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We Can't Be Stopped

 
Album Review: We Can't Be Stopped

  • Artist: Geto Boys
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: July 01, 1991
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rap

Review

The cover of the Geto Boys' We Can't Be Stopped shows a member with his eye poked out. It's grotesque, but realistic -- a realistic cover for an album whose violent, profane lyrics paint a vivid and accurate picture of life as the Geto Boys knew it growing up in Houston's tough ghetto known as the 5th Ward. This CD isn't as thought-provoking as Ice-T's, N.W.A's, or Ice Cube's can be -- nor is it the Geto Boys' best offering. But it's an engaging, disturbing effort that comes across as much more heartfelt than the numerous gangsta rap albums by the N.W.A and Cube clones and wannabes who jumped on the gangsta bandwagon in the early '90s. We Can't Be Stopped serves as an unsettling reminder of the type of ugly social conditions that were allowed to fester in poor inner-city neighborhoods. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Rebel Rap Family Geto Boys (1:22)
We Can't Be Stopped Geto Boys (3:34)
Homie Don't Play That (Lyrics) Geto Boys (3:48)
Another Nigger in the Morgue Geto Boys (3:14)
Chuckie J. Prince Geto Boys (3:48)
Mind Playing Tricks on Me Willie D, Brad Jordan Geto Boys (5:11)
I'm Not a Gentleman Geto Boys (4:01)
Gota Let Your Nuts Hang Geto Boys (4:11)
Fuck a War Geto Boys (4:16)
I Ain't With Being Broke Geto Boys (3:47)
Quickie Geto Boys (3:08)
Punk-Bitch Game Geto Boys (2:16)
The Other Level Geto Boys (6:01)
Trophy Geto Boys (3:08)

Credits

Geto Boys (Main Performer), Scarface (Producer), Willie D (Producer), John Bido (Producer), James H. Smith (Producer), James H. Smith (Executive Producer), Johnny C. (?), Clifford Blodget (Executive Producer)
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We Can't Be Stopped
Studio album by Geto Boys
Released July 1, 1991
Recorded 1990-1991
Genre Hip hop
Label Rap-A-Lot Records
Producer Bushwick Bill
James Smith
John Bido
Johnny C
Roland
Scarface
Simon
Willie D
Professional reviews
Geto Boys chronology
The Geto Boys
(1990)
We Can't Be Stopped
(1991)
Till Death Do Us Part
(1993)

We Can't Be Stopped was the 4th studio album by Geto Boys, released in 1991. It was among their most successful records in terms of units sold.

The album cover is a graphic picture of member Bushwick Bill in the hospital after he shot himself in the eye after his girlfriend refused to shoot him. The event is unfolded in detail in the song "Ever So Clear" from Bushwick's 1992 solo debut Little Big Man.

Contents

Track listing:

  1. "Rebel Rap Family"
  2. "We Can't Be Stopped"
  3. "Homie Don't Play That"
  4. "Another Nigger in the Morgue"
  5. "Chuckie"]
  6. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
  7. "I'm Not a Gentleman"
  8. "Gota Let Your Nuts Hang"
  9. "Fuck a War"
  10. "Ain't with Being Broke"
  11. "Quickie"
  12. "Punk-Bitch Game"
  13. "The Other Level"
  14. "Trophy"

Samples Used

"Rebel Rap Family"
  • "Scarface Theme" by Giorgio Morodor
"Homie Don't Play That"
"My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me"
"Gota Let Your Nuts Hang"
"Ain't With Being Broke"
  • "Damn Right I'ma Somebody" by Fred Wesley & The JBs
"Quickie"
"Punk-Bitch Game"
"The Other Level"
"Trophy"

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1991 We Can't Be Stopped #24 #5

Singles chart positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40
1991 "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" #23 #10 #1 #32

 
 

 

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