Very Necessary
by Salt-N-Pepa

Very Necessary by Salt-N-Pepa
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 22,167th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 18 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (336th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,418th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,167th)

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Very Necessary is ranked as the best album by Salt-N-Pepa.

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Overall rank: 22,167th | 1990s rank: 3,418th | 1993 rank: 336th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 18 votes)
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04/11/2026 15:53 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  64681/100
 
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04/08/2026 17:07 Cyrax  Ratings distribution  1,83061/100
 
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12/08/2025 01:21 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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12/07/2023 12:20 fabm0  Ratings distribution  7,01058/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.

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