Raise The Roof – Luke featuring No Good But So Good | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning

Chart Performance: Hot Rap (#1); 1998

Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne

Luther Campbell’s reputation in pop culture rests on two cornerstones: his boundary-shattering work as a member of the 2 Live Crew and his prominent role in the obscenity battles of the 1980’s.

2LC began its path to notoriety in California, then relocated to Florida. There the trio signed up with Luther “Luke Skyywalker” Campbell’s label. Luke also joined 2LC as a performing member, and this new incarnation released its debut album in 1986.

2LC’s breakthrough album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, hit the country like a nuclear bomb in 1989, sporting incendiary content that lived up to everything its title implied. The resulting political and legal firestorm roared into the courts, and propelled Nasty‘s sales into platinum territory.

Although Nasty marked the high water mark of 2LC’s popularity, Luke rode its wave as a solo performer for years afterwards, building his biggest hit, Raise The Roof, on a sample from award winning composer John Barry’s Theme from King Kong.

This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.

Produced by:

  • Luther Campbell,
  • Darren ‘DJ Spin” Rudnick

Lyrics Written by:

  • Luther Campbell
  • Darren Rudnick
  • John Barry

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Ed Osborne

Hi. I got my first record at age two and never looked back, spending a decades-long career in radio and the music business. Even after years of reading about and listening to all types of music, I am still fascinated by it. Apart from that, I’m endlessly intrigued by art, nature, and the inner lives of people (and dogs).