at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (ed.) (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1018. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
3. Rolling Stone review
4. "White Trash Beautiful by Everlast: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Everlast – White Trash Beautiful" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Everlast – White Trash Beautiful" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Everlast – White Trash Beautiful". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
8. "Everlast Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.