Released August 24, 1991 Genre Hip hop | Format CD, cassette, 12" | |
B-side "The Wickedest Man Alive" Recorded 1991; Unique Recording Studios
(New York City, New York, U.S.) Length 4:31 (album version)
6:41 (Ultamix remix) | ||
"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 to become a pop hit when it reached number 6 in the U.S. and number 35 in the UK in 1991. Its declaration, "Down Wit' OPP" was a popular catchphrase in the U.S. in the early 1990s. It was a hugely successful single, as Allmusic described: "There was not a bigger, more contagious crossover radio smash in the autumn of 1991 than Naughty by Nature's ‘O.P.P.'"
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In 1998 the song was named one of the 100 best rap singles by The Source.
In 2008, it was ranked 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. It also appeared as number 53 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s.
Content
The song samples Melvin Bliss's "Synthetic Substitution" and The Jackson 5's 1970 smash-hit song "ABC" in which Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, and Berry Gordy, Jr. got a writing credit for the song.
Track listing
- O.P.P. (Vocal)
- Wickedest Man Alive (Vocal)
- O.P.P. (Sunny Days Remix)
- Wickedest Man Alive (Instrumental)
- O.P.P. (Instrumental)