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Very Necessary (30th Anniversary Edition)

Salt 'N' Pepa

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Salt 'N' Pepa's fourth studio album returns for a 30th anniversary edition.  It yielded hit singles including top five hits "Shoop" and "Whatta Man" (featuring En Vogue) and the Grammy-winning "None of Your Business."  A top five album, Very Necessary has been certified 5x Platinum.  This expanded edition adds single B-sides and remixes as well as the soundtrack cut "I Am the Body Beautiful" from To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.  Available on CD and vinyl, with the latter featuring only a selection of the bonus tracks.

CD 1: Original album (released as Next Plateau/London 828 392-2, 1993)

  1. Groove Me (feat. Styowlz)
  2. No One Does It Better
  3. Somebody's Gettin' on My Nerves
  4. Whatta Man (feat. En Vogue)
  5. None of Your Business
  6. Step
  7. Shoop
  8. Heaven or Hell (feat. Styowlz)
  9. Big Shot
  10. Sexy Noises Turn Me On
  11. Somma Time Man
  12. Break of Dawn
  13. I've Got AIDS (PSA)

CD 2: Bonus material (* included on vinyl release)

  1. Emphatically No *
  2. Whatta Man (Video Remix) *
  3. Whatta Man (Golden Girls Mix) *
  4. Whatta Man (12'' Danny D Mix)
  5. None of Your Business (Perfecto Mix)
  6. Shoop (Danny D's R'N'B Mix) *
  7. Shoop (Guru's Mix)
  8. Shoop (Acapella)
  9. Shoop (Instrumental)
  10. Shoop (Ben Liebrand European Mix)
  11. Heaven 'N' Hell (Carron Hall Mix)
  12. Let's Talk About AIDS
  13. I Am the Body Beautiful

Tracks 1, 6-9 and 12 from "Shoop" CD single - Next Plateau/London 857 315-2, 1993
Tracks 2 and 4 from "Whatta Man" CD single - Next Plateau/London 859 391-2, 1993
Track 3 from "Whatta Man" U.K. CD single - Next Plateau/FFRR 857 479-2, 1993
Track 5 and 11 from "None of Your Business" CD single - Next Plateau/London 857 715-2, 1994
Track 10 from "Shoop" U.K. CD single - FFRR 869 249-2, 1994
Track 13 from To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (Music from the Motion Picture) - MCA Soundtracks MCAD-11231, 1995​

Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

Salt N Pepa Very Necessary 30

Details

Release Date: October 20th, 2023
Mercury/UMe
Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl
Genre: R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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