Geto Boys
Origin	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genre(s)	Hip hop Southern Rap Horrorcore
Years active	1988 - present
Label(s)	Rap-A-Lot, American Recordings
Website	Official Website
Members
Scarface Willie D Bushwick Bill
Former members
Big Mike DMG] [DJ Ready Red

Geto Boys (intentionally misspelled, although sometimes also spelled Ghetto Boys) is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. Image File history File links Flag_of_Texas. ... “Houston” redirects here. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Southern rap (or Dirty South hip-hop) is a type of hip hop music that emerged in the late-1990s as a popular force from cities such as New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Houston, and Dallas. ... Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music and to a lesser extent hardcore music. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. ... Brad Jordan,[1] better known by his stage name Scarface (born November 9, 1970 in New Jersey) is an American rapper raised in Houston, Texas. ... Willie D (born Willie James Dennis November 1, 1966, Houston, Texas, USA) is an American rapper who gained fame as the lead member of the Geto Boys, a controversial group known for explicit violent and sexual lyrical content. ... This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ... Big Mike, along with squad captain Ron the Ref, are the only two males on the Storm Squad, the cheerleaders for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. External Links Carolina Hurricanes Official Site Storm Squad Official Site Category: ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. ... “Houston” redirects here. ... Brad Jordan,[1] better known by his stage name Scarface (born November 9, 1970 in New Jersey) is an American rapper raised in Houston, Texas. ... Willie D (born Willie James Dennis November 1, 1966, Houston, Texas, USA) is an American rapper who gained fame as the lead member of the Geto Boys, a controversial group known for explicit violent and sexual lyrical content. ... This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ...

The Geto Boys earned notoriety for their lyrics dealing with violence, sex and death. 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."[1] For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ...

The Geto Boys broke new ground with their soulful southern sound (perhaps a precursor to the Dirty South style), which was produced by people like Johnny C, Doug King, and later John Bido (producer) N.O. Joe and Mike Dean. For other uses of the term Dirty South, see The Dirty South Dirty South is a style of rap music that popped up in the latter half of the 1990s and is based in southern cities and states such as Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami or South Florida, Mississippi... Mike Dean is best known for pioneering the Dirty South sound with his production, innovation and style. ...

History

Their 1990 album The Geto Boys had to switch distributors from Geffen to Warner Bros. Records because of 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 its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level, as well as two new songs and one song from its debut LP, Making Trouble. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Warner Bros. ... Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... The Geto Boys is the self-titled album of the Geto Boys, released in 1990. ... Frederick Jay (Rick) Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is an American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. ... American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. ... Grip It! On That Other Level is the sophomore album by Houston Hip Hop group the Geto Boys, then known as the Ghetto Boys. ... This was once refered to as the greatest of all rap songs ...

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 lost an eye in a shooting with his girlfriend helped boost sales of their 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. In the album's title track, they responded to being dropped by Geffen. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" became a hit in the rap community. Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. ... 2 Live Crew is a rap group. ... For other uses, see Eye (disambiguation). ... We Cant Be Stopped was the 4th studio album by Geto Boys, released in 1991. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Mind Playing Tricks on Me was the only number 1 single (chart: Hot Rap Singles) ever released by the Geto Boys. ...

All three members began solo careers, but Willie D. was the only one who actually left the group. Scarface and Bushwick Bill continued with Geto Boys, adding Big Mike for Till Death Do Us Part in 1993. Willie D. returned for 1996's The Resurrection and 1998's Da Good Da Bad & Da Ugly. After years on hiatus, they released their seventh album The Foundation in 2005. The Geto Boys were featured on Scarface's My Homies Part 2 album. Big Mike, along with squad captain Ron the Ref, are the only two males on the Storm Squad, the cheerleaders for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. External Links Carolina Hurricanes Official Site Storm Squad Official Site Category: ... Till Death Do Us Part is the fifth album by Houston Hip Hop group the Geto Boys, released March 1993 on Rap-A-Lot Records. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Resurrection is the sixth album by the Geto Boys. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Da Good Da Bad & Da Ugly is the seventh album by Houston Hip Hop group the Geto Boys, released in late 1998 on Rap-A-Lot/Virgin Records. ... The Foundation is the latest album by The Geto Boys released in 2005. ... My Homies Part 2 is the second installment of rapper Scarfaces My Homies series. ...

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 Mike Judge's film Office Space, which has become a cult film. Also, the song "Mind of a Lunatic" was covered by rock band Marilyn Manson in 2003, as a B-side off of 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. This article is about the year. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... Office Space is an American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ... Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Golden Age of Grotesque is the fifth full length album by Marilyn Manson released in 2003. ... Aqueduct is a Seattle, Washington-based indie pop band originally hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...

Name

Their name, Geto Boys, is incorrectly spelled Geto, and not Ghetto. For both their first album "5th Ward Chronicles: Making Trouble" (1988) and their second album, "Grip It! On That Other Level" (1989), the spelling was Ghetto Boys, according to standard English spelling rules. For their third album, "The Geto Boys", they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which they still use today. A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. ...

According to an urban legend, the "Geto" spelling originated from a spray-painted street sign in North Houston (the sign has long since been replaced), along with graffiti written within the restroom walls at Willowridge High School in Missouri City, Texas during the late 1980s. Willowridge High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas and part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. ... Flag of Missouri City Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. ...

Discography

Albums

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Compilation albums

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Members and Lineup Changes

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See also

• List of Rappers from Houston, Texas
• Houston hip hop

This is a list of hip hop artists and bands from Houston, Texas. ... Houston, Texas has long been the focus of an independent hip-hop music scene, influencing and influenced by the larger Southern hip hop and gangsta rap communities. ...

External links

• Official Website
• Discography at discogs.com