Little Billy would later become Bushwick Bill. When Raheem and Sir Rap-A-Lot left, the group added DJ Ready Red, Prince Johnny C, and Little Billy (a dancer who came out on stage to warm the crowd up before the rappers to the stage). Formed as the Ghetto Boys, the group consisted first of Raheem, The Sire Jukebox, and Sir Rap-A-Lot.
When the Geto Boys came together in 1986, though, it was with a completely different lineup. After releasing solo albums during the mid-’90s, the Geto Boys reunited in 1996 for their most praised album yet, The Resurrection. Their follow-up, We Can’t Be Stopped, eventually hit platinum, though the trio of Scarface, Willie D., and Bushwick Bill began to fracture by 1993. The controversy, which occurred two years earlier than similar censorship incidents involving Ice-T and 2 Live Crew, gave the Geto Boys a large amount of publicity. Blocked from distributing their 1990 major-label debut by Geffen - who insisted that a track dealing with necrophilia as well as murder was a step too far – the group’s label, Rap-A-Lot Records struck a deal with producer Rick Rubin, who arranged another distributor for the album, released on his own Def American label. Recording Industry Association of America.Though the controversial subject matter of gangsta rap wasn’t much of a barrier to popular success during the ’90s, the Geto Boys’ recordings proved almost too extreme for widespread exposure.
^ "Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip Hop Albums"."Geto Boys: The Resurrection : Music Reviews". "Geto Boys: The Resurrection: Rap-A-Lot/Virgin Records". "The Geto Boys, "The Resurrection", Rap-A-Lot". ^ Coker, Cheo Hodari (March 31, 1996)."Music Review: 'The Resurrection' Review". ^ a b Bernard, James (April 26, 1996).List of number-one R&B albums of 1996 (U.S.).^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. In Silicon Valley, Mike Judge again sampled from this album by using the song "First Light of the Day" in the closing credits of the fourth episode of the show's sixth season.Ĭharts Weekly charts Chart (1996) Another parody of the scene was used for Spike TV's commercial of their coverage of the Consumer Electronics Convention in Las Vegas, shown in December 2011 and starring iJustine. The uncensored version of the song is available on the Family Guy volume seven DVD.
A parody of the scene (using a censored version of "Still") was made by Brian and Stewie on the Family Guy season seven episode " I Dream of Jesus", in which they destroy a record of the song " Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The song "Still" was used in the 1999 Mike Judge film Office Space during the scene when Peter, Samir and Michael destroy a printer in the middle of a field with a baseball bat. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce.Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 12 & 14 are omitted on the vinyl LP, cutting the album's track listing in half for that format."Blind Leading the Blind" (featuring Menace Clan)ĭean, Gregory, Johnson, Jordan, Miller, Willie D (Flaj) Derrick Hunter, Gregory Hunter, Richard Buttrill, DeMarcus Porter " The World Is a Ghetto" (featuring Flaj) In 2005, the comedian Chris Rock ranked The Resurrection 15th on his list of the Top-25 Hip-Hop Albums ever. In a positive review, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote " The Resurrection outstrips every other Geto Boys record in every sense - it is the leanest, meanest, and funkiest thing they've ever recorded." James Bernard of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+, writing "What makes this their best work is the album's festive mood, despite its harsh subject matter." The Resurrection has received positive reviews, with some reviewers calling the album the best album the Geto Boys have ever made.
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