Das ganze scheint sich so langsam zu einem Mekka für altgediente Veteranen der Szene zu entwickeln um sich zu entspannen und in lockerer Atmosphäre nochmal eine Scheibe fertig zu stellen:
Zitat: 2 Live Crew Co-Founder Mr. Mixx Working On LP At The Bunny Ranch
After being on the road with Afroman as his DJ and guest performer, Mr. Mixx, co-founder of the 2 Live Crew has settled down at the famed Bunny Ranch in Carson City, Nevada to start work on his solo album, VGNL MINDED. The album will be released on Mixx's label, Mr. Mixx Recordings and will be distributed by Afroman’s Hungry Hustler Records/Redeye Distribution. VGNL Minded is Mr. Mixx’s first solo album in three years, since his 2002 release, Nasty, Controversial and Unauthorized.
“What Lil' Jon and Ying Yang are doing now is what we created back then,” Mixx told AllHipHop.com about the speeded-up, boisterous, heavy-bottomed Miami bass sound that brought 2 Live Crew to national prominence. 2 Live Crew, the group Mixx founded with Fresh Kid Ice and Amazing V in the spring of 1985, became one of Hip-Hop's most controversial groups. Luke Campbell joined the 2 Live Crew shortly after its inception and the group released the groundbreaking albums 2 Live Is What We Are (1986), Move Somethin' (1988) and As Nasty as They Wanna Be (1989). The latter album spawned the classic single “Me So Horny” and was the subject of national attention, when the group was arrested under Florida obscenity laws for performing songs from the raunchy album. The battle over the explicit lyrics on As Nasty as They Wanna Be went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1994, which ruled in favor of the group, citing First Amendment rights.
“Basically, I’m taking the same musical approach,” Mixx said of the new album. “They [Lil’ Jon, Ying Yang and others] may feel like I’m going behind them, but they went behind me in the first place. VGNL Minded will be filled with explicit, unedited party songs.
“People want to hear the unedited versions first,” Mixx said. “They want to hear what they’re playing in the street and in the clubs. And that’s where my stuff starts. Otherwise, it’s not the same.”
The 2-disc set will also include behind-the-scenes footage of Mr. Mixx at the Bunny Ranch and bonus videos from Hungry Hustler Records.
VGNL Minded hits stores March 28, 2006.
@Don: Weiß ich nicht mehr, ist schon zu lange her als dass ich mich daran erinnern kann. Meine aber dass die Produktionen recht eintönig waren und die bunt zusammen gewürfelten Gast-Rapper eher unterdurchschnittliche Auftritte hingelegt hatten...
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