Uptown Anthem

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"Uptown Anthem"
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Single by Naughty by Nature
from the album Juice and Naughty by Nature
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1992
Recorded1991
Genre
Length3:03
LabelTommy Boy Records/Soul Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)DJ Kay Gee
Naughty by Nature singles chronology
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
(1991)
"Uptown Anthem"
(1992)
"Hip Hop Hooray"
(1993)

"Uptown Anthem" is a 1992 song by hip-hop group Naughty by Nature. It was made for the soundtrack for the movie Juice. NBN rapper Treach also had a cameo acting role in the movie. Rapper 2Pac is featured in the video. As well as NBN the soundtrack included songs from numerous other well-known hip-hop artists such as Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Too Short, Teddy Riley, EPMD, Salt-N-Pepa, and Cypress Hill. The song peaked at #27 on the Hot Rap Singles and #58 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.[1] It was also included as the final track on later releases of the group's 1991 self-titled album Naughty by Nature. The song is especially notable for its chorus, which goes "We gonna break/We gonna bash/We gonna roll/We gonna smash"

Jermaine Dupri sampled Uptown Anthem for the Jagged Edge track "Shady Girl" featured on the album Hard.

Late Rapper Tupac Shakur sampled the song for his "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)".

The song appears in the 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2.

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