News: Geto Boys Launch Kickstarter Campaign For New Album ‘Habeas Corpus’

Legendary rap group Geto Boys have launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help fund their new album Habeas Corpus. Its’ been over a decade since the release of their last project Foundation back in 2005. The group would like to raise $100,000 by July 15th to make their project a reality. Production on the project is said to be provided by Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe and Ice Cube. Take a look at some of their plans below and donate here.

This is a new platform for us. It’s hard to get all three of us excited about the same thing at the same time, but we’re pumped up about our new album, and being on the front end of this groundbreaking approach to how music will be delivered in the future. The plan is simple: After our campaign is successfully funded in mid July, we will book studio time in Houston for August or September to begin recording the new album, HABEAS CORPUS. As for production, we will be in full attack mode – leaving no stone unturned. We’re going to work with both seasoned and new producers to give you that Geto Boys uncut, raw feel that you love, while simultaneously developing a unique sound that takes our music to the next level. We will feature a couple of well-known skilled artists who we respect, but that’s about it. We owe it to our fans to make a Geto Boys album, not a compilation. It usually takes us 2 to 3 months to complete an album, and 3 months from the date of completion to get the album in stores.

Another first for us will be our “PIECES OF INSANITY” ART BOOK, authored by Willie D, curated by artist Lee Carrier and designed by Mario Jaramilo of the Robot Agency. The 100 Page art book will feature over 40 artists from around the world paintings, inspired by select Geto Boys songs from the past three decades, and will include EXCLUSIVE VIP ART SHOWS. We are currently on a 22 City US tour that began on June 7 in Washington DC at Howard Theatre. We partnered with SiriusXM Radio to record our performance and air it at a later date. So check back here for updates – you’ll be able to see some of the cool pictures and videos from the tour as well as get important updates about our Kickstarter. The cherry on top of the creative process will be the BEHIND THE SCENES DVD we’re going to create that shows the MAKING OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ALBUM. For the first time we are going to share with our fans and supporters how we go about the creative process of making an album, how we decide what tracks we will use, and what inspires us to create. Plus you’ll see what we do in our downtime when we’re waiting on the engineer to make technical adjustments, stuffing our faces, or when we’re just hanging out shooting the shit. We want every serious music lover in the world to be involved with this project.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE MAKING OF OUR NEW ALBUM AND THE MUSIC THAT’S CREATED TODAY. To show our appreciation for your undying support, we are offering loads of EXCLUSIVE GB MERCH, and NEVER BEFORE ACCESS. -The Geto Boys