The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are | ||||
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Studio album by 2 Live Crew | ||||
Released | July 25, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||
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Length | 32:55 | |||
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Luke/Atlantic Records 91648 |
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2 Live Crew chronology | ||||
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Allmusic |
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The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the first album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1986 on Luke Skyywalker Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA. It includes the hits "We Want Some Pussy", "Throw the 'D'", and "Cuttin' It Up". Bob Rosenberg, a south Florida DJ who would later form the dance-pop group Will to Power, remixed and edited the song "Beat Box". In Florida, it was deemed obscene, and one store clerk was charged with felony "corruption of a minor" for selling it to a 14-year-old girl. The clerk was later acquitted.
The following year, the album reached No. 24 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart and No. 128 on the Billboard 200.