Artist
Geto Boys
Geto Boys is a hip-hop artist from Houston, TX formed in 1986. 21 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Houston, TX · Best hip-hop albums
- 21
- Releases
- 1988–2020
- Active years
- 1986
- Formed
Artist
Geto Boys is a hip-hop artist from Houston, TX formed in 1986. 21 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Houston, TX · Best hip-hop albums
Most popular
We Can't Be Stopped
1991
The Resurrection
1996
Till Death Do Us Part
1993
The Foundation
2005
The Geto Boys
1990
Da Good da Bad & da Ugly
1998
Grip It! On That Other Level
1989
Making Trouble
1988
Uncut Dope
2013
The Foundation (Screwed)
2013
Best of Geto Boys & Scarface
2013
The Resurrection (Screwed)
2010
The Best of the Geto Boys (Mixtape Version)
2008
The Best of the Geto Boys
2008
Greatest Hits (Screwed)
2005
Da Good, Da Bad & Da Ugly (Screwed)
2005
Till Death Do Us Part (Screwed)
2005
We Can't Be Stopped (Screwed)
2005
Greatest Hits
2002
Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
1992
Though the controversial subject matter of gangsta rap wasn't much of a barrier to popular success during the '90s, the Geto Boys' recordings proved almost too extreme for widespread exposure. Blocked from distributing their 1990 major-label debut by Geffen -- who insisted that a track dealing with necrophilia as well as murder was a step too far -- the group was saved by producer Rick Rubin, who arranged another distributor for the album, released on his own Def American label. The controversy, which occurred two years earlier than similar censorship incidents involving Ice-T and 2 Live Crew, gave the Geto Boys a large amount of publicity. Their follow-up, We Can't Be Stopped, eventually hit platinum, though the trio of Scarface, Willie D., and Bushwick Bill began to fracture by 1993. After releasing solo albums during the mid-'90s, the Geto Boys reunited in 1996 for their most praised album yet, The Resurrection. When the Geto Boys came together in 1986, though, it was with a completely different lineup. Formed as the Ghetto Boys in Houston by rap entrepreneur James "Lil' J" Smith (and signed to his Rap-A-Lot label), the group originally consisted of Prince Johnny C., the Slim Ju…
