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"'''O.P.P.'''" is a song by American rap group [[Naughty by Nature]]. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their self-titled second album, ''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]''
The song was a hugely successful single; ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine named it one of the greatest singles of the 1990s, offering a brief verdict with the [[rhetorical question]], "Ever wonder where [[Sean Combs|Puffy]] came from?"<ref name="spin">{{cite web |last1=Weingarten |first1=Christopher R. |title=Naughty By Nature Look Back on 20 Years of 'O.P.P.' |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/12/naughty-nature-look-back-20-years-opp/ |website=Spin |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612113540/http://www.spin.com/2011/12/naughty-nature-look-back-20-years-opp/ |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also made some media outlets' lists of one of the best rap songs of all time: including ''[[The Source]]'',<ref>http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2018}} [[VH1]] (No. 22),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Amrit |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs |url=https://www.stereogum.com/24391/vh1s_100_greatest_hiphop_songs-2/franchises/list/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=September 29, 2008 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815095725/https://www.stereogum.com/24391/vh1s_100_greatest_hiphop_songs-2/franchises/list/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (No. 80).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/ltrimm-cars-with-the-boom-106252/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 2, 2017 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815092532/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/ltrimm-cars-with-the-boom-106252/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The song was also ranked No. 20 on VH1's 40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |title=40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s (COMPLETE LIST) |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/827/vh1-40-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-the-90s-complete-list/ |website=VH1 |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815100112/http://www.vh1.com/news/827/vh1-40-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-the-90s-complete-list/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Critical reception==
Jesse Ducker from Albumism wrote, "It’s one of the most light-hearted songs about infidelity this side of [[Clarence Carter]]’s “[[Back Door Santa]]”, as [[Treach]] gleefully lists the virtues of engaging in sexual congress with someone else’s girl."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/naughty-by-nature-eponymous-second-album-naughty-by-nature-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective|publisher=Albumism|date=August 31, 2021|first=Jesse|last=Ducker|title=Naughty By Nature's Eponymous Second Album 'Naughty By Nature' Turns 30 — Anniversary Retrospective|accessdate=October 3, 2021}}</ref> Stanton Swihart from [[AllMusic]] said it's "a song that somehow managed the trick of being both audaciously catchy and subversively coy at the same time." He added, "Its irrepressible appeal was so widespread, in fact, that it played just as well to the hardcore heads in the hood as it did to the [[hip-hop]] dabblers in the suburbs."<ref>{{cite web|first= Stanton |last= Swihart |title= Naughty by Nature – ''Naughty by Nature'' |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= November 4, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/naughty-by-nature-mw0000272277}}</ref>
[[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' noted that the [[Naughty by Nature|act]] "drops samples of the [[The Jackson 5|Jackson Five]]'s "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]" onto a rousing hip-hop beat-base. Anthemic rhymes are icing on the cake. Have a taste."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= July 13, 1991 |page= 77 |access-date= October 23, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB1991.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref> James Bernard from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described it as "a sly, body-rocking tune with a melodic [[pop music|pop]] hook and plenty of cute double entendres".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Bernard |title= Naughty by Nature |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= October 4, 1991 |access-date= November 11, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/1991/10/04/naughty-nature/}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[Music & Media]]'' commented, "It's further proof of the new direction in [[rap music|rap]] heading more towards a normal pop song. The combination of the piano hook and the female backup makes this funky rhyme memorable."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases Singles |magazine= [[Music & Media]] |date= October 5, 1991 |page= 10 |access-date= October 20, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-10-05.pdf}}</ref> ==Music video==
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