The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the first album

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 by hip-hop

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 group the 2 Live Crew

2 Live Crew

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. It was released in 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy

Controversy

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 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

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 DJ who would later form the dance-pop group Will to Power

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, remixed and edited the song "Beat Box." In Florida, it was deemed obscene, and one store clerk was charged with felony

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 corruption of a minor

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 for selling it to one 14-year-old girl. The clerk was later acquitted.

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
   Dolemite
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   , 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

External links

• Is What We Are album credits From BestBuy.com