Geto Boys discography

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Geto Boys discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums3
Singles4
Remix albums1

The discography of the Geto Boys contains seven studio albums, one remix album, three compilations and four charting singles. Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a hip-hop group located in Houston, Texas that started off with the members Raheem, Prince Johnny C and Sire Jukebox but ended up releasing their debut album in 1988, Making Trouble , with Prince Johnny C, Sire Jukebox, DJ Ready Red and Bushwick Bill as members. After failing commercially and critically, the group's line-up was changed around by removing Johnny C and Sire Jukebox but replacing them with Willie D and Scarface. This line-up released Grip It! On That Other Level and since then, has become the most familiar Geto Boys line-up. Rapper Big Mike was also a member of the group at one point, for the album Till Death Do Us Part .

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
Making Trouble
Grip It! On That Other Level
  • Released: March 12, 1989
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
16619
We Can't Be Stopped
  • Released: July 9, 1991
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
245
Till Death Do Us Part
  • Released: March 19, 1993
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
111
  • RIAA: Gold [3]
The Resurrection
  • Released: April 2, 1996
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
61
  • RIAA: Gold [3]
Da Good da Bad & da Ugly
  • Released: November 17, 1998
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
265
  • RIAA: Platinum [3]
The Foundation
  • Released: January 25, 2005
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
193

Compilation albums

YearTitleChart positions
U.S.
[1]
U.S. R&B
[2]
1992 Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
  • Released: November 5, 1992
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
14731
2002 Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
69
2008 Best of the Geto Boys
  • Released: June 17, 2008
  • Label: Rap-A-Lot
87

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
The Geto Boys
  • Released: October 17, 1990
  • Label: Def American
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP
17167

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[4]
US
Dance
Sales

[5]
US
R&B

[6]
US
Rap

[7]
US
Rhyth.

[8]
UK
[9]
UK
Dance

[9]
UK
R&B

[9]
"Car Freak"1987Non-album single
"You Ain't Nothing" / "I Run This"Making Trouble
"Be Down" / "My Musician"1988Non-album single
"Do It Like a G.O." [10] 1990The Geto Boys
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"19912332101
  • RIAA: Gold [3]
We Can't Be Stopped
"Ain't with Being Broke" [11]
"Crooked Officer"1993 [upper-alpha 1] 704Till Death Do Us Part
"Six Feet Deep"4037234
"Straight Gangstaism"
"The World Is a Ghetto"1996823712492111The Resurrection
"Geto Fantasy"
"Gangsta (Put Me Down)"1998Da Good da Bad & da Ugly
"Yes, Yes, Y'all"2005The Foundation
"G Code"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Like Some" / "Free" [13] 1998Da Good da Bad & da Ugly

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors, showing year released
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Do It Like a G.O."1990Unknown
"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"1991Richard Hunt [14]
"Ain't with Being Broke"Guy Guillet [14]
"Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta"1992Unknown
"Six Feet Deep"1993
"Straight Gangstaism" Joseph Kahn [14]
"Crooked Officer"Unknown
"The World is a Ghetto"1996Guy Guillet [14]
"Geto Fantasy"Unknown
"Gangsta (Put Me Down)"1998 Chris Robinson [14]
"Yes, Yes, Y'all"2005Unknown
"G Code"
"I Tried"Benny Matthews [14]

Notes

  1. "Crooked Officer" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eleven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [12]

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