“Shoop”—Salt-N-Pepa

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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4.7 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Join Rob as he dives into his deepest darkest memories of clinging to gymnasium walls as all the other brave middle schoolers got their groove on to some ’90s R&B. Oh and, somewhere along the way, listen and learn about Salt-N-Pepa and their sexually charged song “Shoop.” Later, Pitchfork’s Julianne Escobedo Shepherd joins the mix to answer some of Rob’s Salt-N-Pepa questions (48:00). Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles Additional Production Support: Chloe Clark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Yossi Salik, and I'm the host of Bansplain, a show where we explain cult bands and iconic artists by going deep into their histories and discographies.
0:10.2	We're back with a brand new season at our brand new home, the Ringer podcast network, tackling a whole new batch of artists, from Grunge Gods to Power Pop pioneers to new metal legends and many many more listen to new episodes every thursday only on spotify i hate to do this to you i hate to do this to myself but we got to do it. We got to go back. Sorry. All right, let's go.
0:42.0	Everybody on the bus, we're going back to junior high. We're going back to the junior high after school gymnasium dance,
0:56.6	the archetype. I don't dream about this particular environment. I don't daydream about it. I don't
1:01.6	think about it at all usually. I'm super well adjusted, I have to say. But in the giant elaborate
1:07.3	Hollywood soundstage of my mind, the junior high after school gymnasium dance is a set
1:14.3	that never quite got torn down. It's back there somewhere in a shuttered production division
1:21.0	of my head and a disused wing off a pitch black hallway, doors are locked. There's beware of the leopard signs posted everywhere.
1:29.5	Don't go wandering around that there.
1:31.4	There's asbestos and sink holes and whatnot, but it's there.
1:35.6	The junior high after school gymnasium dance set is there.
1:40.3	The bleachers all folded up, maybe push flat against the walls.
1:43.6	The scoreboard hung up on one wall, maybe in a cage, maybe not, maybe lit up, maybe not. The dust, the mustiness, the lines of the basketball court. Do junior high basketball courts have three point lines? Any junior high kid who attempts a three-pointer, that's a huge red flag. That kid's probably a jerk off.
2:02.5	No offense.
2:03.0	Don't slow dance with anybody, boy or girl, who's chucking up threes as a 13-year-old.
2:08.4	It's ridiculous.
2:09.1	The DJ.
2:10.5	The DJ underneath one basket.
2:12.5	The DJ booth scare quotes, maybe.
2:15.4	I don't know.
2:15.8	The DJ's got like sirens, right right police sirens the dj's a professional
2:21.9	the dj's got a show a setup a visual component a business card a calling the dj is playing
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