2013–present: Breakup and reconciliation In March 2012, following the release of a documentary on fellow New Jersey based hip hop group Sugar Hill Gang, Naughty by Nature performed in Asbury Park, NJ at the Garden State film festival. They performed ' Hip Hop Hooray' as part of the mega boyband NKOTBSB's concert. On June 11, 2011, Naughty by Nature became the first hip-hop group to perform at the esteemed baseball stadium Fenway Park. It featured brand new material as well as re-recordings of the group's past hits. Titled Anthem Inc., it came out December 13, 2011. In 2011 the group worked on their long-delayed seventh group album, and it finally saw release. Later in 2010 they released the group's first mixtape, Naughty by Nature: Tha Mixtape. In April 2010 they released the single 'Get to Know Me Better', featuring rapper Pitbull, while the B-side of the single was called 'I Gotta Lotta'. In May 2006, Kay Gee reunited with Treach and rejoined Naughty by Nature at a concert at B.B. The album, however, received a lukewarm reception from the public. Due to Kay Gee's absence, the group used a variety of different producers including Da Beatminerz. The remainder of the group, Treach and Vin Rock, released an album in 2002 called IIcons. In 2001 the group released a song 'Here Comes The Money' that has constantly been used as the entrance theme for Shane McMahon in WWE. He started to develop his own record label Divine Mill.

Due to these disagreements DJ Kay Gee decided to leave Naughty by Nature in late 2000. Treach blamed Kay Gee for squandering the group's finances. 2000–2012 Īfter the release of Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury, a dispute regarding finances developed between Kay Gee and Treach. The album was fairly successful, being certified Gold by the RIAA, and spawned the hit 'Jamboree' that peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1999 the group released its fifth album, titled Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury. In the mid-1990s Naughty by Nature started their own music imprint, Illtown Records, and in 1995 released an album from their protégés the Rottin Razkals. They produced a remix of the Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song ' Scream' in 1995. It also spawned a hit song in ' Feel Me Flow' which peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Poverty's Paradise won the Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Rap Album, becoming the first album to win this award. Its video was directed by Spike Lee and featured cameos by Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Run-D.M.C., and Da Youngstas. ' Hip Hop Hooray' was a success from the album 19 Naughty III. Both albums reached the #1 spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. Later, the group had multiple hits from its third and fourth albums, called 19 Naughty III and Poverty's Paradise respectively. After Shakur died in 1996, Treach recorded a tribute song titled ' Mourn You Til I Join You'. Treach began to pursue an acting career after befriending Tupac Shakur on the set of Juice, and Naughty by Nature appeared in the 1993 film The Meteor Man as a street gang. Naughty by Nature scored a hit with the track ' Uptown Anthem' from the soundtrack to the 1992 film Juice, in which Treach had a cameo appearance. Powered by the success of that song and 'O.P.P.', their self-titled album went platinum.įellow New Jersey native Tony D accused Naughty by Nature of stealing a sample from his album Music Makes You Move and using it on 'O.P.P.' The matter was settled out of court. That song detailed the experiences of Treach growing up in poverty, and now rising up to live a better life. The album generated another hit with a reworking of Bob Marley's ' No Woman No Cry' called ' Everything's Gonna Be All Right' (the track was also called 'Ghetto Bastard' on some explicit releases). The track peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was named one of the top 100 rap singles of all time in 1998 by The Source magazine, and being ranked the 20th best single of the 1990s by Spin magazine. All keyboards, co-production and programming were performed by David Bellochio in his Marion Recording Studio in Fairview, New Jersey. Naughty by Nature's first hit was ' O.P.P.', which sampled the Jackson 5's hit ' ABC' and was released in 1991 on their self-titled album Naughty by Nature. After the release of their first album, the group was mentored by fellow New Jersey native Queen Latifah, and subsequently changed their name.

The group first appeared on the music scene in 1989, releasing an album called Independent Leaders, and the album generated the minor hit 'Scuffin' Those Knees'. The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1986 as The New Style.

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