NAUGHTY BY NATURE

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'Naughty by Nature' is an American Hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee. The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey (colloquially referred to as "Illtown" in the 1980s). The group first appeared on the music scene in 1989 releasing an album called ''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 mentored by fellow New Jersey native Queen Latifah, and subsequently changed their name.

Contents

Mainstream success

Illtown Records

Naughty by Nature changes

DJ Kay Gee

Discography

Main albums

Compilations

Singles

Trivia

External links

Mainstream success

Their first hit as Naughty by Nature was a track called "O.P.P" ("Other People's Pussy"), which sampled the Jackson 5's hit "ABC" and was released in 1991 on their self-titled album ''Naughty by Nature''. The album also generated another hit called "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, called ''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 1990s, including Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Run-D.M.C., and Kris Kross.
The group also scored a major hit with the track "Uptown Anthem", from the soundtrack to the 1992 film ''Juice''.

Illtown Records

In later years, Naughty by Nature started their own music imprint, Illtown Records, and released an album from their proteges the Rottin Razkals. The group (mainly Kaygee) worked closely with a number of R&B groups over the years particularly Zhane and Next.

Naughty by Nature changes

A dispute regarding finances developed between DJ Kay Gee and Treach, with Treach blaming Kay Gee for squandering the group's finances. DJ Kay Gee decided to leave Naughty by Nature in late 2000. He started to develop his own record label Divine Mill. The remainder of the group, Treach and Vin Rock, released an album in 2002 called ''IIcons'', using a variety of different producers including Da Beatminerz; the album, however, received a lukewarm reception from the public. In May 2006 after a fist fight to settle their differences, Kay Gee reunited with Treach & Naughty by Nature at a concert at B.B. King's nightclub. They will be working together on their next album.

DJ Kay Gee

DJ Kay Gee has been extremely successful building his Divine Mill imprint with platinum plus albums on both (Divine Mill acts) Jaheim & Next as well as platinum productions with co-producers Darren Lighty, Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney and Eddie Berkeley on albums by, among others, Charlie Wilson, Syleena Johnson, Eazy-E, Luther Vandross, Mary J Blige, Aaliyah, Stacie Orrico, and Brooke Hogan.
He has also made songs with 50 cent

Discography

Main albums

Album information
''The Independent Leaders'' (as The New Style) ★ Released: 1989 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: ★ Singles:
''Naughty by Nature'' ★ Released: September 3 1991 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: 16 ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 10 ★ RIAA Certification: platinum ★ Singles: "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"/"O.P.P (Live)", "O.P.P."/"Wickedest Man Alive", "Guard Your Grill"/"Uptown Anthem"
''19 Naughty III'' ★ Released: February 23 1993 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: 3 ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 1 ★ Singles: "It's On"/"Hip Hop Hooray (Pete Rock Remix)", "Hip Hop Hooray"/"The Hood Comes First", "Written on Ya Kitten"/"Klickow-Klickow"
''Poverty's Paradise'' ★ Released: October 18 1995 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: 3 ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 1 ★ Singles: "Clap Yo Hands", "Craziest", "Feel Me Flow"/"Hang Out and Hustle"
'' ★ Released: April 27 1999 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: 22 ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 9 ★ Singles: "Jamboree"/"On the Run"
''IIcons'' ★ Released: March 5 2002 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: 15 ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 5 ★ Singles: "Feels Good"/"Rah Rah"

Compilations

Album information
'' ★ Released: March 9 1999 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: - ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 92 ★ Singles:
'' ★ Released: June 10 2003 ★ Billboard 200 chart position: - ★ R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: - ★ Singles:

Singles

★ "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"/"O.P.P (Live)" (1991)

★ "O.P.P."/"Wickedest Man Alive" (1991)

★ "Guard Your Grill"/"Uptown Anthem" (1992)

★ "It's On"/"Hip Hop Hooray (Pete Rock Remix)" (1993)

★ "Hip Hop Hooray"/"The Hood Comes First" (1993)

★ "Written on Ya Kitten"/"Klickow-Klickow" (1993)

★ "Clap Yo Hands" (1995)

★ "Craziest" (1995)

★ "Feel Me Flow"/"Hang Out and Hustle" ''(1995)

★ "Mourn You Till I Join You"/"Nothing to Lose" (1997)

★ "Jamboree"/"On the Run" (1999)

★ ""Feels Good"/"Rah Rah" (2002)

Trivia

★ Treach was friends with Tupac Shakur, and dedicated the song "Mourn You 'til I Join You" to him.

★ The WWE "entrance song" for WWE Superstar Shane McMahon is Naughty by Nature's "Here Comes The Money".

★ Vinnie is a cousin of boxer Mike Tyson.[1]

★ The group's song "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" was featured on Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2.

★ Treach had a brief feud with Posdnous of De La Soul over a seemingly disrespectful line in the intro to their ''Stakes Is High'' album. (The line was "Stick to your Naughty by Natures and your Kane...")

★ Naughty by Nature was briefly featured in Michael Jackson's video for his hit single "Jam".

★ Vin resides in South Orange, NJ.

External links

★ Naughty by Nature (official site)

★ Naughty by Nature discography at Music City

★ Naughty by Nature at the All Music Guide