Every week on The Salt-N-Pepa Show, two MCs from the late Eighties try to prove they don’t hate each other (and the rap game), while our Rock Reality Show Recaps attempt to prove we don’t resent VH1 for exploiting the heroes of our youth (again). Here’s our take on the sixth episode:

Thirty Minutes in Two Sentences: Pep’s teenage son Tyran is discovering the joys of a bad attitude, repeatedly calling his hip-hop icon of a mother a “wack” loser. In an effort to curb Tyran’s disrespect and spend some quality time with their sons, Salt and Pep take Chapelle and Tyran on a snowboarding weekend in Vermont.

Disowning the Shoop: No clashing sex philosophies reared their awkward little heads in this episode. But Salt was able to shed some light on Pep’s single-mother problems raising a son. According to Salt, Pep doesn’t understand Tyran’s need to be the man all the time (”You’re not paying for nothing. You’re not the man”) and Salt convinces Pep to let her son take the metaphorical lead once in a while, since he has no father present. To let her son show off, Pep rides up to the top of the mountain to see him snowboard (after some thinly self-censored protest: “I’m not taking my beep up that beep beep hill”), but steps right back into the gondola when he takes off towards more level ground.

Whatta Band: In an effort to include Salt’s younger son Chapelle, the four decide to do an activity together. Pep and Tyran veto pottery and opt for dog-sledding. Salt convinces Pep to let Tyran command the sled while Pep white-knuckle grasps the edges. After showing her son that she trusts him, he gives her less attitude when she teaches him how to drive back home.

Pushin’ It Forward: Salt and Pep didn’t fight once this episode, concentrating on the one concrete thing in common, their motherhood. But still no album. Next week Pep taps further into the oppressed party animal in Salt by tricking her into hitting up Mardis Gras.

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