With Hip-Hop dying a very slow and very painful death with only a select few artists who are still breathing deep, meaningful breaths, it is good to look back to a time when Hip-Hop was still innovative and exciting. When it was dangerous and when it was controversial. When hearing explicit lyrics in a song actually shocked people. When you may have been considered 'cool' and 'fresh' if you rocked up to McDonald's with the bass from your sound system rattling the lenses in the nerd behind the drive-through window's glasses. When showing off 'bling' in a video or photo shoot didn't make you look like a tool. This was a time when Miami Bass emerged from the city with the same name, and with it came 2 Live Crew.
2 Live Crew may well be responsible for the booty/ho/bitch ass/slap that ass lyrical content that modern day Hip-Hop is drowning in. But they were actually good at it, and coming from them it didn't sound ridiculous. 2 Live Crew, like many other Miami Bass purveyors filled their jams with some really cool samples, heavy as hell drum-machine bass kicks, sharp as hell synth high hat slices, a very dance-able tempo and lyrics so dirty you would need a kilo of soap to wash your mouth out afterwards. It's the music you hide from your parents, played only through the massive headphones that came with your crappy Walkman with the tracks taped off your bad ass 'ghetto' mate around the corner who's naive parents plonked down the cash for the album at Brash's (when it still existed). Their music was so bad ass at the time, music retailers were being arrested in some areas of the US for selling it.
MP3: 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny
MP3: 2 Live Crew - Too Much Booty In The Pants
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