''The Resurrection'' is the fifth studio album by the hip hop group known as the

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. The album was released on April 2, 1996, when the Geto Boys reunited following a 3-year breakup. It peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the group's only top ten album in the United States. It is considered by fans to be one of the group's most critically praised albums and the first of two especially creative albums. The majority of the album was produced by Mike Dean.

Reception

''The Resurrection'' has received positive reviews, with some reviewers calling the album the best album the Geto Boys have ever made. In a positive review, AllMusic's

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wrote "''The Resurrection'' outstrips every other Geto Boys record in every sense -- it is the leanest, meanest, and funkiest thing they've ever recorded."Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
"The Resurrection - Geto Boys"
AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2011. James Bernard of '' Entertainment Weekly'' gave the album a B+, writing "What makes this their best work is the album's festive mood, despite its harsh subject matter."Bernard, James (April 26, 1996)
"Music Review: 'The Resurrection' Review"
'' Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved June 12, 2011. In 2005, the comedian

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ranked ''The Resurrection'' 15th on his list of the Top-25 Hip-Hop Albums ever.

Track listing

Note *Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 12 & 14 are omitted on the vinyl LP, cutting the album's track listing in half for that format.

Samples

*"Geto Fantasy" **"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce *"The World Is a Ghetto" **" The World Is a Ghetto" by War

Uses in media

The song "Still" was used in the 1999

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film '' Office Space'' during the scene when Peter, Samir and Michael destroy a printer in the middle of a field with a baseball bat. "Still" was produced by N.O. Joe. A parody of the scene (using a censored version of "Still") was made by Brian and Stewie on the ''

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'' season seven episode " I Dream of Jesus", in which they destroy a record of the song " Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The uncensored version of the song is available on the ''Family Guy'' volume seven DVD. Another parody of the scene was used for Spike TV's commercial of their coverage of the Consumer Electronics Convention in Las Vegas, shown in December 2011 and starring iJustine.Spike CES All Access iJustine Promo
YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2012. In '' Silicon Valley'',

again sampled from this album by using the song "First Light of the Day" in the closing credits of the fourth episode of the show's sixth season.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resurrection, The 1996 albums Geto Boys albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by N.O. Joe Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)