Making Trouble

Studio album by Geto Boys

Released

February 17, 1988

Recorded

1987-88

Genre

Southern hip hop, horrorcore, hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap

Label

Rap-A-Lot

Producer

Geto Boys, Cliff Blodget, Karl Stephenson

Geto Boys chronology

Making Trouble
(1988)

Grip It! On That Other Level
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
RapReviews	(2.5/10) ^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Making Trouble is the debut album by the Houston hip hop group the Geto Boys, then known as the Ghetto Boys. The group originally consisted of Bushwick Bill, DJ Ready Red, Sire Jukebox and Prince Johnny C. Following the release of Making Trouble, Rap-A-Lot Records dropped Sire Jukebox and Johnny C from the group, and added Scarface and Willie D. Making Trouble received little attention, and is often forgotten in the midst of the group's later successful, acclaimed and controversial albums.

Style and influence

The group used a style of rap similar to Run-DMC at this time as opposed to the more hardcore rap style that Scarface (Akshen) and Willie-D provided in later albums. Insane Clown Posse's Violent J, who was influenced by the Geto Boys, regards the song "Assassins" as the first horrorcore song ever recorded.^[4]^[5] It was covered by Insane Clown Posse on their 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers.

Track listing

#	Title	Time(s)
1	"Making Trouble"	5:19
2	"Snitches"	2:43
3	"Balls and My Word"	3:50
4	"Assassins"	5:45
5	"Why Do We Live This Way"	6:53
6	"I Run This"	4:20
7	"No Curfew"	3:36
8	"One Time Freestyle"	3:26
9	"Geto Boys Will Rock You"	3:45
10	"You Ain't Nothin'"	2:46
11	"The Problem"	2:58

References

↑ AllMusic review
↑ RapReviews review
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 329. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Bruce, Joseph; Hobey Echlin (2003). "The Dark Carnival". In Nathan Fostey. ICP: Behind the Paint (second ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 174–185. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
↑ Weingarten, Christopher (October 28, 2011). "Insane Clown Posse's Violent J Picks 11 Horrorcore Classics". Spin. Retrieved 4 November 2011.

Geto Boys

Scarface Bushwick Bill Willie D Prince Johnny C Raheem Big Mike The Sire Jukebox DJ Ready Red

Albums	Making Trouble Grip It! On That Other Level The Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped Till Death Do Us Part The Resurrection Da Good da Bad & da Ugly The Foundation

Compilations	Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best Greatest Hits Best of the Geto Boys

Singles	"Car Freak" "You Ain't Nothin'" "I Run This" "Do It Like A G.O" "Fuck 'Em" "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" "I Ain't With Being Broke" "Gotta Let Them Hang" "Six Feet Deep" "Crooked Officer" "Straight Gangstaism" "The World Is A Ghetto" "Still" "G-Code" "When It Gets Gangsta" "The Secret " "Yes, Yes Y'all"

Related articles	Discography Rap-a-Lot Records Office Space (soundtrack) Too Much Trouble

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