The World Is a Ghetto | |
Cover: | The World is a Ghetto.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Geto Boys |
Album: | Original Gangstas (soundtrack) and The Resurrection |
B-Side: | Still |
Released: | March 16, 1996 |
Recorded: | 1995 |
Studio: | Lil J's Studio, Houston, Texas |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 4:43 |
Label: | Rap-a-Lot, Noo Trybe |
Producer: | N.O. Joe |
Chronology: | Geto Boys |
Prev Title: | Straight Gangstaism |
Prev Year: | 1993 |
Next Title: | Geto Fantasy |
Next Year: | 1996 |
"The World Is a Ghetto" is a single by the Geto Boys. The song appeared on the group's sixth album, The Resurrection, and was used on the Original Gangstas soundtrack.
Produced by Mike Dean and N.O. Joe, the song was the Geto Boy's first charting single with the classic line-up of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill since their 1991 breakthrough "Mind Playing Tricks on Me". To date, "The World Is a Ghetto" remains the Geto Boys' last charting single, peaking at 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.