“But you should treat those who are out of the womb with the same respect. “They say they support life in the womb,” DeMoss says. But he believes that considering such past Geto Boys songs as “Mind of a Lunatic"-a slasher-movie-style tale that includes graphic descriptions of dismemberment and necrophilia-"The Unseen” sends out a “mixed message.” “We’re always excited when somebody speaks out for life,” says Bob DeMoss, youth culture specialist for the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family organization. I don’t believe Ice-T’s ‘Cop Killer’ makes people kill cops, and I can’t even picture someone getting pregnant and then deciding not to get an abortion because they hear a Geto Boys song.”Īnd how does an anti-abortion group feel about being suddenly aligned with the notorious Geto boys? I don’t believe lyrics affect people’s behavior. “I’m pro-choice about abortion,” she says. Pollack admits to having had some qualms about promoting a record so opposed to her own views. Pollack has long been a crusader for numerous liberal causes, including abortion rights. Wickliff is not calling for a boycott of the Geto Boys song, which is on the new best-of album “Uncut Dope,” but vows to begin a campaign to urge sympathetic recording artists to become more active in behalf of pro-abortion rights activities.Ĭaught in the middle is Phyllis Pollack, a Los Angeles-based independent publicist and free-speech advocate who has the Geto Boys as a client. “As far as I’m concerned, people that specialize in murdering people are a bunch of devils,” he says, in a statement in response to the NOW remarks. James Smith, president of the Geto Boys’ Rap-a-Lot Records company, is in the latter category. Others in the group, however, are more hard-line against abortion, he says. He, in fact, supports abortion rights in the case of rape. “People always talk about freedom of speech, but the minute you say something that upsets someone they want to throw it out the door,” Big Mike says.īut the Houston rapper acknowledges there is even division in the group over the anti-abortion song, which he sees as a call for responsible sexual activity. Official r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week 55. Fusing fierce production with ultra-hardcore rhymes. They got their start as the Ghetto Boys back in the mid-1980s, and released their debut LP Grip It On That Other Level in 1989. Geto Boys member Big Mike scoffs at the criticism. Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best music CD album at CD Universe, When Uncut Dope was released in 1992, the Geto Boys had four records behind them, and they were riding. A pioneering gangsta crew repping Houston's Fifth Ward, the Geto Boys were amongst the first southern groups to find national fame. “If you’re going to (have opinions) in songs, let’s have some balance,” she adds.
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