[1] Despite Miami bass never having consistent mainstream acceptance, early national media attention in the 1980s resulted in a profound impact on the development of hip hop, dance music, and pop.
[2] The single "Throw The D" by the group 2 Live Crew in 1986 gave a permanent blueprint to how future Miami bass songs were written and produced.
[2] 2 Live Crew (Christopher Wong "Fresh Kid Ice" Won, Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell and David "Mr. Mixx" Hobbs) played a key role in popularizing Miami bass in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
1989's As Nasty As They Wanna Be, along with its hit single "Me So Horny", proved more controversial still, leading to legal troubles for both 2 Live Crew and retailers selling the album.
102 Jamz (WJHM), a prominent Orlando radio station in the late '80s, featured Miami bass and helped its popularity rise in and around Central Florida.
Ghettotech follows the same sexually oriented lyrics, hip-hop bass lines and streetwise attitude, but with harder, uptempo Roland TR-909 techno-style kick beats.
[citation needed] Miami bass has been influenced by the cultural history of its wide-ranging community with the evolution of Cuban, Dominican, and Afro-Brazilian-fused sub-genres that include Baltimore club and funk carioca.