Are "You So Horny?" We'll see how it goes this summer, when 2 Live Crew, the rap group famous for such lewd party hits such as "Me So Horny," tours this summer.
The group has announced it has reunited and will be touring.
2 Live Crew was first active in 1985-1991. The group then reunited, and were together from 1995-1998. Now, a quick look at their Wikipedia page shows it says 2012-Present.
Rapper and producer Luther Campbell (AKA Luke) announced the news on Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where he is promoting a short film called "The Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke." Luther Campbell was a past --- and now current --- member of 2 Live Crew.
Luther Campbell old the Associated Press, "I just can't wait to just start practicing. That's going to be a blast. We're going to perform the songs and everybody's going to be excited. Some of the older people of our generation will be able to tell their kids, 'You're staying home tonight, we're going to see 2 Live Crew and shake our booty!'"
2 Live Crew’s 1989 album was as huge --- but also as nasty --- as the group wanted. The album, "As Nasty as They Wanna Be," was the group's biggest hit ever, but it also became the target of a national anti-obscenity campaign. The campaign eventually escalated to the point that three of the group's members were arrested in 1990.
According to the group's biography,
"... ultraconservative watchdog group the American Family Association, who weren't satisfied with the album's parental advisory warning sticker. AFA supporter Jack Thompson, a lawyer and religious activist, convinced Florida governor Bob Martinez to open an inquiry into whether As Nasty as They Wanna Be violated Florida obscenity laws. The state prosecutor determined that action had to be taken on the local, not state, level, and thus in early 1990 Broward County sheriff Nick Navarro obtained a copy of the album and secured a ruling from County Circuit Court Judge Mel Grossman that there was probable cause that the album was legally obscene. Navarro warned record stores around the county that selling the album might subject them to prosecution, and the 2 Live Crew filed suit alleging that Navarro had unconstitutionally overstepped his bounds. In June, District Court Judge Jose Gonzalez ruled that As Nasty as They Wanna Be was legally obscene, and therefore illegal to sell. Record retailer Charles Freeman was arrested two days later for selling the album to an undercover cop, and the three rapping members of the 2 Live Crew were arrested on obscenity charges for performing material from the record in a local club. They were acquitted a few months afterward, thanks in part to expert testimony from Duke professor Henry Louis Gates, and Freeman's conviction was later overturned on appeal."
"As Nasty as They Wanna Be" eventually ended up selling over 2 million copies. With time, and subsequent albums, the group’s popularity faded. Tour dates have not yet been announced.
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