The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are

The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
Studio album by 2 Live Crew
Released	July 25, 1986
Recorded	1985–1986
Genre	Miami bass, electro, porn rap
Length	32:55
Label	Luke/Atlantic Records 91648
2 Live Crew chronology
The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are (1986) Move Somethin' (1987)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

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.^[2]

Track listing

1. "2 Live Is What We Are..." – 4:25
2. "We Want Some Pussy" – 2:48
3. "Check It Out, Y'all" (Freestyle) – 5:04
4. "Get It, Girl" – 3:53 (contains dialogue from Dolemite, samples Herman Kelly & Life - Dance to the Drummer's Beat)
5. "Throw the 'D'" – 3:09
6. "Cuttin' It Up" – 3:49
7. "Beat Box (remix)" – 4:33
8. "Mr. Mixx on the Mix!!" – 5:15

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r28357
2. 2 Live Crew Is What We Are Charts & Awards on Allmusic (accessed March 26, 2012)

External links

• Is What We Are album credits From BestBuy.com