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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Geto Boys—"Mind Playing Tricks On Me"

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

The Ringer

Music

4.7849 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Rob explores the revolutionary Geto Boys single ‘Mind Playing Tricks On Me’ by highlighting how it expresses raw vulnerability through its lyrics and its legacy in hip-hop to the present day. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Kiana Fitzgerald Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.3

I am haunted by a face on the cover of We Can't Be Stopped, an album by the Houston rap group, The Ghetto Boys.

1:08.5

Not that face.

1:10.7

Another face. This is 1991. There are the ghetto boys. Not that face. Another face. This is 1991. There are three

1:14.0

ghetto boys at this point, three rappers primarily. There is rap battle legend in amateur golden

1:19.8

gloves boxer William James Dennis, aka Willie D. There is Brad Jordan, aka Scarface. Even before Scarface, the rapper, joined the ghetto boys. The

1:30.7

ghetto boys were obsessed with Scarface the movie, whereas Scarface the rapper had not yet seen Scarface

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