Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

04 September, 2023

2 Live Crew — Banned in the U.S.A.


Luke & Co. win the court case and finally return to dropping music. They laugh at it, on the cover, they had a lucky escape. Originally, is credited as a solo album by Luke Skyywalker, also known as "The Luke LP". It's the first release to bear the RIAA-standard Parental Advisory warning sticker. Their fourth album in five years, however, is impressive in a negative way: the ideas are finished, the songs are finished, the group places eleven skits here, 11. One for each single track, all the energy that the group had in previous efforts it seems vanished, here there are only these skits and tracks spoken over some simplistic scratches and skinny beats, they don't seem to have fun anymore; yes, they still deliver sex bars, but they don't seem to believe it, almost like "yes, we have to do it, we are the only successful pornocore group in the whole game, but we don't want it anymore"; each bar is pronounced with so little verve that it's a little cumbersome to want to continue listening. Released by Luke Records and Atlantic is a commercial success, peaking ten among rap records. Not recommended. 2.5/10.

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