The Greatest Hits (Salt-n-Pepa album)

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The Greatest Hits
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ReleasedOctober 7, 1991 (1991-10-07)
Genre Hip hop
Label
Producer
Salt-N-Pepa chronology
A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits: The Hits Remixed
(1990)
The Greatest Hits
(1991)
Rapped in Remixes: The Greatest Hits Remixed
(1992)
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Review scores
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NME 8/10 [1]

The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa. It was released on October 7, 1991, by FFRR Records and Next Plateau Entertainment. The album was certified Platinum in the United Kingdom. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Push It" – 3:30 (from Hot, Cool & Vicious )
  2. "Expression" (Brixton Bass Edit) – 3:31 (from Rapped in Remixes: The Greatest Hits Remixed )
  3. "Independent" (Independent Funk Vocal) – 4:48 (from Blacks' Magic )
  4. "Shake Your Thang" (It's Your Thing) – 3:59 (from A Salt with a Deadly Pepa )
  5. "Twist and Shout" – 3:48 (from A Salt with a Deadly Pepa)
  6. "Let's Talk About Sex" – 3:30 (from Blacks' Magic)
  7. "I Like It Like That" – 4:07 (from A Salt with a Deadly Pepa)
  8. "Tramp" – 3:20 (from Hot, Cool & Vicious)
  9. "Do You Want Me" (Remix) – 3:18 (from Blacks' Magic)
  10. "My Mic Sounds Nice" – 4:11 (from Hot, Cool & Vicious)
  11. "I'll Take Your Man" – 5:06 (from Hot, Cool & Vicious)
  12. "I Gotcha" – 3:53 (from A Salt with a Deadly Pepa)
  13. "I Am Down" – 4:13 (B-side to "Push It" single)
  14. "You Showed Me" (The Born Again Mix) – 3:23 [3]

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Greatest Hits
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [23] Gold25,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [24] Gold7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [2] Platinum300,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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