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  "name": "2 Live Crew",
  "description": "2 Live Crew appears 3 times in our Miami Bass, Miami, and The Eighties lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
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      "title": "Throw the D",
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      "whyItMatters": "The template every record below is a variation on: an instruction, a call-and-response, and the 808 louder than the voice giving it. Luke Campbell put it out on his own label because no one else in the country was going to.",
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