Hot, Cool & Vicious

Hot, Cool & Vicious
Studio album by Salt-n-Pepa
Released	December 8, 1986
Recorded	October, 1985– August, 1986
Genre	Hip hop
Length	41:36
Label	New Plateau
Producer	Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor
Salt-n-Pepa chronology
Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986) A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A–[2]

Hot, Cool, & Vicious is the 1986 debut album by American rap group Salt-n-Pepa. Released by Next Plateau Records on December 8, 1986, It was one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group. Hot, Cool, & Vicious also became the first album by a female rap act to attain gold and platinum status in America.

The album features the songs "The Showstopper" and "I'll Take Your Man", recorded and released prior to the full album's release. It also includes R&B radio favorites "Tramp" and "My Mic Sound Nice", but it was after the 1987 addition of the dance-rap single "Push It" (US #1, UK #2), along with the replacement of two other tracks with remixed versions, that the album was propelled to gold status, then platinum status in America. The single itself was also certified platinum. In 1998, Hot, Cool, & Vicious was listed in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. According to Salt and Pepa, they provided some additional uncredited lyrics to the album.

Track listing

1. "Push It" (Remix) (Hurby Azor) – 4:26
2. "Beauty and the Beat" (Azor) – 4:39
3. "Tramp" (Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, Azor) – 3:30
4. "I'll Take Your Man" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Azor) – 6:22
5. "It's Alright" (Azor) – 3:15
6. "Chick on the Side" (Remix) (Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, David Rubinson, Azor) – 4:54
7. "I Desire" (Azor, Nathaniel Wilson) – 3:16
8. "The Show Stoppa (Is Stupid Fresh)" (Azor) – 6:22
9. "My Mic Sound Nice" (Azor) – 4:52

• Note: "Push It (Remix)," was not part of the original track listing of the 1986 release of Hot, Cool & Vicious, which also included the original unedited and unremixed versions of "Tramp" and "Chick On The Side." The original version of "Push It" was recorded in 1987 and added to later pressings of the album.

Samples

Chick on the Side

• "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" by Pointer Sisters

Beauty and the Beat

• "Handclapping Song" by The Meters

I Desire

• "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons
• "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith
• "Daisy Lady" by 7th Wonder

I'll Take Your Man

• "Flash Light" by Parliament
• "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
• "Yo' Little Brother" by Nolan Thomas

My Mic Sounds Nice

• "Mister Magic" by Grover Washington, Jr.

Push It

• "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
• "I'm a Greedy Man" by James Brown
• "Keep on Pushing" by Coal Kitchen
• "The Bird" by The Time

Tramp

• "Tramp" by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
• "The Champ" by The Mohawks
• "Down by Law" by Fab 5 Freddy

References

1. Huey, Steve. "Salt-N-Pepa: Hot, Cool & Vicious" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (June 2, 1987). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 2012-08-11.