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Still Singin’ the Blues: Everlast Talks New Album, Working With Yelawolf, and How His Writing Process Has Evolved (Exclusive Interview)

After eight years of silence, Everlast is back with a brand new album, ‘Embers to Ashes’, which was produced by his good friend Yelawolf.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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It’s been eight years since Everlast released his eighth studio album, Whitey Ford’s House of Pain (2018). Now, he’s back with a brand new record—the Yelawolf-produced Ember to Ashes—and it’s one that he’s immensely proud of.

There’s an organic quality about Embers to Ashes that’s very refreshing, and it’s something that only Everlast and Yelawolf could have crafted. From the first song, “Losing Man’s Game”, it’s clear that this is the Whitey Ford we’ve all revered for decades. He’s never lost his sense of gaining wisdom, though. Every chance to evolve his process and learn, he’s taken.

I had a chance to chat with Everlast via Zoom to chat about the record, working with Yelawolf, and how he reflects on his past work through the lens of these new songs. Scroll on to read more.

On Working with Yelawolf as a producer

Well, I mean he’s got a long career ahead of him as a producer, as far as I’m concerned. I it it’s something that he had mentioned to me years ago, like 10 years before.

It was a Berlin show. We were hanging around afterwards, and drinking and all this. He kind of just mentioned to me at some point, “I’d love to make a record with you.” Now, at first, I thought we meant like a feature; we’d do a song together or something. I was starting to........

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