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Naughty by Nature Information
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Naughty by Nature is a US hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991, consisted of the MCs Treach, Vinnie and the DJ Kay Gee - the group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, referred to as "Illtown" in the 1980s. The group 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" ,which sampled the Jackson 5's hit "ABC" and was released in 1991 on their self-titled debut album. The album also generated another tilted "Ghetto Bastard" (the track is often referred to as "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"). Fellow Trenton New Jersey native Tony D, accused NBN 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 for the album 19 Naughty III. It's video was directed by Spike Lee and had other hip-hop and rap artist popular in the early 1990's, including Queen Latifah.
The group also scored a major hit with the track "Uptown Anthem", from the soundtrack to the 2Pac movie Juice.
In latter 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 RB groups over the years particularly Zhane and Next.
An ongoing dispute between Kaygee and Treach saw Kaygee leave Naughty By Nature in late 2000 to concentrate on his "Divine Mill" label. The remainder of the group released an album in 2002 titled "IIcons", using a variety of different producers including the Beatminerz - the album however received a lukewarm reception from the public. Treach is rumoured to be releasing a solo album soon. Kaygee has been extremely successful building is Divine Mill imprint with 2 platinum plus albums on both (Divine Mill acts) Jaheim & Next as well as songs on albums from Syleena Johnson & Charlie Wilson among others.
Discography
* 1991 Naughty by Nature
* 1993 19 Naughty III
* 1995 Poverty's Paradise
* 1999 19 Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
* 2002 Iicons
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