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2 Live Crew

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Sweatstock 2012: A Guide to Rocking Out, Buying Records, and Getting Weird

    See Sweatstock 2012's full lineup and set times. Are you a total vinyl junkie afflicted by an excessive perspiration problem and an out-of-control obsession with the Miami music scene? Is your home a geodesic hut built from recycled record sleeves and used gym towels that also serves as a hostel fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Uncle Luke Says DJ Laz "Felt Stifled by the Current State of FM Radio" and Power 96

    Seven days ago, the airwaves at "Miami's Party Station" went (figuratively) dead when SoFla booty bass pioneer and 22-year radio vet DJ Laz announced he was quitting his morning show at WPOW-FM. "Rumors are true, I am no longer with Power 96," Laz confirmed last Monday night via Twitter. "I wish th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Top Ten Raunchiest Rappers of All Time

    Earlier this week, Crossfade reported on Khia -- the rapping stripper from Tampa, Florida -- and the naked picture she Tweeted on Sunday. Khia's stated motivation for leaking her own nudes was to celebrate the ten year anniversary of "My Neck, My Back," the MCs super explicit, lone hit single devot ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    2 Live Crew will reunite to save Miami booty music

    Earlier this week, Crossfade reported on Khia -- the rapping stripper from Tampa, Florida -- and the naked picture she Tweeted on Sunday. Khia's stated motivation for leaking her own nudes was to celebrate the ten year anniversary of "My Neck, My Back," the MCs super explicit, lone hit single devot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why a 2 Live Crew reunion tour will prove booty music desegregated hip-hop.After 2 Live Crew and I performed at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Uncle Luke Reunites With 2 Live Crew, Announces 20-City Summer 2012 Tour

    ​When Crossfade read this week's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty," we got, like, "Me So Horny!"-level excited.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Nick Navarro Put Me In Jail and Put People To Work

    ​Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke remembers the man who had him arrested for singing obscene lyrics.Nick Navarro was the Made-For-TV-S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Five Very Masturbatory Music Videos from the '80s and '90s

    ​Before Al Gore gave birth to the Internet, sex-crazed men frantically flipped through pages upon pages of Sears catalogs, lingerie ads, or Better Homes and Gardens in hopes of finding just the right images so they could spank the monkey, flog the dolphin, or shake the South Pole. Then God invent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Top Five Rap Tracks That Ripped Off Classic Rock Songs

    Does the Godfather of Heavy Metal get crunk? You bet he does. ​It seems like enough time has passed since the sweaty-armpit era of mainstream rock (otherwise known as the Nu-Metal Dark Ages) that we can finally, maybe, approach the subject of fusing hip-hop with rock and roll. It wasn't always Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Uncle Luke Leads "Fuck Shapiro" Rap at LIV (Video)

    New Times columnist, former 2 Live Crew leader, and Hurricanes fan for life Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell is none too pleased with this Nevin Shapiro fellow who went around wreaking infractions havoc at the University of Miami football program while dubbing himself "Little Luke." Campbell has already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    2 Live Crew Pop That Porno Pussy at Exxxotica Miami Beach 2011

    2 Live Crew's Brother Marquis dives face-first into that coochie.​2 Live Crew Exxxotica Miami Beach 2011 Miami Beach Convention Center Saturday, May 21, 2011 Better Than: Your average hit-and-run humpdown. Running 20 minutes late for their booty call at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 2 Live ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    2 Live Crew at Exxxotica Expo May 21

    2 Live Crew's Brother Marquis dives face-first into that coochie.​2 Live Crew Exxxotica Miami Beach 2011 Miami Beach Convention Center Saturday, May 21, 2011 Better Than: Your average hit-and-run humpdown. Running 20 minutes late for their booty call at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 2 Live ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    Luther Campbell: Still nasty, an excerpt from Ben Westhoff's new book, Dirty South

    2 Live Crew's Brother Marquis dives face-first into that coochie.​2 Live Crew Exxxotica Miami Beach 2011 Miami Beach Convention Center Saturday, May 21, 2011 Better Than: Your average hit-and-run humpdown. Running 20 minutes late for their booty call at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 2 Live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    2 Live Crew Get As Nasty As They Wanna Be on the Exxxotica Expo U.S. Tour

    2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis hanging in their natural habitat.​If, like Crossfade, you've actually attended the annual Exxxotica Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center (or some comparably antiseptic megavenue in Chicago, Los Angeles, or New Jersey) and not just feverishly da ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Uncle Luke's Hot Cakes at Finnegan's River March 26

    2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis hanging in their natural habitat.​If, like Crossfade, you've actually attended the annual Exxxotica Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center (or some comparably antiseptic megavenue in Chicago, Los Angeles, or New Jersey) and not just feverishly da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    LeBron James' Handy Miami Primer

    ​Hey there, LeBron, why are you riding your bicycle around Opa-Locka? What's that, you're lost and disoriented? Well, fold this handy primer into your pocket and South Florida will seem just like home, you'll see! "Cleveland rocks": "I'm in Miami Bitch" Polish: Cuban Pasty whiteness: Orange ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    Al Gore is finally free from Tipper

    ​Hey there, LeBron, why are you riding your bicycle around Opa-Locka? What's that, you're lost and disoriented? Well, fold this handy primer into your pocket and South Florida will seem just like home, you'll see! "Cleveland rocks": "I'm in Miami Bitch" Polish: Cuban Pasty whiteness: Orange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Al Gore Can Get Freaky Now That Tipper's Gone

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke discusses Al Gore's sex scandal and his pending divorce from wife Tipper.​I want to congratulate former Vice President ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010 Recap: Top 10 Miami-Centric Moments

    2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show was full of hits (the return of Missy Elliott, for one), and misses (the glaring omission of Outkast, among many others). Still, much of it gave us some serious hometown pride. In a move that pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Luther Campbell: VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Is Snubbing Me, Luke Records

    photo by Lex HernandezWell, Uncle Luke always gets props in his hometown!​If you, like Crossfade, are guilty of watching way more VH1 than is worth admitting, you may be hotly anticipating this year's edition of the annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards show. This year's official focus is on "Honoring ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Blast From the Past: 2 Live Crew - Banned in the USA

    Blast From the Past is a weekly column on Crossfade re-examining classic releases from Florida music of yesteryear. To read previous installments, click here. ​ 2 Live CrewBanned in the USA(Luke Records) Well, it was bound to happen within these pages: 2 Live Crew. It would be downright irres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    2 Live Crew Plays White Room on Friday, November 20

    ​​Downtown-type promoters love booking 2 Live Crew. (It hasn't been too long since they played the Vagabond, and there were those shows at the old Studio A before that.) This always creates a magical mash-up of a crowd that falls along a very, very wide irony spectrum. The thing is, no matter wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    News Roundup

    WTVJ has found a replacement for Julia Yarbough. Meet Kevin Corke, former national correspondent for NBC as well as a SportsCenter anchor. [SFLTV]Should we save Miami Marine Stadium, or should we let it be a cute place for raccoons to hang out? [AP]President Obama will be in town Monday attending a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    Make Beta Your Business

    WTVJ has found a replacement for Julia Yarbough. Meet Kevin Corke, former national correspondent for NBC as well as a SportsCenter anchor. [SFLTV]Should we save Miami Marine Stadium, or should we let it be a cute place for raccoons to hang out? [AP]President Obama will be in town Monday attending a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: "Boom" by 2 Live Crew, featuring E-40

    This is old news, but bears repeating: The version of 2 Live Crew does not feature Luke. Ok, that's out of the way. But as the remaining members of the group -- Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis -- told Miami New Times last year, that doesn't really matter. Luke was hired as a hype man anyways, they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Best of 2009 Preview: Best Weekly Party

    JipsyBest Weekly Party(((Shake))) at the Vagabond30 NE 14th St.Miami 33132305-379-0508thevagabondmiami.comHipsters love irony. But don't call the Sweat Records and ¿Que Pasa M.I.A.? crews responsible for this Thursday-night fiesta hipsters. That's totally not what they're trying to attract. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    2 Live Crew's Supreme Court Win May Impact Shepard Fairey's Case

    created with Obamicon.me Shepard Fairey, the graffiti artist behind that highly stylized Obama poster you saw just about everywhere last year is preemptively suing the Associated Press. The image he used as the basis for the poster was an AP stock photo, and the AP wanted recognition and money in re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Mixtape Review: Doormouse - 100% Real Wisconsin Cheese

    I guess this is a week for me listening to local DJ's get down on mix tapes.  I know they aren't mix tapes anymore, but that's how I think of them.  There used to be little kiosks in Manhattan that us bridge and tunnel kids would flock to in order to purchase cassettes from DJ Clue?, Tony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    ¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? Bros Vs. Rockers

    The events that happen in childhood shape us, haunt us and turn us into the men and women that will lead the world. It's sociological science fact. When I borrowed a taped copy of Appetite for Destruction from Enrique Fernandez at age nine, I had no idea that 2 Live Crew and NWA were on side 2. I li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: Yo Majesty--"Club Action"

    There's something about the early music of Yo Majesty that will always have a soft spot in my heart. Back when this Tampa-based duo used to be a trio, Shunda K, Jwl B, and Shon B, were my favorite female MCs of 2007. They were butch, black, badass rappers who were sort of like a 2007 version of ... More >>

  • Music

    October 16, 2008

    Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs

    Local rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Jack Thompson, 2 Live Crew's Greatest Nemesis, Disbarred

    Local rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.

  • Music

    September 4, 2008
  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008
  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    2 Live Crew Returns

    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"

    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Last Night: Bass Sessions at Nocturnal

    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    The Cool Kids Black Punk Done Right

    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2007

    Raise the Roof, Pass the Dramamine

    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2007

    Free Your Booty

    And your mind will follow

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    Dollars 'n' Sex

    Can Luther Campbell still cash in on the history of 2 Live Crew?

  • Music

    July 22, 2004

    Living Legends

    Can Luther Campbell still cash in on the history of 2 Live Crew?

  • Best of Music

    May 13, 2004
  • Music

    May 17, 2001
  • Music

    May 10, 2001

    Uncle Luke

    Something Nasty
    Luke Records

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    You Go, Joe

    What's a nice Jewish boy like Joe Weinberger doing in a nasty business like rap?

  • News

    December 18, 1991

    Program Notes

    What's a nice Jewish boy like Joe Weinberger doing in a nasty business like rap?

  • News

    November 20, 1991

    Program Notes

    What's a nice Jewish boy like Joe Weinberger doing in a nasty business like rap?

  • News

    August 28, 1991

    Program Notes

    What's a nice Jewish boy like Joe Weinberger doing in a nasty business like rap?

  • Music

    July 31, 1991

    Crew You, Too

    What's a nice Jewish boy like Joe Weinberger doing in a nasty business like rap?

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