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| Released | June 17, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1988-2004 | |||
| Genre | Gangsta Rap, Southern hip hop | |||
| Label | Asylum/Rap-A-Lot | |||
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Best of the Geto Boys is a compilation album by the rap group Geto Boys, released in 2008.
Tracks overlap for a few seconds.
| # | Title | Original album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Intro" | — |
| 2 | "Yes, Yes Y'all" | The Foundation |
| 3 | "Fuck 'Em" | The Geto Boys |
| 4 | "Let a Ho Be a Ho" | The Geto Boys |
| 5 | "Gotta Let 'Em Hang " | We Can't Be Stopped |
| 6 | "We Can't Be Stopped" | We Can't Be Stopped |
| 7 | "Gangster of Love" | The Geto Boys |
| 8 | "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" | Uncut Dope |
| 9 | "Gangsta (Put Me Down)" | Da Good da Bad & da Ugly |
| 10 | "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" | We Can't Be Stopped |
| 11 | "Chuckie" | We Can't Be Stopped |
| 12 | "Size Ain't Shit" | The Geto Boys |
| 13 | "Talkin' Loud Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" | The Geto Boys |
| 14 | "Snitches" | Making Trouble |
| 15 | "Crooked Officer" | Till Death Do Us Part |
| 16 | "When It Gets Gangsta" | The Foundation |
| 17 | "Still" | The Resurrection |
| 18 | "It Ain't Shit" | Till Death Do Us Part |
| 19 | "Do It Like a G.O." | The Geto Boys |
| 20 | "G Code" | The Foundation |
| 21 | "Trigga Happy Nigga" | Grip It! On That Other Level |
| 22 | "Scarface" | The Geto Boys |
| 23 | "Assassins" | Making Trouble |
| 24 | "Fuck a War" | We Can't Be Stopped |
| 25 | "Geto Boys and Girls" | The Resurrection |
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