Go-Go Crankin'

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Go Go Crankin'
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Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released1985
Genre
Length49:06
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Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert Christgau A− [1]
musicHound R&B (4.5/5) [2]
The New York Times (favorable) [3]
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Go-Go Crankin' (also titled as Go-Go Crankin': Paint the White House Black) is a compilation album originally released in 1985. [6] [7] The compilation consist of ten original songs by prominent Washington, D.C.-based go-go bands of that time period. The music is heavily influenced by the popularity of go-go in the mid-80s in Washington, D.C., and throughout the Northeast. The album has been considered to be influential to the growing popularity of hip hop and go-go music in the 1980s. [8]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Good to Go"Slim4:48
2."Movin' and Groovin"Redds and the Boys3:59
3."Let's Get Small" Trouble Funk 5:36
4."We Need Some Money (Bout Money)" Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers 4:32
5."Ooh La La La" E.U. 5:11
6."Drop the Bomb"Trouble Funk5:18
7."It's In the Mix"Slim4:23
8."Somebody's Ringing That Doorbell (Express Yourself)" E.U. 4:39
9."Say What" Trouble Funk 5:18
10."Happy Feet"Mass Extension5:15
Total length:49:06

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References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Crankin". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp.  574–575. ISBN   1-57859-026-4.
  3. ↑ Palmer, Robert (June 9, 1985). "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times . Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Novak, Ralph (July 29, 1985). "Picks and Pans Review: Go-Go Crankin'". People . Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Soults, Franklin, ed. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  915. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN   0-87930-629-7.
  7. ↑ "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times . July 6, 1985.
  8. ↑ David Toop, Rap Attack, 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000. (p. 213) ISBN   978-1-85242-627-9
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