"Nasty" is the second single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control (1986). Released in 1986, the single peaked at number three on Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and remains one of Jackson's signature songs. Paula Abdul choreographed the music video and appeared in it as well as one of Jackson's friends. The line "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty" became a national catchphrase. The song won for Favorite Soul/R&B Single at the 1987 American Music Awards. It ranked number 30 on VH1's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years, number 45 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s, and number 79 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Pop Songs. "Weird Al" Yankovic included the chorus in his 1986 polka medley "Polka Party!."

Background[link]

The song was Jackson's autobiographical account of confronting abusive men who tried to force their hand on her.

The danger hit home when a couple of guys started stalking me on the street. They were emotionally abusive. Sexually threatening. Instead of running to Jimmy or Terry for protection, I took a stand. I backed them down. That's how songs like 'Nasty' and 'What Have You Done for Me Lately' were born, out of a sense of self-defense. Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin. Getting attitude.^[2]

—Janet Jackson, Rolling Stone

"Nasty" was used as the theme song for the 1990 TV drama series Nasty Boys, however, singer Lisa Keith sang it instead and the lyrics were changed to fit the show.

The song was also used as a entrance theme for the wrestling Tag Team The Nasty Boys in their AWA career.

Music video[link]

The music video was directed by Mary Lambert and choreographed by Paula Abdul.

Live performances[link]

Jackson has performed the song on all of her tours, Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour, janet. Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, Rock Witchu Tour and Number Ones: Up Close and Personal. She has also performed it on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, American Idol 2010 finale, and the Billboard Music Awards.

Track listings[link]

U.S., UK, and European 7" single

A. "Nasty" (Edit of Remix) – 3:40

B. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08

U.S. and European 12" single

Australian limited edition 12" single

A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00

B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00

B2. "Nasty" (A Cappella) – 2:55

U.S. and European 12" single – Cool Summer Mix Parts I and II

A. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part I) – 7:57

B. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part II) – 10:09

UK 12" single

A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00

B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00

B2. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08

Official versions/remixes[link]

• Album Version – 4:03
• A Cappella – 2:55
• Cool Summer Mix Part I – 7:57
• Cool Summer Mix Part II – 10:09
• Edit of Remix – 3:40
• Extended – 6:00
• Instrumental – 4:00

Accolades[link]

Charts[link]

End of year charts[link]

Chart procession and succession[link]

References[link]

Look up nasty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Nasty may refer to:

• "Nasty" (song), by Janet Jackson
• Nasty (album), by Cameo
• "Nasty" (The Young Ones), an episode of The Young Ones
• "Nasty", a song by The Damned, created for the Young Ones episode, released as a B-side of the single "Thanks for the Night"
• Nasty, Hertfordshire, a village in England
• Nasty class or Tjeld class patrol boat, a type of motor torpedo boat
• -nasty, a suffix used in the names of nastic movements of plants (= non-directional responses to stimuli)

See also[link]

• Nas, formerly Nasty Nas, American rapper
• Nestor Aparicio an American sports writer and radio personality
• Nastika, a Hindu term for some who does not accept the divine origin of the Vedas.

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Three singers-a trio-singing a song while accompanied on a lute played by one of the singers. Das Konzert [The Concert] (c. 1490, Lorenzo Costa).

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs. The lyrics (words) of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, though they may be religious verses or free prose.

A song may be for a solo singer, a duet, trio, or larger ensemble involving more voices. Songs with more than one voice to a part are considered choral works. Songs can be broadly divided into many different forms, depending on the criteria used. One division is between "art songs", "pop songs", and "folk songs". Other common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs secular), by style (dance, ballad, Lied, etc.), or by time of origin (Renaissance, Contemporary, etc.).

A song is a piece of music for accompanied or unaccompanied voice or voices or, "the act or art of singing," but the term is generally not used for large vocal forms including opera and oratorio.^[1] However, the term is, "often found in various figurative and transferred sense (e.g. for the lyrical second subject of a sonata...)."^[1] The noun "song" has the same etymological root as the verb "to sing" and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the word to mean "that which is sung" or "a musical composition suggestive of song." The OED also defines the word to mean "a poem" or "the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects, typically forming a recognizable and repeated sequence and used chiefly for territorial defence or for attracting mates." ^[2]

Cultural types[link]

Art songs[link]

Art songs are songs created for performance in their own right, usually with piano accompaniment, although they can also have other types of accompaniment such as an orchestra or string quartet, and are always notated. Generally they have an identified author and composer and require voice training for acceptable performance. German-speaking communities use the term art song ("Kunstlied") to distinguish so-called "serious" compositions from folk song ("Volkslied"). The lyrics are often written by a poet or lyricist and the music separately by a composer. Art songs may be more formally complicated than popular or folk songs, though many early Lieder by the likes of Franz Schubert are in simple strophic form. They are often important to national identity.

Art songs feature in many European cultures, including but not limited to: Russian (romancy), German (Lieder), Italian (canzoni), French (mélodies), Scandinavian (sånger), Portuguese (canções), Spanish (canciones). There are also highly regarded British and American art songs in the English language. Cultures outside of Europe that have a classical music tradition, such as India, may or may not feature art songs. The accompaniment of European art songs is considered as an important part of the composition.

The art song of the period in which they originally flowered is often a duet in which the vocalist and accompanist share in interpretive importance. The pieces were most often written to be performed in a home or salon setting, although today the works enjoy popularity as concert pieces. The emergence of poetry during this era was much of what inspired the creation of these pieces by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and other composers. These composers set poems in their native language. Many works were inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Heinrich Heine. Another method would be to write new music for each stanza to create a unique form; this was through-composed form known in German as durchkomponiert. A combination of both of these techniques in a single setting was called a modified strophic form. Often romantic art songs sharing similar elements were grouped as a song cycle.^[3]

Folk songs[link]

Folk songs are songs of often anonymous origin (or are public domain) that are transmitted orally. They are frequently a major aspect of national or cultural identity. Art songs often approach the status of folk songs when people forget who the author was. Folk songs are also frequently transmitted non-orally (that is, as sheet music), especially in the modern era. Folk songs exist in almost every culture.

Popular songs[link]

Modern popular songs are typically distributed as recordings and are played on the radio, though all other mass media that have audio capabilities are involved. Their relative popularity is inferred from commercially significant sales of recordings, ratings of stations and networks that play them, and ticket sales for concerts by the recording artists. A popular song can become a modern folk song when members of the public who learn to sing it from the recorded version teach their version to others. Popular songs may be called pop songs for short, although pop songs or pop music may instead be considered a more commercially popular genre of popular music as a whole.

See also[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Song

• Air (music)
• Animal song: bird song, whale song, zoomusicology
• Aria
• Ballad
• Canticle
• Category:Musical forms
• Hymn
• Instrumental
• Lied
• Madrigal (music)
• Song structure (popular music)
• Vocal music
• Theme song
• Poem and song
• Singing

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Marcello Sorce Keller (1984), "The Problem of Classification in Folksong Research: a Short History", Folklore, XCV, no. 1, 100- 104.

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Sylvester Samuels better known by his stage name Lil Ru, is an American rapper from Columbia, South Carolina currently signed to Def Jam Recordings. His debut album, 21 & Up was released on August 25, 2009. The Ridgeway native was 16 when he made his professional foray into the music business. Inspired by New Orleans’ innovative Cash Money Crew, Ru began making a name for himself on his local music scene, doing live shows and pressing up his own CDs. His hard-hitting lyrics and entrepreneurial spirit caught the attention of fellow South Carolinian Angie Stone. Shortly after the neo-soul songstress helped him secure a deal with Elektra Records, Ru found himself unsigned again, among the artists lost in the shuffle after the label merged with Atlantic Records. Music fans first got a taste of Ru’s wrath on his 2001 debut single “Will Destroy.” The buzz on the promising new lyricist continued with the release of his 2002 follow up, “Shawty What You Doin’.” Both songs reached the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts and helped land him at his next label home, Capitol Records.

In 2007 Capitol released the Don’t I Look Good, which included hit song I’m Spinnin’ It. Both singles flooded the South with much praise. After a brief time touring and promoting the album, in

March 2009, Lil Ru finally got the break he deserved when he was offered a spot on hip-hop’s most historic label, Def Jam. Ru’s seductive street single, “Nasty Song” was all it took for him to step into the spotlight. In 2011 Ru still with Def Jam Records returned to his home label Head Hunter Records to once again wreck havoc in the south.

Charts[link]

Billboard

== References ==

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External links[link]

• Lil Ru on Myspace
• Lil Ru on Facebook

Gorilla Zoe
Gorilla Zoe in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Background information
Birth name	Alonzo Mathis
Born	(1983-01-26) January 26, 1983 (age 29)
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia[1]
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Bad Boy, Block, Atlantic, Konvict Muzik
Associated acts	Lil Wayne, Yung Joc, iDREAMproduxions, Gucci Mane, OJ Da Juiceman, Trae, Diddy

Alonzo Mathis (born January 26, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia) better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe ( /ˈzoʊ/)^[2] is an American rapper and member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood. His solo debut album Welcome to the Zoo came out in 2007.

Biography[link]

He replaced Young Jeezy as a member of Boyz n da Hood. He first saw success in collaborations with Hood Figga Gorilla Zoe Yung Joc "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin'," which charted under several Billboard charts.^[3] His first solo album, Welcome to the Zoo, was released October 2007, peaking at #18 on the Billboard 200, #8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and #3 on Top Rap Albums.^[4][5][6] His second solo album, Don't Feed Da Animals, featuring the single "Lost, was released on March 17, 2009.^[7] Don't Feed Da Animals topped the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart.^[5] "What It Is", featuring Rick Ross, and Kollosus, and "Echo" followed.

For the month of February 2010, Gorilla Zoe released a mixtape every day on the mixtape website DatPiff.com.^[8] Gorilla Zoe is currently working on a mixtape with Die-Verse City's member "Qu1k". He also released an EP named I Am Atlanta 3. It is currently available on ITunes.

In February 2011, it was revealed that he would take part in a new Hiphop/Pro Wrestling collaboration, the Urban Wrestling Federation with taping of the first bout "First Blood" taking place in June 2011.^[9]

Discography[link]

• 2007: Welcome to the Zoo
• 2009: Don't Feed da Animals
• 2011: King Kong

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Gorilla Zoe on Myspace