Recording
We Can't Be Stopped took only a few weeks to record. During the recording of the album, DJ Ready Red, one of the original Geto Boys members, left the group for personal reasons.
The title track was a criticism of the Geto Boys' former label, Geffen Records, after the label refused to distribute the group's previous album, The Geto Boys, because of its violent lyrics. The Bushwick Bill solo, "Fuck a War", is a criticism of then president George Bush, an anti-war song inspired by a close relative of Bill's serving in the Persian Gulf War. The hit single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" was originally intended to be a Scarface solo with three verses but later became a group song with Bushwick Bill rapping Scarface's last verse. "I'm Not a Gentleman" was a response to Queen Latifah's "Ladies First", while "Chuckie" is a Bushwick Bill solo written by a fellow Rap-A-Lot member, Ganksta N-I-P, after the two watched the movie Child's Play together. The track "Punk Bitch Game" was influenced by Salt of Salt-n-Pepa wanting more female participation in the song, while the album's final track, "Trophy", was about the Geto Boys' frustration over the lack of attention they were receiving from music awards.
In We Can't Be Stopped, each member of the group has three solo tracks. Three tracks have all three members on the rapping roster, including a short verse from DJ Ready Red on the title track.
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