Making Trouble

Making Trouble
Studio album by Geto Boys
Released	February 17, 1988
Recorded	1987-1988
Genre	Southern hip hop
Label	Rap-A-Lot
Producer	Geto Boys Cliff Blodget Karl Stephenson
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Geto Boys chronology
Making Trouble (1988) Grip It! On That Other Level (1989)

Making Trouble is the debut album by 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 hard-core 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, cites the song "Assassins" as the first horrorcore song ever recorded.^[1][2] 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

1. ^ 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 09741846083. 
2. ^ Weingarten, Christopher (October 28, 2011). "Insane Clown Posse's Violent J Picks 11 Horrorcore Classics". Spin. http://www.spin.com/articles/insane-clown-posses-violent-j-picks-11-horrorcore-classics?page=0%2C5. Retrieved 4 November 2011.