Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best Explained

Uncut Dope
Type:compilation
Artist:Geto Boys
Cover:Uncut Dope.jpg
Released:November 17, 1992
Recorded:1988–92
Label:Rap-a-Lot/Priority
Prev Title:We Can't Be Stopped
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Till Death Do Us Part
Next Year:1993

Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best is a compilation album by the Geto Boys consisting of previously released tracks from the group's Rap-a-Lot albums and two new songs. Released on November 17, 1992, through Priority Records, the compilation peaked at #147 on the Billboard 200.

The compilation's new songs were "The Unseen", which was subject to discussion due to lyrics expressing anti-abortion views,[1] [2] and "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta", which later appeared in the film Office Space.[3]

Content

The compilation contained tracks from their first four albums: Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), The Geto Boys (1990) and We Can't Be Stopped (1991), although their first album, Making Trouble (1988), is only represented by the DJ recording, "Balls and My Word" (renamed to "And My Word" in the album's liner notes). Uncut Dope also contained two previously unreleased songs: "The Unseen" (which is the first Geto Boys song with Big Mike) and "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta". "Action Speaks Louder Than Words" originally appeared on Ganksta N-I-P's The South Park Psycho.

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak position
Billboard 200147
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop31

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geto Boys Wave Anti-Abortion Flag With 'The Unseen' . Hochman . Steve . December 13, 1992 . . June 23, 2021 .
  2. Web site: A Psychotic Ranking of All 97 Geto Boys Songs . Smith . Nathan . March 17, 2016 . Houston Press. June 23, 2021 . “The Unseen” is a nasty, murderous anti-abortion screed .
  3. Web site: Damn, it feels good to be a white-collar worker . Schwartz . Danny . The Outline . June 23, 2021 . As they walk this warpath, three songs — the Geto Boys’ “Still” and “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta” and Ice Cube’s “Down For Whatever” — serve as their spiritual guides. .