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We Can’t Be Stopped is the third album by Houston’s Geto Boys, released on July 9, 1991 by Rap-A-Lot and Priority. It made Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill stars and proved the South had its own hardcore voice.
The story
Recorded over a few weeks around the departure of original member DJ Ready Red, the album is best known for “Mind Playing Tricks on Me,” a haunting account of paranoia and guilt that won Best Song at The Source’s 1991 awards. The cover, a photo of Bushwick Bill in the hospital after a shooting, made it one of the most controversial covers in rap.
Sound and production
The group produced alongside John Bido and others, with bluesy guitar and soul samples giving the record a dark Southern feel that set it apart from the East and West Coast sounds of the time.
Charts and certifications
We Can’t Be Stopped peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, and it was certified Platinum in early 1992.
Legacy
“Mind Playing Tricks on Me” is regularly ranked among the best hip hop songs of the 1990s, and the album remains the defining record of Houston’s early rap scene.
Tracklist & credits
Produced by Bushwick, James Smith, John Bido, Johnny C, Roland, Scarface, Simon, Willie D
- A1Rebel Rap Family (Intro)
- A2We Can't Be Stopped
- A3Homie Don't Play That
- A4Another Nigger In The Morgue
- A5Chuckie
- A6Mind Playing Tricks On Me
- A7I'm Not A Gentleman
- B1Gota Let Your Nuts Hang
- B2F_ _ _ A War
- B3Ain't With Being Broke
- B4Quickie
- B5Punk-B_ _ _ _ Game
- B6The Other Level
- B7Trophy
Tracklist and producer credits: Discogs. Gear credits: Breakbeat Archive, sourced on each credit.
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Released July 9, 1991. More from hip hop in 1991.