Jams (album)

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Jams
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 1995
Genre Go-go
Length60:32
Label
  • Future
  • Liaison
Producer Reo Edwards
Northeast Groovers chronology
Straight from the Basement
(1994)
Jams
(1995)
Northeast Coming
(1999)

Jams (also titled as N.E.G. Jams) [1] is a studio album released on December 12, 1995, by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Northeast Groovers. [2] The album consists of ten tracks, including the singles "N.E.G Jam", "I Can See Clearly Now", and "Go Hard".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "N.E.G. Jam" – 6:41
  2. "Freak-A-Dek Dug" – 5:43
  3. "I Can See Clearly Now" – 8:00
  4. "O' Yeah" – 4:39
  5. "Like Mike" – 3:56
  6. "Go Hard" – 5:17
  7. "Get Your Hands in the Air" – 7:24
  8. "Funky Now" – 4:05
  9. "Scream On It" – 5:16
  10. "Tear the Roof Off This Mutha" – 9:31

Personnel

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References

  1. "Northeast Groovers: Jams". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. pp.  48, 51, 58, 71. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.