#HURBY AZOR AND SALT SERIES#

Salt-n-Pepa sit down for a fun and intimate discussion about what makes their iconic partnership work, how these two very different personalities find the delicate balance to keep it going, and how their pioneering style continues to influence the music world today. They sang Whatta Man, along with En Vogue, as a part of VH1's Hip Hop Honors program.READ MORE: Salt-N-Pepa continues court fight with DJ Spinderella claim they only wanted to help herĬomedienne Loni Love has been tapped to host the after show special.Īccording to Shadow and Act, the logline for the interview special reads: “After 35 years, the reigning Queens of Hip Hop are still going strong. Salt-N-Pepa reunited on September 22, 2005, and gave their first performance in six years.

#HURBY AZOR AND SALT SERIES#

In March 2005, it was announced that Sandy Denton would join Jose Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, Caprice Bourret, Janice Dickinson, and Carey Hart on the 5th season of the VH1 series The Surreal Life. 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'.Ĭheryl James and Sandy Denton appeared on VH1's Hip Hop Honors in November 2004 without Spinderella. Upon disbanding, Salt (Cheryl James) claimed she had become a born-again Christian, and would no longer be involved in hip-hop. Treach and Pepa were divorced on July 31, 2001. Salt-N-Pepa's greatest-hits album, entitled Salt-N-Pepa: The Best Of was released on January 25, 2000. Pepa (Sandy Denton) married Treach of Naughty By Nature on July 27, 1999. In March 1999, Salt-N-Pepa embarked on their final live tour. They released their final album 'Brand New' in 1997.ĭespite their girl group beginnings, Salt-N-Pepa insist that they wrote many of the lyrics on their first album, and by Blacks Magic they displayed a sex positive, and responsible, feminism, and are often seen as innovators or role models. Since Very Necessary, both Salt and Pepa have focused primarily on their acting careers. The less commercially successful single 'None of Your Business,' won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1995. In 1994, they appeared in the motion picture 'Who's The Man?'. Salt-N-Pepa left Next Plateau and the influence of Azor released 'Very Necessary', a largely self-produced album in 1993 (see 1993 in music), and it performed very well on the charts, buoyed by 'Shoop' and 'Whatta Man' (with En Vogue). It included 'Let's Talk About Sex', one of their biggest songs. Their third original LP, Blacks Magic, which received generally positive reviews and expanded Salt-N-Pepa's fanbase among hip hop fans using more R&B. They released A Salt With a Deadly Pepa, which was only a minor hit, though it featured 'Shake Your Thang'. Paul's remix of 'Push It', rereleased as a single, quickly became a national hit and was nominated for a Grammy, pushing both the single and LP to Platinum album status. Hot, Cool & Vicious received little attention until a San Francisco DJ named Cameron Paul created a remix of 'Push It' (The b-side to 'Tramp').

According to AMG it also featured DJ Pamela Green, though they do not include her in their list of credits, and neither does the album sleeve. Their debut LP was Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986, which was produced by Salt's then-boyfriend, Hurby Azor, the group's manager, and he received songwriting credit for the album, though this was later disputed. It was an underground hit and Salt-N-Pepa signed to Next Plateau. They debuted with 'The Show Stopper', a response record to Doug E. Salt-N-Pepa is an American R&B and hip-hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton (' Salt' and ' Pepa', respectively), and Deidre 'Dee Dee' Roper (DJ Spinderella).

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