Poverty's Paradise

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Poverty's Paradise
Studio album from Naughty by Nature

Publication
(s)

May 2, 1995

Label (s) Tommy Boy Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Hip-hop , East Coast hip-hop

Title (number)

21st

running time

62:41

production

  • Naughty by Nature
  • Minnesota
  • Brice
  • Kid Nyce
chronology
19 Naughty III
(1993) 		Poverty's Paradise Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
(1999)
Single releases
February 17, 1995 Clap Yo Hands
April 4, 1995 Craziest
May 22, 1995 Feel Me Flow

Poverty's Paradise ( English for: poverty paradise ) is the fourth studio album by the US rap group Naughty by Nature . It was released on May 2, 1995 on the Tommy Boy Records label .

production

Twelve songs on the album were produced by Naughty by Nature itself. Two beats are from Minnesota, while Brice and Kid Nyce each produced an instrumental. Many songs also contain samples of pieces by other artists.

Cover design

The album cover is in black and white and shows the three band members who are in a dark room and looking at the viewer. In the lower part of the picture are the white lettering Naughty by Nature and Poverty's Paradise .

Guest Posts

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic

In addition to Naughty by Nature, other artists appear on six of the 21 tracks on the album. The rappers Road Dawgs and Cruddy Click have three guest contributions and the rap group Rottin Razkals can be heard on two songs. In addition, singer Gordon Chambers and rapper Kandi Kain are each featured on a song, while basketball player Chris Webber can be heard in a skit .

Track list

# title Guest Posts producer length
1 Intro Skit 0:38
2 Poverty's Paradise Naughty by Nature 1:01
3 Clap Yo Hands Naughty by Nature 4:39
4th City of Ci-Lo Minnesota 3:13
5 Hang out and hustle Road Dawgs and Cruddy Click Naughty by Nature 3:15
6th It's workin ' Rottin Razkals Naughty by Nature 4:06
7th Holdin 'fort Naughty by Nature 3:34
8th Chain remains Brice 4:33
9 Feel Me Flow Naughty by Nature 3:33
10 Craziest Naughty by Nature 4:12
11 Radio Skit 0:09
12 Sunshine Naughty by Nature 3:13
13 Webber Skit Chris Webber 0:49
14th Respect Due Naughty by Nature 3:03
15th World Go Round Minnesota 3:06
16 Klickow-Klickow Rottin Razkals, Cruddy Click and Road Dawgs Naughty by Nature 5:00
17th Double I Skit 0:13
18th Slang bang Kid Nyce 3:42
19th Shout out Gordon Chambers Naughty by Nature 7:02
20th Outro 0:27
21st Connections Cruddy Click, Road Dawgs and Kandi Kain Naughty by Nature 3:10

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Poverty's Paradise
  DE 39 06/12/1995 (8 weeks)
  CH 44 06/11/1995 (1 week)
  UK 20th 05/27/1995 (4 weeks)
  US 3 06/17/1995 (18 weeks)
Singles
Craziest
  US 51 04/15/1995 (10 weeks)
Feel Me Flow
  UK 23 04/29/1995 (3 weeks)
  US 17th 06/10/1995 (20 weeks)

Poverty's Paradise entered the German album charts at number 97 on June 12, 1995 and left the top 100 the following week before entering the charts again on June 26, 1995, reaching the highest position at number 39. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for eight weeks. In the United States, the record took third place and stayed in the charts for 18 weeks.

Three songs on the album were released as singles . Of these, the song Feel Me Flow was particularly successful, reaching number 17 in the US charts and receiving a gold record for more than 500,000 sales . In addition, the tracks Clap Yo Hands and Craziest (US # 51) were released as singles.

Sales figures and awards

Poverty's Paradise sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States and was therefore awarded a gold record in the year of publication .

At the 1996 Grammy Awards , the album received its first award in the newly introduced Best Rap Album category .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ album cover
  2. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from July 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  5. ↑ Chart tracking Poverty's Paradise at officialcharts.de
  6. ↑ Chart tracking singles in US charts
  7. ↑ US: Gold