2 Live Crew Albums (14)
'Private Personal Parts'
Release Date 2/22/2000
Tracks 39
Label Little Joe
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What The Critics Say
[Also included is a random bonus disc from the warehouse of Lil Joe Records.] ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide
What The Critics Say
Although Luther Campbell is long gone, 2 Live Crew remain the same, turning out the same lewd rhymes and bass-heavy grooves as they did in the eight-six. Which means, of course, that The Real One may indeed satisfy some fans of the group, since it delivers what the Crew always delivers, yet some longtime listeners will have to admit that the porn-rap schtick ran out of steam long ago. Nevertheless, there's a handful of cuts that have a strong enough groove to satisfy the needs of hardcore fans who just want to hear some new material from their favorite groups. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
'Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4'
Release Date 6/10/1996
Tracks 11
Label Little Joe
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'Shake a Lil' Somethin''
Release Date 1/1/1996
Tracks 16
Label Lil' Joe
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'Original 2 Live Crew'
Release Date 5/16/1995
Tracks 15
Label Blue Dolphin
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'Sports Weekend: As Clean as They Wanna Be, Pt. 2'
Release Date 10/8/1991
Tracks 17
Label Atlantic
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'As Nasty as They Wanna Be'
Release Date 2/19/1991
Tracks 18
Label Atlantic
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What The Critics Say
2 Live Crew's infamous -- record store clerks were actually arrested for selling the album -- and double platinum -- a great example of how being banned can increase sales -- As Nasty As They Wanna Be may be more talked about than listened to, but it's actually a thoroughly entertaining effort and as solid a album as the trashy party rap genre could have hoped for. In the first moments a sampled voice asks, "What do we get for ten dollars?." In a sleazy slow tone that might make Ron Jeremy blush, a hooker answers, "Everything you want" as the album begins to deliver on this street corner promise with the legendary "Me So Horny" ("me love you long time"). With a sample of Full Metal Jacket's Vietnamese hooker, a cheap drum machine, a fat bassline, and a simple set of rhymes that are filled with every cuss word, innuendo, and misogynist, knuckle-dragging reference to women imaginable, "Me So Horny" is the reason 2 Live Crew should exist. Nothing they or their leader Luke (Luther) Campbell recorded afterwards sounded as lean, as hook filled, and so instantly grabbing as the single. From the inner city strip clubs to the headphones of teenagers in the suburbs, the track was a massive guilty pleasure, one that could also fill the dancefloor in a second. The album that follows repeats and repeats this cheap and silly porno formula and miraculously stretches it as far as it can go. Divided into four sides -- one for each member, the only reason anyone remembers their names -- Nasty keeps it rolling with tracks that capture "Horny"'s energy, ("Put Her in the Buck"), its cleverness ("Dirty Nursery Rhymes"), and a whole bunch that are just as hooky. "The F**k Shop" is the best example of the latter with its easy to grasp chorus and wicked use of a loop from Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love." Other smart samples like Kraftwerk for "Dick Almighty" and Jimi Hendrix for "My Seven Bizzos" keep the album alive, while interludes lifted from Andrew Dice Clay, Rudy Ray Moore, Eddie Murphy, and Richard Pryor give away its true inspirations. A couple amusing left turns -- the 12-bar "2 Live Blues" and the dancehall party "Reggae Joint" -- round out the album, and suddenly the full-length that doesn't seem like it could ever suffer an injustice gets sold short by history, at least when it comes to remembering what a grand porno achievement Luke and his crew created. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
'Sports Weekend: As Nasty as They Wanna Be, Pt. 2'
Release Date 1/1/1991
Tracks 28
Label Luke
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What The Critics Say
As the proper follow-up to 2 Live Crew's infamous As Nasty as They Wanna Be album, Sports Weekend definitely delivered more of the same lewdness that had made its predecessor such a success. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
