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The group's 1990 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 graphic portrayal of rape, necrophilia, murder, explicit sex, cartoonish violence, and hostility toward women. Despite the explicit content of their songs, critic Alex Henderson argues that the group 'comes across as much more heartfelt than the numerous gangsta rap.wannabes who jumped on the gangsta bandwagon in the early '90s.' The Geto Boys broke new ground with their soulful southern sound (a precursor to the Dirty South style). Allmusic.The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its transgressive lyrics which included gore, psychotic experiences, Cold-Blooded Torture, homicidal maniacs, people who are extremely sadistic, necrophilia and misogyny, shaping Gangsta Rap and pretty much inventing Horrorcore.

^ a b (Summer 1990) 'Classic review : Grip It On That Other Level in The Source (1990)'.

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Distributor Withdraws Rap Album Over Lyrics. Maybe They Should Issue Stickers For Everyone's Ears.

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Prince Johnny C – producer (Geto Boys member).The following people contributed to The Geto Boys: Stealing from the poor? On their next album, the Geto Boys might just as well do a song about tearing wings off flies.' Track listing Īll tracks are written by Akshen, Li’l J, and Willie D. I admire their enunciation on 'Fuck ’Em.' But fuck ’em.' In another mixed review, Entertainment Weekly's Greg Sandow ridiculed the album's glorification of violence, writing, 'The catalog starts to seem silly. I'm sorta touched when one of them thinks to thank the first girl to lick his asshole. I'm glad they put Reagan in bed with Noriega. Christgau ended the review, writing, 'I'm impressed by pungent beats and vernacular. Robert Christgau, on the other hand, criticized the album, comparing it negatively to slasher films. In a 3.5-mic out of 5 review, The Source wrote positively of Rick Rubin's contribution to the album, writing, 'The group's fuck-everybody attitude and simple straight-forward music is a perfect match for Rubin.' Andy Kellman of AllMusic also praised Rick Rubin's contribution, writing, 'The album is expertly sequenced, and some songs seem to have twice the impact of their original incarnations.'

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Reception Professional ratings Review scores 'Do It Like a G.O.' was released as a single with a music video but did not chart. Subsequent pressings on Rap-a-Lot and various distributors do not contain the secondary warning. Marketing for the album was handled by Warner Bros. Records, which agreed to distribute the album as intended and all subsequent Def American releases with product manufacturing by WEA Manufacturing. After Geffen terminated its manufacturing and distributing deal with Def American, Rick Rubin arranged alternative distribution with Warner Bros. ĭue to the controversial nature of the lyrics, especially in the songs 'Mind of a Lunatic' and 'Assassins', the album's originally intended distributor, Geffen Records, and CD manufacturer Sony DADC, which manufactured Geffen's releases, refused to have any part in the release. Our manufacturer and distributor, however, do not condone or endorse the content of this recording, which they find violent, sexist, racist, and indecent. The original Def American pressing is the only WEA-distributed album with the following warning in addition to the standard explicit-lyrics sticker:ĭef American Recordings is opposed to censorship.

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