2 Live Crew, the Glossary
The 2 Live Crew is an American hip hop group from Miami, Florida that had its greatest commercial success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.[1]
Table of Contents
92 relations: African Americans, Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love, Al Goldstein, Album, Alexander City, Alabama, AllMusic, American Family Association, As Nasty as They Wanna Be, Asian American hip hop, Asian hip hop, Atlantic Records, Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4, Banned in the U.S.A., Billboard 200, Bob Martinez, Born in the U.S.A. (song), Brother Marquis, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Broward County, Florida, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Philips, Cirrhosis, Colin Larkin, Copyright infringement, Delaware, Dirty rap, Do the Bart, E-40, Eponym, Fair use, Felony, Fisher v. Dees, Flavor Flav, Flo Rida, Florida, Freedom of speech, Fresh Kid Ice, Friday (1995 film), G.D.F.R., George Lucas, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Herman Kelly and Life, Hip hop music, Hollywood, Florida, Hot Rap Songs, Insane Clown Posse, ITunes, Jack Thompson (activist), Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., Live in Concert (2 Live Crew album), ... Expand index (42 more) »
- Dirty rap musicians
- Miami bass groups
- Musical groups reestablished in 1994
- Musical quartets from Florida
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" is a song by American rock band Van Halen.
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Al Goldstein
Alvin Goldstein (January 10, 1936December 19, 2013) was an American pornographer best known for helping normalize hardcore pornography in the United States.
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Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Alexander City, Alabama
Alexander City, known to locals as "Alex City", is the largest city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of 14,843 as of the 2020 census.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
American Family Association
The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative and Christian fundamentalist 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States.
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As Nasty as They Wanna Be
As Nasty as They Wanna Be is the third album by Miami bass group 2 Live Crew. 2 Live Crew and as Nasty as They Wanna Be are obscenity controversies in music.
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Asian American hip hop
The influence and impact of hip hop was originally shaped from African American and Latino communities in the South Bronx.
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Asian hip hop
Asian hip hop is a heterogeneous musical genre that covers all hip hop music as recorded and produced by artists of Asian origin.
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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.
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Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4
Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4 is the sixth studio album by Miami-based hip hop group 2 Live Crew.
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Banned in the U.S.A.
Banned in the U.S.A. is the fourth album by the 2 Live Crew.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Bob Martinez
Robert Martinez (born December 25, 1934) is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991.
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Born in the U.S.A. (song)
"Born in the U.S.A." is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen and released in 1984 on the album of the same name as its opening track.
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Brother Marquis
Mark D. Ross (April 2, 1967 – June 3, 2024), better known by his stage name Brother Marquis, was an American rapper and a Miami bass pioneer.
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Broward County Sheriff's Office
The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization With 5,400 employees, it is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Florida.
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Broward County, Florida
Broward County is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Chuck Philips
Charles Alan Philips (October 15, 1952 – January 2024) was an American writer and journalist.
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Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is a condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis) and regenerative nodules as a result of chronic liver disease.
Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
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Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.
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Delaware
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.
Dirty rap
Dirty rap (also known as porno rap, porn rap, sex rap, booty rap, or pornocore) is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sexually explicit subjects.
Do the Bart
"Do the Bart" is a single from 2 Live Crew from their album Banned in the U.S.A. It has relatively little profanity compared to most of their songs.
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E-40
Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper.
Eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named.
Fair use
Fair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder.
Felony
A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.
Fisher v. Dees
Fisher v. Dees was a 1986 case of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit whose judgement refined the doctrine of fair use in American copyright law.
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Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper.
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Flo Rida
Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper and singer. 2 Live Crew and Flo Rida are Atlantic Records artists.
Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
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Fresh Kid Ice
Christopher Wong Won (May 29, 1964July 13, 2017), better known by his stage name Fresh Kid Ice, was a Trinidadian-American rapper and a Miami bass pioneer.
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Friday (1995 film)
Friday is a 1995 American buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh.
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G.D.F.R.
"G.D.F.R." (abbreviation for Goin' Down For Real) is a song by American rapper Flo Rida featuring American rapper Sage the Gemini and American music producer and DJ Lookas from the former's EP My House (2015).
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
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Herman Kelly and Life
Herman Kelly & Life were a late-1970s modern soul/funk group based in Miami, Florida, whose lone album was executive produced by Cuban born American Thomas Fundora.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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Hollywood, Florida
Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
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Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.
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Insane Clown Posse
Insane Clown Posse, often abbreviated as ICP, is an American hip hop duo.
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ITunes
iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple.
Jack Thompson (activist)
John Bruce Thompson (born July 25, 1951) is an American activist and disbarred attorney.
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Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (born November 26, 1931) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Live in Concert (2 Live Crew album)
Live in Concert is the first and only live album by American rap group 2 Live Crew and their fifth record overall.
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Luke Records
Luke Records is an American record label formed in 1985 by Luther Campbell, the former producer and hypeman of 2 Live Crew, and David Chackler, and based in Miami, Florida.
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Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.
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Mannie Fresh
Byron Otto Thomas (born March 20, 1969), better known by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Marc Emery
Marc Scott Emery (born February 13, 1958) is a Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur and politician.
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Me So Horny
"Me So Horny" is a song by the rap group 2 Live Crew on their album As Nasty as They Wanna Be. 2 Live Crew and Me So Horny are obscenity controversies in music.
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Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
Miami bass
Miami bass (also known as booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Miami New Times
The Miami New Times is a newspaper published in Miami, Florida, United States, and distributed every Thursday.
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Move Somethin' (album)
Move Somethin is the second studio album by the Miami-based hip hop group 2 Live Crew.
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Mr. Mixx
David P. Hobbs (born September 23, 1963), also known by his stage name Mr.
Nick Navarro
Nicholas G. Navarro (November 11, 1929 – September 28, 2011) was a Cuban-American businessman, born in Jaruco, Cuba, in 1929.
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Obscenity
An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.
Oh, Pretty Woman
"Oh, Pretty Woman", or simply "Pretty Woman", is a song recorded by Roy Orbison and written by Orbison and Bill Dees.
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Parental Advisory
Parental Advisory (short for Parental Advisory Explicit Content) is a voluntary music warning label placed on audio recordings in recognition of inappropriate references, such as violence, sexual content or profanity.
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Parody
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.
Politics
Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.
Pop That Coochie
"Pop That Coochie" ("Pop That Pussy" on the album) is a song by American hip hop group 2 Live Crew.
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Probable cause
In United States criminal law, probable cause is the legal standard by which police authorities have reason to obtain a warrant for the arrest of a suspected criminal and for a court's issuing of a search warrant.
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Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.
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Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the 1976 satirical novelty song "Disco Duck".
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area.
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Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
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Screw (magazine)
Screw is a pornographic online magazine published in the United States aimed at heterosexual men; it was originally published as a weekly tabloid newspaper.
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Shake a Lil' Somethin'
Shake a Lil' Somethin is the seventh studio album by Miami-based hip hop group 2 Live Crew.
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Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.
Sports Weekend (As Nasty as They Wanna Be Part II)
Sports Weekend (As Nasty as They Wanna Be Part II) is the fifth studio album by the 2 Live Crew, released in 1991.
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Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the debut studio album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Real One
The Real One is the eighth and final studio album by Miami-based hip hop group 2 Live Crew.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper. 2 Live Crew and Too Short are Dirty rap musicians.
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate.
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Trick Daddy
Maurice Samuel Young (born September 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Trick Daddy, is an American rapper from the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. 2 Live Crew and Trick Daddy are Atlantic Records artists.
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Trina
Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina, is an American rapper. 2 Live Crew and Trina are Atlantic Records artists.
Uncle Luke
Luther Roderick Campbell (born December 22, 1960), also known as Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke and simply Luke, is an American rapper, promoter, record executive, actor, and former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew. 2 Live Crew and Uncle Luke are Dirty rap musicians.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts.
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.
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Van Halen
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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Will to Power (band)
Will to Power is an American dance-pop group that originated in South Florida in the mid-1980s founded by Miami producer Bob Rosenberg. 2 Live Crew and Will to Power (band) are musical groups from Miami.
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See also
Dirty rap musicians
- 2 Live Crew
- Akinyele (rapper)
- Cupcakke
- JT (rapper)
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Petri Nygård
- Saweetie
- Sexyy Red
- The Outhere Brothers
- Too Short
- Travie McCoy
- Uncle Luke
- Yung Miami
Miami bass groups
- 2 Live Crew
- 69 Boyz
- 95 South
- Afro-Rican
- Dis-n-Dat
- Duice
- Ghost Town DJ's
- Gucci Crew II
- L'Trimm
- Quad City DJ's
- Tag Team (group)
Musical groups reestablished in 1994
- 2 Live Crew
- Adolescents (band)
- Angel's Breath
- Beau Dommage
- Camisa de Vênus
- Carnivore (band)
- Circle Jerks
- Colosseum (band)
- Eagles (band)
- Frecuencia Mod
- General Public
- Jag Panzer
- King Crimson
- Los Straitjackets
- Manilla Road
- Mayhem (band)
- Missouri (band)
- Mystic Circle
- Olympic (band)
- Sacred Cowboys
- Sobangcha
- Surf Trio
- The Chills
- The Moles (Australian band)
- The Torquays
- The Ward Brothers
- Whitesnake
Musical quartets from Florida
- 2 Live Crew
- Against Me!
- Alter Bridge
- Atom Smash
- Black Tide
- C-Note (band)
- Council of the Fallen
- Creed (band)
- Crimson Glory
- Cynic (band)
- Death (metal band)
- Deicide (band)
- Diabolic
- Genitorturers
- Go Radio
- Hibernus Mortis
- Into the Moat
- Jack Off Jill
- Malevolent Creation
- Marilyn Manson (band)
- Massacre (death metal band)
- Matchbox Twenty
- Morbid Angel
- October Noir
- Order of Ennead
- Solstice (American band)
- Surfer Blood
- The Apocalypse Blues Revival
- The Mavericks
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Live_Crew
Also known as The 2 Live Crew, Two Live Crew, Verb (rapper).
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