| Artist: Geto Boys |
Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Ghetto Prisoner ~ The Geto Boys
2. Still ~ The Geto Boys
3. World Is A Ghetto, The - (with F.L.A.J.) ~ The Geto Boys
4. Open Minded - (with DMG) ~ The Geto Boys
5. Killer For Scratch ~ The Geto Boys
6. Hold It Down - (with Facemob) ~ The Geto Boys
7. Blind Leading The Blind - (with Menace Clan) ~ The Geto Boys
8. First Light Of The Day ~ The Geto Boys
9. Time Taker ~ The Geto Boys
10. Geto Boys And Girls ~ The Geto Boys
11. Geto Fantasy ~ The Geto Boys
12. I Just Wanna Die ~ The Geto Boys
13. Niggas And Flies ~ The Geto Boys
14. Visit With Larry Hoover, A ~ The Geto Boys
15. Point Of No Return ~ The Geto Boys
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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| The Geto Boys: Scarface, Bushwick Bill, Willie D. (vocals). | |
| Additional personnel: Flaj, FACEMOB, Menace Clan, DMG (vocals). | |
| Producers: N.O. Joe (track 2); Mike Dean, N.O. Joe (tracks 3-4, 11-12); Brad Jordan, Mike Dean (tracks 6-7, 10, 15); Mike Dean, Uncle Eddie, Brad Jordan (track 8); Mike Dean (track 9); Derick Edwards (track 13). | |
| Recorded at Lil J's Studio, Houston, Texas. | |
| Samples include "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Miles Gregory). | |
Compilation Appearances
| Office Space (Explicit Version) |
Technical Info
| Release Date : 06/01/2004 | |
| Original Release Date : 1996 | |
| Catalog ID : 2052 | |
| Label : Prince Entertainment | |
| Number of Discs : 1 | |
| Studio/Live : Studio | |
| Mono/Stereo : Stereo | |
| SPAR Code : n/a |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (5/16/96, p.68)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...spare music backing the most richly textured, authorative voices this side of the original N.W.A...."
- 3 Stars - Good - "...spare music backing the most richly textured, authorative voices this side of the original N.W.A...."
Entertainment Weekly (4/26/96, p.58)
- "...What makes this their best work is the album's festive mood, despite its harsh subject matter." - Rating: B+
- "...What makes this their best work is the album's festive mood, despite its harsh subject matter." - Rating: B+
The Source (5/96, p.69)
- 4 Mics - Slammin' - "...showcases the Geto Boys as more than just crime underworld storytellers....[They] were never truly pushed off their verbal crack slanging corner in 5th Ward by dope, new school rhymers. They just needed new guns and a rising Black backlash to motivate them..."
- 4 Mics - Slammin' - "...showcases the Geto Boys as more than just crime underworld storytellers....[They] were never truly pushed off their verbal crack slanging corner in 5th Ward by dope, new school rhymers. They just needed new guns and a rising Black backlash to motivate them..."
Melody Maker (4/6/96, p.41)
- "...their break from each other has made their collective work stronger....A weird, brave and genuinely provocative album. Who'd've thought it?"
- "...their break from each other has made their collective work stronger....A weird, brave and genuinely provocative album. Who'd've thought it?"
Musician (8/96, p.90)
- "...Opens with urgent phone discussion of organizing street niggaz all over the country to vote (without specifying the candidates)
, then explodes into four minutes of chanting `Die Muthafukka!' (without specifying the muttafukkaz)
....Ominous, depressing, and biding time at a fork in the road between nihilism and genuine rebellion..."
- "...Opens with urgent phone discussion of organizing street niggaz all over the country to vote (without specifying the candidates)
, then explodes into four minutes of chanting `Die Muthafukka!' (without specifying the muttafukkaz)
....Ominous, depressing, and biding time at a fork in the road between nihilism and genuine rebellion..."
Rap Pages (6/96, p.29)
- 7 (out of 10)
- "...Willie D and Bushwick Bill...are irresistible when they're joined by Scarface....Reunited and it feels so good."
- 7 (out of 10)
- "...Willie D and Bushwick Bill...are irresistible when they're joined by Scarface....Reunited and it feels so good."

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