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Naughty by Nature
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Naughty by Nature is an African American hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991, consisted of Treach, Vinnie, and the DJ Kay Gee.
The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, and first appeared on the music scene in the late 1980’s releasing an album titled The Independent Leaders, under their then name The New Style. The album generated the minor hit “Scuffin’ Those Knees”. After the release of their first album, the group was subsequently mentored by fellow New Jersey native Queen Latifah and consequently changed their name.
Their first hit as Naughty By Nature was a track titled “O.P.P” (“Other People’s Parts”), which sampled the The Jackson 5’s hit “ABC” and was released in 1991 on their self-titled debut album. The album also generated another hit titled “Ghetto Bastard” (the track is often referred to as “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”). Fellow New Jersey native Tony D, accused Naughty by Nature of stealing a sample from his breakbeat album Music Makes You Move and using it on their track “O.P.P.”. The matter was settled out of court. Later they had multiple hits from their third and fourth albums, titled 19 Naughty III and Poverty’s Paradise respectively.
“Hip Hop Hooray” was a success from the album 19 Naughty III. Its video was directed by Spike Lee and featured other hip-hop artists popular in the early 1990’s, including Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, and Kris Kross.
The group also scored a major hit with the track “Uptown Anthem”, from the soundtrack to the 2Pac movie Juice.
The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, and first appeared on the music scene in the late 1980’s releasing an album titled The Independent Leaders, under their then name The New Style. The album generated the minor hit “Scuffin’ Those Knees”. After the release of their first album, the group was subsequently mentored by fellow New Jersey native Queen Latifah and consequently changed their name.
Their first hit as Naughty By Nature was a track titled “O.P.P” (“Other People’s Parts”), which sampled the The Jackson 5’s hit “ABC” and was released in 1991 on their self-titled debut album. The album also generated another hit titled “Ghetto Bastard” (the track is often referred to as “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”). Fellow New Jersey native Tony D, accused Naughty by Nature of stealing a sample from his breakbeat album Music Makes You Move and using it on their track “O.P.P.”. The matter was settled out of court. Later they had multiple hits from their third and fourth albums, titled 19 Naughty III and Poverty’s Paradise respectively.
“Hip Hop Hooray” was a success from the album 19 Naughty III. Its video was directed by Spike Lee and featured other hip-hop artists popular in the early 1990’s, including Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, and Kris Kross.
The group also scored a major hit with the track “Uptown Anthem”, from the soundtrack to the 2Pac movie Juice.
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Naughty By Nature - Feel Me Flow 1995
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Naughty By Nature Everything's Gonna Be Alright (LP version)
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Naughty By Nature - Sunshine
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Naughty By Nature-Connections
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CubesOfMadness wrote:
*of
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CubesOfMadness wrote:
lol @ 4 different tags if O.P.P. on the top 15
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skarekrowe wrote:
uptown anthem
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theurge14 wrote:
This song was an anthem at my high school back in the day.
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BigSmokinB wrote:
yeah u know me we came here to party, throw ya hands up everybody
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ckypissdrunk wrote:
Whos down with OPP?
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mimosas wrote:
Great track, love it. First heard it on the film Jarhead and just could not get it out of my head!
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plagueround wrote:
NBN were one of the first hip hop groups that I saw at a show... back in 2000. :)
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mattcunn wrote:
yum
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Ermideris wrote:
game's pain cover is awesome!!!
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bruno_th wrote:
Amazing! i live and die for hip hop, this is hip hop for today, i give props to hip hop, so hip hop hooraaay!
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rocker_ego777 wrote:
ya down wit opp? yea you know me! love hip hop hooray especially
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spikemobile wrote:
o.p.p. and hip hop hooray are just brilliant!
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Gibifiu wrote:
Yeah, U know me!
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theinflux wrote:
you down with opp?
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tomcbh wrote:
Written On Ya Kitten is so good. Their best song.
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steevven1 wrote:
give it up for NAUGHTY BY NATURE
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brammers56 wrote:
easily the most underrated group ever
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TheAbbott wrote:
I'm going to see them live!!! Btw the chart is full of bad tags. =(
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da_rulah wrote:
http://www.goldrapvideos.net/2008/01/naughtybynature-ghettobastard-dvdrip.html
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