[1] Natty Nation was voted "Madison's Favorite Dance Band" in the 2016 Isthmus' Newspaper's readers poll.

[5] Fuzzy introduced the rest of the band to Jamaican musician, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Jeffrey "J-Maxx" Maxwell, who quickly joined the group as front man, trading off lead vocal with JAH Boogie.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the album met with an "enthusiastic response," and led to the band touring for a year and a half in its support.

[7] In April 1998[10] the band self-released its sophomore album Earth Citizen, which was self-produced at Smart Studios in Madison and distributed through their new Natty Nation label.

[11] The album featured the first studio appearance of Steve Truesdell on lead guitar, who stated "we wanted to experiment with incorporating some rock [to] see where it would go.

Beyond JAH Boogie and Aaron Konkol it featured Paul Renke on drums, Tyson Klobles on bass, and Jason Himebauch on guitar.

[10] Wrote the band about the album compared to their previous releases, "the spiritual themes are leaning more towards Eastern philosophy and less towards Rastafari, and the political songs are much more outspoken."

[7] In August 2008 they were asked by Armed Forces Entertainment at the Department of Defense to tour Africa and Asia,[5] and again in 2009 in Japan and the Marshall Islands, playing for the troops[1] at military bases.

Upon returning they continued to tour Wisconsin in support of Reincarnation,[5] and in September 2009 the band headlined the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival in Madison.

[15] In July 2010, Isthmus Magazine named Natty Nation's 1998 release Earth Citizen one of the "top 25 Madison pop albums of all time," writing that "propelled by Demetrius ["Jah Boogie"] Wainwright and Jeffrey Maxwell on vocals, the CD fulfilled the promise of the band's 1996 debut, The Journey Has Just Begun.

Natty Nation's mix of hard roots rock and reggae proved unique and gained a following that remains today.

Featuring JAH Boogie, Konkol, Louka Patenaude on guitar, and Phillip "PJ" Hill, Jr. on drums,[10] it was released on January 29, 2013.

[7] By February 2013 they were working on their next studio album,[7] and that month headlined the 5th Annual Bob Marley Birthday Bash in Madison.

The band has performed as a backing band for reggae artists and groups such as Lee "Scratch" Perry[7] Chaka Demus & Pliers,[1] Kevin Kinsella, & Nkulee Dube (Lucky Dube's daughter), and have performed live with Ziggy Marley, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, The Skatalites with Doreen Shaffer, Kabaka Pyramid, Morgan Heritage, Sister Carol,[7] Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Wailing Souls, Culture with Joseph Hill, Beenie Man, and others.

"[5] According to the band members in 2008, due to an "ever-evolving lineup," the music "constantly grows and changes, but never straying too far from the all-original hard roots-rock-reggae format.