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- "Shoop" is the lead single released from 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. Released in September 1993, by Next Plateau, the song became one of the group's more successful singles, reaching #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1993. 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". Pepa stated: "The concept for 'Shoop' started with me chillin' in Queens, riding around in the car and I'm telling the story of how 'I saw a brother, I had to kick it to, I'm not shy so I asked for the digits and that does not make me a hoe.' This story became the song and the inspiration for the first verse." She also commented: "I had to jump through hoops for 'Shoop' to be the first single off the Very Necessary album. The label gave me a lot of push back since Hurby [Luv Bug] didn't produce or write the song. Ultimately, it was an undeniable hit that took Salt-N-Pepa to the next level, and solidified our worth to hip-hop. Such a dope feeling." Salt stated: "The objective was to turn the tables on men – make them the objects. When writing my verses, I was thinking of tongue in cheek ways to objectify men. When you really like a song, it's easy to record. Fun fact: I had my daughter Corin in my arms while recording 'Shoop'. Shoop features an uncredited verse by Otwane Roberts. 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 five million copies in the US, becoming the group's best-selling album. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "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. 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. — wikipedia
