Live in 2004

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Live in 2004
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Live album by
Rare Essence
ReleasedAugust 3, 2004
VenueThe Classics Nightclub
Suitland, Maryland
Genre
Length55:44
Label
  • Rare One
  • Liaison
Producer Andre Johnson
Rare Essence chronology
Live @ Club U, Volume II
(2003)		Live in 2004
(2004)		Live PA#6
(2004)

Live in 2004 is a live-double album released on August 3, 2004 [1] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. [2] [3] The album was recorded live at The Classics Nightclub in Suitland, Maryland, and consists of an audio CD of the concert, and a video DVD of the same concert. [4] [5]

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Contents

Track listing

Disc 1: Live at the Classics(audio CD version)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Like It"
  • Andre Johnson
  • Charles Garris
4:32
2."Where My Gangstas?"
  • Andre Johnson
  • Dave Ellis
  • Kent Wood
  • Michael Baker
  • Roy Battle
  • Charles Garris
8:33
3."Don't Trip"
  • Dave Ellis
  • Kent Wood
  • Michael Baker
  • Charles Garris
4:40
4."Dirt off Your Shoulder"
3:58
5."Hands High"
10:04
6."Niggas That We Roll With"
  • Dave Ellis
  • Kent Wood
  • Michael Baker
  • Roy Battle
  • harles Garris
6:43
7."Get Up"
  • Dave Ellis
  • Kent Wood
  • Charles Garris
3:50
8."Damn!"

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8:30
9."Get Up (studio version)"
  • Dave Ellis
  • Kent Wood
  • Charles Garris
4:40

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Overview: Live in 2004". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2009). The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. University Press of Mississippi. p. 281. ISBN   978-1-60473-241-2.
  3. ↑ "Rare Essence albums: Live in 2004". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rare Essence: Live in 2004". Last.fm . Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Live in 2004". Discogs . Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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