Title: The Geto Boys Artist: Geto Boys Release Date: 1990 Label: Rap-A-Lot, Asylum/Rap-A-Lot, Priority, Virgin Duration: 54:56 Album Type(s): Explicit lyrics sticker UPCs: 034744199126, 724384045128, 049925396225, 049925396249, 724384045142 Genre: Rap Styles: Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap, Southern Rap, Golden Age Moods: Aggressive, Bleak, Brash, Intense, Menacing, Ominous, Paranoid, Provocative, Rebellious, Reckless, Street-Smart, Tense/Anxious, Thuggish, Volatile, Druggy, Nihilistic, Snide, Uncompromising, Urgent, Visceral, Brooding, Angry, Confrontational, Harsh, Hostile, Malevolent Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. F#@*' Em
2. Size Ain't Shit
3. Mind of a Lunatic
4. Gangsta of Love
5. Trigga Happy Nigga
6. Life in the Fast Lane
7. Assassins
8. Do It Like It G.O.
9. Read These Nikes
10. Talkin' Loud Ain't Saying Nothin'
11. Scarface
12. Let a Ho Be a Ho
13. City Under Siege

Year Type Label Catalog # 1995 CD Asylum/Rap-A-Lot 41991 1995 CD Priority 53962 1995 CD Virgin 40451 1995 CD Virgin 404512 ------ CD Rap-A-Lot 24306-2

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This is a revamped version of Grip It! On That Other Level, an album released earlier in the year on Rap-A-Lot. Rick Rubin stepped in, signed the group to Def American, and proceeded to tweak some of the tracks; some other tracks were simply lifted from Grip It!, while a couple went so far as to have new vocals recorded. This works like a charm -- the album is expertly sequenced, and some songs seem to have twice the impact of their original incarnations. "Mind of a Lunatic" is one such song, and it's one of the primary tracks that caused the Def American-affiliated Geffen to pull the plug on distribution. A horror fantasy of grim, graphic proportions, it's a gangster flick and a psychological thriller rolled into the form of a song. One of its cleanest lines is as follows: "She begged me not to kill her, I gave her a rose -- then slit her throat and watched her shake 'til her eyes closed." The rest of the album helped draw the lyrical blueprint that countless groups either mimicked or borrowed from, from the yuks served up by Bushwick in "Size Ain't Shit" to the ridiculously misogynistic rhymes in "Gangster of Love," which are delivered over the guitar lick from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama." You can also either blame them or thank them for the endless flurry of Scarface samples that have littered/adorned so many hip-hop records. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Name Credits Billy Roberts Photography Brendan O'Brien Remixing Clifford Blodget Executive Producer, Engineer DJ Ready Red Producer Doug King Producer Geto Boys Main Performer Howie Weinberg Mastering James H. Smith Executive Producer John Bido Producer Prince Johnny C Producer Ready Red Producer Rick Rubin Production Supervisor Sylvia Massy Engineer