19 Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews
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It may not be nice to fool with Mother Nature, as the saying goes, but Nature's Fury, Naughty by Nature's fourth LP (not counting the greatest-hits compilation Nature's Finest), really is more of a mild storm front than a hurricane. When they stick with the formula that made them famous--catchy loops fronted by relatively innocuous rhymes, but with a furious delivery--Naughty do well (see "Jamboree"). But on too many of the tracks here, NBN play host to a guest star--Big Pun, Krayzie Bone, and a host of No Limit all-stars, among others--and find themselves playing second fiddle. On one of the album's best tracks, "Radio," Naughty indiscriminately plunder the past, with a backing track that nicks LL Cool J's classic of the same name, lyrics that hark back to Run DMC ("I'm the nigga hip-hop / There is none higher / Sucka motherf**kers better call me sire!"), and a "la-di-da-di-da" chorus. Other songs find Naughty going reggae, dance-floor pop, and, on "Thugs & Hustlers," into Timbaland's quirky neighborhood. They handle each chore like pros, but never once do they sound like a group with anything to say for themselves. --Randy Silver

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19 Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury [Explicit Lyrics]

Tracks:

Intro
Ring The Alarm
Dirt All By My Lonely
Holiday
Live Or Die
On The Run
Radio
Jamboree
Would've Done The Same For Me
Thugs & Hustlers
Work
We Could Do It
The Blues
Wicked Bounce
Live Then Lay
The Shivers

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It may not be nice to fool with Mother Nature, as the saying goes, but Nature's Fury, Naughty by Nature's fourth LP (not counting the greatest-hits compilation Nature's Finest), really is more of a mild storm front than a hurricane. When they stick with the formula that made them famous--catchy loops fronted by relatively innocuous rhymes, but with a furious delivery--Naughty do well (see "Jamboree"). But on too many of the tracks here, NBN play host to a guest star--Big Pun, Krayzie Bone, and a host of No Limit all-stars, among others--and find themselves playing second fiddle. On one of the album's best tracks, "Radio," Naughty indiscriminately plunder the past, with a backing track that nicks LL Cool J's classic of the same name, lyrics that hark back to Run DMC ("I'm the nigga hip-hop / There is none higher / Sucka motherf**kers better call me sire!"), and a "la-di-da-di-da" chorus. Other songs find Naughty going reggae, dance-floor pop, and, on "Thugs & Hustlers," into Timbaland's quirky neighborhood. They handle each chore like pros, but never once do they sound like a group with anything to say for themselves. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

OK.......2005-11-26

Im not trying to diss but this album is not that good but it gets 3 stars from me because of the song Jamboree but I do like Naughty

What happened? This can't be!.......2005-11-21

It's been four years since Treach(rapper), Vinnie(rapper), and Kaygee(producer) of Naughty By Nature has released an album, when I heard that Naughty By Nature was going to relase this LP (Nature's Fury), I got excited and got myself when it hit the stores. Sadly, after listening to the entire album, I was greatly dissappointed.

Overall, this album has more of a commerical/pop vibe as oppose to the hardcore, gritty tales from the hood they're known for. Tracks such as "Holiday", "Jamboree", "The blues", and "We could do it" are nothing more than pop hits as they try to attract a new audience. Second, there's too many guest appearnaces on this album, Treach and Vinnie are more than capable of spitting hot lyrics on a full LP. Instead artists such as Big Pun("We Could do it"), Master P, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal("Live or Die"), and Krayzie Bone ("Thugs-n-Hustlers") just to name a few dominate the entire song making Naughty By Nature look like a guset appearance as oppose to being the main attraction. In my opinion, they should of stick to the formula that made their first three albums such a success, remember "O.P.P.", "Hip Hop Horray", and "Feel Me Flow"? That's the real Nuaghty By Nature!

Don't get this album or their 2002 ablum, iiconz, which is even worse than Nautre's Fury, Instead get any one of their previous album before 1999, first album (which is self-titled), second album is 19 Naughty III, and third album is Poverty's Paradise, or get all three! You won't be dissapointed, trust me!

Not so good.......2005-01-28

I bought this in a bargain bin somewhere thinking it was nineteen naughty threen (my bad) boy was i dissapointed not much else to say 'cept its mediocre at best. Big Pun's (Legend R.I.P.) verse was really just acouple notches above weak please dont buy it. get nineteen naughty three instead.

WELCOME BACK GUYS.......2002-08-23

Best Songs: We Could Do It, Radio, Jamboree, Ring The Alarm, Holiday, and Thugs And Hustlers

Worst Songs: Dirt All By My Lonely, Intro, Live Or Die, and On The Run

Beats: 7/10 Lyrics 5/10

A great party cd by Naughty By Nature. A great ninth cd by this group.

They can do better.......2002-01-08

For almost a decade, Naughty has been my favorite group. Before Biggie and Jay-Z mixed hard street flavor with radio friendly hip hop jams, there was the Illtown trio. But the problem with Nature's Fury is that they stray to much from the formula that made them so great. It's almost like they realized people were forgetting about them, so they employed a bunch of popular guests (Master P, Big Pun, Krayzie Bone) and adapted their sound to what is popular today. And it doesn't work. Fortunately, songs like "Ring The Alarm", "Dirt All By Lonely" and "Radio" stick to the old Naughty style and prove they still have it. So get back in the studio and bust out some hip hop JER-Z hits.