February 02, 2005 @ 11:38 am

Geto Boys- The Foundation (Asylum)

Toshitaka Kondo

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Houston legends show that the world is still a ghetto.

Houston legends show that the world is still a ghetto. “Fuck the rap game,” sneers the Geto Boys’ Willie D on “Declaration,” from the The Foundation LP. And with that, he illustrates how he and fellow Geto Boys Scarface and Bushwick Bill are as raw as ever. The original trio has been absent since ’96’s acclaimed The Resurrection, and they ignore current crunk trends in favor of their own bleak ’hood descriptions. In fact, not much has changed since their ’91 classic “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” Willie D is still angry, Scarface is cold-blooded, and Bushwick is humorously psychotic. ’Face and Mike Dean create hard, chaotic sounds productionwise. Over the sharp strings and agitated horns of the confrontational “What?” ’Face discourages hustlers from snitching and admonishes them to follow the “G Code” or be dealt with. But the hard living has taken its toll, and all three reopen scars on the emotional “I Tried.” “Sometimes I guess my best ain’t good enough,” raps ’Face. Still, there’s some hell raising left in the H-town legends, as Bushwick’s “Dirty Bitch” gives Eminem’s “Kim” competition for the most disturbing scorned-love song. Yes, you can take the boy out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the “geto” out of the boy.

Article tags: Geto, Boys, Foundation, Asylum 

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