Geto Boys

A raw and uncompromising classic, this 1991 album transformed the Geto Boys from a notorious Houston crew into platinum-selling national superstars. Their addictive, breakthrough single "Mind Playing Tricks" is featured here, alongside other winners including "Quickie," "Gotta Let Your Nuts Hang," and "Chuckie." Essential hardcore from the Fifth Ward.

It's a familiar debate: conservative guardians call the Geto Boys' music obscene, while
liberal watchdogs accuse them of glorifying violence against women and degrading the
image of black rappers. In their defense, the Boys have made two contradictory claims:
that their vicious lyrics merely depict values and attitudes in the Fifth Ward of Houston
(where they come from), as well as other decrepit urban ghettos, and that their... More >