| A Salt with a Deadly Pepa | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Salt-N-Pepa |
| Cover: | Salt N Pepa - A Salt with a Deadly Pepa.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | 1987–1988 |
| Studio: | Bayside Sound (New York City) |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 43:01 |
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| Prev Title: | Hot, Cool & Vicious |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Blacks' Magic |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
A Salt with a Deadly Pepa is the second studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released on August 2, 1988, by London Records and Next Plateau Records. The album reached number 38 on the Billboard 200 and number eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On December 1, 1988, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album spawned three singles, the top-10 R&B entry "Shake Your Thang"; the top-20 R&B entry "Get Up Everybody (Get Up)"; and "Twist and Shout", which peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The album's title is a play on "assault with a deadly weapon".
Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Salt with a Deadly Pepa.[1]
| Peak position | |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 126 |
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| European Albums (Music & Media)[3] | 46 |
| Position | ||
| UK Albums (Gallup)[4] | 70 | |
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| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] | 58 |