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| Naughty's Nicest | ||||
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| Released | June 10, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–2003 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | Tommy Boy/Rhino | |||
| Producer | Naughty by Nature | |||
| Naughty by Nature chronology | ||||
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Naughty's Nicest is a compilation album released by Rhino Entertainment containing the greatest hits of hip hop group Naughty by Nature.
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Poverty's Paradise is the fourth album from Naughty by Nature, released on May 30, 1995, as their final album under Tommy Boy Records. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. A single released from the album, "Feel Me Flow", achieved major success, peaking at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, two other singles "Craziest" and "Clap Yo Hands, achieved minor success, the former peaking at number 51 on the Hot 100.
IIcons is the sixth album from Naughty by Nature, released on May 7, 2002 on TVT Records. The album was a success, peaking at 15 on the Billboard 200 and 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the single, "Feels Good " which made it to 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and featured 3LW.
Nature's Finest: Naughty by Nature's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album from Naughty by Nature, released on March 9, 1999 by Tommy Boy Records. The compilation contains songs from the group's second, third and fourth albums that they released while with Tommy Boy, as well as four songs from the soundtracks to Juice, Poetic Justice, Nothing to Lose and Ride. It peaked at #92 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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Rated Next is the debut studio album by American musical group Next. After forming, the trio recorded several songs with record producers Prof. T. and Lance Alexander before catching recording artist and producer Keir "KayGee" Gist of American hip hop trio Naughty by Nature's attention. He signed Next to his record label Divine Mill, with most of Next's debut album being recorded in Gee's in-home recording studio and the remaining was recorded at Ken Johnston's Perfect Pair studio located in East Orange, New Jersey. Rated Next was eventually released on September 30, 1997 in the United States, under Divine Mill and Arista Records.
"It's On" is the second single released from Naughty by Nature's third album, 19 Naughty III. It was released on June 8, 1993 and was produced and written by the three members of the group. The single found decent success on the Billboard charts, making it to 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song sampled jazz artist Donald Byrd's "French Spice" for which he received writing credits. The official remix was produced by the production duo, The Beatnuts and was featured on the B-Side of the single.
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American hip hop group Naughty by Nature have released seven studio albums, two compilation albums and eighteen singles.