We Can't Be Stopped [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: B000000W7U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,503 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geto Boys Rock!, August 8, 2008

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Photondoc (Panama City, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Can't Be Stopped (Audio CD)

Today we all know Bushwick Bill from his charistmatic late Friday night variety show that plays on Christian Broadcasting Network (Bushwick Bill's Gospel Hour - CBN, Friday 11:30pm Eastern). Many of his fans are completely unaware however that, before finding his calling in spreading the Gospel, in the 90s, Bill performed with the Geto Boys, perhaps the liveliest "Hip Hop" group of the era.

While the Geto Boys certainly were criticized for their excessive use of cuss works and racial epithets (come on guys, wouldn't "Trigger Happy African American" gotten the same point across) no one can disagree that they set the standard for all the performers who followed them. It is safe to say that, were it not for the Geto Boys there never would have been a "50 Cent."

In any case, as much as I love their first album, I think that "We Can't Be Stopped" is their strongest work. My kids all agree. It plays continuously in the minivan on the way to school, church, Walmart and the Saturday morning soccer games.

Now that the kids are "tuned in" and "turned on" to the Geto Boys, they are far more receptive to Bushwick Bill's evangelical message. We never miss the show. Our minister even TIVOs it and replays it for our Wednesday evening devotional. Before the church league softball game last week against the loathed Episcopalians, we even serenaded them with the complete verion of "Read My Nikes." It was great.

God Bless Bushwick Bill and the Geto Boys!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it just for "My mind is playin tricks on me", April 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: We Can't Be Stopped (Audio CD)

They were definitly pioneers. In my mind they were the only Ol Skool Gangsta Rappers that you could say were equal to NWA. I love "Mind playin Tricks" It has the best beat ever

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars True Hardcore S**T, February 9, 2006

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T. Gore "old_sckool" (Neu Joisy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Can't Be Stopped (Audio CD)

If you want good, angry, hard old school hip-hop, then The Geto boys should be right up your alley. Like other reviewers said, these guys are for real, and they probely laugh at guys like 50 and D-12. They have such an edge, that even though some of it is a bit sloppy at times, it is 100% from the heart, and its a great listen for hip-hop heads. If you see a midgets eye hanging out on the cover, that would be Bushwicks Bill eye that got a bullet in it from his girlfriend. When they were in the ER, they thought they should take a picture of it hanging out, and put it on their album cover. NEEDless to say, some record retailers banned the LP, and this even fueled the Geto Boys hate even stronger. This is one hard CD and not to be missed.