Artist: Geto Boys
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
The Foundation
Year: 2005
Tracks: 15
Greatest Hits
Year: 2002
Tracks: 17
Da Good Da Bad and Da Ugly
Year: 1998
Tracks: 18
Uncut Dope: Best
Year: 1992
Tracks: 12
We Can't Be Stopped
Year: 1991
Tracks: 14
Though the controversial subject matter of gangsta rap wasn't much of a barrier to popular success during the '90s, the Geto Boys' recordings proved about besides extreme for widespread exposure. Blocked from distributing their 1990 major-label debut by Geffen -- world Health Organization insisted that a path transaction with necrophilia as well as mangle was a step to a fault far -- the mathematical group was saved by producer Rick Rubin, world Health Organization arranged another distributor for the album, released on his own Def American label. The contestation, which occurred two days to begin with than like censorship incidents involving Ice-T and 2 Live Crew, gave the Geto Boys a big sum of publicity. Their follow-up, We Can't Be Stopped, finally murder platinum, though the trio of Scarface, Willie D., and Bushwick Bill began to fracture by 1993. After cathartic solo albums during the mid-'90s, the Geto Boys reunited in 1996 for their most praised album even so, The Resurrection.
When the Geto Boys came together in 1986, though, it was with a completely different card. Formed as the Ghetto Boys in Houston by blame entrepreneur James "Lil' J" Smith (and signed to his Rap-A-Lot label), the group in the first place consisted of Prince Johnny C., the Slim Jukebox, and DJ Reddy Red. During 1987-1988, both Johnny C. and the Jukebox quit, forcing Smith to add a Bushwick Bill (born Richard Shaw, Jamaica) and iI Rap-A-Lot solo acts of the Apostles: Ackshen (aka Scarface born Brad Jordan, Houston) and Willie 'D' Dennis (born Houston).
Subsequently the Geto Boys' Grip It! On That Other Level caught the ear of hip-hop showman Rick Rubin (LL Cool J, Beastie Boys), Rubin re-mixed and re-recorded tracks from the album. He was ready to dismissal it on his Def American label in 1990 when distributor Geffen balked at "Thinker of a Lunatic," a rails which described necrophilia with a polish off victim. By late 1990, Rubin had found another distributor, Giant Records, and the album was released -- as The Geto Boys -- that same year.
The Geto Boys' association with controversy was far from over, though; whack groups were a hot theme for moral-minded politicians during the early '90s, and several leadership used the Geto Boys as an example to condemn the land of modern music. The fires were spread-out in 1991 with the release of the group's second gear proper LP, We Can't Be Stopped. Before the button of the album, Bushwick Bill had lost an eye in a shooting incident with his girlfriend, and the cover featured Willie D. and Scarface rolling Bill into an emergency room, with a salient shot of the damaged eye. Inside the album, proceedings were among the near utmost in the history of recorded music. Obviously, receiving set airplay was nonexistent, just We Can't Be Stopped soundless went atomic number 78 in other 1992 -- thanks to the underground hit "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," one of the most effective inner city vignettes in hip-hop history.
By 1993, all three members had begun solo careers, though Willie D. was the only one whole isolated from the band, citing esthetic differences. Scarface and Bill continued with new member Big Mike, releasing Unmown Dope in 1993 and Makin' Trouble the following year, just split late in 1994. Just one year later, Willie D. returned to the fold for another Geto Boys button, The Resurrection, which showed the radical in fine cast. Now it was Bushwick Bill's turn over to entrust the group. DMG took his blank space for 1998's Da Good, Da Bad & Da Ugly only returned for the group's 2005 reunion album, The Foundation.
