Guest Shoes Head Report post Posted September 12, 2004 Geto Boys member Willie D. reveals new, untitled album by the group was recently finished. The new album features all three original group members and will be released before the end of the year. "You know, I can’t let the cat out the bag, but the one thing I can say is that I’m very satisfied with it," Willie D. said. "The Geto Boys is essentially a business relationship. Aint no sense in getting out here and faking the shit. One thing I cant stand it when motherfuckas get out here and say, 'Yeah, everything is beautiful and we ain’t gonna break up.' And they know that they have already split up. They lying to try and protect their image, their careers. They already might shoot videos with new members and shit. It is what it is." The Geto Boys started in 1989 and were one of the first groups from the South to find major success in Hip-Hop. In addition to his business as a Geto Boy, the rapper recently moved to Baku, Azerbaijan, which is close to Baghdad in Iraq. "Business opportunities made me move," Willie D. said. "I was messing with the real estate. The world is bigger than the United States and if there is an opportunity abroad, that’s where I am going." While the opportunities for business were ripe, Willie D. said that doing business in the country was different than doing business in the United States. "Things like making a phone call is a itch," the rapper complained. "They charge you about $6 a minute and about $100 for two hours on the internet. The government takes all that money and squeezes out anybody that comes in. You can’t just come in there [and start a business]." While it may be difficult to start a business in Azerbaijan, Willie D. did give some advice for aspiring business executives in the U.S. "Our people need to find some real estate. Its way more stable than the music game. Cats keep taking all their street money and putting it in the rap game. Ninety-five percent of them are going to fail and lose all that they have. You gotta be a dumb motherfucka to fail in real estate. Real estate has a 91 percent success ratio." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2004 I lost all respect for Willie D when he went on Geraldo and admitted that he was a pranksta. Now Willie wants to be 'down' again, so he's trying to close Pandora's Box. But once you admit that you were a fake, you can't all of a sudden pretend that you weren't. /likes Gangsta Nip better than Willie D //is embarressed to have used 'pranksta' in a post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GreatOne Report post Posted September 13, 2004 AZERBAIJAN? 'I got some beachfront property in Azerbaijan...................' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Woah, that's a blast from the past. Willie D is in where?! That's the best thing I heard all day. And I'd love to know the business opportunities he's speaking of... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Bushwick Bill is still alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Why wouldn't he? He takes such great care of himself... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 I guess the real question is, in today's rap world, do the Geto Boys still have a place? kids these days like that bling bling south shit and probably don't have a clue who the Geto Boys even are....and besides, Willie D? Big Mike>Willie D... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 I can't answer that question because I haven't listened to any new rap in YEARS. I like Big Mike (I have "Something" and "Still" serious albums), but he just didn't fit in with "Till Death Do Us Part." To me, the Geto Boys will always be Willie, Bushwick and Scarface... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Yeah, I suppose you're right, it would be like if NWA replaced Ice Cube rather than just going on without him...but Willie D, too me, was the weak link of the group... oh well, I know I will check the album out, but I don't think it will sell too well...gangsta rap just doesn't seem to have a place anymore unless it's 2Pac...btw, for the record, they need to quit releaasing old, hidden, b side tracks from 2Pac, there's a reason why they're old, hidden, b side tracks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Lushus, in answer to your question I do think that the GB still have a place in today's rap world ... wasn't Scarface just on some new albums by Nas and potentially someone else (and by 'just' and 'new' I mean in the last 3 or 4 years)? I think that he's known enough by current rap fans that he might still be considered relavent. Bushwick, Willie D, etc. would probably just be riding his coat-tails to relevence. And I agree ... Big Mike >> Willie D. (kkk, how can you say that he didn't fit in on "Till Death Do Us Part."?!? "Big Mike, how you livin'?" and his lines that follow are the lines that I most often quote from that album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 I'm not hatin' on Big Mike, but "Till Death Do Us Part" just didn't feel like a real "Geto Boys" album, although I LOVE "Bring it on." Sorry, but I grew up listening to the self-titled Geto Boys album and that, to me, is the image that pops into my mind whenever I hear "Geto Boys." Funny thing is I don't think there was a weak link whenever all three rapped on a song. I thought many of the solo material on those albums were the weaker efforts. And nobody better say shit about "Bald-headed hos" or there will be words, if not fists... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Sorry, but I grew up listening to the self-titled Geto Boys album and that, to me, is the image that pops into my mind whenever I hear "Geto Boys." Truer words have never been spoken. And I agree about "Bring It On" being one of the best things about "Til Death ...". So many of the other 5th ward rappers that represent on that are money. I became a quasi-fan of Gangsta Nip because of that track. And there are a few other good tracks on that: G.E.T.O., Straight Gangstaism, Raise Up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Straight Gangstaism is a good song, but Mike has nearly the same exact song on his first solo album. I also liked Murder After Midnight. In addition, I really didn't like "We Can't Be Stopped," perhaps that's because there was no way it could match the awesomeness of the previous album. Also, have you heard the very first album, "Causing Trouble" or something like that? Oh my God is it awful... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 14, 2004 I'm not hatin' on Big Mike, but "Till Death Do Us Part" just didn't feel like a real "Geto Boys" album, although I LOVE "Bring it on." Sorry, but I grew up listening to the self-titled Geto Boys album and that, to me, is the image that pops into my mind whenever I hear "Geto Boys." Funny thing is I don't think there was a weak link whenever all three rapped on a song. I thought many of the solo material on those albums were the weaker efforts. And nobody better say shit about "Bald-headed hos" or there will be words, if not fists... WOW KKK, I haven't talked to anyone in YEARS that has actually heard the GETO boys self titled album. Definately showed they were fucking NUTS........at least I thought so in my younger teenage days before Willie admitted he was a fake and it was later revealed that Scarface did most of the writing for the group. Still gotta love Bushwick Bill and I advise people who like Bill to pick up Phantom of the Rapra or his best album (IMO) Little Big man...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2004 That's because I'm old school, bitch. Well, actually I don't consider that album "old school" since I went through high school listening to "Gangsta of Love" and "Size ain't Shit." (Fuck, I guess I am the old guy at the club) You kids today and your bling-bling -- you can keep it. Give me "My girlfriend's skinny, she's strung out on coke/so I went to her mother's house and cut out her throat ... Went out back to get a shovel/now granny's on her way to meet the devil." Phantom of the Rapra -- HAHAHAHHAHAHA. And the sad thing is I have it. Little Big Man was SO much better. Out of the three Scarface had the best set of solo albums, imo. I love the loop he used in "Good Girl Gone Bad." Willie D didn't write his GB lyrics? Get the fuck out of there -- especially since when he went solo he wrote "Play Witcha Mamma." You want funny? When I heard Scarface talk for the first time outside one of his songs I just about died laughing -- he sounded so much more different. Most of this gangsta rap is just a facade anyway. I remember during the Ice Cube/NWA feud I had friends actually believe that shit. Too bad they got played. Here's the formula to milking white suburban kids from their money. 1) Get a group of rappers together and make a good album. 2) Have this group break up due to in-fighting 3) Have all splinter groups release solo albums. 4) Have the "reunion" album. There you have it -- as real as the streets (whatever the hell that phrase means)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 14, 2004 Scarface is definately the "best" member of the group as far as solo albums go, but Little Big Man is a good album(although I couldn't tell you the last time I dusted that one off) but I will fully admit that Phantom of the Rapra is total comedy. Hell, as stupid as I was at the time of it's realease I couldn't take it seriously. No bullshitting you though about Face writing the lyrics, Willie did do some writing but I know he didn't do any writing on Can't Be Stopped or anything before it. He might have done some writing on The Good The Bad and The Ugly and Resurrection, but all the classics were Scarface. I agree with you assessment on how to sell records to suburban white kids too........it worked on my milky ass when I was a teenager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoes Head Report post Posted September 14, 2004 And nobody better say shit about "Bald-headed hos" or there will be words, if not fists... I have the entire Controversy album from 1988...from start to finish it is by far the most hateful, abrasive, offensive, misogynistic, vulgar, and venomous album I've ever heard in the history of gangsta rap. After 16 years, it still holds this title, and I still regularly play it, "Bald Headed Hoes" and all. It's discontinued and goes on ebay for $90+...I always have it shared in CDQ and complete on K++ and Soulseek. It's a timeless classic all of our children should hear. I can see how he could be regarded as the weakest link of the GB, since Scarface is a billion times platinum and Bushwick is a funny little midget we all remember - except that Willie D wrote Bushwick's two "classics" Size Ain't Shit and Fuck A War. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 I have the entire Controversy album from 1988...from start to finish it is by far the most hateful, abrasive, offensive, misogynistic, vulgar, and venomous album I've ever heard in the history of gangsta rap. Really? Sounded like any other rap album to me. I still have the tape, btw. If we're going to talk about "Bald-Headed Hoes," you can't forget "Welfare Bitches." God, those were some funny songs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
