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** And then there's "Me So Horny", which is almost entirely built around a sample of the [[AsianHookerStereotype Vietnamese hooker]] from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.

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* BleachedUnderpants: ''As Clean As They Wanna Be,'' which did not sell anywhere close to the amount of copies that the original did.



* RatedGForGangsta: While Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis continue to tour as 2 Live Crew (though Marquis turned born-again Christian and railed against his old raunchy persona for a while), Luther Campbell is now... wait for it... a ''high school football coach''.

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* RatedGForGangsta: While Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis continue ''As Clean As They Wanna Be,'' which did not sell anywhere close to tour as 2 Live Crew (though Marquis turned born-again Christian and railed against his old raunchy persona for a while), Luther Campbell is now... wait for it... a ''high school football coach''.the amount of copies that the original did.
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By the time they released their double album ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' in 1989, the 2 Live Crew had gained nationwide notoriety for their bawdy lyrics and outrageous stage shows. Then they ran afoul of the law when Florida attorney Jack Thompson, on behalf of [[MoralGuardians the American Family Association]], sought to press obscenity charges on the group and ban their records from being sold in record stores. The legal battle went all the way to the federal appeals court, which ruled in favor of the 2 Live Crew and dropped the obscenity charges. The U.S. Supreme Court refused the appeal by the prosecutors after that. Amidst all the controversy, ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' sold two million copies.

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By the time they released their double album ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' in 1989, the 2 Live Crew had gained nationwide notoriety for their bawdy lyrics and outrageous stage shows. Then they ran afoul of the law when Florida attorney Jack Thompson, Thompson (who's also infamous for his crusade against violent video games), on behalf of [[MoralGuardians the American Family Association]], sought to press obscenity charges on the group and ban their records from being sold in record stores. The legal battle went all the way to the federal appeals court, which ruled in favor of the 2 Live Crew and dropped the obscenity charges. The U.S. Supreme Court refused the appeal by the prosecutors after that. Amidst all the controversy, ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' sold two million copies.
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* GoldTooth: They would show off the gold in their teeth in their early years.
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* DirtyRap: ''And how.'' A TropeCodifier.

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* DirtyRap: ''And how.'' A TropeCodifier.TropeCodifier, their raunchy lyrics, mostly of the IntercourseWithYou variety, got them a lot of attention (both positive and negative).



* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex

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* EverybodyHasLotsOfSexEverybodyHasLotsOfSex: In most of their song lyrics, everyone mentioned engages in copious amounts of sex.



* FracturedFairyTale: "Dirty Nursery Rhymes"

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* FracturedFairyTale: "Dirty Nursery Rhymes"Rhymes", as the title suggests, takes various well known nursery rhymes like "Jack and Jill" and "Little Miss Muffet", and turns them into something much dirtier.



* IntercourseWithYou: The TropeCodifier in the rap world. It'd be easier to list the songs that ''don't'' involve sexual activity.

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* IntercourseWithYou: The TropeCodifier in the rap world. Song titles like "We Want Some Pussy", "Face Down Ass Up", and "The Fuck Shop" tell you everything you need to know about their lyrical content. It'd be easier to list the songs that ''don't'' involve sexual activity.



* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "Face Down Ass Up"

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* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "Face Down Ass Up"Up" has them repeatedly extol the titular sex position.

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Coitus Ensues is now Sex Starts Story Stops, which doesn't apply here.


* ClusterFBomb: Jack Thompson counted the F-bombs on ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' and announced that "fuck" was heard 199 times.
** {{Cluster F Bomb}}s are also strategically deployed on "Fuck Martinez".
* CoitusEnsues

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* ClusterFBomb: Jack Thompson counted the F-bombs on ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' and announced that "fuck" was heard 199 times.
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times. {{Cluster F Bomb}}s are also strategically deployed on "Fuck Martinez".
* CoitusEnsues
Martinez".
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* AffectionateParody: Not long after ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was released, Eric Lambert (MC Moisha) and Joe Stone ([[Music/EazyE Easy Irving]]), calling themselves [[YouHaveToHaveJews 2 Live Jews]], made an album called ''As Kosher As They Wanna Be''.

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* AffectionateParody: Not long after ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was released, Eric Lambert (MC Moisha) and Joe Stone ([[Music/EazyE Easy Irving]]), calling themselves [[YouHaveToHaveJews 2 Live Jews]], Jews, made an album called ''As Kosher As They Wanna Be''.

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* ImAManICantHelpIt
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Kicks off "C'mon Babe".

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* %%* TheImmodestOrgasm: Kicks off "C'mon Babe".



* MiamiBass
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly around a 7-8 due to the sometimes detailed sexuality. ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' can even get up to 11 in some places due to its unabashed explicitness.

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* MiamiBass
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly around a 7-8 due to the sometimes detailed sexuality. ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' can even get up to 11 in some places due to its unabashed explicitness.
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Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Two Live Crew Job."
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As usual, you can find the basics about their career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Live_Crew The Other Wiki]].

Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Two Live Crew Job."



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David "Mr. Mixx" Hobbs originally formed the 2 Live Crew with Fresh Kid Ice and Amazing V. They released their first single, "Revelations", in 1985. Amazing V left the group after that and was replaced by Brother Marquis. They caught the attention of Luther Campbell, a fellow rapper who had his own record label. Luther joined the group and signed them to his Luke Skyywalker Records, which put out their first album, ''The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are'', in 1986. Through word of mouth alone, the album managed to sell enough to go gold. Another album, ''Move Somethin'', followed in 1988.

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David "Mr. Mixx" Hobbs originally formed the 2 Live Crew with Fresh Kid Ice and Amazing V. They released their first single, "Revelations", "Revelation", in 1985. Amazing V left the group after that and was replaced by Brother Marquis. They caught the attention of Luther Campbell, a fellow rapper who had his own record label. Luther joined the group and signed them to his Luke Skyywalker Records, which put out their first album, ''The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are'', in 1986. Through word of mouth alone, the album managed to sell enough to go gold. Another album, ''Move Somethin'', followed in 1988.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Revelation is borderline christian rap.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Revelation Their first single, "Revelation", is borderline christian Christian rap.
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* Fresh Kid Ice a.k.a. Chris Wongwon (the only constant member of the group, who would in fact perform solo, [[IAmTheBand billed as the "2 Live Crew"]], during TheNoughties) [[AuthorExistenceFailure Sadly, he passed away]] in 2017 of cirrhosis.

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* Fresh Kid Ice a.k.a. Chris Wongwon (the only constant member of the group, who would in fact perform solo, [[IAmTheBand billed as the "2 Live Crew"]], during TheNoughties) [[AuthorExistenceFailure Sadly, he passed away]] Passed away in 2017 of cirrhosis.



* RatedGForGangsta: While Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis continue to tour as 2 Live Crew (though Marquis [[OldShame turned born-again Christian and railed against his old raunchy persona for a while]]), Luther Campbell is now... wait for it... a ''high school football coach''.

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* RatedGForGangsta: While Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis continue to tour as 2 Live Crew (though Marquis [[OldShame turned born-again Christian and railed against his old raunchy persona for a while]]), while), Luther Campbell is now... wait for it... a ''high school football coach''.



* {{Sampling}}: Of special note are the samples used from comedy acts such as Creator/RichardPryor, Redd Foxx and Blowfly, showing their fans (not to mention their critics) that raunchy black comedy was OlderThanTheyThink.

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* {{Sampling}}: Of special note are the samples used from comedy acts such as Creator/RichardPryor, Redd Foxx and Blowfly, showing their fans (not to mention their critics) that raunchy black comedy was OlderThanTheyThink.Blowfly.
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* Fresh Kid Ice a.k.a. Chris Wongwon (the only constant member of the group, who would in fact perform solo, [[IAmTheBand billed as the "2 Live Crew"]], during TheNoughties)

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* Fresh Kid Ice a.k.a. Chris Wongwon (the only constant member of the group, who would in fact perform solo, [[IAmTheBand billed as the "2 Live Crew"]], during TheNoughties)TheNoughties) [[AuthorExistenceFailure Sadly, he passed away]] in 2017 of cirrhosis.
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The 2 Live Crew is a {{Rap}} group from Miami that's mostly known for their plethora of DirtyRap songs.

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The 2 Live Crew is a {{Rap}} [[HipHop Rap]] group from Miami that's mostly known for their plethora of DirtyRap songs.



After releasing a follow-up album ''Sports Weekend'' in 1991, the group disbanded in 1992. Luke and Fresh Kid Ice tried re-forming "The New 2 Live Crew" in 1994 with rapper Verb, but the album they made had little commercial success. Fresh Kid Ice, Brother Marquis and Mr. Mixx then made ''Shake A Lil' Somethin'' in 1996 without Luke or his record label. Since then the 2 Live Crew has been a RevolvingDoorBand, with Fresh Kid Ice as the only constant.

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After releasing a follow-up album ''Sports Weekend'' in 1991, the group disbanded in 1992. Luke and Fresh Kid Ice tried re-forming "The New 2 Live Crew" in 1994 with rapper Verb, but the album they made had little commercial success. Fresh Kid Ice, Brother Marquis and Mr. Mixx then made ''Shake A Lil' Somethin'' in 1996 without Luke or his record label. Since then the 2 Live Crew has been a RevolvingDoorBand, with Fresh Kid Ice as the only constant.
constant. The second quote is there because, once the attention brought by the controversy died down, the media ignored them.
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* TokenMinority: Fresh Kid Ice is the rare Chinese rapper.

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* TokenMinority: Fresh Kid Ice is the rare Chinese rapper.Chinese[[note]]Chinese-Trinidadian[[/note]] rapper and was one of the first, if not ''the'' first Asian-American rappers to find mainstream success.
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* ShoutOut: A subtle one at the end of "If You Believe In Having Sex"; Luke gets the crowd chanting "Less filling! Tastes great!", a bit from an old Miller Lite ad campaign.
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ZCE and not the trope in any case (Bikini Bar is about fake strip clubs!)


* BikiniBar: "Strip Club"
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* MissingEpisode: The back cover of the CD of ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' featured a note that read,
--> ''"Keep Your Eyes Open For The New Luke Skyywalker Album Coming Your Way Soon."''
** Which would be pure semantics, as Lucasfilm stopped Luke from using "Luke Skyywalker" soon after. Thus the release of ''Banned In The U.S.A.'' on the newly renamed Luke Records.
** Luke did make a series of solo albums after 2 Live Crew's first breakup, starting with ''I Got Shit On My Mind'' in 1992.



* ThePeteBest: Yuri "Amazing V" Vielot was on their very first single "Revelation", but left the group after that. Brother Marquis replaced him.



* [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants Writing by the Seat of Your (Lack of) Pants]]: In a recent ''New York Times'' article, Luther Campbell recalled that when recording 2 Live Crew albums, he "would fill the studio with women and Bacardi rum and make music based on what happened, what he saw, what he did."
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Revelation is borderline christian rap.
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* AffectionateParody: Not long after ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was released, Eric Lambert (MC Moisha) and Joe Stone ([[EazyE Easy Irving]]), calling themselves [[YouHaveToHaveJews 2 Live Jews]], made an album called ''As Kosher As They Wanna Be''.

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* AffectionateParody: Not long after ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was released, Eric Lambert (MC Moisha) and Joe Stone ([[EazyE ([[Music/EazyE Easy Irving]]), calling themselves [[YouHaveToHaveJews 2 Live Jews]], made an album called ''As Kosher As They Wanna Be''.
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-->''Heyyyyy, we want some puuuussyyyyyy!''

-->''"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest."''

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-->''Heyyyyy, ->''Heyyyyy, we want some puuuussyyyyyy!''

-->''"When ->''"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest."''



The 2 Live Crew is a [[GenreMotif/HipHop rap]] group from Miami that's mostly known for their plethora of DirtyRap songs.

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The 2 Live Crew is a [[GenreMotif/HipHop rap]] {{Rap}} group from Miami that's mostly known for their plethora of DirtyRap songs.
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly around a 7-8. ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' can even get up to 11 in some places.

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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly around a 7-8. 7-8 due to the sometimes detailed sexuality. ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' can even get up to 11 in some places.places due to its unabashed explicitness.
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly around a 7-8. ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' can even get up to 11 in some places.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "We Want Some Pussy".

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* AudienceParticipationSong: "We Want Some Pussy". On actual live shows, ''all'' their songs will be this in some way or another.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "We Want Some Pussy".

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* CoatsAndJackets: Wore shiny green jackets in their early days.


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* ColorMotif: Wore shiny green jackets in their early days.
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* Luke Skyywalker[[hottip:*:(used until 1990, thanks to a lawsuit by Lucasfilm)]] a.k.a. Luther Campbell (1985-1996)

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* Luke Skyywalker[[hottip:*:(used Skyywalker[[note]](used until 1990, thanks to a lawsuit by Lucasfilm)]] Lucasfilm)[[/note]] a.k.a. Luther Campbell (1985-1996)

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