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Marie-Claire
Hip Hop Spotlight : Naughty By Nature
February 8th 2007 12:02
The past few weeks I’ve been thinking about groups which have really grabbed me and got me into hip hop itself. Naughty by nature stood out. For anyone that’s ever truly loved hip hop, that group can never be forgotten. Naughty by nature, made up of the Emcees Vinnie Rock and Treach, and their DJ Kay Gee, has put out some of the classic timepieces of their era, and all time hip hop anthem favourites.
If you’ve never chanted out loud the hook to Naughty by Nature’s
“hip hop hooray… ho….hey…. ho”,
then I suggest you go and get educated on some of our hip hop music my friends.
The duo’s track O.P.P., which stands for (in the radio edit) Other People’s Property, on the subject of cheating in relationships, had everyone in the 90’s shouting
”you down with O.P.P.? *yeah you know me*
who’s down with O.P.P. *every last homie)”
And they didn’t put out hip hop anthems by accident (one of their songs was called Uptown Anthem). Their music captured the true feelings of hip hop, such as Holiday, one of their more recent singles (1999 is recent for them... true golden era group). Holiday also happens to basically be the song that made me fall in love with hip hop.
Vin Rock’s verse gets me everytime
”So yo the moral of the story in this game called rap
Either we all gon' clap, or somebody gon' get clapped
And I'm not down with that, sure as my name's Vin Rock
In '99 I will officially re-open up the block
And dedicate my life to preservation of hip-hop
I'm tired of seein the people of my culture gettin shot
And now I must step up because I know that's all we got
I must do it, pursue it, before all the maggots make it rot
Hip-Hop, it ain't gon' die, it's gon' diversify
And as long as I'm alive, I'm gon' promote the I
And no matter how many people try to use or difuse it
It ain't nuttin like hip-hop music!!”
To bring this entry to a close… I’ll quote Treach’s bridge from Hip Hop Hooray.
”I live and die for hip hop, this is hip hop for today
I give props to hip hop, so hip hop hooray”
Live and breathe it people
Chux
If you’ve never chanted out loud the hook to Naughty by Nature’s
“hip hop hooray… ho….hey…. ho”,
then I suggest you go and get educated on some of our hip hop music my friends.
The duo’s track O.P.P., which stands for (in the radio edit) Other People’s Property, on the subject of cheating in relationships, had everyone in the 90’s shouting
”you down with O.P.P.? *yeah you know me*
who’s down with O.P.P. *every last homie)”
And they didn’t put out hip hop anthems by accident (one of their songs was called Uptown Anthem). Their music captured the true feelings of hip hop, such as Holiday, one of their more recent singles (1999 is recent for them... true golden era group). Holiday also happens to basically be the song that made me fall in love with hip hop.
Vin Rock’s verse gets me everytime
”So yo the moral of the story in this game called rap
Either we all gon' clap, or somebody gon' get clapped
And I'm not down with that, sure as my name's Vin Rock
In '99 I will officially re-open up the block
And dedicate my life to preservation of hip-hop
I'm tired of seein the people of my culture gettin shot
And now I must step up because I know that's all we got
I must do it, pursue it, before all the maggots make it rot
And as long as I'm alive, I'm gon' promote the I
And no matter how many people try to use or difuse it
It ain't nuttin like hip-hop music!!”
To bring this entry to a close… I’ll quote Treach’s bridge from Hip Hop Hooray.
”I live and die for hip hop, this is hip hop for today
I give props to hip hop, so hip hop hooray”
Live and breathe it people
Chux
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Comment by Trina
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What an anthem. Somebody bring these guys down on tour!
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Comment by Cibbuano
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I bought some of their old tracks on vinyl - each one had great production and was perfect for getting people on a dance floor...
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Comment by chux
NbN did what they did and made people want to dance with laid back beats and killer samples. remember the jcakson 5 sample on OPP? they didnt need big beats or to shout stupid shit to get people hyped. Lil jon, take a page from NbN.
I get this feeling like i should be part of the generation 5-10 older than me.