THE LUKE LP :: BANNED IN USA :: WITH 2 LIVE CREW .. 1990

THE LUKE LP feat. 2 LIVE CREW

BANNED IN USA

Label .. BITE Records – 656.418-1

Format .. Vinyl, LP, Album

Country .. Netherlands

Released .. 1990

Genre .. Hip Hop

Uncle Luke Celebrates 2 Live Crew Reclaiming Music Rights After Legal Victory Over Label - HipHopDX

Luke Skyywalker

From way back when Luke might a been a force (outside the porn industry) and before he split with the 2 Live Crew.
Recorded soon after his legal battles in Broward County, Florida, a lot of the tracks (and interludes) have a free speech message, but you also get "I Ain't Bullsh-tin' Part 2" where he takes on a bunch of contemporary MC's.

The cover has Luke standing in front of US flag with the text of the First Amendment...
Also includes the title track, "Banned in the U.S.A.'' "So Funky", "Arrest In Effect", and others.

Banned in the U.S.A. is the fourth album by 2 Live Crew. Released July 13, 1990 on Luke/Atlantic Records. Includes the hits "Do The Bart" and the title track.

The eponymous title single is a reference to the decision in a court case that their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene (the decision would later be overturned on appeal.) It uses the music from the song Born in the U.S.A. to which Bruce Springsteen gave them permission.

Displeased over the decision of Florida Governor Bob Martinez who, on being asked to examine the album, decided it was obscene and recommended local law enforcement take action against it, and over the subsequent action of Broward County, Florida sheriff Nick Navarro who arrested local record store owners on obscenity charges for selling the group's albums, and the subsequent arrest of members of the group on obscenity charges, the group included the song "Fuck Martinez," which also includes multiple repetitions of the phrase "fuck Navarro."
To prevent the possibility of being sued by either Martinez or Navarro, the group found two other men with the same names, and got them to sign releases.

All songs Published by Pac Jam Publishing, BMI, except "Banned In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, ASCAP.

Tracks:
1. "Banned in the U.S.A." – 4:24
2. "News Flash "People in the News"" – 0:16
3. "Man, Not a Myth" – 3:57
4. "News Flash "350 Men"" – 0:25
5. "Fuck Martinez" – 3:55
6. "News Flash "Super Snoop" – 0:10
7. "Strip Club" – 3:17
8. "News Flash "Nation by Storm" – 0:07
9. "Do the Bart" – 4:28
10. "In Color-Men on Records" – 0:39
11. "Face Down, Ass Up" – 3:02
12. "Hey Jack!" – 0:55
13. "Bass 9-1-7" – 4:42

14. "So Funky" – 4:58
15. "News Flash "Poll Results"" – 0:10
16. "Mamolapenga" – 3:02
17. "Video No Soul" – 0:09
18. "I Ain't Bullshittin', Part 2" – 6:42
19. "Commercial "Nasty M.F.s"" – 0:15
20. "This is Luke From the Posse" – 5:15
21. "News Flash - British Youth" – 0:12
22. "Fuck a Gang" – 3:56
23. "Commercial - Inquiring Minds" – 0:07
24. "Arrest In Effect" – 6:05
25. "Mega Mix IV" – 3:31