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GETO BOYS
1990 - The Geto Boys.
way more Helter Skelter.

January 17, 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: The Geto Boys.

NWA loves guns, the 2 LIVE CREW loves sex ...the GETO BOYS loves both.

No East-Coast, no West-Coast, but mean mavericks from Houston. This third drive-by opus shall cement the upcoming gangstarap codes and load infinite ammunitions in illustrious badassery.

Never nice guys, as proudly displayed on "Fuck 'Em" and the high-flag waiving firepowa band-anthem "Assassins". Both shots from the hip groove of "Size Ain't Shit" and "Let A Ho Be A Ho" shouldn't surprise any sistas out there.

Deep into the "Mind Of A Lunatic", we walk into the danger-zone with "Life In The Fast Lane". Rock hard beats and quick jabs, these dark alley ghetto boys ain't the new kids on the block. With a punk-fist they "Do It Like A G.O.", while the cool new ooze of "Gangsta Of Love" should've been on everyone's 1990's playlist.

So hardcore that their record-label's distributor had to apply an additional warning-label on the front artwork-sleeve. "Violent, sexist, racist and indecent" ...these lovely trigga happy niggaz rap-a-lot !

A remixed version of their 1989 Grip It ! On That Other Level LP, the prime repackaged Geto Boys CD is an updated edge, all supervised under the eagle eye of Rick Rubin. Release by Def American Records, at the dawn of the gangstarap mainstream takeover, America had no fukkin' idea of what would rise ahead.

STILL hardcore, STILL insane and STILL in the hood, the next attack shall hit the early 90s rap-controversy face-first: 1991's We Can't Be Stopped CD. Everythin'z bigga in Texas !

RIP DJ Ready Red (1965-2018)
RIP Bushwick Bill (1966-2019)

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Do It Like A G.O. = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5evK9NG4Oc
The Geto Boys = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAj8lz2WGCE&list=PLCz9URZvwyw1-MyjSWqzwPGFga-O0mVB_
Live in NYC in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpqp3vUfjR0