Thus begin a string of critical and commercially successful albums like We Can’t Be Stopped (Platinum), a greatest hits collection called Geto Dope (Gold), Till Death Due Us Part (Platinum) sans Willie D who left the group to pursue a solo career. The record went gold with no air play or video. Fortunately the Geto Boys prevailed and their national debut The Geto Boys was unleashed on the public. Bob Dole placed pressure on Time/Warner to drop the album altogether. But as soon as word about the kind of lyrics that was on the album reached the powers that be the Geto Boys found themselves in the eye of a political storm. The record contained the classic songs "Gangsta of Love," "Balls & My Words" and "Mind of a Lunatic." Filled with raw beats and pure ghetto angst, "Grip It On That Other Level" became an instant hit with rap fans and earned them a deal with the legendary hip hop producer/entrepreneur Rick Rubin, who inked a split label deal with Rap-A-Lot to re-release a reworked version of the LP on his Warner distributed Def American label. But with their ninth LP War & Peace, the Geto Boys prove once and for all they really can’t be stopped.Ĭonsidered the classic GB line up, Bushwic Bill, Scarface and Willie D first emerged as the Geto Boys back in 1989 with their monumental record "Grip It on That Other Level" on the Southern independent label Rap-A-Lot. Known and loved by ghetto dwellers world wide for their uncompromising stance against all of the racists, snitches, crooked cops and hypocritical politicians who sought to silence them. Easily one the greatest hip hop groups to ever set foot in a recording booth, the Geto Boys command respect from hip hop fans both young and old.
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