Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me

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   Here's some additional info for the database...

The Geto Boys hit "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" is not listed in the database on the following CD:

Rap Beat From The Street (K-Tel 6070)

The version on this CD is in stereo and runs (5:03).  Also, this is the censored version, but the database currently does not distinguish between censored and uncensored.

Does anyone know if the cassette single was issued in uncensored form?

In addition to the above mentioned disc, the entire Geto Boys album We Can't Be Stopped was issued in a censored version.  I have mine on cassette, but I have seen it on CD, although it's quite rare.  I'm not sure what the catalog number is for the CD, and my cassette is packed away at my parents' place.

I'm also wondering if the versions listed in the database, which currently show mono for all of them, are really in stereo.  The backing track for the song does, indeed, sound mono; however, there are some vocal echoes that bounce back and forth between the left and right channels, at least on the censored version.

Edited by aaronk

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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me Posted: 02 December 2006 at 3:39pm
	Here's some additional info for the database... The Geto Boys hit "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" is not listed in the database on the following CD: Rap Beat From The Street (K-Tel 6070) The version on this CD is in stereo and runs (5:03). Also, this is the censored version, but the database currently does not distinguish between censored and uncensored. Does anyone know if the cassette single was issued in uncensored form? In addition to the above mentioned disc, the entire Geto Boys album We Can't Be Stopped was issued in a censored version. I have mine on cassette, but I have seen it on CD, although it's quite rare. I'm not sure what the catalog number is for the CD, and my cassette is packed away at my parents' place. I'm also wondering if the versions listed in the database, which currently show mono for all of them, are really in stereo. The backing track for the song does, indeed, sound mono; however, there are some vocal echoes that bounce back and forth between the left and right channels, at least on the censored version. Edited by aaronk

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 December 2006 at 5:10pm
	My cassette single is censored. (Actually, it would be more accurate to call it 'clean', since most of the words-you-can't-say-on-the-radio are changed rather than bleeped.)

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 December 2006 at 11:21pm
	That's true, Paul. This version has alternate lyrics to remove the profanities. Pat usually designates it as "censored" in the database, regardless of whether the lyrics were changed or bleeped.

JL328 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 May 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JL328 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 February 2013 at 4:22pm
	Digging up another old one here... I believe I've heard more than one "clean" version of this song. Does anyone know which one is on the cassette single? The "clean" version I'm most familiar with is the one that contains dialogue at the beginning. It starts with Scarface saying the line "I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles," but then somebody (Willie D?) jumps in and says "Cool out man, we're on the radio" and then there's a bit of a spoken back and forth before the song starts in earnest. This version then has alternate lyrics to the album version (not muted, but alternate lyrics)--- for example, "4 walls just staring at a n****" becomes "4 walls, closing in, getting bigger." Is this the version on the cassette single? According to Discogs, there may be several "clean" versions--- it looks like there may be a "radio version," a "pop radio mix," and an "r&b radio mix." My guess is these are all different than the censored album version, but I don't know. Discogs says the "radio version" is on the cassette single. So, first, does anyone know which version is on the cassette single? Second, does anyone know what the version I described above is called (if it is not the version on the cassette single)? And, third, does anyone know if any of these clean "radio" versions are available on CD? Thanks. Edited by JL328

Smokin' TomGary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 June 2011 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smokin' TomGary Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 February 2013 at 5:22pm
	I have the following two CD's: PCDS-7005 which is a stock copy of "I Ain't With Being Broke" with four versions of that, two versions of "Gotta Let Them Hang" and "pop radio" and "urban radio" versions of "My Mind Playing Tricks On Me". PCDL-6612 nine versions of "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" 1.Pop Radio Mix 2.Pop Goes The Gangster Mix 3. Pop Radio Kick It Mix 4. Jeffenstein Mix 5. Slammin Radio Mix 6. Instrumental Gank Mix 7. Extended Mix (radio) 8. Extended Mix (club) 9. Ron B Mix (Original). Note the latter does not have the word "My" in the title.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 February 2013 at 7:54pm
	Hey Jeff, I also have the same two CDs that Smokin' TomGary has, and I can help you with this. The version you are describing is the clean album version. This mix has many different names: - clean album version - Urban Radio - R and B Mix (Original) (erraneously labeled as "Rond B Mix" on the promo CD) - Radio Version All of the above are the same mix and the one you are looking for. The CD singles are pretty hard to find and/or are expensive, and so is the clean album on CD. Your best bet is to buy a used copy of "Rap Beat From The Street," which I mentioned in my first post. It's a K-Tel compilation that can be found for less than a buck on amazon.
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JL328 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 May 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JL328 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 February 2013 at 8:50am
	Thanks, guys. Aaron, is the version I described also on the cassette single or is that a different clean mix?

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 February 2013 at 12:27pm
	Same one on the cassette single, as far as I know.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 February 2013 at 1:19pm
	I have both the cassette single and the first CD Smokin' TomGary describes. The version on the cassette single is described only as "radio" and is the same as the "urban radio" version on the "I Ain't With Being Broke" CD. (The "pop radio" version is quite different.)

JL328 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 May 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JL328 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2013 at 9:55am
	Ok, sorry, just so I'm clear--- the cassette single contains the initial dialogue and the line "Cool out man, we're on the radio"??