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      *Back in 1987 Hip-Hop's most successful female duo was like 'Salt and Pepa's here!'

      Fast forward to 2007 and we are like 'Salt and Pepa's where?'  But that will soon change.  That's right! 

      As was the case with reality vehicles for Flava Flav and Run of Run DMC, old is new again.  Get ready for the "Salt-N-Pepa Show."  

      "I think this was definitely a way to explore new ways to work together and also tap into some of those reasons for even breaking up in the first place," said Pepa at a recent press conference. "Temporary insanity on my part," added Salt. "I left the group and it was kind of abrupt and for a while we've been trying to figure out how I can still live my life and we could still work together without compromising the new person I had become."

      After almost five years the ladies finally came to a consensus about how they could move forward together.

      "Pep came to me about this sitcom idea and I said: 'OK, I could still do that and it'll be like a 9 to 5 and I could come home and still be with my kids,' Salt explained.  "And we went to the William Morris Agency with the sitcom idea that was loosely based on our lives and they suggested reality TV.  At first I was like, 'No, I don't think I can do this.'  Because I'm a very private person. We went to VH1 and they loved the idea.  So, here we are a year later."

      Yes, VH1 does love the idea, but the love doesn't stop there.  VH1 has supported Salt-N-Pepa throughout their careers and that love is definitely mutual.

      "I love VH1.  I feel like they have just supported us through out our careers, for so many years," said Pepa. "I do watch the other (reality) shows.  With our show it's a whole different kind of reality show.  It's based around our personalities and our friendship.  And it deals with a lot of venting."

      But the question remains.  Why disembark from a career that was still proving to be very lucrative in 2002?  Pepa explains what went down.

      "In 2002 we were just in the process of changing management and from my perspective, I had all my eggs in the basket with Salt and I thought we were just going to take the world by storm.  We were getting rid of some people on our team that were just not good from a business perspective.  Once we put that in order, I'm in Spin's salon getting a pedicure and my phone rings and it's Salt.   She was like 'basically, I don't wanna be joined at the hips no more.  I'm leaving the group.'  I was shocked, but I didn't believe her.  I was just devasted."

      From the tone of the press conference it seemed as though Salt was willing to place the burden of the group's breakup all on herself.  But she says she really needed that time to get her personal life in order.

      "Over the years Salt-N-Pepa had a lot of success and I felt like it was a lot of fun for her," explained Salt.  "But I felt like I was compromising myself on a lot of things.  I was just tired. It's hard being in a group year after year after year.  I needed to do some soul searching.  Since then I got married, I married my baby's father, and we had another child.  I just needed that time to clean up my personal life."

      For those fans of Salt-N-Pepa that wish to catch up with their former favorite girl group, and for all those guys that had killer crushes on them, "The Salt-N-Pepa Show" is slated to premiere October 18 on VH1.

Check out 'Push It' as we flashback with Salt-N-Pepa

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