(7) NAUGHTY BY NATURE –

O.P.P. (1991)

“Arm me with harmony”

To quote Wikipedia, “O.P.P. is a song by American rap group Naughty by Nature. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album Naughty by Nature. The song was one of the first rap songs…Its declaration, “Down Wit’ O.P.P” was a popular catchphrase in the United States in the early-1990s. It was a hugely successful single…There was not a bigger, more contagious crossover radio smash in the autumn of 1991 than Naughty by Nature’s O.P.P.”

Not to mention it samples the Jackson Five and it doesn’t get much funkier than that. Of course, those lyrics (and video) are a little naughty by nature. Since then it has ranked in lists for greatest songs or singles of rap or hip hop – and playing on those initials has a special resonance for me. (You down with DPP? It’s an inside joke)

“You down with OPP? Yeah you know me”

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A-TIER (TOP TIER)