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Salt 'N' Pepa

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One of the most successful female pop-rap groups of all time, Salt'N'Pepa formed in the mid-'80s when Cheryl "Salt" James and Jamaican-born Sandy "Pepa" Denton met while working at Sears in New York City. Another co-worker Hurby Luv Bug, was studying record production at the Center of Media Arts, and asked Cheryl and Sandy to record for him as a class project. An answer record to Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew's "The Show", titled "The Showstopper," was released as a single in late 1985 on Pop Art Records and reached No. 46 on the Billboard R&B chart. After signing to Next Plateau Records, adopting the stage name Salt'N'Pepa, and recruiting a female high-school student-DJ named "Spinderella", the duo released Hot, Cool, and Vicious in 1986, written and produced by Azor. The album languished until DJs began playing "Push It" in 1987, sending it to No. 19 and "pushing" the record to platinum sales, a breakthrough for the female rap-trio...
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Cheryl James (2), Da Original, Deidra "Spin" Roper, Sandra Denton
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Hot, Cool & Vicious

‎ ◄ (22 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1986

Salt-N-Pepa* Featuring Spinderella - A Salt With A Deadly Pepa ‎ ◄ (18 versions)

FFRR, Next Plateau Records Inc., Next Plateau Records Inc. 1988

Blacks' Magic

‎ ◄ (10 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1990

Very Necessary

‎ ◄ (13 versions) 		FFRR 1993

Brand New

‎ ◄ (4 versions) 		London Records 1997

Singles & EPs

I'll Take Your Man

‎ ◄ (2 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1986

Beauty And The Beat / Part II At Warp Speed

‎ ◄ (2 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1986

My Mike Sounds Nice / It's Alright

‎ ◄ (7 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1987

I Am Down / Chick On The Side

‎ ◄ (2 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1987

Tramp (Remix) / Push It

‎ ◄ (8 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1987

Push It

‎ ◄ (33 versions) 		FFRR, FFRR 1988

Get Up Everybody (Get Up) / Twist And Shout

‎ ◄ (2 versions) 		London Records 1988

Get Up Everybody

‎ ◄ (12 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1988

Salt 'N' Pepa / Antoinette - Push It / Hit 'em With This / I Am Down ‎ ◄ (4 versions)

Metronome 1988

Twist And Shout

‎ ◄ (10 versions) 		High Fashion Music, Dureco 1988

Shake Your Thang / Spinderella's Not A Fella (But A Girl DJ)

‎ ◄ (11 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1988

Shake Your Thang

‎ ◄ (7 versions) 		High Fashion Music, Next Plateau Records Inc. 1988

Run-DMC / Salt 'N' Pepa - Mary, Mary / Push It ‎ (12", Promo)

London Records 1988

Expression

‎ ◄ (27 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1989

Megamix

‎ (12", Maxi) 		FFRR 1989

Do You Want Me

‎ ◄ (18 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc. 1990

Independent (Remix)

‎ ◄ (6 versions) 		Next Plateau Records Inc., FFRR 1990

You Showed Me

‎ ◄ (15 versions) 		FFRR, FFRR 1991

Pebbles With Salt-N-Pepa* - Backyard ‎ ◄ (5 versions)

MCA Records, MCA Records 1991

Let's Talk About Sex!

‎ ◄ (22 versions) 		FFRR, FFRR 1991
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