Kickstarter-funded albums are currently all the rage in the present musical climate and Naughty By Nature is ushering in 2016 with their custom announcement for the call of monetary fan support.
This coming September will mark the 25th anniversary of the trio consisting of Treach, Vin Rock and Kay Gee releasing their (proper) self-titled debut album and they are obviously feeling as invigorated as when they made the entire world down with “O.P.P.”
“What this campaign is about is just the celebration of our 25 years in the music industry. We’re inviting you to celebrate with us,” the group explained via a joint statement. “Kickstarter is the sign of the times…We felt like this would be the perfect time to [release] new music but we needed the support from the fans. We wanted to see if they really wanted the new album. Now that we’re veterans, we can go directly to the fans.”
In addition to the upcoming LP, the group has also embarked on a nationwide tour (which began on January 28 in Charlotte) where longtime followers of the clique from “Dirty Jerz” can expect to hear classics such as “Hip Hop Hooray,” “Feel Me Flow” and more.
Visit Kickstarter to help Naughty By Nature hit their goal of $100,000 for the new album. The remaining tour dates can be seen as follows.
January 31st – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
February 2nd – The Maison – New Orleans, LA
February 3rd – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
February 4th – Empire Control Room – Austin, TX
February 5th – Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX
February 6th – South Side Music Hall – Dallas, TX
February 9th – Sister Bar – Albuquerque, NM
February 10th – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
February 11th – Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA
February 14th – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
February 16th – Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
February 17th – Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
February 18th – The Rave II – Milwaukee, WI
February 19th – Blue Note – Columbia, MO
February 20th – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
February 21st – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
February 23rd – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
February 24th – Waiting Room – Buffalo, NY
February 25th – The Howard Theatre – Washington, DC
February 26th – Reverb – Reading, PA
February 27th – Webster Hall – New York, NY
February 28th – TLA – Philadelphia, PA
I don’t believe in leaning on your fans for funds to create an album, that’s the most bum criminal thing you can do, also remember reading where Treach said he and Vinnie didn’t get along and was just touring together to earn a living, don’t trust this crap
For real! Until the can prove that they get a long now, I wouldn’t trust this shit. Bc it would just boil down to an album sans Vin.
Since when does it take $100,000 to record an album? Lolol they must be going to Sony Studios and paying $1000 an hr. for studio time
Hip Hop hooray-ed already! No need to re-kindle an old flame. This Kickstarter shit is getting ridiculous. Show us (the fans) an itemized receipt of how our money is being spent and then maybe we’ll reconsider
you tellin me they spent all that OPP money?
Yo…I know motherfuckers that make albums in their house that sound top notch studio quality. You don’t need all that money to make an album anymore man. All you need is a computer, a mic, and a music production program, and an MPC, if you want. They know that shit.
And it’s these same mutha$fuckers that gave us the current generation of whack artists. Rich phoney Quan, dumb thug, etc. So, no..
It cost alot of money for production, publishing, distribution.. Music lawyers make a really good living. So do relevant beat makers.
Treach is a OG…he shouldn’t have to ask for a hand out
I just can’t fuck with a group of Naughty’s stature asking fans to help fund one of their albums. This is a bad look imo
Hey go kill youself⚰️
where’s the kickstarter to get Vin-Rock enrolled in Weight Watchers? Musta ate good off that 90’s rap money. Should saved it and you could have recorded your album and not got Diabetes
Ole beotch azz made MF’ER! Sick of you online trolling keyboard warriors Internet F.A.G.G.O.T!!!
Your fuckin cool❄️.kill yourself⚰️
weren’t they fighting a few years back?
They were but they’re alright now
I’m tempted to support here. One of the best rap groups ever. They get a lot of love for OPP and HHH but their catalog goes deep.
Vinnie did not even spit one bar on their last album Anthem Inc.
for real it looks like Vin ate the Rottin Razkals