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Very Necessary 1993

hip hop 59 min 15 tracks FFRR

Very Necessary is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released on October 12, 1993, by Next Plateau Records and London Records. As the group's last album to feature writing and production from their manager and primary producer Hurby Azor, it spawned four singles, including "Shoop", "Whatta Man", and "None of Your Business", which earned the group their first Grammy Award, in the category Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

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Spare, classical in form, character-led and cool.

sparerichly built
classical in formformally daring
character-ledplot-driven

Tracks

1Groove Me4:24
2No One Does It Better3:54
3Somebody’s Gettin’ on My Nerves3:57
4Whatta Man5:08
5None of Your Business3:33
6Step3:11
7Shoop4:09
8Heaven or Hell4:45
9Big Shot3:50
10Sexy Noises Turn Me On3:58
11Somma Time Man3:26
12Break of Dawn3:46
13PSA We Talk3:20
14Shoop (Danny D’s radio mix)3:52
15Start Me Up3:38

15 tracks, 59 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Salt‐N‐Pepa
Label: FFRR
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: AU

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