originally released 1992, its an album that ushered in an era of a thousand suburbanites drinking malt liquor, wearing u.s. postal service caps, and reawakening their irish (or in some cases pseudo-irish) heritage. and its also the debut album that ushered house of pain into the forefront of rap culture for a brief period of time. while its unfair to expect a whole albums worth of quality material like the dynamite classic jump around, there are some strong points on their eponymous debut that emulate the singles strength. admittedly, there is a significant amount of filler and the topics du jour arent exactly the most original in hip-hop, but the impact of such songs as *jump around*,*shamrocks and shenanigans*, and *put on your shit kickers* more than makes up for the filler. a debut for a group that showed immense promise that sadly wasnt fully realized.