2x CD (30th Anniversary edition)

Very Necessary

Album by Salt‐N‐Pepa

Released 18 October 1993

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Groove Me
4:24
4.0 ★
2
No One Does It Better
3:54
5.0 ★
3
Somebody’s Gettin’ on My Nerves
3:58
3.0 ★
4
Whatta Man
feat. En Vogue
5:11
5.0 ★
5
None of Your Business
3:35
5.0 ★
6
Step
3:11
3.5 ★
7
Shoop
4:09
4.0 ★
8
Heaven or Hell
4:46
3.0 ★
9
Big Shot
3:48
4.0 ★
10
Sexy Noises Turn Me On
4:00
4.0 ★
11
Somma Time Man
3:27
3.0 ★
12
Break of Dawn
3:48
4.0 ★
13
I’ve Got AIDS (PSA)
3:19
3.0 ★
CD 2: Bonus Tracks
1
Emphatically No
3:28
2
Whatta Man (video remix)
feat. En Vogue
4:31
3
Whatta Man (Golden Girls mix)
feat. En Vogue
5:14
4
Whatta Man (12" Danny D mix)
feat. En Vogue
6:14
5
None of Your Business (Perfecto mix)
3:26
6
Shoop (Danny D’s R’n’B mix)
3:54
7
Shoop (Guru’s mix)
3:53
8
Shoop (a cappella)
1:14
9
Shoop (instrumental)
4:11
10
Shoop (Ben Liebrand European mix)
4:01
11
Heaven ’n’ Hell (Carron Hall mix)
4:21
12
Let’s Talk About AIDS
3:32
13
I Am the Body Beautiful
4:53

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Release credits

3 feet
background vocals [4]
Al Machera
mix [2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6-9, 1.1-10, 1.12-13], producer [11], recording [2.1, 2.6-9, 1.1-10, 1.12-13], remixer [1.7, 2.2, 2.11], vocal [3]
Alton "Wokie" Stewart
background vocals [2]
Andre DeBourg
mix [2.4, 1.2, 1.4, 1.12], recording [2, 4, 6, 12]
Anthony "Sharkee" Williams
additional [5], vocal [3]
Avon Marshall
background vocals [2], keyboard [2]
Ben Liebrand
additional [10, 12], remixer [3, 10, 12]
Bernadette Cooper
producer [13]
Chris Irish
assistant [9]
Cleon "Eva" Earle
vocal [10]
D Mob
producer [4], remixer [4, 6]
DJ Wynn
mix [11], producer [11]
Dae Bennett
mix [11], recording [11]
Dave Kowalski
assistant [11]
Day Ta Day
background vocals [2]
Deidre Roper
background vocals [6], producer [6]
En Vogue
background vocals [4], performer [2], vocal [4]
Futuristic Prophet
vocal [1]
Guru
additional [7], remixer [7]
Harold Edgar
keyboard [11]
Hurby Azor
executive [2.6-9, 1.1-12], mix [1-6, 8-9], producer [1.1-5, 1.9, 2.2-4, 2.11-12], remixer [2], vocal [3]
Jeremy Allom
task [6]
Joyce Martin
vocal [2.6-8, 1.1, 1.7, 1.10]
Julia Brereton
background vocals [5]
Kathy Santiago
spoken vocals [13]
Keith Jordan
spoken vocals [13]
Khadejia Bass
background vocals [5], vocal arranger [4]
Kieran Walsh
task [7]
Kimiko Whittaker
vocal arranger [4]
Mack Robinson
assistant [1]
Mario Lozano
spoken vocals [13]
Mark Sparks
producer [2.1, 2.6-10, 1.7, 1.12]
Mecko Whip
background vocals [2, 5, 9], vocal [3]
Motif
background vocals [2]
Nate
vocal [7]
Otwane Roberts
vocal [2.6-8, 1.7]
Pepa
co [6-10], mix [1]
Perfecto
remixer [5]
Salt
additional [7], co [2.1, 1.12], executive [13], mix [1.7, 1.10, 1.12-13, 2.1, 2.6-9], producer [1.7, 1.10, 2.6-10, 2.13]
Salt‐N‐Pepa
executive [2.1, 1.10-12]
Sandra Denton
co [7, 10]
Steve Azor
background vocals [9], co [3, 9], producer [1.8, 2.11]
Styowlz
background vocals [8], vocal [1]
The Invincibles
producer [12]
The Mau-Mau Clan Overlords
background vocals [9]
Tommy "DJ Grand" Shannon
co [6]
Vaughn Sessions
additional [2.6-9, 1.8], assistant [1-2, 5-7, 9, 12]
WEATOC, Inc.
producer [13]
Wilfred "Omega" Hilton
background vocals [8]

Issues

V
(Combined release view)
V
Very Necessary
CD
18 October 1993
V
Very Necessary
CD
1993
V
Very Necessary
CD
1993
V
Very Necessary
CD
1993
V
Very Necessary
CD
1993
V
Very Necessary
Digital Media
2003
V
Very Necessary
Digital Media (30th anniversary edition)
13 October 2023
V
Very Necessary
2x CD (30th Anniversary edition)
20 October 2023
V
Very Necessary
CD (AU PolyGram marketed)