‘Do You Want Me’ was similarly successful, encouraging the record company to put out A Blitz Of Salt ‘N’ Pepa Hits, a collection of remixes, in their absence. Their most confrontational release was the 1991 ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’ manifesto (UK number 2/US number 13), something of a change of approach after the overtly erotic ‘Push It’. Nominated for the first ever Rap Grammy in 1989, they refused to attend the ceremony when it was discovered that the presentation of that particular bauble would not be televised - withdrawing to show solidarity with hip-hop’s growing status. Between those two they released ‘Shake Your Thang’ (once again, a take on an Isley Brothers track, ‘It’s Your Thing’), which featured the instrumental group EU. Later that year a remake of the Isley Brothers’ ‘Twist And Shout’ also went into the UK Top 5.
Their big break came in 1988 when a reissue of ‘Push It’ reached the UK number 2 spot and was also a US Top 20 hit. Deidre Roper, 3 August 1971, New York, USA), backing singers and male erotic dancers to complete their act. They also used the female DJ Spinderella aka Dee Dee Roper (b. At that time they were under Azor’s guidance, and released singles such as ‘I’ll Take Your Man’, ‘It’s My Beat’ and ‘Tramp’, the latter a clever revision of the old Otis Redding / Carla Thomas duet. They started recording as Salt ‘N’ Pepa (correctly printed as Salt-N-Pepa) which was adapted from the Super Nature recording ‘Showstopper’, along with DJ Latoya Hanson in late 1985.
He asked them to rap for his group the Super Lovers (credited on record as Supernature) on the answer record to Doug E. They became telephone sales girls and envisioned a career in nursing until fellow colleague and part-time producer Hurby ‘Luv Bug’ Azor(also produced for/managed Kid-N-Play & Kwame) stepped in. Sandra Denton, 9 November 1969, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies) grew up in the Queens district of New York City. Salt (Cheryl James, 8 March 1964, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA) and Pepa (b.
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