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2 Live Crew fought the law with its album, 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be'
2 Live Crew didn't just test the boundary of good taste; they s*** all over it.
In 1989, their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be boasted some of the raunchiest music ever heard — and fans loved them for it.
Some in law enforcement did not. And their legal battles cleared a path for other rappers to follow.
"Before 2 Live Crew, hip-hop was fairly tame," says cultural critic Kiana Fitzgerald. "They became hip-hop's early provocateurs, to put it lightly."
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