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Like its contemporaries N.W.A. and Ice-T, Miami's 2 Live Crew emerged as one of hip-hop's most controversial groups. Transforming lewd party songs into cultural lighting rods, the group was at the center of one of music's contentious First Amendment debates.
Though the group is mostly linked with Miami, its earliest incarnation has roots in California with original members Fresh Kidd Ice (Chris Wong Won), DJ Mister Mixx (David Hobbs) and Amazing V (Yuri Veliot). After the crew's first song 'Revelation' became popular in Florida, they moved to Miami.
Soon after, Brother Marquis (Mark Ross) joined the fold, replacing Amazing V, and local music impresario Luther Campbell signed the act to his Luke Skyywalker label. Campbell, who also doubled as their manager, joined the group eventually and guided it into doing rap music with graphic sexual content and uptempo Miami bass sound.
Their 1986 debut, 'The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are' featured raunchy tunes like 'We Want Some P*ssy' and 'Throw the D.' By the time their sophomore record, 'Move Something,' dropped in 1987, Campbell decided to release 'clean' and 'dirty' versions.
But it wasn't until 1989's 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be' that 2 Live Crew really started causing a stir. In particular, local religious activist Jack Thompson led the charge to get the album deemed obscene by Florida state law. He succeeded when in June 1990, a district court judge handed down his verdict, making it illegal to sell the album in the state. 2 Live Crew members were arrested at subsequent live shows and a media circus ensued.
Scholar Henry Louis Gates even got involved to argue on the group's behalf. And surprisingly, the album sold more than two million copies nationwide, with curious parents and angsty teens wanting to understand (and listen to) what all the fuss was about.
By 1992, the obscene charged was overturned by Supreme Court decision, but the group emerged as a signifier of how far rap lyrics could go. As a result, the group has inspired generations of strip club rap.
Recently, Campbell has attempted to change his image in failed Miami mayoral bid. The group was honored at last year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards ceremony.
Influenced...Ludacris, Khia, Pitbull, Lil Jon, Trina, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, among others.
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By: Bullseye on 6/26/2011 5:17PM
A lesson learned from that ERA not to long ago is
'all' expressions aren't good ones... That music has a tremendous influence on our culture & activities... People walk,talk, dress, think & act out their music.., Now that Luke Campbell has political ambitions he feels it's necessary to play down his obscene lyric image... Now that Hindsight is 20-20 it makes you wonder whether the music industry needs to be more discreet & our courts need to be stronger for the sake of the people... The music of the 90's like "Punk Rock", New Wave, with groups like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Foo Fighters ALSO had a fashion, a public manner in way people act.. The same goes for trends like "The Rocky Horror" fad where young people actually wore black lipstick, black finger nails, Spiked mohawk hair styles & other garb publicly in their daily live... All the same goes for the influences of Gangster Rap Music & Strip club music like the "To Live Crews... It's a case where the music industry & the courts have to step-up and be more conscious of the music industry's product & the infuence over the people who listens to it... When NWA's F--k the police was on the market the music industry was put in check.., When rappers called women bit-es in their lyrics the music industry was put in check.., When Bush was in offices the conservative party monitored every lyric for any anti-American or war statement, Kanye West & Jaddakiss were put in check... The point is the authorities are very selective about what social consciousness they want to tolerate.., So drug selling, gunfights, murders & video strippers were/are tolerated music products....
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