As Nasty As They Wanna Be

As Nasty As They Wanna Be
Studio album by 2 Live Crew
Released	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	Southern Rap, Miami bass, Dirty rap
Length	79:30
Label	Luke/Atlantic 91651
Producer	2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew chronology
Move Somethin' (1987) As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989) Banned in the U.S.A. (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C[2]

As Nasty As They Wanna Be is the third album by Miami rap group 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1989, and became their largest seller, going 2x Platinum. In 1990, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled that the album was legally obscene;^[3] this ruling was later overturned by the Eleventh Circuit.^[4] It is the first album in history to be deemed legally obscene.^[5]

It would also be the final album to be released under the Skyywalker Records label. Following a successful lawsuit against Luther Campbell and Skyywalker Records by Star Wars creator and director George Lucas, the company was forced to change its name to Luke Records.

The album is broken down track-by-track by Luke and Mr. Mixx in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.^[6]

In 2010 the album cover and imagery of the record were used in the music video of the song "Rabbit" by Swedish band Miike Snow.

Track listing

No.	Title	Samples	Length
1.	"Me So Horny"	Vocal samples from the Stanley Kubrick movie Full Metal Jacket Mass Production song "Firecracker" Fragments of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" can be heard in the samples from Full Metal Jacket	4:36
2.	"Put Her in the Buck"	Main riff of the song and moans are sampled from The Chakachas' "Jungle Fever"	3:57
3.	"Dick Almighty"	Main riff of the song is sampled from the title track of Kraftwerk's The Man-Machine album Vocal samples from Rudy Ray Moore and Richard Pryor "My greatest thrill" is from Rudy Ray Moore's "The Player" "15 inches long, 8 inches thick" is referenced on Leroy, Skillet & LaWanda's album "Back Door Daddy". Whodini's "Big Mouth"	4:53
4.	"C'mon Babe"		4:43
5.	"Dirty Nursery Rhymes"	Lyrically inspired by Andrew Dice Clay's "Nursery Rhymes" routine from his Dice album Sample from Cheech and Chong's "Earache My Eye"	3:05
6.	"Break It on Down" (Campbell/Two Live Crew)		3:59
7.	"2 Live Blues"		5:14
8.	"I Ain't Bullshittin'"	The title phrase is sampled from a Richard Pryor recording	4:27
9.	"Get Loose Now" (Campbell/Two Live Crew)	Rob Base song "It Takes Two" Beastie Boys song "The New Style"	4:36
10.	"The Fuck Shop"	Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" "I know a place just down there two streets" is from Leroy, Skillet & LaWanda's album "Back Door Daddy". Music Explosion's "Little Bit O' Soul" Guns N' Roses's "Sweet Child O' Mine"	3:24
11.	"If You Believe in Having Sex"		3:51
12.	"My Seven Bizzos"	Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"	4:18
13.	"Get the Fuck out of My House"	Eddie Murphy recording Eddie Murphy: Comedian Laid Back's "White Horse"	4:37
14.	"Reggae Joint" (Satire of dancehall music)	Replayed excerpt of the synth-bass riff from Wayne Smith's "Under Me Sleng Teng"	4:14
15.	"Fraternity Record"	Replayed excerpt of the guitar riff from The Beatles' "Day Tripper"	4:47
16.	"Bad Ass Bitch"	The quote and clip "Bad Ass Bitch" is from Samuel L. Jackson in one of his films.	4:03
17.	"Mega Mixx III"	This largely instrumental track contains a sample of an electronic voice counting in German from the Kraftwerk song "Numbers/Computer World"	5:44
18.	"Coolin'" (Campbell/Two Live Crew)	Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful Strut" The backing instrumental track from Barbara Acklin's "Am I the Same Girl"	5:02

Trivia

• The album cover can be found on the wall of the music store in the comedy film, Next Friday.
• As Nasty As They Wanna Be is the first ever southern rap album to ever go platinum and the only one from the 80s.

Personnel

• 2 Live Crew - Producer
• Jimmy Magnoli - Guitar
• Mr. Mixx - Vocals, Producer, Performer, Mixing
• Ted Stein - Engineer, Mixing
• Ron Taylor - Engineer, Mixing
• Chris Murphy - Engineer

As Clean As They Wanna Be

As Clean As They Wanna Be
Studio album by 2 Live Crew
Released	April 16, 1989 (1989-04-16)
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	Miami bass
Length	47:37
Label	Lil' Joe
Producer	Luther Campbell, Mr. Mixx, 2 Live Crew

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[7]

As Clean As They Wanna Be is the clean version of 2 Live Crew's third album. The album contains a disclaimer that '"This album does not contain explicit lyrics." The album had notably worse sales than the explicit version. However, it does contain "Pretty Woman", which is not on the explicit version. The song - a parody of the Roy Orbison hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" - resulted in a Supreme Court case, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., which established that a commercial parody can qualify as fair use. Despite the sticker on the album cover claiming "This album does not contain explicit lyrics", the song "Break It On Down" appears in it's original, explicit form.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by 2 Live Crew. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Funk Shop"	3:23
2.	"C'mon Babe"	4:19
3.	"Get Loose Now"	4:36
4.	"Coolin'"	5:03
5.	"You Got Larceny"	4:57
6.	"Love Digger"	3:54
7.	"Me So Lovely"	4:25
8.	"Pretty Woman" (a parody of "Oh, Pretty Woman" written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees)	3:20
9.	"My Seven Bizzos"	4:18
10.	"City of Boom"	3:32
11.	"Oh Baby, Oh Mama, Oh Wow!"	4:56
12.	"Mega Mix III"	5:44
13.	"Break It On Down"	3:58

Personnel

• Mr. Mixx – vocals, producer, mixing
• Ted Stein – engineer, mixing
• Ron Taylor – engineer, mixing
• Milton Mizell – coordination
• Linda Fine – coordination
• Mac Hartshorn – photography
• Mike Holland, aka Mike Bizzo - H.N.I.C.
• Luther Campbell – producer, executive producer
• Nic Stone, aka Spoon 56 - Mocha Thunder Generation
• Debbie Bennett – coordination
• Mike Fuller – mastering

References

1. ^ "As Nasty As They Wanna Be Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r28361. Retrieved 4 May 2011. 
2. ^ "2 Live Crew Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=2+Live+Crew. Retrieved 4 May 2011. 
3. ^ Skyywalker Records, Inc. v. Navarro, 739 F.Supp. 578 (S.D. Fla. 1990).
4. ^ Luke Records, Inc. v. Navarro, 960 F.2d 134 (11th Cir. 1992).
5. ^ Deflem, Mathieu. 1993. "Rap, Rock, and Censorship: Popular Culture and the Technologies of Justice." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, May 27-30, 1993
6. ^ Coleman, Brian, 2007, Check The Technique: Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies, Villard, Random House.
7. ^ "As Clean As They Wanna Be Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r28360/review. Retrieved 4 May 2011. 

External links

• As Nasty As They Wanna Be at MusicBrainz