The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are

1986 studio album by 2 Live Crew

Studio album by

2 Live Crew

Released

July 25, 1986

Recorded

1985–1986

Studio

Sonic Sound International (Miami, FL)
Studio One (Riverside, CA)

Genre

Miami bass
electro
dirty rap

Length

32:55

Label

Luke Records

Producer

Luke Skyywalker
2 Live Crew

2 Live Crew chronology

The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
(1986)

Move Somethin'
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the debut studio album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA.^[3] It includes the hits "We Want Some Pussy", "Throw the 'D'", and "Cuttin' It Up". 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.^[4]

The following year, the album reached number 24 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart^[5] and number 128 on the Billboard 200.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"2 Live Is What We Are..." (Word)	4:17
2.	"We Want Some Pussy"	2:49
3.	"Check It Out Yall" (Freestyle rappin')	5:03
4.	"Get It Girl"	3:55
5.	"Throw The 'D'"	3:09
6.	"Cut It Up"	3:49
7.	"Beat Box" (Remix)	4:32
8.	"Mr. Mixx On The Mix!!"	5:13
Total length:		32:55

Notes^{[citation needed]}

Track 1 contains samples from "Do It, Do It" by Disco Four (1981), "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" by Whistle (1986), "Rapp Will Never Die" by MC Shy D (1985), and "Flick of the Switch" by AC/DC (1983)
Track 3 contains samples from "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn (1978), and "Bass Machine" by T La Rock (1986)
Track 4 contains samples from "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly & Life (1978), "Slack Jawed Leroy" by Skillet & Leroy and LaWanda Page (1972), "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)" by Man Parrish (1982), "Bongo Rock '73" by Incredible Bongo Band (1973), and dialogue from Dolemite
Track 5 contains samples from "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly & Life (1978), "Bonus (A Side)" by Hashim (1983), "Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Beside (1982), and "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (1982)
Track 6 contains samples from "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James (1975), "It's a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn" by James Brown (1971), "Release Yourself" by Aleem (1984), "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow (1984), "Say What?" by Trouble Funk (1983), "You'll Like It Too" by Funkadelic (1981), "Jam on the Groove" by Ralph MacDonald (1976), "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (1982), and "Rock Box" by Run-DMC (1984)
Track 7 contains samples from "Catch a Groove" by Juice (1976)
Track 8 contains samples from "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band (1973), "Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Beside (1982), "Theme From the Black Hole" by Parliament (1979), "Mirda Rock" by Reggie Griffin & Technofunk (1982), "Triple Threat" by Z-3 MC's (1985), "Bonus Lesson #1 - No Music (The Original Human Beat Box)" by Doug E. Fresh (1984), "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (1982), "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid (1983), "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren (1982), "It's Yours" by T La Rock & Jazzy Jay (1984), "Spoonin' Rap" by Spoonie Gee (1979), "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (B-Side)" by Hashim (1983), and "Hold It Now, Hit It" by Beastie Boys (1986)

Personnel

Luther Campbell - performer, producer, executive producer, A&R
Brother Marquis - performer, producer
Fresh Kid Ice - performer, producer
Mr. Mixx - performer, producer
Bruce Greenspan - recording & mixing
Mark Boccaccio - recording & mixing
Manny Morell - artwork & design
Bob Rosenberg - editor (track 7)

References

^ Henderson, Alex (2017-10-24). "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are - The 2 Live Crew". AllMusic.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 724–725.
^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ Huey, Steve (1999). "The 2 Live Crew: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
^ "The 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew Is What We Are Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ "The 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew Is What We Are Chart History". Billboard 200. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved 2017-10-24.