![]() Then– Broward County prosecutor Jack Thompson prosecuted 2 Live Crew on obscenity charges and persuaded a Federal District judge to declare the album obscene in June 1990. The success of the single and the album led to concern over the explicit nature of rap lyrics both by 2 Live Crew and by gangsta rappers such as Geto Boys, Ice-T and N.W.A. Because of the controversy, the song's title was never mentioned by Shadoe Stevens when he played the song on the radio show American Top 40, though it did get mentioned on a Summer 1990 episode when the group's second top 40 hit, Banned in the U.S.A. The album eventually sold millions of copies. The song became a major hit for 2 Live Crew, topping the rap charts and going to No. The "Me So Horny" sample was also featured three years later, when Sir Mix-a-Lot included the sample in " Baby Got Back". Private Joker: Everything? Da Nang prostitute: Every t'ing. Private Joker: What'll we get for ten dollars? Da Nang prostitute: Every t'ing you want. Da Nang prostitute: Well, baby, me so horny. Nancy Sinatra's " These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" can be heard underneath the samples at the beginning and end that song appeared in the original scene in the movie. Me sucky sucky" sample is used in the chorus and throughout the song. The exchange between Joker and the prostitute is used at the beginning, while the "Me so horny. įull Metal Jacket (1987) – The lines listed below were sampled from the scene in which Private Joker ( Matthew Modine) and Private Rafterman ( Kevyn Major Howard) are approached by a Da Nang prostitute (Papillon Soo Soo). " sample heard at the beginning of the song (and occasionally sampled throughout) is from the scene in which Leroy ( Richard Pryor) listens in on his father Rufus (also played by Pryor) having sex in another room. Which Way Is Up? (1977) – The "Gonna do that thing. It also features lines from two different films: The song heavily samples the 1979 funk hit single "Firecracker" by Mass Production. The song samples music from the 1979 hit song "Firecracker" by Mass Production and dialogue from the Richard Pryor film Which Way Is Up? and the Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket. The song also reached number one in the Netherlands. Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, staying on the Hot 100 for 30 weeks, despite lack of airplay due to the controversial nature of the lyrics (and/or possibly because of the associated controversy). Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart and number 26 on the U.S. The explicit nature of the lyrics of this song and the album led to the initially successful prosecution of the group on obscenity charges and the album being banned from sale in Florida. ![]() " Me So Horny" is a song by the rap group 2 Live Crew on their album As Nasty as They Wanna Be. ![]()
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