The Geto Boys (album)

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The Geto Boys
Southern hip hop
Length54:56
LabelDef American
Producer
  • Rick Rubin (exec.)
  • James H. Smith (exec.)
  • Clifford Blodget (exec.)
  • DJ Ready Red
  • Doug King
  • John Bido
  • Johnny C.
Geto Boys chronology
Grip It! On That Other Level
(1989) 		The Geto Boys
(1990) 		We Can't Be Stopped
(1991)

The Geto Boys is a

hip hop group Geto Boys, released on September 21, 1990[1] by Def American Recordings. The album features one song from the group's debut album Making Trouble (1988), ten from their previous album Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), and two new songs, all of which were re-recorded and remixed by producers Rick Rubin and Brendan O'Brien
. Of the twelve songs from Grip It!, only "Seek and Destroy" and "No Sellout" were excluded from this album.

The album was originally scheduled for release in August 1990, but Geffen Records, then distributor for Def American Recordings, refused to release it due to its graphic lyrical content, and pulled it from its schedule. After Geffen terminated its deal with Def American, the album was instead distributed by Warner Bros. Records in September 1990.

Controversy and release

Due to the graphic nature of the album's lyrics, particularly in the songs "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Assassins", Def American's distributor

Giant Records.[citation needed
]

The song "Do It Like a G.O." was released as a single with a music video, but did not chart.

Packaging

The original Def American pressing features the following warning in addition to the standard Parental Advisory sticker:

Def American Recordings is opposed to censorship. Our manufacturer and distributor, however, do not condone or endorse the content of this recording, which they find violent, sexist, racist, and indecent.[5]

Subsequent pressings on Rap-a-Lot and various distributors do not contain the secondary warning.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Source
[10]

In a 3.5-mike-out-of-5 review,

The Source wrote positively of Rick Rubin's contribution to the album, writing, "The group's fuck-everybody attitude and simple straight-forward music is a perfect match for Rubin...."[10] Andy Kellman of AllMusic also praised Rubin's contribution, writing, "The album is expertly sequenced, and some songs seem to have twice the impact of their original incarnations."[6]

slasher films. Christgau ended the review, writing, "I'm impressed by [its] pungent beats and vernacular. I'm glad they put Reagan in bed with Noriega. I'm sorta touched when one of them thinks to thank the first girl to lick his asshole. I admire their enunciation on 'Fuck 'Em.' But fuck 'em."[8] In another mixed review, Entertainment Weekly's Greg Sandow ridiculed the album's glorification of violence, writing, "The catalog starts to seem silly. Stealing from the poor? On their next album, the Geto Boys might just as well do a song about tearing wings off flies."[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Akshen, Li'l J, and Willie D

No.TitleLength
1."Fuck 'Em"4:02
2."Size Ain't Shit"3:41
3."Mind of a Lunatic"5:10
4."Gangsta of Love"5:24
5."Trigga Happy Nigga"3:47
6."Life in the Fast Lane"3:27
7."Assassins"5:08
8."Do It Like a G.O."4:25
9."Read These Nikes"3:37
10."Talkin' Loud Ain't Sayin Nothin'"3:35
11."Scarface"4:54
12."Let a Ho Be a Ho"3:42
13."City Under Siege"4:29
Total length:54:56

Personnel

The following people contributed to The Geto Boys:[11]

Geto Boys

Production

  • Prince Johnny C – producer
  • John Bido – producer
  • Clifford Blodget – engineer, executive producer
  • DJ Ready Red – producer
  • Doug King – producer
  • Sylvia Massy – engineer
  • Brendan O'Brien – remixing
  • Ready Red – producer
  • Billy Roberts – photography
  • Rick Rubin – production supervisor
  • James H. Smith – executive producer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 171[12]
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard) 67

References

  1. ^ a b Harrington, Richard (September 19, 1990). "'Geto Boys' Gets a Lift". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. ^ Pareles. John. Distributor Withdraws Rap Album Over Lyrics. The New York Times. 28 August 1990. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  3. ^ Bogdanov, Woodstra & Erlewine 2001, p. 478
  4. ^ Hochman, Steve. Geffen Cancels Distribution Pact With Controversial Def American. Los Angeles Times. 18 September 1990. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  5. ^ Hochman, Steve. Maybe They Should Issue Stickers For Everyone's Ears. Los Angeles Times. 22 July 1990. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  6. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "The Geto Boys - Geto Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  7. ^ a b Sandow, Greg (12 October 1990). "The Geto Boys Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 June 2011
  8. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Geto Boys: The Geto Boys". Consumer Guide. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  9. ^ Light, Alan (15 November 1990). "Geto Boys: The Geto Boys : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  10. ^
    The Source
    .
  11. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 18 June 2011
  12. ^ "Geto Boys". Billboard.

Sources

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