Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best is the first compilation album by the Geto Boys

Geto Boys

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, released on November 3, 1992 through Rap-a-Lot

Rap-A-Lot Records

Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...

 and Priority Records

Priority Records

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The compilation contained tracks from their first four albums, 1989's Grip It! On That Other Level

Grip It! On That Other Level

Grip It! On That Other Level is the second album by Houston hip hop group the Geto Boys, then known as the Ghetto Boys. Following the disappointing results of the group's first album, Making Trouble, Rap-A-Lot Records replaced original rapping members, Sire Jukebox and Prince Johnny with Scarface ...

, 1990's The Geto Boys

The Geto Boys (album)

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and 1991's We Can't Be Stopped

We Can't Be Stopped

We Can't Be Stopped was the 4th studio album by Geto Boys, released in 1991. It was among their most successful records in terms of units sold. The album is broken down track-by-track by Geto Boys in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique. We Can't Be Stopped was certified Platinum in early...

, but their 1988 debut album, Making Trouble

Making Trouble

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...

is only represented by the DJ cut, "Balls and My Word" (renamed to "And My Word" in the album's liner notes for unknown reasons). Uncut Dope also contained two previously unreleased songs, "The Unseen" (which is the first Geto Boys song with Big Mike

Big Mike

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) and "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta". Uncut Dope peaked at 147 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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Track listing

1. "Do It Like a G.O."- 4:36
2. "Assassins"- 5:11
3. "Mind of a Lunatic"- 5:26
4. "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me"- 5:11
5. "Size Ain't Shit"- 3:42
6. "The Unseen"- 3:36
7. "Balls & My Word"- 3:49
8. "Scarface"- 5:06
9. "Action Speaks Louder Than Words"- 5:53
10. "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta"- 5:10
11. "Chuckie"- 3:48
12. "Gotta Let Them Hang"- 4:08

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Billboard 200	147
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop	31