From 1991 Album: “We Can’t Be Stopped”….. Bushwick Bill’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Willie D’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Scarface’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Get Geto Boys’ Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” heavily samples Isaac Hayes’ song “Hung Up On My Baby” from the soundtrack of the 1974 film Tough Guys (also known as Three Tough Guys). Through the depiction of psychological profiles such as bipolar disorder, paranoia, depression and schizophrenia, the song’s essential purpose is to communicate the desolation of the urban Black Community. Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip hop group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of the following members: Prince Jonny C, Sire Jukebox; DJ Reddy Red; and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. The group released a critically acclaimed album titled Making Trouble that contained songs such as “Making Trouble”, “Ghetto Boys Will Rock You”, “Balls and My Word”, “Assassins”, and “Snitches”. The group broke up shortly after and a new line-up was put together with the inclusion of Scarface and Willie D, both aspiring solo artists. The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its transgressive lyrics which included gore, psychotic experiences, necrophilia, and misogyny. Despite the explicit content of their songs, critic Alex Henderson argues that the group “comes across as much more heartfelt than …
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