Hot, Cool, Vicious (studio album) by Salt-N-Pepa

Hot, Cool, Vicious by Salt-N-Pepa
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 24,952nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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69/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (332nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,219th)
Award Best albums of all time (24,952nd)
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Salt-N-Pepa bestography

Hot, Cool, Vicious is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Salt-N-Pepa on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Salt-N-Pepa is Very Necessary which is ranked number 23359 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41.

Salt-N-Pepa album bestography « Higher ranked (23,359th) This album (24,952nd) Lower ranked (45,013th) »
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From 09/21/2018 20:54
A bit RUN-DMC-ish, but their flow is great nonetheless. And the fact that they’re women automatically puts an interesting spin to it, vocal-wise and theme-wise.
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From 01/04/2018 12:09
I don't believe push it is on the original 86 issue but on later issues as was a hit. Album is decent, better than I'd thought. That's mostly as the production is good for 86 and fairly sample based. Was quite surprised to hear what is almost certainly the first ever use of the "Amen Break", well over a year before straight outta Compton. It's no coincidence that the first in the ultimate breaks and beats lp's was released in 86 which included Amen Brother, still respect to hurby for some advanced production for 86.
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From 04/28/2014 23:47
One of the first female mainstream rap groups. They get props for that. Unfortunately, most of the tracks on this album are pretty weak.
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