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2 Live Crew: Nasty or Nice?

Tim Riley, The Boston Phoenix, 27 July 1990

DEFENDING 2 LIVE Crew's right to party feels more like a chore than a privilege. Graphic slapstick writ large, As Nasty As They Wanna Be isn't a very entertaining record, and their references to Cheech and Chong, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, and the nameless, faceless bitches who do the nasty for them stack up to a circus of excess.

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