The punters at the Enmore Theatre quickly forgot the rainy night in Newtown as they gathered to witness the powerhouse duo known as Salt-N-Pepa. Personally, I was dressed looking like some 1992 home girl with my chunky gold earrings and ruby red lips; as it turns out I was the only one to get the memo that it would be cool to dress this way.

The support act, Timomatic, was the perfect addition to rev the crowd up and get shoulders moving in their seats, with his tight choreographed dance moves and sequin kicks. A mix of Jason Derulo and Usher completed his set as he covered R&B hits like Justin Timberlake’s ‘Sexy Back’, while dubstep and high energy electro beats complimented the singer’s new single, ‘Set It Off’.

After an interlude mixed by R&B Superclub DJs filled with scratchings from Fat Joe, Ja Rule and Ice Cube, the crowd were vibrating on the edge of their seats for the overtly feminine power duo they had flocked to see.

The corset-clad, glittery Salt-N-Pepa took to the stage with gusto and made the women shriek and the men realise that they still had it. Lyrics spat from the microphones, while their old school hits were mashed with the DJ’s own personal compilation featuring ‘Gold Digger’ by Kanye West and ‘All The Single Ladies’ by Beyonce. This seemed to be a common thread throughout the evening as the ‘single ladies’ were honoured by Salt-N-Pepa consistently, much to the free female’s delight.

The duo who has been in the game for 25 years expressed their deep gratitude to their fans and gave insight into the fans being the reason why they put all their differences aside to reunite for this tour. From this serious note, the girls moved into a more playful tone and tested the audience as to their hip-hop prowess. It was a ‘finish this sentence’ type game with sayings like ‘Hey shorty it’s your birthday,’ to which the crowd would scream, “We’re gonna party like its your birthday”. These women had us in the palm of their hand with no signs of age or tedium tarnishing the explosive set.

Female sexuality was pulsating throughout the theatre, spurred on by Salt-N-Pepa themselves. The men in the audience were putty while the women were empowered and encouraged to be proud of who they are. This was best exhibited by Salt-N-Pepa’s male back up dancers who struggled to match the pair’s raw sexuality and confidence in ‘Shoop’.

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