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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Ring the Alarm
3. Dirt All by My Lonely
4. Holiday - (featuring Phiness)
5. Live or Die - (featuring Master P/Silkk The Shocker/Mystikal/Phiness)
6. On the Run
7. Radio - (featuring Rustic Overtones)
8. Jamboree - (featuring Zhane)
9. Would've Done the Same For Me - (featuring Coffee Brown)
10. Thugs & Hustlers - (featuring Mag/Krayzie Bone)
11. Work - (featuring Mag/Castro)
12. We Could Do It - (featuring Big Punisher)
13. Blues, The - (featuring Next)
14. Wicked Bounce
15. Live Then Lay - (featuring Phiness)
16. Shivers, The - (featuring Chain Gang Platune)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Big Pun, Big Punisher, Castro, Chain Gang Platune, Coffee Brown, Krayzie Bone, Mag, Master P, Mystikal, Next, Phiness, Rustic Overtones, Silkk The Shocker, Zhane | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Naughty By Nature: Vinnie, KayGee, Treach.
Additional personnel: Adam Kudzin, Castro (vocals); Tony Sunshine, Cliff Lighty (background vocals); Coffee Brown, Mag, Krayzie Bone, Silkk The Shocker, Chain Gang Platune, Phiness, Zhane, Master P, Mystikal, Big Punisher, Rustic Overtones, Sari, Cindy.
Producers include: Naughty By Nature, Mufi, Donald Robinson, KayGee, Falonte Moore.
Engineers include: Adam Kudzin, Darren Lighty, Ken Johnston.
Though Naughty By Nature will be hard pressed to equal the impact made with their 1991 self-titled debut and its smash hit, "O.P.P.," these New Jersey hip-hop champions have another sure-fire winner in NATURE'S FURY. Like NBN's previous releases, which tread the ground between hardcore rap and an accessible pop sensibility, what NATURE'S FURY achieves in terms of range, versatility, and synthesis of styles is impressive. From the radio-friendly bounce of "Holiday," through the speaker-rattling rock/rap marriage of "Radio" and such smooth and smoochy grooves as "Would've Done The Same For Me," NBN seem to achieve the impossible by making commercial music with genuine street credibility.
That the hybrid is so successful is due in no small part to the considerable talents of rappers and lyricists Vinnie and Treach (whose rapid-fire, tongue-twisting raps can rival any MC on the scene) and the distinctive DJ magic of Kaygee. Studded with cameos (including Phiness, Zhane, Coffee Brown, and Big Punisher), this disc seems to achieve it all-rump-shakin' anthems, tales of ghetto life, fat beats, slick R&B-flavored pop, and rhymes to make your head spin-while wrapping the package together with punch and finesse.
Industry Reviews
3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - ...With Treach's fleet-tongued poetry, Vin's straightforward boasts and KayGee's ballbearing-smooth production, NATURE'S FURY is as charged as an electrical storm.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
...NBN flex mad versatility, mixing underground jams and rap-rock hybrids with surprising N'Awlins bounce...and party movers...that might make you forget `O.P.P.'....A display of furious styles worth the wait. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (04/30/1999)
7 (out of 10) - ...Naughty's latest has the same backyard barbecue sound of their greatest hits...
Spin (07/01/1999)
7 out of 10 - ...the traditional Naughty by Nature knack for anthemic tunes is still in evidence, as the groovy, sun-kissed 'Holiday' attests. But the protest politics that drove their last effort have been made more subtle...
NME (05/29/1999)
...Naughty By Nature is making its return to the hip-hop fold...[This]cameo-studded comeback tacks gritty, dirt-floor quickness onto ear-freindly accessibility....Treach, Vinnie and Kay-Gee keep it faithful to their NJ roots.
CMJ (05/10/1999)
3 stars (out of 5) - ...they start as if from scratch, spitting out hardcore...before relaxing into more familiar themes....basic strengths see them home.
Q (07/01/1999)
3 stars out of 5 - ...A pure party hip hop album...
Q (11/01/2000)
2 1/2 stars (out of 5) - ...there are moments which are jump-around-the-room-and-fall-over-fantastic...
Melody Maker (05/15/1999)
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