Prince asked already-signed solo act Willie D. DJ Ready Red and Little Billy (who’d transitioned into a full-time lyricist under the stage name Bushwick Bill) remained.
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Prince (who’d launched the label with “Car Freak” and invested his full budget in the group) noted the derivative nature of Sire Jukebox and Prince Johnny C and dropped them from the group to pursue a new direction.
In the wake of the critical and commercial disappointment, Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. The Geto Boys’ Making Trouble, released a mere two months before Tougher Than Leather, received negative reviews and failed to gain any significant traction. Yet D.M.C.’s follow-up album, Tougher Than Leather (released mid-May of ’88) marked a significant departure from their style by emphasizing sample-heavy beats and more nuanced deliveries, becoming Platinum-certified by July. (L-R) The original 1988 ‘Making Trouble’ cassette artwork, the re-issued 1991 ‘Making Trouble’ cassette artwork, and the 1988 album artwork for ‘Tougher Than Leather’. Check it out below and judge for yourself. Recorded on the heels of the triple-platinum success of Run D.M.C.’s Raising Hell, Making Trouble pastiched Run-D.M.C.’s mid-decade style, emulating their beats, rapid trade-off rhyme style, shouted vocal deliveries, and even their outfits. Ghetto Boys followed up their debut single “Car Freak” with the 1987 “You Ain’t Nothin’/I Run This” and “Be Down” the following year, culminating in the release of their debut album Making Trouble on February 17th, 1988. Raheem and Sir Rap-A-Lot ditched the picture just as quickly as they’d arrived, leaving the sole survivor, The Sire Jukebox, to rebuild Ghetto Boys with DJ Ready Red, Prince Johnny C, and eccentric dancer/hype man Little Billy.
The Ghetto Boys (as they were then known) first popped up in Houston’s Fifth Ward community in 1986 but before the year was out, they lost two of their three founding members. But a listen back thirty years after its release gives us the hindsight to recognize We Can’t Be Stopped as the defining Geto Boys record and a major milestone in the evolution of Southern hip-hop. These days the album is mainly remembered for its infamous album cover and breakout single, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”. On July 9th, 1991, Houston hip-hop group Geto Boys released their third album, We Can’t Be Stopped,through hometown label Rap-A-Lot Records. Disclaimer: This article contains images and descriptions of violence that some may find upsetting.
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