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* 1966 – Willie D, American hip hop singer ( The Geto Boys )
In May 1995, then-US Senator Bob Dole accused Cannibal Corpse — along with hip hop acts like the Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew — of undermining the national character of the United States.
* The Foundation ( Geto Boys album )
*" Bring It On ", a 1993 song on the Geto Boys album Till Death Do Us Part
Rap music of the mid to late 1980s, especially artists that were deemed violent, particularly Ice-T and Geto Boys furthered the PMRC's influence in American politics.
Rubin continued his association with hip-hop music by signing artists such as the Geto Boys and Sir Mix-a-Lot.
Initially, the label was distributed by Geffen Records through Warner Bros. Records, but when Geffen refused to distribute the self-titled album by the Geto Boys and the controversy it caused, distribution was absorbed by Warner Bros. proper, which released all subsequent Def American titles.
After a falling out with Geffen over the content of the Geto Boys ' only Def American release, Warner Bros. itself took over distribution duties from 1990 to 1997.
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Geto Boys ( originally spelled Ghetto Boys ) is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill.
The Geto Boys have earned notoriety for their lyrics which cover controversial topics such as misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia.
The Geto Boys broke new ground with their soulful southern sound ( a precursor to the Dirty South style ).
The group's 1990 self-titled album, The Geto Boys, caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Geffen Records to Warner Bros. Records ( with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records ) because of controversy over the lyrics.
In the early 1990s, several American politicians attacked rap artists associated with the sub-genre gangsta rap, including the Geto Boys.
After Willie D left the group, Scarface and Bushwick Bill continued with the Geto Boys with the addition of Big Mike who made his debut appearance with the group on 1993's album, Till Death Do Us Part.
The Geto Boys were featured on Scarface's My Homies Part 2 album.
In 2012, the Geto Boys will release a song with the Insane Clown Posse on The Mighty Death Pop!
The song would actually be an extended Geto Boys remix on the song " Forever ".
The group's name, Geto Boys, comes from a deliberate misspelling of the word " ghetto ".
For their third album, The Geto Boys, they changed it to the " Geto " spelling, which the group has used since.
The Geto Boys ' lyrics push gangsta rap themes to extremes, and sometimes focus on rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women.
Insane Clown Posse's Violent J ( Joseph Bruce ) described the Geto Boys as the first rappers to perform horrorcore, with their song " Assassins ", released on their debut album, Making Trouble.
Bruce says that the Geto Boys continued to pioneer the style with their second release Grip It!

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The album Mr. Scarface Is Back was a success, and Scarface's popularity soon overshadowed the other Geto Boys.
The Geto Boys, a hip hop group from Houston, were among the first hip hop artists from the Southern United States to gain widespread popularity.

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Released on August 9, 1994, 6 Feet Deep was a mix of black humor, cartoonish violence reminiscent of the Geto Boys, esoteric references to the Nation of Gods and Earths, and some of Paul's darkest production.
The stylistic origins of horrorcore can be traced to the Geto Boys, whose debut album, Making Trouble, contains the dark and violent horror-influenced track " Assassins ", which was cited by Joseph Bruce ( Violent J of the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse ) in his book Behind The Paint, as the first horrorcore rap.
Around 1998, Turner signed to Rap-a-Lot Records as Caine and was featured on the Geto Boys album Da Good Da Bad & Da Ugly and Scarface's My Homies album.
He was specifically influenced by 2 Live Crew, 8Ball & MJG, Three 6 Mafia, OutKast, Geto Boys, UGK, N. W. A, Dr. Dre, and Sir Mix-A-Lot.
He recruited Scarface, a southern rap legend and former member of the Geto Boys to be the head of the label and, by 1999, the label was established.
It was the only number-one single ( chart: Hot Rap Singles ) ever released by the Geto Boys.
She was released on the appeal of politician Ethan Geto, who helped organize a benefit for her.

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Judge also used the Scarface track " No Tears " and Geto Boys tracks " Still " and " Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta " in his 1999 movie Office Space.

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Brad Terrence Jordan ( born November 9, 1970 ), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an African-American rapper and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys.
Executive produced by Questlove and featuring significant contributions by J Dilla, ( who helmed many tracks except – " Cold Blooded ", " Geto Heaven Part II ", " A Song For Assata ", " Pop's Rap Part 3 ... All My Children " & the DJ Premier-produced track " The 6th Sense "), Like Water for Chocolate transpired to be a considerable commercial breakthrough for Common, earning the rapper his first gold record, and greatly expanding his fanbase among critics and listeners alike.
Wrestling as Bepo Mongol, managed by " Captain " Lou Albano and partnered with Geto Mongol, he captured the WWF International Tag Team Titles from Tony Marino and Victor Rivera on June 15, 1970.
The success of the single and the album led to concern over the explicit nature of rap lyrics both by 2 Live Crew and by gangsta rappers such as Geto Boys, Ice-T and N. W. A ..
The following year, Rouleau contributed two tracks to the video game 25 To Life, which also featured music by Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy, DMX, Geto Boys and Tech N9ne.
* " Still ", by the Geto Boys from The Resurrection
Mind Playing Tricks on Me is a single by the Geto Boys, featured on their 1991 album We Can't Be Stopped.
It reached # 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest charting single by the Geto Boys.
Notable guest performances have included Bubba Sparxxx, Dope, Lil Wyte, Killah Priest, Bushwick Bill, Ol ' Dirty Bastard, Kurupt, Powerman 5000, Digital Underground, Drowning Pool, Too $ hort, Ying Yang Twins, Mushroomhead, Andrew W. K., Ice Cube, Gwar, Scarface, Naughty by Nature, Spice 1, Method Man & Redman, Above the Law, Warren G, Tila Tequila, Tone Lōc, Dirty Adville, Rob Base, Busta Rhymes, Hopsin, Mystikal, Juvenile, Lil Jon, Saliva, Xzibit, Paris, Soulfly, Fear Factory, Static-X, P. O. D., Cheech & Chong, The Pharcyde, The Fat Boys, The Millionaires, Kool Keith, Onyx, Danny Brown, Slaine, Master P, Open Mind Productions, Raekwon, Swollen Members, and the Geto Boys.
*" Mind Playing Tricks on Me " by Geto Boys

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