Later returning to Queens and finishing up her high school career at Springfield Gardens High School, Denton then decided to attend Queensborough Community College and also took up nursing.Īs seen during the first segment of the biopic, James and Denton did really meet while going to the same college, and Denton eventually got on at James’ job at Sears. When she was fifteen, she spent a year in Utah with her older sister, where she became a lover of rock music. As a youngster, she was known as the bubble one who’d always loved to perform. Up until she was six years old, Denton was raised on a farm in Jamaica with her grandmother before joining her family in Queens, New York her family left three years prior. She was the youngest of Charles and Enid Denton’s eight children. Sandra Jacqueline Denton was born in Kingston, Jamaica. The film also mentions the passing of her father quite a few times, but they failed to show that she actually had a good amount of siblings and had not too long before just moved back to Queens. In 1983, James graduated from Grover Cleveland High School and later enrolled at Queensborough Community College to study nursing.Īs for Pepa, portrayed by Laila Odom, her mother is seen as well as a sister or two. She was the middle child of a transit worker and banker, Barbara James. Townson, interacts with her family a couple of times, her upbringing is sort of a mystery.Ĭheryl Renee James was born in Brooklyn, New York. September 11, 1995.Although in the film, Salt’s character, portrayed by G.G. Recording Industry Association of America. ^ 'American album certifications – Salt 'N Pepa – Very Necessary'.^ Crosley, Hillary (January 22, 2008).

^ 'Canadian album certifications – Salt 'N Pepa – Very Necessary'.Australian Recording Industry Association. ^ 'ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1994 Albums' (PDF).^ 'Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994'.ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada. ^ 'Salt-N-Pepa Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)'.^ 'Salt-N-Pepa Chart History ( Billboard 200)'.^ ' – Salt 'N' Pepa – Very Necessary'.^ 'Charts.nz – Salt 'N' Pepa – Very Necessary'.^ ' – Salt 'N' Pepa – Very Necessary' (in German).^ ' – Salt 'N' Pepa – Very Necessary' (in Dutch).: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. 'Salt-N-Pepa shows there's more to rap than violence and sexism The Baltimore Sun. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Year-end charts 1994 year-end chart performance for Very Necessary Chart (1994)ġ995 year-end chart performance for Very Necessary Chart (1995)Ĭertifications Certifications for Very Necessary Region Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Very Necessary Chart (1994) Very Necessary peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, and has been certified five-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales in excess of five million copies in the United States. The album spawned four singles, including ' Shoop' (their first top-five single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four), ' Whatta Man' (featuring En Vogue, their second-highest-peaking single at number three), and ' None of Your Business', which would earn the group their first Grammy Award, in the category Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

Very Necessary is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released on October 12, 1993, by Next Plateau Records and London Records.

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