O.P.P. (song)

"O.P.P."
Single by Naughty by Nature
from the album Naughty by Nature
B-side"The Wickedest Man Alive"
ReleasedAugust 24, 1991
Recorded1991
StudioUnique Recording Studios
(New York, New York, US)
GenreGolden age hip hop
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 6:41 (Ultimix remix)
LabelTommy Boy
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature singles chronology
"Scuffin' Those Knees"
(1989) 		"O.P.P."
(1991) 		"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
(1992)
Music video
"O.P.P." on YouTube

"O.P.P." is a song by American hip hop group Naughty by Nature, released in August 1991 by Tommy Boy as the lead single from the group's self-titled second album, Naughty by Nature (1991). It was one of the first rap songs to become a pop hit when it reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart. Rodd Houston and Marcus Raboy directed the music video for the song. Its declaration, "Down wit' O.P.P." was a popular catchphrase in the US in the early 1990s.

The song was a hugely successful single; Spin magazine named it one of the greatest singles of the 1990s, offering a brief verdict with the rhetorical question, "Ever wonder where Puffy came from?"[1] It also made some media outlets' lists of one of the best rap songs of all time: including The Source,[2][better source needed] VH1 (No. 22),[3] and Rolling Stone (No. 80).[4] The song was also ranked No. 20 in VH1's "40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s" in 2012[5] and No. 96 in Billboard magazine's "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.[6]

  1. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (December 7, 2011). "Naughty By Nature Look Back on 20 Years of 'O.P.P.'". Spin. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rocklist.net...The Source 100 Best Rap Albums & Singles".
  3. ^ Singh, Amrit (September 29, 2008). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs". Stereogum. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. June 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Runtagh, Jordan (December 19, 2012). "40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s (COMPLETE LIST)". VH1. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.