DJ Muggs Recruits Everlast, Damian Marley & 'Special Guest' Meyhem Lauren for Re-recorded House of Pain "Jump Around" (25-Year Remix)

"I did this beat in my aunt's garage... before I gave the beat to Everlast... I tried to give it to Ice Cube, B-Real, and Special Ed an' they all passed on it," DJ Muggs told Genius concerning his beat, which would ultimately, end up being House of Pain's 1992 break-out hit, "Jump Around." House of Pain's initial incarnation was active between 1991-96 and has re-formed a number of times over the past 26 years, both as part of 2004 est. Hip-Hop super-group La Coka Nostra and Cypress Hill-helmed music and graphic arts collective, Soul Assassins. As legend has it, DJ Muggs approached his Cypress Hill bandmates, who passed on his Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle"-flipping instrumental, but suggested he pitch it to their "brother band," House of Pain. "We were like, 'give it to the white boys,'" Cypress Hill emcee Sen Dog recounted to Mike "DJ" Pizzo during a 2016 interview for cuepoint. Said "white boys" being Everlast, Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal, who would, of course, go on to become Rap-Rockers Limp Bizkit's long-time DJ. Like many white suburban youth, I can honestly say, I'm almost 99.9% sure, my first exposure to Hip-Hop was House of Pain's "Jump Around," as prominently featured within the couch-jumping "party scene" in 1993 blockbuster Mrs. Doubtfire.


Now, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Jump Around," as well as St. Patty's Day Weekend, complex has premiered a 25-Year Remix of "Jump Around." Meticulously re-recorded from scratch for the occasion, DJ Muggs flipped the same four notorious samples: Jr. Walker & The All Stars' "Shoot Your Shot"—sampled a whopping 66 times throughout!—Chubby Checker's "Popeye (The Hitchhiker)" Josten's Military Publications' "Sounds of Basic Training," and how could we forget that squalling intro horn sample lifted from Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shake." DJ Muggs invited House of Pain emcee Everlast back for the occasion, as well as Damian Marley, and 'Special Guest' Meyhem Lauren for his commemorative "Jump Around" (25-Year Remix.) "I had a blast re-making "Jump Around" with Muggs 25 years later," Everlast recently told Complex. "And the fact that Damian Marley and Meyhem Lauren are part of the the new record is icing on the cake!"

Lest we forget, "Jump Around" previously yielded remixes from Hip-Hop heavyweights Pete Rock and DJ Bizznizz, as well as a 12-inch "Master Mix" from Grandmixer Muggs himself. "I had to celebrate one of the biggest songs in Hip-Hop history with a re-record to commemorate this classic," DJ Muggs ecstatically explained. "And to have the legend Damian Marley, a new verse from Everlast, and Queens' finest Meyhem Lauren, just made it a classic all over again." DJ Muggs' "Jump Around" (25-Year Remix) is currently available on streaming services, as well as Soul Assassins' online store in a number of different formats: Deluxe 12-inch - Irish Flag, Deluxe 12-inch - Rasta Flag, and Deluxe Digital Single with main, instrumental, and acapella versions, as well as commemorative "JUMP AROUND" 25 YEAR REMIX T-shirts and hoodies.