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Whilst from California, it was in Miami, US that 2 Live Crew first found success, with the members Fresh Kid ICe, DJ Mr. Mixx, Brother Marquis and Amazing V moving to the Florida city after their debut single, "Revelation," became a big hit there in 1985. Signing with Luke Skyywalker's (Luther Campbell) label, they released their 1986 debut, "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are," a record full of songs like "We Want Some Pussy" and "Throw the D" that became an underground success, soon going Gold. Felony charges against a record store that sold the record to a minor led to the idea to create both 'clean' and 'dirty' versions of their releases, with 1987's "Move Somethin'" being the first to appear in this format. The record became an even bigger hit, amidst calls of obscenity and and restrictions from the state government.
For 2 Live Crew, this trend was set to continue for their subsequent albums, with 1989's "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" becoming a huge hit, whilst receiving significant pressure from the authorities, claiming the record to be unnecessarily obscene. This met the quartet with huge publicity, with the hysteria surrounding them presenting a perfect opportunity to capitalize on this, with the act signing to major label, Atlantic Records. "Banned in the USA" followed in 1991, scoring another round of hits. Yet despite their notoriety, their next two albums failed to find commercial success, eventually being the final albums they recorded together in their original capacity.
The following years were marred by court case after court case, charged with various counts of plagiarism and obscenity charges that prompted a number of expensive lawsuits. Supporters of free speech had a difficult time helping to fight these charges,often finding little artistic merit in their explicit music. The band soon fell apart, with the members pursuing solo careers. In 1994, Luke, Fresh Kid Ice and new partner Verb formed the New 2 Live Crew, releasing the album "Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4" that same year. This project found little success, with Luther Campbell finding his Luke label bankrupt due to the endless court costs the group suffered.
The original members reunited in 1996, finding support from the Lil' Joe label. They released "Shake a Lil' Somethin'" that same year, which found moderate success, climbing to number 145 on the Billboard 200. With varying lineups, 2 Live Crew continued to perform intermittently throughout the following decade, reuniting for one-off performances. In 2008, Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis reunited as a duo, soon writing new material, eventually releasing a new single in 2014, "Take It Off."
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There’s never really been anything quite look some good old-fashioned controversy to ensure that a band’s record sales remained steady, and whilst I wouldn’t want to sound cynical about 2 Live Crew and the success that they enjoyed in the late eighties and early nineties, there’s no real question that a significant slice of trouble-making had a part to play in how their albums were received commercially. The hip hop group had never been any stranger to the concept of including highly sexualised themes in their work, but with the 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be, they really took the idea to another level, especially with the record’s lead single, ‘Me So Horny’. The lyrical content caused serious controversy, attracting the attention of high-profile anti-sleaze lawyer Jack Thompson and being ruled as obscene and illegal to sell by a U.S. district court judge. Eventually, that would be overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States, and the record would go onto shift over two million copies. Despite live shows which did their best to play off of the controversy, the group would eventually fizzle out in 1998; they have reunited, briefly, on a handful of occasions since, though, including once earlier this year.
Joeg_67
It was fucking sweet Transformers Ninja Turtles and Vanilla Ice on stage what's better than that and 2/Live Crew Rock 2 they didn't play pop that pussy though g rated I shook my ass 3rd row center stage bucketlisted lol
Kingcak
