Nature's Finest: Naughty by Nature's Greatest Hits [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Naughty By Nature

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B00000I71F
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,531 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Though they were ostensibly a part of the latter-day extended Native Tongues posse (a loose association of groups that involved De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers, and Queen Latifah), Naughty by Nature always were a square peg for that round hole. Looking back on NBN's career on the eve of the release of Nature's Finest, it makes more sense to see them as harbingers of a new era of hip-hop: their mix of hardcore posing (lead MC Treach waved a machete around onstage) and pop hooks foreshadowed the rise of Puff Daddy and Jay-Z. They had only two bona fide hits--"O.P.P." and "Hip Hop Hooray," both of which were huge--and the rest of the 17 tracks here follow much the same formula, matching a pop-hook backing track with a big chorus. If there were truth in advertising, Nature's Finest would have been released as a single, but fans may enjoy having all these songs together on one collection. --Bucky Wunderlick

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Da best stuff, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

Sence I am starting on buying CD's of rappers insted of just hearing em on the radio I truly belive that nothin gets better then this CD. I really hope that who ever is reading this will get it. And if you dont like it you can always return it. Am I right or am I right? Get this CD if you dont already have it!

4.0 out of 5 stars Good hits from naughty by nature!!!!!!!, July 21, 2005

A Kid's Review

I like almost all of these songs. Get This!!!!!!!!

3.0 out of 5 stars worth it for the hits, August 2, 2004

By	Davy (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews

i bought this because two of my favorite three rap songs ever were naughty by nature songs, the undeniable anthems "hip hop hooray" and "o.p.p." they also had the lesser hit "everything's gonna be alright" which included the immortal (and hard-to-argue) line, "if you ain't nevah BEEN to tha ghetto, don't evah COME to tha ghetto, 'cuz you wouldn't underSTAND the ghetto." and plus, i just need more quality rap music (without having too much, mind you). i like these guys, what they stood for: you got your streetwise gangsta-element, and your catchy, danceable, pop grooves in one package. no more pretending to like NWA, hooray! sadly, only about half of this greatest hits package is worth listening to, but then again, that's a pretty damn fine ratio for a best-of compilation in this genre.