Very Necessary

Salt-N-Pepa

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1993)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: London / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001FHM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,108 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There are two ways of combating the blazing misogyny of gangsta rap: with water or with fire. Journalists, teachers, and ministers have been trying to douse the flames of sexism with intellectual and moral arguments. The reasoning is persuasive, but it's doubtful it reaches rap's hard-core young audience. For that crowd, you have to fight fire with fire, and that's just what the female rap trio Salt 'N' Pepa have done so successfully with Very Necessary. With their explicit rapping about bedroom gymnastics, Salt 'N' Pepa are unlikely to be held up as role models in classrooms or churches anytime soon. For a sexually active teenage girl, however, the trio shows how you can get your pleasure without putting up with any disrespect. Salt 'N' Pepa's hit singles "Whatta Man" and "Shoop" are both sensual appreciations of the men they like, but the album also contains some hilarious, pitiless putdowns of the men who don't treat them right. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Salt 'n Pepa is a great group of talented rappers!, December 2, 1999

By A Customer

Very necessary by Salt 'n Pepa is one of the best rap albums I have heard. I give this CD 4 stars, though, because not all of the tracks are excellent. "Shoop", "None of your business", and "Step" are the best tracks on the album. If you like women rappers, this is a must-have for your collection. Salt 'n Pepa is a very talented group and all of their albums are great.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply The Best Album Ever!, October 14, 2004

By	Simeon Alacoque Suscipperra (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Salt 'N Pepa's "Very Necessary" is one of the few albums where you never think of skipping a track. Every song is not good, not great, but EXCELLENT. They were, of course, the first and best women in hip-hop music (not to mention the cutest). Although only three of the songs on Very Necessary made it to the Billboard Top 40, they're all on the list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. If you were a kid in the '90s, you'll certainly love Salt 'N Pepa's 1993 album Very Necessary.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hott beats and ryhmes, September 30, 2004

By	Jon Karsen "rochas70" (San, Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This is The Foremost best album they have released in the ninties. It has hott beats and many music genres. Ranging from Dance Hall-Reggae, R&B, Rock and etc! Their best rymes are featured on the sex flaved, Groove Me. None of Your bussiness, is the second on my lyst. It has a good hip hop sound to it, and is very "horaay". Whatta man, is next to that. En vogue sang really good, and it's good that Dawn Robinson sang lead. Summatime Man, is a khool. It's deffinitely a bash towards men, who only think of one thing, and will get it from anyone.