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Geto Boys is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, gangsta rap, hip hop, dirty south

The Geto Boys are a gangsta rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. They are known for ultra-violent lyrical content and socially conscious messages. Their 1990 album, The Geto Boys, had to switch distributors from Geffen to Giant Records due to controversy over the graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, and murder in the song “Mind of a Lunatic.” It was later released with alternate lyrics on iTunes and in their compilation CD, Uncut Dope. The Geto Boys (released by Rick Rubin’s Def American Recordings, later re-named American Recordings) is actually a compilation, consisting mainly of ten tracks taken from their 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level as well as two new songs and one song from their debut LP, Making Trouble.
In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked rappers, including the Geto Boys (though most famously Ice-T and 2 Live Crew). A high-profile incident in which Bushwick Bill (actually a dwarf) lost an eye in a shooting incident with his girlfriend helped sales for their third album, We Can’t Be Stopped, which showed Bushwick on the cover being carted through a hospital by Scarface and Willie D. They responded to being dropped by Geffen on the title track, and ̶...
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Top 10 Geto Boys Songs
Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Still
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
My Mind Playin' Tricks on Me
G Code
G-Code
Trigga Happy Nigga
Chuckie
Scarface
Six Feet Deep
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We Can't Be Stopped
The Foundation
The Resurrection
Uncut Dope
Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
Grip It! On That Other Level
The Geto Boys
Till Death Do Us Part
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