Released January 22, 1992 Length 3:03 | Recorded 1991 Producer(s) DJ Kay Gee | |
Genre Hip hop, Rap, East Coast Rap Label Tommy Boy Records/Soul Records | ||
"Uptown Anthem" is a 1992 song by hip-hop group Naughty by Nature. It was made for the soundtrack for the movie Juice. NBN rapper Treach also had a cameo acting role in the movie. Rapper 2Pac is featured in the video. As well as NBN the soundtrack included songs from numerous other well-known hip-hop artists such as Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Too Short, Teddy Riley, EPMD, Salt-N-Pepa, and Cypress Hill. The song peaked at #27 on the Hot Rap Singles and #58 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. It was also included as the final track on later releases of the group's 1991 self-titled album Naughty by Nature. The song is especially notable for its chorus, which goes "We gonna break/We gonna bash/We gonna roll/We gonna smash"
Jermaine Dupri sampled Uptown Anthem for the Jagged Edge track "Shady Girl" featured on the album Hard.
Late Rapper Tupac Shakur sampled the song for his "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)".
The song appears in the 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2.