After spending nearly five years apart,
the Geto Boys reunited in 1996 and released
The Resurrection. Since they were more notorious for their lyrical violence than their music -- only 1991's
We Can't Be Stopped, with its stunning single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," showed the band experimenting musically -- it comes as a surprise that
The Resurrection is such a strong album. Although the band never deviates from its standard blood-guts-sex lyrical routine, they have a greater sense of humor throughout the album. More importantly, they perform with energy and their backing tracks are vigorous and funky. As a result,
The Resurrection outstrips every other
Geto Boys record in every sense -- it is the leanest, meanest, and funkiest thing they've ever recorded. [A Digital Version was released in 2004.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine