Rapospective; Big Break Before Break-Up | Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)

Rapospective youtube channel With a new distributor that was far from gunshy, the Geto Boys were on the verge of the breakthrough that a Southern and hardcore act, as well as their still-fledgling record label Rap-A-Lot Records, absolutely needed. And that explosion into the national stage—attributed to the “Mind Playing Tricks On Me” single and its accompanying 1991 album, WE CAN’T BE STOPPED—needed to happen before the fissures that were beginning to form within the group's classic lineup grew too wide to patch up. #getoboys #rapalotrecords #rapalot #jprince #houston #5thward #southernrap #scarface #willied #mindplayingtricksonme #wecantbestopped CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro: Maintaining the Momentum 05:57 Psychosis About to Go Pop 11:55 Keepin’ It Too Real…with an Album Cover 14:40 WE CAN’T BE STOPPED Review 26:30 Splintering Within Triumph 30:24 Outro: The Foundation of Future Southern Dominance GETO BOYS SERIES: Making Trouble (1988) • Construction and Reconstruction | Geto Boy... Grip It! On That Other Level (1989) • The Album That Saved Rap-A-Lot | Geto Boys... The Geto Boys (1990) • The Rick Rubin Remix | Geto Boys - The Get... We Can't Be Stopped (1991) • Big Break Before Break-Up | Geto Boys - We... SELECTED REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Billboard.com. https://www.billboard.com BJSG. “​​Indelible Red: The Geto Boy’s DJ Ready Red Can’t Be Stopped.” Beat Junkies. August 29, 2016. https://www.beatjunkies.com/indelible... Coleman, Brian. Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies. Good Road. June 12, 2007. Discogs. https//www.discogs.com Hughes, Charles L. Why Bushwick Bill Matters (Music Matters). University of Texas Press. June 15, 2021. Jordan, Brad “Scarface.” Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap. Dey Street Books. April 21, 2015. Murphy, Keith. “The 20 Greatest Hip-Hop Tours of All Time.” Andscape. June 14, 2019. https://andscape.com/features/the-20-... Pareles, Jon. “Review/Rap; The World of Hip-Hop Returns to the Garden.” The New York Times. January 6, 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/06/ar... Prince, James. The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince. N-The-Water Publishing. July 6, 2018. WhoSampled. https://www.whosampled.com