''We Can't Be Stopped'' is the third studio album by

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, released on July 9, 1991. It was among their most successful records in terms of units sold. The album is analysed track-by-track by Geto Boys in Brian Coleman's book '' Check the Technique''.Coleman, Brian. '' Check The Technique: Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies''. New York: Villard/Random House, 2007. pp. 225-231. ''We Can't Be Stopped'' was certified Platinum in early 1992.Bush, John
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Recording

''We Can't Be Stopped'' took only a few weeks to record. During the recording of the album, DJ Ready Red, one of the original Geto Boys members, left the group for personal reasons. In ''We Can't Be Stopped'', each member of the group has three solo tracks. Three tracks have all three members on the rapping roster, including a short verse from DJ Ready Red on the title track.

Album cover

The album cover is a graphic picture of member Bushwick Bill in the hospital. Bill was shot in the eye as he and his girlfriend tussled over a gun. Bushwick Bill wanted her to kill him and during the altercation he was shot as both hands were on the gun.Full Clip: Scarface Breaks Down Geto Boys & Solo Catalogue
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''. August 6, 2010 The other two Geto Boys members and the group's management team took Bill out of the hospital room in order to take the picture, removing his eyepatch and intravenous drip in the process. Bill later expressed regret over the album cover, saying, "It still hurts me to look at that cover because that was a personal thing I went through... I still feel the pain from the fact I've got a bullet in my brain... I think it was pretty wrong to do it, even though I went along with the program at first."

Reception

Fred Thomas from

called the album " he group'smost visceral work, rising to platinum success against the odds and inspiring innovation in the genre with its powerful and distinctively Southern perspective on what rap could be."Thomas, Fred
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'' gave the album a "B," saying that much of the “album stings, and their raw honesty has driven it onto the Billboard pop Top 40..."Bernard, James (August 16, 1991)
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" has been singled out for praise. ''Pitchfork Media'' ranked the song #45 on its Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s list, with reviewer Tom Breihan writing "This track established the South as a serious force in the music, proving that these Texans could do dark better than anyone on either coast."The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s

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. Retrieved 14 June 2011 '' XXL'' ranked the song #14 on its list of the 250 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs from 1990 to 1999. ''

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'' gave the track its "Best Song" award in 1991. Robert Christgau gave the album a choice cut rating, only liking "Mind Playing Tricks on Me."

Track listing

Sample credits

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Singles

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References

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