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893:"The Geto Boys - Geto Boys"
749:Billy Roberts – photography
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1006:The Geto Boys - Credits
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740:Sylvia Massy – engineer
734:DJ Ready Red – producer
581:"Life in the Fast Lane"
259:Def American Recordings
242:Controversy and release
1315:"When It Gets Gangsta"
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913:"The Geto Boys Review"
269:, and CD manufacturer
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1304:The World Is a Ghetto
1299:"Straight Gangstaism"
1290:"Gotta Let Them Hang"
1246:Best of the Geto Boys
1193:Till Death Do Us Part
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918:Entertainment Weekly
746:Ready Red – producer
737:Doug King – producer
728:John Bido – producer
570:"Trigga Happy Nigga"
477:Entertainment Weekly
367:Entertainment Weekly
301:Professional ratings
279:Warner Bros. Records
1265:"You Ain't Nothin'"
1186:We Can't Be Stopped
933:Christgau, Robert.
603:"Do It Like a G.O."
548:"Mind of a Lunatic"
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177:We Can't Be Stopped
1274:"Do It Like A G.O"
965:on 12 October 2007
847:The New York Times
662:"City Under Siege"
651:"Let a Ho Be a Ho"
614:"Read These Nikes"
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1200:The Resurrection
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592:"Assassins"
230:The Beatles
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37:Remix album
1369:Categories
1277:"Fuck 'Em"
993:The Source
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720:Production
640:"Scarface"
526:"Fuck 'Em"
457:The Source
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56:1990-01-17
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