Neither Salt nor Pepa were all that excited about rapping until Hurby pushed them. Comic Martin Lawrence and rap duo Kid 'n Play answered phones there, too, before they got famous. Early on, they worked in one of the most star-studded Sears call centers of all time. I'm going to show you how it's supposed to be 'cause (ph) we, the Salt and Pepa MCs, will chance.ĭEGGANS: The film drops all kinds of cool tidbits. Please, please please.ĭEGGANS: The song that resulted, "The Showstopper," got play on New York City radio and provided their name. SALT-N-PEPA: (Singing) Please, please, please don't stop. All right? They come here with the show, we come with "The Showstopper." Hip-hop is all about attitude, all right? We got to go in there, let them know we're here, and we ain't scared. This track is going to get us recognized. They're going to be, like, who is these girls dissin' us?īERTO: (As Hurby Azor) That's the exact point. ODOM: (As Sandra Pepa Denton) Because we dissin' (ph) Doug E. LAILA ODOM: (As Sandra Pepa Denton) Yo, are you sure you want me to say everything on this page?ĬLEVELAND BERTO: (As Hurby Azor) Yeah.
But when Salt got a friend who worked with her at Sears to rap on Hurby's diss track, Sandra Pepa Denton wasn't so sure. Back in the day, up-and-coming rap acts got attention by cutting diss tracks - catchy singles that insulted big stars. In the mid-'80s, Cheryl Salt James was dating an aspiring producer, Hurby Luv Bug Azor, who had a million-dollar idea. SALT-N-PEPA: (Singing) I wanna shoop (ph), baby, shoop.ĭEGGANS: Like any good origin story, Lifetime's Salt-N-Pepa" soars highest when documenting early success. But it is a scrappy, fun, emotional look at a group that challenged the male-centered rap world and sold more than 15 million records powered by some of the hippest tunes in rap history. It is not a prestige project filled with big names destined to become a darling of highbrow critics.
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NPR TV critic Eric Deggans has this review.ĮRIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Before we talk about what Lifetime's movie "Salt-N-Pepa" is, let's spend a moment on what it is not. MARTIN: Tonight, the cable channel Lifetime is airing a new scripted biopic about the pioneering group known as the first ladies of hip-hop. SALT-N-PEPA: (Rapping) Salt-N-Pepa's here, and we're in effect. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.Rap duo Salt-N-Pepa were hit machines in the 1980s and '90s with huge songs like "Let's Talk About Sex," their collaboration with En Vogue, "Whatta Man," and "Push It." The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions.
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Items in the Ernie Paniccioli Archive were digitized by Cornell University Library in 2015-18 from materials held in the Cornell Hip Hop Collection, part of Cornell's Rare and Manuscript Collections. This item is protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is Cornell University.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.ĭivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Collecting Program:Ĭornell University Hip Hop Collection Archival Collection: Corrections or comments about descriptions or subjects can be sent to As:Įrnie Paniccioli archive, #8079. As a result, spelling inconsistencies or occasional identification errors may persist. Subject descriptions rely in part on his identification notes written on slide mounts. The photographs in this collection have been arranged and described according to Ernie Paniccioli’s own organization and named sub-categories. Salt-N-Pepa, Kid & Play, Hurby Azor, Millicent SheltonĮrnie Paniccioli Photo Archive Photographer:
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