N.W.A would be hard-pressed to argue they were more dangerous to themselves or others than the Geto Boys, and the Boys themselves would have a hard time arguing for their work’s artistic merit as opposed to being sold simply on shock value. In fact it seems as though Bushwick purposefully pulled the bandage off just as the photographer snapped the picture, just to make the visual of a bloody red socket where his right eyeball should be that much more gruesome. That doesn’t sound so bad until you realize the photo was taken after BUSHWICK TRIED TO SHOOT HIMSELF AND BLEW AN EYE OUT. Bushwick Bill is being rolled down a non-descript hallway dressed in a hospital gown, flanked by Willie D and Scarface on either side, talking on a cell phone. Many of those critics found that the cover of 1991’s “We Can’t Be Stopped” made their point for them.
To their detractors the Geto Boys were offensive just for offensive’s sake, with no musically or lyrically redeeming qualities to their work. Anything offensive you could think of the Geto Boys would talk about – lewd and lascivious acts, misogyny, brutal murders and body mutilation were all fair game. Then again the trigger-happy, motherfuckin, Geto Boys were perhaps the only group before or SINCE to have a warning label from THEIR OWN LABEL on an album stating that the views expressed by the artists were not those of the parent company.
RASHID FROM THE GETO BOYS FREE
2 Live may have had the best argument since they were fighting on the front lines of the 1st Amendment, protecting their right to free speech in America no matter how salacious it was. The funny thing about it was that those stickers helped CREATE the debate, since compact discs and tapes from 2 Live Crew and the Geto Boys carried the same “18 and up” stickers as N.W.A. Nevertheless this question was raised during my teenage years – which rap act was legitimately “The World’s Most Dangerous Group?” N.W.A had claimed the title for their own, and without a doubt their CD’s caused many retailers to add ADDITIONAL warning stickers saying you had to be 18 or older (with valid ID) to buy. 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. Where to begin? Perhaps the best place to start this review is to recall a debate from decades ago. “I sit alone in my four-cornered room starin’ at candles”Īhh, the Geto Boys.
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