That album sampled Tony Montana several times, before one Brad Jordan came out with the single “Scarface,” let alone was chosen for the substitute team that came to be known as Geto Boys, where he would begin to shed his DJ Akshen moniker and fully morph into Scarface.Īs someone who is interested in rap history I’m curious as to how exactly Scarface went from Short Stop to Rap-A-Lot Records. Sure they took their musical style from Run-D.M.C, the Beastie and the Fat Boys and the whole thing was still rather artificial, but preceding the LP’s majority of mid-’80s New York-influenced material are four tracks that go beyond the humble beginnings of gangsta rap that are usually brought up when the events leading up to “Straight Outta Compton” are discussed. ![]() Name any other album from that year with songs comparable to “Snitches” and “Assassins.” You can’t. ![]() The first Ghetto Boys album from 1988 doesn’t nearly get enough props as a pioneering effort of badass, browbeating, menace-to-society thugging.
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