Geto Boys [Original recording reissued]

Geto Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Rap-a-Lot
• ASIN: B000000W8P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,943 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest, vilest records ever made, March 14, 2006

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lexo1941 (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geto Boys (Audio CD)

The guitarist from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs put it like this: 'In times of indecision, I often think to myself "What would Bushwick Bill do?" Usually I do the opposite because the midget rapper from this crew has been shot in the face and I haven't. Yet.'

That about sums it up. In Dublin in the 1980s, if you were a middle-class suburban teenager (and I'm afraid that in those days it pretty much went without saying that you were a white M.-C. S.T.), you either liked U2 or you didn't. If like me you didn't, then outside of your brother's vintage heavy metal collection there were few signs of life; a lot of rubbish pop music, some big-hair poodle-rock bands, and not a lot else. But then a cousin lent me this album, and at last I saw the light.

The Geto Boys were and for all I know still are not necessarily anyone you'd want to hang out for an evening with, if only because of the risk of gunfire or your girlfriend putting your eye out, but good god could they make a noise. I used to put this on my walkman and play it to people at my school to make them go away. 'Triggy Happy Nigga' is the one I played to death, but 'Gangsta of Love' is without doubt the funniest. One day, long in the future, my kids will play me something that they think is going to offend me, and I'll play them this back. And we'll be quits.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely sick and hilarious! A demented masterpiece!, September 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Geto Boys (Audio CD)

Before they became decent, but conventional "gangsta" rappers, the Geto Boys released this demented masterpiece which celebrates serial killers, jailhouse rape, misogyny and other warm family traditions. The Geto Boys try their darndest on their self-titled major-label debut to record the most offensive CD of all time and they pretty much succeed. With the exception of G.G. Allin and the Mentors, I have never heard a more extreme and gleefully sick album. In fact, it's so over-the-top, it's sometimes hard to determine if this is a parody or a portrait of psychotic mind-rot at its finest. Regardless, it will be sure to make you laugh and cringe at the same time. Highly recommended for those who don't want "positivity" or "uplift" sullying their music.

A WORD OF WARNING TO THOSE WHO OWNED THE ORIGINAL DEF AMERICAN VERSION OF THE ALBUM: "Gangsta of Love" now contains a sample of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" as the backing track of the song, instead of Steve Miller's "The Joker".

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gangsta Rap Classic!, August 1, 2000

By 

Louis Tanguay "Rock the Casbah, baby." (Studio City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geto Boys (Audio CD)

Forget about Eminem getting "wild" on his CD's. Youwant to hear REAL violence, listen to the lyrics for "Mind of a Lunatic." When I first heard that song I was shocked. This is one of my favorite albums, though. I understand that all the lyrical content is just fictitious. We all still loved the movies Seven, Natural Born Killers, and Pulp Fiction, didn't we? The one downer about this version is that the song "Gangsta of Love" is different than the cassette version I originally purchased in 1990. The original contained Steve Miller's "Gangster of Love" sample from his song "The Joker." This CD release contains "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynard Skynard, but it's all good. I love this album, the lyrics are immensely descriptive and artistic. They just do not make 'em like this anymore. Eminem eat your heart out...