Hot, Cool, Vicious
by Salt-N-Pepa
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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 22339 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 46.
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Hot, Cool, Vicious track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hot, Cool, Vicious rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1986 | 46/69 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 48 Music Albums of 1986 | 30/48 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 1986 | 59/60 | 0 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 45 Music Albums of 1986 | 38/45 | 1 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Boltzmann | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/60 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Graeme2 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1986 | 34/52 | 2 |
| 2024 |  drstuey | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | 601-700 Favourite Songs | 80/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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Hot, Cool, Vicious ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:36 | Mafedere | 864 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 15:54 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 06:53 |  Tamthebam | 23,405 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2018 12:09 | #204554
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.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/28/2014 23:47 | #110307
One of the first female mainstream rap groups. They get props for that. Unfortunately, most of the tracks on this album are pretty weak.
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/21/2018 20:54 | #221417
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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