Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It" - C/D?

C - no question.

'Now wait a minute y'all... this dance ain't for everyone... only the sexy people'.

this song sucks.

haha psych. this song rules. who the fuck hates this song?

lol. exactly. It's impossible to hate!

i play this out all the time and it never gets old

I like this one, too. Posted the You Tube clip on my blog recently.

From google:

No results found for "salt-n-pepa suck".

Says it all. Except now there is one, of course, but there you go, that's science.

No results found for "salt-n-pepa sux"
No results found for "salt-n-pepa sucks"
No results found for "salt-n-pepa are terrible"
No results found for "salt-n-pepa is terrible"
No results found for "I hate salt-n-pepa"

*round of applause*

The video makes it so much better. The hair, the catsuits, the jackets, the jewelry, the DANCING--my god. It's heavenly.

The catsuits, ah yes. They were so zaftig.

By way of comparison:

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,340 for "radiohead suck"

Results 1 - 10 of about 11,200 for "the beatles suck"

Results 1 - 10 of about 199 for "beethoven sucks"

Results 1 - 10 of about 54,300 for "God sucks"

(although at least 3,0000 of those hits are actually references to Slayer and NIN songs)

Did we find the one song that everyone on ILM likes? After all these years?

everyone except Geir, maybe!

Geir? Your opinion, please. I draw your attention to the interesting modal shifts in this song, its economy of structure, and its use of catchy, tuneful hooks.

as Pandora Radio might say

"Yeah, you come here, gimme a kiss
Better make it fast or else I'm gonna get pissed!"

Best lyrics evah.

OOOOOOOOOOOOH BAYBEH BAYBEH
OOOH BAYBEH BAYBEH

This song is sooo BADASS

So then, do we really all agree on this?

Someone expand and please tell me why this is a good song and why my friend is wrong for disliking it. What redeems it from the realm of generic pop trash?

Absolute C.L.A.S.S.I.C. for many reasons:
-The Cowbell
-The synth riff: tut-tud-ut-tut-tut-tut-tut-dururururud-(repeat)
-The accompanying Casio synth strings
-The cheap-ass video

It's anything but generic. What other song sounds like this? Trash, maybe.

What redeems it from the realm of generic pop trash?

The thing is it actually IS pop trash, but in the best possible sense.

this song is beyond classic.

PUSH IT (poll)

classic in the "Buffalo Stance" sense of the word

i loved it the first time i heard it. still do. super classic for me.

Someone expand and please tell me why this is a good song and why my friend is wrong for disliking it.

Why is food delicious?

Also weigh the possibility that everyone really likes this song and your friend is just being contrarian to fuck with you.

Also weight the possibility that your friend is retarded

shut up.
shut up.

Dud. Goes forever, boring. Might be fun to dance to but never heard it out.

niles caulder, ph.d in challops

I like how cheap it sounds, but yet so massive at the same time

Classic! But...

No results found for "salt-n-pepa suck".

No results found for "chesney hawkes sucks".
No results found for "jive bunny sucks".
No results found for "timmy mallett sucks".

Science may be letting us down here.

baaderonixx otm, it's a good collision between massive and precise 80s pop production and still sounding really dirty and raw. Brash, but in the best possible way.

just want to add my voice to the chorus of 'classic! classic! classic!'

I can't understand why anyone in the world wouldn't like this song.

I didn't mean to be all challops, I just don't like it! I like how everyone else loves it and gets all happy when they hear it tho. HOW I WISH I COULD SHARE THEIR JOY, etc

There are five results for 'Push It sucks' but most of them are about vacuum cleaners and none of them refer to the song.

Classic obviously, it's at Groove Is In The Heart level of absolute dancefloor bankers, but still feels fresh and exciting whereas Groove Is In The Heart is one of those records everyone likes but is perpetually a bit bored of.

(I'm not) (and I was bored of this song like two listens in)

Matt otm

So this is the one thing that all of ILM agrees on, right?

<3

I have been playing this a lot in my car lately. It's fantastic.

WHERE did Sandy Denton get the audacity to leave the dressing room with that hair?

So this is the one thing that all of ILM agrees on, right?

To make it official, Al Green needs to cover it.

So this is the one thing that all of ILM agrees on, right?

― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Sunday, February 28, 2010 8:43 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

i think al green (xpost) and creedence clearwater revival came awfully close

WHERE did Sandy Denton get the audacity to leave the dressing room with that hair?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ2sQeVhfII

they are still looking v good

https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/dj-spinderella-announces-termination-from-salt-n-pepa

DJ Spinderella took to Instagram on Thursday night to announce her departure from the famed hip-hop group Salt -N-Pepa.

According to Spinderella, she received a “termination email” earlier this year that excluded her from performances with the group.

She thought the group members would address her departure publicly, but she was forced to come forward since they remained silent. “It was my expectation, after making that decision, that they would also take responsibility for sharing the news with the public and other affected parties. It has been months now without mention,” the acclaimed DJ said.

Despite her leaving the group, Spinderella said she has a slew of upcoming opportunities in the works. “Please know that you will have the opportunity to see me this summer in many other projects and activities I’ll be participating in and I look forward to seeing you all then.”

News of the veteran’s DJ’s departure from Salt-N-Pepa in January comes as more of a surprise now because last month, it was announced she would be starring alongside the group and SWV for BET’s new Ladies Night reality series.

Pretty sad, though I dunno how active they have been in general since their reunion? Has anyone seen the new BET reality show mentioned in the article, I think it started last week? Apparently it stars both SNP and En Vogue, sounds kinda interesting.

Also, I dunno if this controversial opinion or not, but I've been listening to a lot of Salt-N-Pepa in the last couple of years, and I've become more and more convinced Blacks' Magic is THE best rap album of the nineties... It seems to me that album, as well as SNP's output in general, has been unfairly ignored in the rap canon because they were women, and because they had pop hits. But it's not like they were MC Hammer or anything, they did have (do have) proper rapping skills as well, and their records have pretty awesome hip hop beats besides the catchy hooks. The title track of Blacks' Magic alone is showcase of everything that was great about them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYmN9MNd4OU

Does this mean the previous Spinderella that they fired is allowed to work under that name again?

Is she still an active DJ?

Also, I dunno if this controversial opinion or not

It was a good post, therefore it has no place on ilm

Is there anyone that doesn't think 'Push It' is a classic!?