Every time I hear "O.P.P." I marvel at how incredibly vulgar and incendiary it manages to be, even without explicit lyrics

[pez]

Naughty by Nature is raunchy as hell but I love that they’re not explicit. They play OPP at basketball games.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

as a little kid i didn't know what p*ssy was of course, I thought it legit meant 'PROPERTY' and the song was about stealing stuff like naughty by nature was a bunch of stick up kids or thieves

 

[Zero]

As a kid I shortly thought it was other people's property until I realized what the property was

THIS

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Man whore anthem.

 

[DontEemTry]

We thought the P stood for "Property"

 

[Crumple]

and with a Jackson 5 sample.

It's amazing when you think about it. It really illustrates the power of subtlety.

Also, the way they flipped the Jackson 5 sample to perfectly fit the mood of that track was amazing.

The beat and track was dope - but I hated the content when it dropped and years later the content does not make it a classic - it makes it a fukboi anthem.
If fukkbois tried to get with my girl - they're jaws and bones will be met with my aluminum Easton baseball bat.

It's actually a destructive song to a catchy beat. But back then, now and forever - dudes committing adultery are risking death or being crippled. The proof is out there and on worldstar all the time.

Hip Hop Hooray is a classic. But I think alot of over the top sex lyrics, rhymes about cheating and group infighting is why the first two Naughty by Nature albums aren't considered classics like Nas' Illmatic - where the content is about facts of New York living, crime, Hip Hop, jail, anger, inspiration, the youth amongst other things.

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

This thread in 2025 is instant rafters status

 

[Plankton]

1991 had a lot of classic Hip Hop singles but OPP was the undeniable Hip Hop song of the year. And I will destroy you in a debate if you try to put it up against another Hip Hop song that dropped that year.

 

[mitter]

The beat and track was dope - but I hated the content when it dropped and years later the content does not make it a classic - it makes it a fukboi anthem.
If fukkbois tried to get with my girl - they're jaws and bones will be met with my aluminum Easton baseball bat.

It's actually a destructive song to a catchy beat. But back then, now and forever - dudes committing adultery are risking death or being crippled. The proof is out there and on worldstar all the time.

Hip Hop Hooray is a classic. But I think alot of over the top sex lyrics, rhymes about cheating and group infighting is why the first two Naughty by Nature albums aren't considered classics like Nas' Illmatic - where the content is about facts of New York living, crime, Hip Hop, jail, anger, inspiration, the youth amongst other things.

I understand what you mean, and that's why I wrote in the thread title that the song is incredibly incendiary. It is kind of crazy that it became an anthem with little kids going around chanting the chorus. The fact that it had so much crossover appeal despite its thinly-veiled ugly message made it far more vulgar and offensive, in my opinion, than your standard "hardcore" track which needs to have half of its lyrics edited out on the radio version.

Anyway, morality aside, it is still a classic track.

 

[mitter]

This thread in 2025 is instant rafters status

For some of us, it feels like 1991 was not that long ago.

Crazy how time flies.

 

[Captsmackabeat]

Young Capt thought this song was on pro hip hop wu tang type as a jit because of fight the power and hip hop hooray

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Naughty by Nature is raunchy as hell but I love that they’re not explicit. They play OPP at basketball games.

Yeah Treach was a great writer. Written on ya kitten is one of my favorite songs by them and although it didn’t take me long to figure it out.. it is along the same lines as OPP. Treach should be applauded for his writing ability.