O.P.P. (song)


"O.P.P." is a song by the American rap group Naughty by Nature. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album Naughty by Nature. The song was one of the first rap songs to become a pop hit when it reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart. Its declaration, "Down Wit' O.P.P", was a popular catchphrase in the U.S. 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?" It also made some media outlets' lists of one of the best rap songs of all time: including The Source, VH1, and Rolling Stone. The song was also ranked No. 20 on VH1's 40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s.

Content

The song samples Melvin Bliss' "Synthetic Substitution" and The Jackson 5's "ABC". Its lyrics concern sexual infidelity, with "O.P.P." standing for "other people's pussy", "other people's penis", and "other people's property".

Track listing

  1. O.P.P.
  2. Wickedest Man Alive
  3. O.P.P.
  4. Wickedest Man Alive
  5. O.P.P.

    Official versions

Peak positions

End of year charts

In popular culture

The song has been used as a soundtrack to various films as well as television series, including the TV sitcoms The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Office, and the films La Haine, Jarhead, and Up in the Air.