Keep on Moving (ESG album)

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Keep On Moving
File:Keep on Moving (ESG album).jpg
Studio album by
ESG
ReleasedJuly 4, 2006
Genre
Length42:27
Label Soul Jazz Records
Producer Renee Scroggins
ESG chronology
Step Off
(2002)
Keep On Moving
(2006)

Keep On Moving is the third album by trio ESG.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Composition

Musically, Keep On Moving pulls in "bare-bones" electro-funk, [3] as well as a "spare, quirky" R&B style. [2] Tiny Mix Tapes saw its styles as dance-punk with some soul music added "for good measure". [5]

Contents

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic. [2]

ESG

Technical

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References

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