Man, America was not ready for 2 Live Crew. Especially white America.
(Think I shared this here before.) I remember rumblings of them in the 5th grade about a rap group that cussed. So our music classes at my elementary school, weren’t great… a lot of it involved just listening to pop records. Which, you know, i liked, though I am not sure I learned a lot.
Anyway, if it was your birthday, you got to pick 3 songs, and could bring a tape or record of your own to play. I can’t remember the kids name, but he was known for being a trouble maker (there were a lot of kids like that for some reason). So he puts on this tape and there is a pause as the player had to spool the empty tape first. Suddenly the beat starts up and the lyrics, “Somebody say, ‘Heeeeyy we want some puuuussssaaayyy!’” came over the speakers. OMG, everyone just erupted in laughter. The teacher was shooting daggers at the kid and said something like, “Do you think that’s appropriate?” before taking them to the principles office.
2 Live Crew is quaint compared to today’s standards. I did like how they mixed in rock riffs, though.
