Hot, Cool & Vicious

Hot, Cool, & Vicious is the debut album by rap act Salt-N-Pepa released by Next Plateau Records on December 8, 1986. It was one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group, and also became the first album by a female rap act to attain gold and platinum status in America. The album features the songs "The Showstopper" and "I'll Take Your Man", recorded and released prior to the full album's release. It also includes R&B radio favorites "Tramp" and "My Mic Sound Nice", but it was with the dance-rap single "Push It" (US #19, UK #2) that the album was propelled to gold status, then platinum status in America. The single itself was also certified platinum. In 1998, "Hot, Cool, & Vicious" was listed in The Source's 100 Best...