Shoop (song)
1993 single by Salt-n-Pepa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Shoop" is the lead single released from American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa's fourth studio album, Very Necessary (1993). The song was produced by group members Sandra "Pepa" Denton and Cheryl "Salt" James with Mark Sparks. It features an uncredited verse by rapper Otwane "Big Twan Lov-Her" Roberts (not to be confused with hardcore rapper "Big Twan"). Released in September 1993 by Next Plateau, the song became one of the group's more successful singles, reaching numbers four and five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and topping the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart at number one (their second single to do so). Two months after its release, "Shoop" was certified gold by the RIAA; it went on to sell 1.2 million copies.[1][2] Its accompanying music video was directed by Scott Kalvert. The success of both this single and the follow-up single "Whatta Man" propelled Very Necessary to sell over 5 million copies in the US, becoming the group's best-selling album.
"Shoop" | ||||
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Single by Salt-N-Pepa | ||||
from the album Very Necessary | ||||
Released | September 21, 1993 (1993-09-21) | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Next Plateau | |||
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Salt-N-Pepa singles chronology | ||||
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"Shoop" on YouTube | ||||
This song uses a sample of The Sweet Inspirations version of The Ikettes's "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)", and the line "the voodoo that you do so well" was quoted from Cole Porter's 1929 song "You Do Something to Me".[3]