★★★★★
There was a time in hip-hop music when just a handful of labels seemed to both epitomize and personify everything about rap that was good. Priority. Def Jam. Wild Pitch. Tommy Boy. Though they all turned out one classic rapper and album after another, something about Tommy Boy seemed unique. Maybe it was their long history as a successful independent label. Maybe it was the cool logo made up of b-boys stylin' and profilin'...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
New Jersey's Naughty by Naturescored the party jam of the summer, selling well over half a millioncopies of "O.P.P." ? a sly, body-rocking tune with a melodic pop hookand plenty of cute double entendres ? and propelling their self-titledalbum to a debut on the Billboard chart at No. 17. Although just asirresistible on the dance floor, the rest of Naughty by Nature is everythingbut cute...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
The Jersey trio Naughty By Nature makes a strong play for album-of-the-summer honors with Poverty's Paradise. Dominated by rollicking bass lines, chant-along choruses, and the catchy, tight rhyme schemes that are Naughty's trademark, Poverty is tailor-made for low driving on the beach. Rappers Treach and Vinnie command attention without getting bogged down in weighty topics, and their vocals aren't crowded out by a cluttered production.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
It's been four years since the multiplatinum rap trio's last release, but time's only resulted in a finer vintage. In nineteen naughty nine: Nature's Fury NBN flex mad versatility, mixing underground jams and rap-rock hybrids with surprising N'Awlins bounce ("Live or Die," featuring Master P) and party movers ("Jamboree") that might make you forget "O.P.P." Lyrical terrorist Treach, meanwhile, holds his own and then some with new-jack guests like Big Punisher...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Yes, there's an "O.P.P." on this one. "Hip Hop Hooray" is ascatchy as the charttopper this New Jersey rap trio rode tosuperstardom, only the new flavor is not quite as frisky. 19 NaughtyIII confirms Naughty by Nature's position as the catchiest ofhard-core rappers. The bass and drum beats stumble over each otherhere, pushing both rappers, Treach and Vin Rock, to favor dense,intricate deliveries and tough-guy lyrics that are blustery at times...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
New Jersey hip-hop vets Naughty by Nature have been making heavy-rotation rap for more than a decade, setting the stage for the genre's Top Forty bum-rush with singalong hits "O.P.P." and "Hip Hop Hooray" in the early Nineties. Their fifth album, Iicons, finds Treach and Vinnie (producer Kay Gee is out) dropping their signature sure-shot combo of fist-pumping rhymes and anthemic hooks...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Since their Jackson 5-fueled hit "O.P.P." in 1991, Naughty by Nature - Treach, Vinnie and KayGee - have blended Top Forty grooves with hardcore-mix-tape subject matter. Eight years later, hip-hop has crossed over to them, from Puffy to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08