Salt-n-Pepa

If there's such a thing as retro rap, this trio from Queens, New York, is leading the retreat.
As rap gets more and more topical (and less danceable), Salt-n-Pepa throw matters back on
the floor – their surprise hit single "Push It" was an uncompromising urban grind that
opened the pores of the collective club populace and clawed its way into the pop Top
Twenty. There's nothing as galvanizing as "Push It" on S&P's second album, but Ch... More >

"Shake Your Thang" is a stroke because as a duo they can come out for two opposing sexual prerogatives at once--one does, the other doesn't, and it's nobody's thang but hers either way. Nor does E.U. hurt their soul. Elsewhere, the confusion signalled by the "See label for Sequencing" is reflected in ordinary rhymes, scattershot beats, and a second Isleys cover, this one masquerading as a Beatles cover. (Grade - B)