[1] It featured guest appearances from various musicians, such as Carlos Santana, B-Real, Rahzel, N'Dea Davenport, Cee-Lo Green, Warren Haynes, and Kurupt.

The album was both a commercial and critical success and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release.

This time, there's more singing than rapping, and his gruff vocals actually sound stylish, especially on the provocative "Black Jesus" and the memorable "Black Coffee".Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic 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".

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 Geto Boys' 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me', Eminem's 'Rock Bottom', or even Snoop Doggy Dogg's 'Murder Was the Case'."