I really think it was that song, plus “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” and “A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die” from Mr. Scarface Is Back leftover, but we released it as a single and shot a video for it and the fans were fucking with it from jump. We didn’t record any new music specifically for that album, but it did include two new songs: “The Unseen,” which was the first Geto Boys song to feature Big Mike (in place of Willie D), and my solo record “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta.”

And then in November, he took a couple of unreleased tracks and put together the greatest hits collection Uncut Dope: Geto Boys’ Best. When Willie and Bill’s albums were ready to go, he dropped them both that fall. But James wasn’t going to let a little group falling-out fuck with the label’s dough. Instead of following up the success of We Can’t Be Stopped with another Geto Boys album, Willie was off recording I’m Goin’ Out Lika Soldier while Bill worked on his own solo debut, Little Big Man. The Geto Boys: Willie D, Bushwick Bill and Scarface After all of the shit that the world had thrown at us, it turned out the only thing it took to stop the Geto Boys was ourselves. But instead of celebrating as a group, the group was fucked up. Platinum! It’s a motherfucker what a hit will do for a project. Then in February of ’92, We Can’t Be Stopped was certified platinum by the RIAA. Scarface Is Back went gold in just a few weeks after its release in late ’91. While everyone else was talking about how good they could rap, I was talking about how good I could rap in that dope talk, and anyone who knew anything about anything had to fuck with me when they heard it. I was one of the first MCs - from anywhere - to come through and talk that street talk on record in a skillful way. Scarface Is Back had not only established me as a solo artist, it had solidified my name and my rep.

Nineteen ninety-two should have been a great year. In the following exclusive book excerpt, Houston hip-hop icon Brad “Scarface” Jordan provides a riveting account of a tragic 1993 incident in Shreveport, during which he was shot and a close friend was killed.

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