★★★★★
The Houston trio Geto Boys must be the most durable group in hip-hop, having survivedBushwick Bill's self-inflicted gunshot wound and a bitterbreakup. Now, five years later, the original lineup is back,heaving the mike with familiar heavy-handed vocal styles andgraphic lyrics about ghetto life on The Resurrection. What makes this their bestwork is the album's festive mood, despite its harsh subjectmatter.
- ew.com
2011-03-03
★★★★★
The Geto Boysare angry and defiant, and I can't imagine why they wouldn't be. Lastyear, their major-label debut ? stoked with vivid, violent imagesrivaling Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho ? brought them unwelcomeattention from would-be censors, finger-pointing from within thehip-hop community, and a refusal by Geffen Records to distributetheir music (WEA picked up the album)...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
The Geto Boys have always been a little bit ahead of their time, which is why after a career spanning three different decades they're still having to fight for the props and recognition they deserve. Early in the life of the groupwhen the membership had settled into the familiar trio of Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D, the Geto Boys proved to the rap world that there was no such thing as negative publicity. When Geffen records refused to distribute "Grip It...
- rapreviews.com
2010-05-28
★★★★★
"I sit alone in my four-cornered room starin' at candles"Ahh, the Geto Boys. Where to begin? Perhaps the best place to start this review is to recall a debate from decades ago. Those born after 1991 won't be able to answer this question; hell, those born after 1981 probably won't either since the subject of this debate was not music meant for ten-tear-olds. Nevertheless this question was raised during my teenage years - which rap act was legitimately "The World's Most Dangerous Group?" N.W.A...
- rapreviews.com
2010-04-10
★★★★★
Despite well received solo albums and two members taking their leave, the Geto Boys kept going after the platinum success of "We Can't Be Stopped." Behind the scenes DJ Domination (today known as Domo) took longtime member DJ Ready Red's spot, and up front Willie D was replaced by New Orleans transplant Big Mike, who was already familiar with the proceedings at Rap-A-Lot Records as one half of the Convicts...
- rapreviews.com
2010-04-10
★★★★★
Although the original 1980s Ghetto Boys consisted of an entirely different lineup, by 1991 J. Prince had assembled the Houston trio we know and love of Scarface, Bushwick Bill, and Willie D for the monumental "We Can't Be Stopped," the group's best-selling album which featured the classic single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" and an iconic cover photo of the group rushing 3'8" Bushwick Bill through a hospital hallway after he shot his right eye...
- rapreviews.com
2010-03-26
★★★★★
Screw and chop - you either like it or you don't. The Geto Boys brand of hip-hop music - you either like it or you don't. Neither one is apologetic about what it has to offer. The Geto Boys always promised their audience they would be violent, sadistic, foul-mouthed and sexually explicit - and those were their GOOD qualities...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Here's a trivia question for all the old school hip-hop heads out there: "Who is the longest running member of the legendary Houston rap group Geto Boys?" If you said Willie D because you thought it was a trick question, BZZT wrong. If you said Scarface because you thought it WASN'T a trick question, BZZT wrong again. The correct answer is actually the group's most diminutive member, one Richard Shaw b.k.a. Bushwick Bill...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
I accept the slasher-movie defense in re the racism (and antirockism) of all attempts to stop these putative tough guys from bum-rushing the marketplace. But aesthetically the analogy is null, because slasher movies suck--exploiting and exacerbating rather than "revealing" or "catharsizing," they're a social pathology, period. So whether the Boys are expressing their inner natures or one-upping N.W.A. and 2 Live Crew, they're sick motherfuckers...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
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