Geto Boys - The World Is A Ghetto (Explicit)

From 1996 Soundtrack: "Original Gangstas". Also appeared on 1996 Geto Boys Album "The Resurrection".....

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Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip hop group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of the following members: Prince Jonny C, Sire Jukebox; DJ Reddy Red; and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. The group released a critically acclaimed album titled Making Trouble that contained songs such as "Making Trouble", "Ghetto Boys Will Rock You", "Balls and My Word", "Assassins", and "Snitches".

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 (perhaps a precursor to the Dirty South style), which was produced by people like Johnny C, Doug King, and later N.O. Joe and Mike Dean.

The groups 1990 album The Geto Boys had to switch distributors from Geffen to Warner Bros. Records (with marketing done by WB sister label Giant 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 on its compilation album 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.

In the early part of the decade, several American politicians attacked gangsta emcees, including the Geto Boys (though most famously Ice T and the 2 Live Crew). 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 being dropped by Geffen Records. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" became a hit in the hip-hop community.

All three members began solo careers, but Willie D. was the only one who actually left the group. Scarface and Bushwick Bill continued with the 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, the group released its seventh album, The Foundation, in 2005. The Geto Boys were featured on Scarface's My Homies Part 2 album.

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, now considered a cult classic. 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 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 this song with footage from the film was also released.

Geto Boys extended & updated info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geto_boys

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[CALICOTV301]

Agreed!

And the second verse is so so important!

Bushwick is always really informative! Listen to how he rides that verse.

[ZePequenoFan]

that we all die line really breaks me apart..

i love this type of rap music

i concentrate by 100% when listening to this song, but the video? i prefer not to watch it too much, i prefer to use my imagination

[prof505]

love this music since i was 12 years old

[bkbnc1]

i hate how most african americans from the ghetto think white people are so horrible, i mean i admit most are. but anyway i'm white as fuck and i can feel this.

[MsManlord]

what fuckin talking about iare you livin in reel gheto?

[TahgaiweneneBrandon]

I'm just curious, is that a midget? not being rude, this is my first time hearing this song and this artist, just, really curious. he's a beast man :)

[ocas5000]

I LIVE IN HOUSTON AND IM FROM G.I. WHERE THIS MOVIE WAS FILMED....SO YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRAX....

[JSLambert76]

Best line from the G,B, "i'm from the geto so i'm used ta that, look on your mother fuckin map and find texas and see where houston at!"

[1434Breanna]

.1:25 is wen the little ot starts to go in to the little portal and experience the thing it is out rageius.

[rodney100ful]

THE REALESSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTT!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kayneee100]

tha fact that there iz only 30 thousand views sayz alot about how far hip hop has fallen but this that classic shit

[12cornelious]

this is real hip hop houston texas stand up!!!!!border line of hard times look at your map real talk!!!!