I bought this album on 125th street when it came out on those bootleg cassette tapes they used to sell before the industry shut them down. THIS was the version on the cassette. When I bought the CD years later they sampled Sweet Home Alabama instead because Steve Miller's people sued them or something. This version is MUCH better. (BTW I'm a white boy from Brooklyn. And Italian to boot. Ha!)
This is what makes the Geto Boys so great. Couldn't no one else pull a song off like this and make it a classic. I can always say Willie did not get there's no other rapper out here straight down to earth and straight to the point my him Geto Boys for life
@@OOTD_ - Yeah I know, but "Grip It..." came 1st & has the original sample. So even though there's no Bill on it, it's the 1st version & the O.G. version we know before they remade it. No big deal which is everyone's fave, but the original, 1st version is the "real" one. Bill didn't write his verses anyway. ✌
My kid played this, I said it’s sampled from “Ol Dirty Bastard,” “no, it ain’t”…I had to pull it out on ‘em…I’m 57, been listening since the start. lil Wayne’s version has been on my playlist since then. ✌️
I used to live by these lyrics when I was younger now that I'm older no woman wants to be treated like that,I guess that's why I'm lonley,dam getto boys i blame you for that,but that philosophy worked when I was younger now I'm older and no woman wants to be treated like that anymore,dam you getto boys
Even though I already owned Grip It!, I waited a long time to buy this album on CD because I had to be sure it was the right version. The version that samples "Sweet Home Alabama" is crap when you're used to the original.
This version is so much better than the Sweet Home Alabama version. Brings me straight back to January 91 ridin around in G Mas car. I've never been played by a ho....
July 4th weekend 2022! Throwin this back to when I was 14 and blasting this in my buddies dodge Omni with 6x9s bolted to the roof. Heading down to Gibraltar to cool off bridge jumping. Drove by the other day to see it all crumbling and steel exposed. Damn those were the days!
Classic. cant believe its been so long ! Man i grew up on the other level with these boys ! Willie,face bill, lil J ,convicts,5th ward taught me lots back in the day! lol . Im a 34 yo white somewhat successful middle class that grew up on this, music was my life and inspiration. dont judge book by cover!!!!... G to the E to tha T to tha ***** O !
Wow I can't believe this is the original version!! I had my tape stolen back in the day and every cd or tape I have heard since has the other version. This brings me back, thanks!!!
I was young as hell bumpin this shit. Didn't even know I was bumpin southern rappers cause Face and Willy D could fuck wit the best of em. Damn classic
Sorry mate,in Australia the first version was the first version. I bought (and still have) the vinyl in 91 before CDs were all the hype. The CD you got was the Rap-a-lot reprit after Steve millers label made them pull the sample. I also have it on CD in both Def American and Rap-a-lot versions. My rap-a-lot collection kicks ass..Gold RIAA records, Controvercy (without Willie D of the ghetto boys" original cover) and signed CDs from after the group split.
I think this is the second version because Bushwick is on this one. I bought like 3 different versions of this song. This is arguably the best one. It's clean (production wise) and it has the original sample (that later got yanked). Great post brah!
I'm a racist white guy. I've loved this song for 20 years. I still know it like poetry. I can still sing the lyrics. Black men have more power than they know. Throw off the chains baby. I feel sorry for black guys who listen to recent crap. NWA rocks too. I'm 48. Ponder that shit.
Man..! This is my ish ryte here W3rd.! I remember growing to this as kid buggn on how raw this was..! And still is to date!~peace & keep real hip hop alive
This version was on the early original Def American record release back in 1990 with the iconic Steve Miller's Band sample. Due to legal issues with that sample all later versions of this had the not so great "gangsta boogie - sweet home Alabama sample" version. It's true that an almost similar version of this song was introduced on the Grip It! album a year prior but this version is the highly improved " real version".
man. this tape - fuck I can't remember what this album was called.but somebody left this tape cassette in my friend's car after a party in high school and I took it. 1991when I was 17 - this was the first hip hop album I ever listened to big up Willie D, Scarface and Bushwick Bill
Pretty sure geto boys got sued for using that "call me the gangster of love" sample so they changed it to the "gangster boogie" sample. This is the original version, i can say it with 100% certainty..my friend bought this the day it came out, and this song was my favorite on the album for ages.
Yes, this is the second of three versions. The original version appeared on the album ‘Grip It! On That Other Level’, which did not feature Bushwick Bill. This version got pulled from the Geto Boys self titled album due to sample clearance issues.
I always like this song. i bought the cd when it first came out. Use to blast it. But could not listen to it at home.I guess u know why!! "Act like i luv em,then dog there mo fo ass!"
Ohhhh Cathy :-) Great song even without Steve Miller but it definitely helped, agree with Dave this ones the best. Love the rock/rap combos, Aerosmith/RUNDMC walk this way and Bring the noise with Public Enemy and Anthrax. In grade 8, 25 yrs ago we had a nice stereo with 12" subs but didn't have a tape player so I broke open my ghetto blaster wired it up to play Walk this way and well, oh my, my jaw dropped and I was in love lol.
D@mn homeboy.......I been looking 4this for awhile. This is the O.G. version. I had this the 1st week it came out and this was the version on the CD. Much props!!
I just know I'm talking about the version with Steve Miller, which definitely came out 1st, but Steve Miller sued the Geto Boyz for not buying rights to his riff, so they remade it using Sweet Home Alabama. I heard it for the 1st time in 1990, because I remember I was a freshman in high school.
@kiddosthang I used to roll listening to it. I lost the tape in the 90's and when I went to replace it they had changed it because of the sampling issues. It was good to hear the original. It was, and is, the shit! ;)
this version kills the sweet home alabama one.....KILLS IT i had this one on tape and when i bought the cd it was theother version. dude,, i was so pissed
@starchildExcalibur it's without bushwick bill, who used to be a dancer only at the time. so the 1990 version is the original full version, the 1989 version sounds more like a demo.
The OGs of Gansta Rap still here in 2024 Geto Boys 4Life.!!
One of the most iconic and romantic songs of all time!
This is one of the greatest samples I have ever heard!!! Gangster of Love!!!
It is very well done
Steve Miller band “The Joker”
@@natalydavidsmith3118 Yep, love that song! 👍
This song is so legendary it is impossible to comment on all of it.
Lets just comment on the greatness than:)
I'm white...and still jammin' 25 years later!!!!! Kathleen Johnson!!!
ooooooohhh!
Loool...ok
Congratulations
Stfu Fat ass
ooooh Kathy, that bitch was hot....you know the rest g
RIP Bushwick Bill man. Real yardie. Salute
Didn‘t notice his death till I read your note. So sad. Hero of my youth. RIP
Manley 50 still jammin🤘
Oh shit Chucky’s dead I never knew RIP Bushwick Bill.
I was actually happy to here this? My dad was murdered by a little person so I don’t like any of them now.
25 years in the making and still this album is a true classic
I bought this album on 125th street when it came out on those bootleg cassette tapes they used to sell before the industry shut them down. THIS was the version on the cassette. When I bought the CD years later they sampled Sweet Home Alabama instead because Steve Miller's people sued them or something. This version is MUCH better. (BTW I'm a white boy from Brooklyn. And Italian to boot. Ha!)
Never knew they got sued by Miller
Treat women like a queen, but let them remember you are the goddamn king
i miss this album..... memories of childhood ballin
dirty fun never stops
Still the bomb in 2021!
This is what makes the Geto Boys so great. Couldn't no one else pull a song off like this and make it a classic. I can always say Willie did not get there's no other rapper out here straight down to earth and straight to the point my him Geto Boys for life
This never get old
RIP DJ Ready Redd... created the Geto boy sound
i first hear this on a cassette tape... yeah im old school
dude this song gets me over a girl really fast
"I treat a bitch like a queen, but she has to realize I'm the god damned king."
Tight.
That guitar sample is sho nuff fonkay
Steve Miller Band
This is the real version.
Nah...the original, from Grip It! is, but this one's a'ight too...
@@JuggaloSupreme I think he means original beat/sample and with the whole trio. The one from Grip it doesn't have Bushwick on it.
@@OOTD_ - Yeah I know, but "Grip It..." came 1st & has the original sample. So even though there's no Bill on it, it's the 1st version & the O.G. version we know before they remade it. No big deal which is everyone's fave, but the original, 1st version is the "real" one. Bill didn't write his verses anyway. ✌
Yep, this is the "real" version.
Fuck all that other shit.
The one without bushwick i didn’t like. this one is the best. Will and face are way better in this one
My kid played this, I said it’s sampled from “Ol Dirty Bastard,” “no, it ain’t”…I had to pull it out on ‘em…I’m 57, been listening since the start. lil Wayne’s version has been on my playlist since then. ✌️
Still a banger in 2023.
GETTO BOYZ the best rap artists ever!! SPOKEN WORD They tell it like it is on so many levels every song is from the heart!
The best version!!!
Who's still listening in 2022?
i bought this album many moons ago lol..........
they will never make them like this again the best group ever rest in peace Bushwick Bill
Kathleen Johnson sweetheart ❤ I'd like to thank you 😊
44 years old i,m still jamming
Same here Brother 👊
47 here
6 different hoes a night
Damn Kids. I am 61, and jam to this song every day, cuz thats the type of Brother I am. Oh, if your mama want the D, she is stuffed!
Willie D is the funniest rapper of all time
I get it but , you gotta ad the realist 💯 😅😂
Ride in peace Bushwick Bill. The best of the Geto Boys was You...
Are you crazy, willie D and face wrote all his lyrics
I was 11 listening to this shit! I had 2 older brothers and sisters just jamming this everyday!!!
Every man should hear this
I have lived my love life to these lyrics ....and never once had a woman problem!
dude, i remember this song from my yr 10formal (Aussie land) - Oh Cathy that ho was hot....first piece of....GOLD....1990.... these blokes were good.
I love this song so much!
I used to live by these lyrics when I was younger now that I'm older no woman wants to be treated like that,I guess that's why I'm lonley,dam getto boys i blame you for that,but that philosophy worked when I was younger now I'm older and no woman wants to be treated like that anymore,dam you getto boys
I did my high school homework to this album. I remember turning the CD off as fast as possible when my mom would walk in the room.
Even though I already owned Grip It!, I waited a long time to buy this album on CD because I had to be sure it was the right version. The version that samples "Sweet Home Alabama" is crap when you're used to the original.
This version is so much better than the Sweet Home Alabama version. Brings me straight back to January 91 ridin around in G Mas car. I've never been played by a ho....
Love to hear the legends spit classics respect and love from Strong Island Ny
God I remember this song in 8th grade. My sex ed class was this album LOL.
July 4th weekend 2022! Throwin this back to when I was 14 and blasting this in my buddies dodge Omni with 6x9s bolted to the roof. Heading down to Gibraltar to cool off bridge jumping. Drove by the other day to see it all crumbling and steel exposed. Damn those were the days!
Such a romantic song.
It is!
Classic. cant believe its been so long ! Man i grew up on the other level with these boys ! Willie,face bill, lil J ,convicts,5th ward taught me lots back in the day! lol . Im a 34 yo white somewhat successful middle class that grew up on this, music was my life and inspiration. dont judge book by cover!!!!... G to the E to tha T to tha ***** O !
Wow I can't believe this is the original version!! I had my tape stolen back in the day and every cd or tape I have heard since has the other version. This brings me back, thanks!!!
YT is good
I was young as hell bumpin this shit. Didn't even know I was bumpin southern rappers cause Face and Willy D could fuck wit the best of em. Damn classic
this is my favorite version. this sounded so good in my truck with two 15inch subwoofers. booom
Sorry mate,in Australia the first version was the first version. I bought (and still have) the vinyl in 91 before CDs were all the hype. The CD you got was the Rap-a-lot reprit after Steve millers label made them pull the sample.
I also have it on CD in both Def American and Rap-a-lot versions. My rap-a-lot collection kicks ass..Gold RIAA records, Controvercy (without Willie D of the ghetto boys" original cover) and signed CDs from after the group split.
@Stferdinanddhalifax I learned everything I needed to know my freshman year thanks to this song, god bless the ghetto boys
This is hip hop . Nothing beats 80s and 90s
My anthem...everyone in H town was rocking the geto boys..
You gotta be from a certain era to know about this shit🔥🔥🔥 80sbaby💪
AND PULLL DINE MY BRITCHES!!😭😭😭😭😭😭
27years later&still goin hard as!one of the oldest greatest classics!brings back memories of youth gone messed up lol
The mix on this one is so much better
Word on the street is Kathleen Johnson still looking for Mr right
I think this is the second version because Bushwick is on this one. I bought like 3 different versions of this song. This is arguably the best one. It's clean (production wise) and it has the original sample (that later got yanked). Great post brah!
I'm a racist white guy. I've loved this song for 20 years. I still know it like poetry. I can still sing the lyrics. Black men have more power than they know. Throw off the chains baby. I feel sorry for black guys who listen to recent crap. NWA rocks too. I'm 48. Ponder that shit.
Man..! This is my ish ryte here W3rd.! I remember growing to this as kid buggn on how raw this was..! And still is to date!~peace & keep real hip hop alive
sooooooo dopeeeeeeee this was the hottest joint on the lp
i used to bump this song in 88 when i was 8 yrs old. I love it
I love this version. I love the Steve Miller Band love.
These boyz was the shiiiiiit
This version was on the early original Def American record release back in 1990 with the iconic Steve Miller's Band sample. Due to legal issues with that sample all later versions of this had the not so great "gangsta boogie - sweet home Alabama sample" version. It's true that an almost similar version of this song was introduced on the Grip It! album a year prior but this version is the highly improved " real version".
man. this tape - fuck I can't remember what this album was called.but somebody left this tape cassette in my friend's car after a party in high school and I took it. 1991when I was 17 - this was the first hip hop album I ever listened to
big up Willie D, Scarface and Bushwick Bill
geto boys 1990. been awhile. shit still sounds good. "READ MY NIKE'S" brings bac the old days. damn i miss it.
This is a combo of both versions; dreams do come true!
Deep....
yep - the first hip hop album I ever got on cassette - in 1990 - big up!
Recoil
Sony Walkman...old school over the head headphones....scratching my dillbag!!!! Nod that head.
Top 5 Ghetto Boyz track......and that's saying somethin with their catalog.
Bushwick Bill Wrecked It! Willie D Has The Country Voice!!!
AND PULLL DINE MY BRITCHES!!🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
I GOTTA RECORD TOO!!!
Greatest love song ever! 😬
Scratching my dilbag ooooweeee!!! Kathleen Johnson I'd like to thank you!!!
Call me the ANGEL OF LOVE. ❤
one of the best samples of all time
Stickbo facts
Pretty sure geto boys got sued for using that "call me the gangster of love" sample so they changed it to the "gangster boogie" sample. This is the original version, i can say it with 100% certainty..my friend bought this the day it came out, and this song was my favorite on the album for ages.
The blue print for them real pimp songs
Been searching for a year for this version :) - I think I bought this cassette like 4 times.. this was this shiz when I was in school :)
This is the version I remember growing up.
this is a remake -- the original is without BUSHWICK (not bushwack) bill. but this is the best version with all the crew members.
mardenhill no this is the original u getting versions mixed up
Yes, this is the second of three versions. The original version appeared on the album ‘Grip It! On That Other Level’, which did not feature Bushwick Bill. This version got pulled from the Geto Boys self titled album due to sample clearance issues.
Yea!!!!!!!Geto!!!!!!! This is my introduction to Gangsta Rap. Number 1 to me, Milwaukee Wisconsin is a Geto.
I always like this song. i bought the cd when it first came out. Use to blast it. But could not listen to it at home.I guess u know why!! "Act like i luv em,then dog there mo fo ass!"
Rest In Peace Bushwick Bill and Ready Red!
i heard this song at 11 and it changed my life
Ohhhh Cathy :-)
Great song even without Steve Miller but it definitely helped, agree with Dave this ones the best.
Love the rock/rap combos, Aerosmith/RUNDMC walk this way and Bring the noise with Public Enemy and Anthrax.
In grade 8, 25 yrs ago we had a nice stereo with 12" subs but didn't have a tape player so I broke open my ghetto blaster wired it up to play Walk this way and well, oh my, my jaw dropped and I was in love lol.
Shit still tight!!
Best album to this day
D@mn homeboy.......I been looking 4this for awhile. This is the O.G. version. I had this the 1st week it came out and this was the version on the CD. Much props!!
My lil bro was rockin this album and recorded over one of my tapes. I played it in my car and boom shakalaka shit got crazy 😂
Lil bro wild!!!
never. this is the original and ultimate version.
I just know I'm talking about the version with Steve Miller, which definitely came out 1st, but Steve Miller sued the Geto Boyz for not buying rights to his riff, so they remade it using Sweet Home Alabama. I heard it for the 1st time in 1990, because I remember I was a freshman in high school.
Good news, everybody! The Geto Boys could be producing another album soon! It's titled Habeas Corpus.
still bumpin GANGSTA OF LOVE
There will never be another rap group like the bad bpyz from h-town. I just wish they were still doin they thang
ahh ... this was my theme song back in the day.
sweet memories are made of this.
Ohhh , Kathy !!! 😂
@kiddosthang I used to roll listening to it. I lost the tape in the 90's and when I went to replace it they had changed it because of the sampling issues. It was good to hear the original. It was, and is, the shit! ;)
Geto Boyz only make classics
this version kills the sweet home alabama one.....KILLS IT
i had this one on tape and when i bought the cd it was theother version. dude,, i was so pissed
@starchildExcalibur it's without bushwick bill, who used to be a dancer only at the time. so the 1990 version is the original full version, the 1989 version sounds more like a demo.