# 2 Live Crew — Every Record We Rank 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. - **Ranked entries:** 3 - **Appears on:** Miami Bass, Miami, and The Eighties - **Year:** 1986 - **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Miami Bass - **Updated:** 2026-08-31 - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/2-live-crew/ ## Appears on ### [Throw the D](https://waxonia.com/track/2-live-crew--throw-the-d/) *1986 · Luke Skyywalker · No. 1 in [Miami Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/miami-bass/)* The record that set the template and started the call-and-response tradition of answer records. Crude by design, and the 808 is mixed louder than the vocal on purpose. Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/), [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/2%20Live%20Crew%20Throw%20the%20D) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IMicDDXU-9c) ### [Throw the D](https://waxonia.com/track/2-live-crew--throw-the-d/) *1986 · Luke Skyywalker · Picked by [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/)* 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. Also on: [Miami Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/miami-bass/), [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/2%20Live%20Crew%20Throw%20the%20D) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IMicDDXU-9c) ### [Throw the D](https://waxonia.com/track/2-live-crew--throw-the-d/) *1986 · Luke Skyywalker · Picked by [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/)* Luke Campbell named the label after himself because there was no other way to release it, and later took its obscenity case to a federal appeals court. The most literal instance here of a scene having to build its own way out. Also on: [Miami Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/miami-bass/), [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/2%20Live%20Crew%20Throw%20the%20D) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IMicDDXU-9c) --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.