Salt 'N' Pepa
Types: Artist Group Featured Writer
Notes
In the mid–1980s, Brooklyn–native Cheryl "Salt" James met Queens–native Jamaican rapper Sandra "Pepa" Denton, both studying nursing at Queensborough Community College. The pair became close friends and co–workers at Sears. Another co-worker [a=Hurby Luv Bug] was studying record production at the Center of Media Arts and asked Cheryl and Sandra to record for him as a class project. This resulted in the single [url=http://www.discogs.com/master/view/696422]"The Showstopper"[/url] (an answer record to Doug E. Fresh's [url=http://www.discogs.com/master/view/144703]The Show[/url]) in late–1985 and reached No. 46 on the Billboard R&B chart. In September 1986, They signed to Next Plateau Records, recruited female high-school student-DJ named "Spinderella" and adopted the stage name Salt 'N' Pepa. Their first album released in December 1986 languished until DJ's began playing "Push It" in 1987, sending it to No. 19 and pushing the record to platinum sales, resulting in their international breakthrough.
Associated Works (26)
Swift
Writer 100.000%Everybody Get Up
Writer 100.000%I Am Down
Writer 100.000%Spinderella's Not A Fella (But A Girl DJ)
Writer 100.000%Doper Than Dope
Writer 100.000%I Like It Like That
Writer 100.000%Blacks' Magic
Writer 100.000%Let The Rhythm Run
Writer 100.000%Intro Jam
Writer 100.000%Independent
Writer 100.000%I Don't Know
Writer 100.000%Expression
Writer 100.000%Twist And Shout
Writer 100.000%Solo Power (Let's Get Paid)
Writer 100.000%A Salt With A Deadly Pepa
Writer 100.000%You Showed Me
Writer 100.000%Solo Power (Syncopated Soul)
Writer 100.000%Hyped On The Mic
Writer 100.000%Live And Let Die
Writer 100.000%Start The Party
Writer 100.000%I Like To Party
Writer 100.000%Let's Talk About Sex
Writer 100.000%Shake Your Thang
Writer 100.000%Negro Wit' An Ego
Writer 100.000%I Gotcha
Writer 100.000%Do You Want Me
Writer 100.000%Associated Recordings (54)
Tramp
Work: Tramp
Blacks' Magic
Work: Blacks' Magic
Chick On The Side
Doper Than Dope
Work: Doper Than Dope
Spinderella's Not A Fella (But A Girl DJ)
Let The Rhythm Run
Work: Let The Rhythm Run
Start The Party
Work: Start The Party
Heaven Or Hell
Somma Time Man
Big Shot
Swift
Work: Swift
My Mike Sounds Nice
I'll Take Your Man
I Like To Party
Work: I Like To Party
I Gotcha
Work: I Gotcha
You Showed Me
Work: You Showed Me
Solo Power (Let's Get Paid)
Groove Me
Shoop (Remix)
Whatta Man
Twist And Shout
Work: Twist And Shout
Somebody's Gettin' On My Nerves
The Showstopper
Independent
Work: Independent
Do You Want Me
Work: Do You Want Me
GET UP EVERYBODY
Work: GET UP EVERYBODY
Step
No One Does It Better
Negro Wit' An Ego
Work: Negro Wit' An Ego
BLACK'S MAGIC
Work: BLACK'S MAGIC
I Don't Know
Hyped On The Mic
Work: Hyped On The Mic
Break Of Dawn
Push It (Remix)
Work: Push It (Remix)
Beauty And The Beat
Work: Beauty and the Beat
I Don't Know
Work: I Don't Know
I Desire
Expression
Work: Expression
Intro Jam
Work: Intro Jam
I LL TAKE YOUR MAN
Work: I LL TAKE YOUR MAN
I Like It Like That
Work: I Like It Like That
None Of Your Business
Live And Let Die
Work: Live And Let Die
It's All Right
Shake Your Thang
Work: Shake Your Thang
Everybody Get Up
Work: Everybody Get Up
Solo Power (Syncopated Soul)
I've Got AIDS (PSA)
Sexy Noises Turn Me On
Let's Talk About Sex
Work: Let's Talk About Sex
I DESIRE
Work: I DESIRE
Tramp
I Am Down
Work: I Am Down