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 2 Live CrewBanned in the USA [Little Joe Clean] Release Date: 1996 06 10 Label: Little Joe Rating:  |
When Florida attorney Jack Thompson did everything he could to have the X-rated music of the 2 Live Crew outlawed, his assault on the First Amendment led many free-speech advocates to take up the group's cause. Thompson's actions inspired quite a bit of anger from both White liberals and African-American rappers, who saw something obscene about a prosperous lawyer declaring war on a young black entrepreneur who had avoided the pitfalls of Miami's Liberty City ghetto. Luke was under attack for doing the very thing Republicans consistently advocate -- using free enterprise to pull himself up by the bootstraps. Ironically, many of those who defended his First Amendment rights had little or no use for his lyrics. Banned in the USA, the Crew's first album for a major label and its first after the battle with Thompson, is for many a guilty pleasure. Say what you will about Luke's high-school locker-room lyrics; the Crew's Miami bass rap can be quite catchy, infectious, and amusing. Many New York hip-hoppers were quick to critcize the fast tempos employed by Miami rappers like Luke, but the fact that they did it their own way instead of emulating Northeastern MCs is something to admire instead of lambast. [Banned in the USA was also released in a clean version, with all vulgarities removed.] Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Banned in the U.S.A. | Luke, Nicholson, Springsteen, Two Live Crew, Wright | 4:23 |
| 2 | News Flash: People in the News | Luke, Two Live Crew | 0:16 |
| 3 | Man, Not a Myth | Luke, Two Live Crew | 3:52 |
| 4 | News Flash: 359 Men | Luke, Two Live Crew | 0:27 |
| 5 | News Flash: Nation by Storm | Luke, Two Live Crew | 5:15 |
| 6 | Bart | Luke, Two Live Crew | 0:09 |
| 7 | Hey Jack | Luke, Two Live Crew | 4:52 |
| 8 | Bass 9-1-7 | Luke, Two Live Crew | 0:10 |
| 9 | So Funky | Luke, Two Live Crew | 4:43 |
| 10 | Nwes Flash: Poll Results | Luke, Two Live Crew | 4:58 |
| 11 | Mama Juanita [Remix] | Luke, Two Live Crew | 0:10 |
| 12 | Commercial "September" | Luke, Two Live Crew | 3:41 |
| 13 | This Is to Luke from the Posse | Professor Griff, Watler, Griffin | 0:13 |
| 14 | News Flash: "British Youth" | Luke, Two Live Crew | 5:15 |
| 15 | Anti-Gang Record | Watler, Campbell, Two Live Crew, Thompkins | 0:12 |
| 16 | Banned: What Is This? [Remix] | Nicholson, Wright, Campbell, Two Live Crew, Big Tony | 3:59 |
| 17 | Mega Mix IV | Luke, Two Live Crew | 4:28 |
| 18 | F--k a Gang | Thompkins, Watler, Campbell | 3:31 |
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