Consumer Guide Album

Naughty by Nature: Poverty's Paradise [Tommy Boy, 1995]
I wouldn't swear "Feel Me Flow" or "Clap Yo Hands" is the kind of singalong they can live by (and off). But they're no longer working an anthem thing--it's an album thing. Uncompromisingly street without indulging their anger, unmistakably good-hearted without repressing their aggressions, "Hang Out and Hustle" is their calling card and call to arms. Much respect for the will and skill that can expand their standard five minutes of jubilant escape into an hour of tough, beatwise congeniality. A−