History Music / GetoBoys

** Music/PublicEnemy gets some praise from the Getos in "No Sellout". A year later, PE would return the favor in "Reggie Jax".

** Music/PublicEnemy gets some praise from the Getos in "No Sellout". A year later, PE would return the favor in "Reggie Jax".[[note]]AKA, "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man" on ''Fear of a Black Planet,'' though exactly ''where'' in the song they acknowledge the Geto Boys isn't clear.[[/note]]

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip hop group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Music/{{Scarface}}, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of: Prince Johnny C, Sire Jukebox, DJ Ready Red and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. The group released a mostly unheard of album titled Making Trouble. The group broke up shortly after and a new line-up was put together with the inclusion of Scarface and Willie D, both aspiring solo artists.

The group's 1990 album ''The Geto Boys'' caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Creator/GeffenRecords to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords (with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records) because of controversy over the graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women. The album, however, was actually a compilation, consisting mainly of ten tracks taken from its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level, as well as two new songs and one song from its debut LP, ''Making Trouble''.

In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked gangsta emcees, including the Geto Boys (most famously [[{{Music/IceT}} Ice-T]] and [[{{Music/NWA}} NWA]]). A high-profile incident in which Bushwick Bill lost an eye in a shooting with his girlfriend helped boost sales of its third album, ''We Can't Be Stopped''. The album cover had a picture of the injured Bushwick being carted through a hospital by Scarface and Willie D. On the album's title track, the group responded to Geffen Records ending its distribution deal with Def American. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" became a hit in the hip-hop community.

* ShoutOut: Music/PublicEnemy gets some praise from the Getos in "No Sellout". A year later, PE would return the favor in "Reggie Jax".

In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked gangsta emcees, including the Geto Boys (most famously [[{{Music/IceT}} Ice-T]] and [[{{Music/NWA}} NWA]]. A high-profile incident in which Bushwick Bill lost an eye in a shooting with his girlfriend helped boost sales of its third album, ''We Can't Be Stopped''. The album cover had a picture of the injured Bushwick being carted through a hospital by Scarface and Willie D. On the album's title track, the group responded to Geffen Records ending its distribution deal with Def American. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" became a hit in the hip-hop community.

The Geto Boys' popularity was boosted somewhat in 1999 by the prominent use of two songs "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" (bonus song from the GreatestHitsAlbum ''Uncut Dope'') and "Still" (from ''The Resurrection'') in [[{{Creator/MikeJudge}} Mike Judge]]'s film ''Film/OfficeSpace'', now considered a cult classic. The song "Mind of a Lunatic" has been covered by many recording acts including Music/MarilynManson in 2003, as a b-side off the album ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.

The band did a rare performance as a reunion at the Smoke Out festival in San Bernardino, CA on October 23rd, 2009. The Geto Boys are credited as the group who put the south on the hip hop music map, and inspired a legion of acts including [[{{Music/TupacShakur}} 2Pac]], [[{{Music/TheNotoriousBIG}} The Notorious B.I.G.]]., UGK, TI, Goodie Mob, OutKast, Chamillionaire, LilWayne, Juvenile, Mystikal and others.

* PoliceBrutality: "Crooked Officer"

The group's 1990 album ''The Geto Boys'' caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Creator/GeffenRecords to Warner Bros. Records (with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records) because of controversy over the graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women. The album, however, was actually a compilation, consisting mainly of ten tracks taken from its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level, as well as two new songs and one song from its debut LP, ''Making Trouble''.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Gangster Of Love"

* DepravedDwarf: Bushwick Bill. Be warned, "Size Ain't Shit". He does his share of horror-rapping on tracks like "Chuckie" and "Murder Avenue".

* ProductPlacement: Taken to a painful extreme in "Read These Nikes"... "When I dispose of your ass like waste / and nothin' but my shoe is in your muthafuckin' face / You're readin' these Nikes"

The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its transgressive lyrics which included gore, psychotic experiences, necrophilia and misogyny, shaping GangstaRap and pretty much inventing {{Horrorcore}}. Despite the explicit content of their songs, critic Alex Henderson argues that the group "comes across as much more heartfelt than the numerous gangsta rap...wannabes who jumped on the gangsta bandwagon in the early ?90s." The Geto Boys broke new ground with their soulful southern sound (a precursor to the Dirty South style).

The group?s 1990 album The Geto Boys caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Creator/GeffenRecords to Warner Bros. Records (with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records) because of controversy over the graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women. The album, however, was actually a compilation, consisting mainly of ten tracks taken from its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level, as well as two new songs and one song from its debut LP, ''Making Trouble''.

* HeManWomenHater: "I'm Not A Gentleman"

* FullFrontalAssault: In "Mind Of A Lunatic", Bushwick raps about murdering someone while butt naked.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill

* GoryDiscretionShot: The cover of ''We Can't Be Stopped'', taken while Bushwick was still in the hospital after shooting himself in the eye.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill

The Geto Boys' popularity was boosted somewhat in 1999 by the prominent use of two songs "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" (original, later released as a single on vinyl) and "Still" (from ''The Resurrection'') in [[{{Creator/MikeJudge}} Mike Judge]]'s film ''Film/OfficeSpace'', now considered a cult classic. The song "Mind of a Lunatic" has been covered by many recording acts including Music/MarilynManson in 2003, as a b-side off the album ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.

The band did a rare performance as a reunion at the Smoke Out festival in San Bernardino, CA on October 23rd, 2009. The Geto Boys are credited as the group who put the south on the hip hop music map' and inspired a legion of acts including [[{{Music/TupacShakur}} 2Pac]], [[{{Music/TheNotoriousBIG}} The Notorious B.I.G.]]., UGK, TI, Goodie Mob, OutKast, Chamillionaire, LilWayne, Juvenile, Mystikal and others.

The group's name, Geto Boys, comes from a deliberate misspelling of the word Ghetto. For its first album 5th Ward Chronicles: Making Trouble (1988) and its second, Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), the spelling was the English standard "Ghetto Boys". For its third album, The Geto Boys, they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which the group has used since.

The band did a rare performance as a reunion at the Smoke Out festival in San Bernardino, CA on October 23rd, 2009. The Geto Boys are credited as the group who put the south on the hip hop music map' and inspired a legion of acts including [[{{Music/TupacShakur}} 2Pac]], [[{{Music/TheNotoriousBIG}} The Notorious B.I.G.]]., UGK, TI, Goodie Mobb, Outkast, Chamillionaire, LilWayne, Juvenile, Mystikal and others.

The Geto Boys' popularity was boosted somewhat in 1999 by the prominent use of two songs "''Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta''" (original, later released as a single on vinyl) and "Still" (from ''The Resurrection'') in [[{{Creator/MikeJudge}} Mike Judge]]'s film ''[[{{Film/OfficeSpace}} Office Space]]'', now considered a cult classic. The song "''Mind of a Lunatic''" has been covered by many recording acts including [[{{Music/MarilynManson}} Marilyn Manson]] in 2003, as a b-side off the album ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.

The single "''Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangsta''" has also been covered by the band Aqueduct and country singer Carter Falco. The song "''Street Life''" from the album ''Till Death Do Us Part'' was featured on the motion picture ''South Central''. A video clip for the song with footage from the film was released.

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Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip hop group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Music/{{Scarface}}, WillieD and BushwickBill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of: Prince Johnny C, Sire Jukebox, DJ Ready Red and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. The group released a mostly unheard of album titled Making Trouble. The group broke up shortly after and a new line-up was put together with the inclusion of Scarface and Willie D, both aspiring solo artists.

In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked gangsta emcees, including the Geto Boys (most famously IceT and the {{NWA}}). A high-profile incident in which Bushwick Bill lost an eye in a shooting with his girlfriend helped boost sales of its third album, ''We Can't Be Stopped''. The album cover had a picture of the injured Bushwick being carted through a hospital by Scarface and Willie D. On the album's title track, the group responded to Geffen Records ending its distribution deal with Def American. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" became a hit in the hip-hop community.

The Geto Boys' popularity was boosted somewhat in 1999 by the prominent use of two songs?"''Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta''" (original, later released as a single on vinyl) and "Still" (from ''The Resurrection'')?in MikeJudge's film OfficeSpace, now considered a cult classic. The song "''Mind of a Lunatic''" has been covered by many recording acts including MarilynManson in 2003, as a b-side off the album ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.

The single "''Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangsta''" has also been covered by the band Aqueduct and country singer Carter Falco. The song "''Street Life''" from the album ''Till Death Do Us Part'' was featured on the motion picture SouthCentral. A video clip for the song with footage from the film was released.

The band did a rare performance as a reunion at the Smoke Out festival in San Bernardino, CA on October 23rd, 2009. The Geto Boys are credited as the group who put the south on the hip hop music map' and inspired a legion of acts including [[TupacShakur 2Pac]], TheNotoriousBIG., UGK, TI, GoodieMobb, Outkast, Chamillionaire, LilWayne, Juvenile, Mystikal and others.

The group?s name, Geto Boys, comes from a deliberate misspelling of the word Ghetto. For its first album 5th Ward Chronicles: Making Trouble (1988) and its second, Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), the spelling was the English standard "Ghetto Boys". For its third album, The Geto Boys, they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which the group has used since.

The group?s 1990 album The Geto Boys caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from GeffenRecords to Warner Bros. Records (with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records) because of controversy over the graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women. The album, however, was actually a compilation, consisting mainly of ten tracks taken from its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level, as well as two new songs and one song from its debut LP, ''Making Trouble''.

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip hop group from Houston, Texas, consisting of {{Scarface}}, WillieD and BushwickBill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of: Prince Johnny C, Sire Jukebox, DJ Ready Red and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. The group released a mostly unheard of album titled Making Trouble. The group broke up shortly after and a new line-up was put together with the inclusion of Scarface and Willie D, both aspiring solo artists.

The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its transgressive lyrics which included gore, psychotic experiences, necrophilia and misogyny. Despite the explicit content of their songs, critic Alex Henderson argues that the group "comes across as much more heartfelt than the numerous gangsta rap...wannabes who jumped on the gangsta bandwagon in the early ?90s." The Geto Boys broke new ground with their soulful southern sound (a precursor to the Dirty South style).