Xtraterestial:
Where did you ppl hear 2live crew from In Nigeria in those day?
Nigeria radios didn't play 2live crew songs back then in the early nineties, it was x-rated lyrics for that time as far as I remember as a millennial was too young then.
only rap songs I heard from radio in early 90s was from snoop dog, MC hammer, vanilla ice,Biggie,Tupac,heavy d,queen latifa our own junior and pretty,weird MC etc.

naptu2:
A little bit of context first.

There was a huge talk show war in America in the late 1980s and early 1990s. There were many popular talk shows like the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Sally Jessy Raphael Show, the legendary Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, etc.

Some people developed the idea that the best way to break into the market and challenge the established legends above was to shock people. This led to things like the Jerry Springer Show and Geraldo.

Well, what better way to shock your audience than to bring the 2 Live Crew on the show? That's exactly what Donahue did in 1989.

They actually began the song with the clean version, but they switched to the dirty version within a few seconds. The audience in the studio can hear the dirty version, but you can't because those words have been beeped out.

This is a shock to Donahue's audience, but it is child's play and very tame compared to what usually happens at 2 Live Crew concerts.

Forget about 2 Live Crew, just focus on the audience.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViMrXn5IIs

Konquest:

Oh men! One soldier down.

I still have their music tracks among several classics from back in the 1980s and early 1990s on rotation. Controversial and raunchy songs they had but that was what propelled them into global prominence and that was how I got to know of 2 Live Crew and their censored and uncensored songs in the late 1980s heading into the early 1990s. Color Me Badd was another music group that had a few controversies back in the very early 1990s in their music tracks but that was small compared to that of the 2 Live Crew.

naptu2:
Obviously you can't do a Color Me Badd playlist without adding the anthem. This is the original video. Lots of people (including me) thought that they were all black, so this video was a shock.


Ah tick tock you don't stop
To the, ah tick tock you don't stop
To the, ah tick tock you don't stop (Ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooooh)


la la la la la la

I wanna love you down
I wanna sex you up!

Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (1991)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO6BtpIzIiM

naptu2:
This was the song that annoyed her. It was a humongous hit in 1991. I am still searching for her angry response. She sued them and won 35% of the royalties. (They didn't only sample the bassline, they actually sampled her voice).


Colour Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (1991).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxu3pq319r0

naptu2:
So many legends are dying and it's so sad.


She sued Colour Me Badd for sampling this song (she won and was given 35% of the royalties of I Wanna Sex You Up) and then she released another version in which she criticised them (I'm still searching for that version).

Betty Wright passed away yesterday. This is her classic monster hit. An uncountable number of people have sampled this song.

Betty Wright - Tonight Is The Night (1975)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyvn5idWuhE

Xtraterestial:
Where did you ppl hear 2live crew from In Nigeria in those day?
Nigeria radios didn't play 2live crew songs back then in the early nineties, it was x-rated lyrics for that time as far as I remember as a millennial was too young then.
only rap songs I heard from radio in early 90s was from snoop dog, MC hammer, vanilla ice,Biggie,Tupac,heavy d,queen latifa our own junior and pretty,weird MC etc.

Konquest:

Oh men! One soldier down.

I still have their music tracks among several classics from back in the 1980s and early 1990s on rotation. Controversial and raunchy songs they had but that was what propelled them into global prominence and that was how I got to know of 2 Live Crew and their censored and uncensored songs in the late 1980s heading into the early 1990s. Color Me Badd was another music group that had a few controversies back in the very early 1990s in their music tracks but that was small compared to that of the 2 Live Crew.


=>https://www.whosampled.com/2-Live-Crew/

=>https://www.oldies.com/artist-songs/2-Live-Crew.html


2 Live Crew - Banned In The USA (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzbl6n7Mqjo

2 Live Crew - Pop That Coochie(1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJV8xyy9Xg?si=QKd-EcF4qi9MHp5h


"Break it down!"