Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped

awesome.

So i heard these guys in Office Space and on some Sublime records. I bought this cd and I have been very happy.

Other than the cd sounding really cool, it's funny as hell.


I would highly recommend this for anyone who likes rap music. February 1, 2008

Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped

The Geto Boys (Scarface A.K.A. Brad Jordan, Willie D A.K.A. Willie D & Bushwick Bill A.K.A. Richard Shaw) fourth album was "We Can't Be Stopped" (1991). For today's generation the album cover is oldschool, yet remains enthralling to this day. Bushwick Bill, Hip Hop's only dwarf sits on the stretcher flanked by Scarface and Willie D, in a picture which shows the extent of Bushwick self inflicted gunshot wound. DJ Ready Red, an original uncredited member of the Geto Boys who appeared on early albums has a limited presence on this release. I only came across this release in recent years, the single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" is a classic Geto Boys track which sampled Isaac Hayes's "Hung Up On My Baby". This track bangs to this day, and influenced many rappers to come. As other reviewers have mentioned this album is full of hardcore lyrics, Bushwick Bill in particular excels at putting the hard in harcore. Production which would be described as minimalist today makes the group's lyrics more evident. Scarface drops deadly verse after verse on "Another ****** In The Morgue", while Houston's Geto Boys diss the police on "Gotta Let Your Nuts Hang". On track's like "**** A War" & "I Ain't with Being Broke" let their anti-war sentiments be known, the later track samples Fred Wesley & The JBs "Damn Right I'ma Somebody". Modern Hip Hop fans should realize by today's standards this album is dated with the exception of track's like the classic "Mind Playing Tricks On Me", chances are high though that many of your favourite MC's were influenced by Pioneers like the Geto Boys. The Geto Boys most recent album was "The Foundation" (2005) which featured excellent track's like the single the "G-Code". As of 2007 Scarface continues to produce (EG 3 tracks on UGK's Underground Kingz) and make guest appearances with a new album to drop via Def Jam in 2008, Willie D is the Director of Sports & Entertainment for Dream Flights Luxury Travel & Bushwick Bill has done the unexpected becoming a Born-Again Christian with a solo album tentatively titled "Testimony of Redemption" to be released in the near future. "We Can't Be Stopped" is an album fans of hardcore/oldschool Hip Hop would want in the collection. September 8, 2007

Good

Of course you have to get this CD if you are a Scarface/Geto Boys fan like I am. It's pretty good. May 12, 2007

Awesome...hardcore, startling rap music (4.5/5)

The Geto Boys 1991 album "We Can't Be Stopped" is a great listen. It is one of the albums that pioneered both gangsta rap and southern rap. They were the first rap act to gain national attention from Texas, and the Houston trio of Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill also helped gangsta rap reach the mainstream. However, this album is often forgotten today, eclipsed by albums from their contemporaries like NWA. I think this album shows the Geto Boys at their controversial best. Later on in their careers the group would embrace a different sound, but this album is simple, in your face, angry hip hop. Over fourteen tracks, the Geto Boys challenge mainstream America, dealing with such topics as war, poverty, and ghetto hostilities. They create stunningly violent and crazy depictions of ghetto life and paranoia, and the way in which they voice their problems and concerns was never duplicated. All three MCs have distinctive and compelling characters. Scarface is a lyrical master, one of the greatest rappers of all time, a voice of the ghetto who has lived through everything. Willie D is a wild, angry man who often sounds crazy. Bushwick Bill is one mad midget, who is not afraid to lash out at government and power and is behind all of the group's horrorcore. Production is very simple, utilizing rough and raw drumbeats and bass and sparse instrumentals and sampling to create a focused musical sound. It has a gritty, underground feel. One of hip hop's finest songs, the legendary "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me," makes this album worth the purchase alone. This album is simply entertaining from start to finish. "We Can't Be Stopped" is a compelling, fun listen that I recommend to all rap fans.

After the introductory "Rebel Rap Family," the album begins with "We Can't Be Stopped," a song of which the title explains it all. Scarface, Willie, and Bushwick spit threatening and boastful lyrics depicting their personas and characters. "Homie Don't Play That" is great, just fun and entertaining gangsta rap. "Another N.... in the Morgue" tells of murder and crime in the city, more of the greatness Geto Boys executed that countless rappers would attempt to imitate over the years. "Chuckie" is one of the most effective songs, a disturbing story of a serial killing maniac in the ghettos of Houston. The crazy effect is enhanced by the laidback tone that the MCs use in their raps. The previously mentioned "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me" is one of the most amazing songs you'll ever hear. Musically it is perfect, using a thoughtful, gorgeous sample from an Isaac Hayes song to make it totally their own. It perfectly matches their tales of ghetto paranoia, a terrified mindset brought on from years of living in poverty and violence. The song is effective and beautiful and will never get old. Bushwick Bill rips "I'm Not a Gentleman," where he talks about the way he treats women and goes about his business over a great beat. On "Gotta Let Your Nuts Hang," the boys rap in the second person perspective about dealings and criminology. "F... a War" is one of my favorites on the album. After a great intro, the Geto Boys condemn the Gulf War and urban youths joining the military, with a great rallying cry ("I ain't goin' to war for no s...-talkin' president!"). "Ain't With Being Broke" has an excellent funky beat and chorus, speaking simply of the downsides of being poor. "Quickie" is a song of conversations to women, talking about how they don't want any long term relationships, just quick pleasure. "The Other Level" follows in the same vein as "Quickie." "Trophy" is another of my favorites, ending the album on an excellent note. The song talks about how the best rap acts aren't recognized with Grammys and awards, only respect in the hood, and the Geto Boys demand a trophy, it's funny and angry like always.

Overall, "We Can't Be Stopped" is an awesome rap album, in my mind among the Geto Boys' very finest. It's amazingly consistent and always entertaining. Geto Boys are a rap group that every hip hop fan should know and this album is a great starting point. This album is one I highly recommend to every rap fan, it's one of the pioneering old-school works that is by now a standard, regardless of how overlooked it is today. December 10, 2006

Office Space

Odd one of the best old school rap soundtracks is in a movie with a bunch of white guys and a middle eastern guy. I dont think i can ever hear Die Mother F&$(ers without thinking of that copy machine destroying scene. Some white boys still know what good rap music is. November 14, 2006

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