The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are

The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 25, 1986
Recorded1985–1986
Studio
Genre
Length32:55
LabelLuke Records
Producer
2 Live Crew chronology
The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
(1986)
Move Somethin'
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex (2017-10-24). "The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are - The 2 Live Crew". AllMusic.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 724–725.
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ^ Huey, Steve (1999). "The 2 Live Crew: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.