"
O.P.P." was a
1991 song recorded by rap group
Naughty By Nature. The song made it to the
U.S. Top Ten, propelling their self-titled
album "Naughty By Nature" to platinum status. The song's declaration '
Down Wit
OPP' was a popular catchphrase in the U.S. in the early-'90s. Its beat is sampled from
Melvin Bliss' "Synthetic Substitution", with instrumentation samples from
The Jackson 5's "
ABC" in which
Alphonzo Mizell,
Freddie Perren,
Deke Richards, and
Berry Gordy Jr. got a writing credit for the song. The song was one of the first rap songs to become a pop hit when it reached number 6 in the U.S.
Hot 100. The title is an acronym for 'other people's pussy'; when the song asks if the listener is 'down wit O.P.P. ', it's asking if he/she is willing to have sexual relations with a person who is known to already have a significant other.
Lead rapper
Treach coyly obscures the meaning of the second 'P' (which is meant to refer to either 'pussy' or 'penis') using euphemisms throughout the song saying -- instead of pussy -- that it is 'another way to call a cat a kitten' or -- instead of penis -- a 'five-letter word rhyming with cleanest or meanest'
. In the lyrics following, the rap defines the third 'P' as 'property' to 'do it sorta properly'. Treach was inspired to write the lyrics by a neighborhood dealer who used to move in on other dealers' territories and say he was 'Down With
O.P.M. --
Other People's Money'. In
1998 the song was named one of the
100 best rap
singles ever by
The Source magazine. In 2008, it was ranked 22 on
VH1's
100 Greatest Songs of
Hip Hop. Naughty By Nature is a
Grammy Award-winning
American hip-hop trio from
East Orange, New Jersey that at the time of its formation in
1989 consisted of Treach,
Vin Rock, and the
DJ Kay Gee. They are known for being one of the few rap acts who were able to balance success on the pop charts with hardcore rap credibility. The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey (colloquially referred to as '
Illtown' in the
1980s) in
1988. They first appeared on the music scene in 1989, releasing an album called "
Independent Leaders" under their then-name
The New Style. The album generated the minor hit "
Scuffin' Those Knees". After the release of their first album, the group was mentored by fellow
New Jersey native
Queen Latifah, and subsequently changed its name. Their first hit as Naughty By Nature was "O.P.P.", one of the most successful rap songs in history to that
point in terms of crossover success on the pop charts. The song has become well known in pop culture, being mentioned in
TV shows and films such as "
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air", "
Malibu's Most Wanted", "
Monk", and "
The Office". "O.P.P." also gained critical acclaim, being ranked the
20th best single of the
1990s by
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- published: 04 Apr 2011
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