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| SALT-N-PEPA |
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| Salt-n-Pepa is a Hip Hop trio that came onto the music scene in 1986 and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide. Their 1986 debut album, Hot, Cool & Vicious received some airplay on R&B stations thanks to the songs "My Mic Sound Nice" and "Tramp". But when San Francisco DJ and producer Cameron Paul created a remix of "Push It", the b-side to "Tramp", it gave the group their first major hit single. Cameron Paul's "Push It" remix was added to subsequent pressings of Hot, Cool & Vicious and was released as a single, quickly becoming a platinum Top 20 pop hit, receiving a Grammy nomination, and helping the album reach Platinum album status. Their second album, 1988's A Salt With a Deadly Pepa, attained gold status upon its release. It contained a moderate hit in "Shake Your Thang" and a minor hit with "Everybody Get Up." Their third album, Blacks' Magic, was released in March 1990, and became a breakthrough moment for the group. The result was hit singles. "Do You Want Me", and "Let's Talk About Sex." The album became a best seller. Salt-n-Pepa's fourth album Very Necessary, released in September 1993 was their most successful album to date. Buoyed by the singles "Shoop" (their first U.S. Top Ten), "Whatta Man" (with En Vogue and also a Top Ten hit) and "None of Your Business", the album eventually went four times platinum in the U.S. at its time of release. The group toured and Salt went on to co-star in the motion picture Who's the Man?, and Pepa co-starred in the movie Joe's Apartment. The trio also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1995 for "None Of Your Business", making them the first female rap Grammy winners. Their fifth album, "Brand New" (1997), hit stores a few months later and received good reviews upon its release. In March 1999, Salt-n-Pepa embarked on their final live tour. Salt-n-Pepa's greatest-hits album, entitled Salt-n-Pepa: The Best Of was released on January 25, 2000. The group officially disbanded in 2002. Upon disbanding, Salt claimed she had enough of the music industry and would no longer be involved in it. However, all that changed when Cheryl announced that she would be releasing her first solo CD "Salt of the Earth" which later changed to "Salt Unrapped". Cheryl has also been featured on the remix version of the Salt City Six's "Shine", on the album Holy South: World Wide, a compilation of Chrisitian rap and Christian R&P (Rhythm & Praise) songs. The album was executive produced by ex-Three 6 Mafia member turned Christian rapper, Mr. Del. Cheryl James and Sandy Denton appeared on VH1's Hip Hop Honors in November 2004. |
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| DOUG E FRESH |
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| The first human beatbox in the rap world, and still the best of all time, Doug E. Fresh amazed audiences with his note-perfect imitations of drum machines, effects, and often large samples of hip-hop classics. By 1985, Fresh was one of the biggest names in rap music, and his first single for Reality, "The Show/La Di Da Di," became a hip-hop classic. It was recorded with his Get Fresh Crew, including MC Ricky D (only later to gain fame as Slick Rick), along with Barry Bee and Chill Will. His first LP, 1987's Oh, My God!, featured most of his showpieces, like "Play This Only at Night" and "All the Way to Heaven," along with nods to reggae and even gospel. His second album, 1988's The World's Greatest Entertainer, broke into the Billboard charts thanks to another hot single, "Keep Risin' to the Top.” Fresh took a break and wasn't able to regain momentum with 1992's Doin' What I Gotta Do, released through MC Hammer's Bust It label. He did reunite on a Slick Rick LP, and recorded again in 1995 for Gee Street. |
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