RE-2000

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RE-2000
RE-2000 album.png
Studio album by Rare Essence
Released 1999
Genre
Length65:30
Label
  • Rare One
  • Liaison
Producer Rare Essence
Rare Essence chronology
We Go On and On
(1998)		RE-2000
(1999)		 Turn It Up
(2016)

RE-2000 is a studio album released in 1999 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. [1]

Washington, D.C. Capital of the United States

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States and a Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.

Go-go high-energy subgenre of funk music from Washington, D. C.

Go-go is a popular music subgenre associated with funk that originated in the Washington, D.C., area during the mid-60s to late-70s. It remains primarily popular in the Washington metropolitan area as a uniquely regional music style. A great number of bands contributed to the early evolution of the genre, but the Young Senators, Black Heat, and singer-guitarist Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers are credited with having developed most of the hallmarks of the style.

Rare Essence is a Washington, D.C.-based go-go band formed in 1976. Rare Essence has been amongst the most prominent musicians of the D.C. music scene, producing numerous hit songs in the local D.C. market and several hits nationwide, including the charting hit "Work the Walls".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 3:36
  2. "We Push" (featuring – Redman) – 5:55
  3. "Keep it Real" – 0:21
  4. "RE-2000" – 4:16
  5. "What Nigga What?" – 6:34
  6. "Dinner Anyone?" – 1:28
  7. "Hoodrat" (featuring Ms. Kim) – 6:59
  8. "Where are You Now?" (featuring Tony Blunt) – 5:02
  9. "R.E. Unplugged" – 0:46
  10. "As if You Where Mine" – 3:56
  11. "Chillin' in the Hood" – 0:20
  12. "Party in My Neighborhood" – 4:44
  13. "Too Much Goin' On" – 0:20
  14. "Beam is on Your Head" – 4:24
  15. "Damn Right" - 3:51
  16. "Captain Brady" – 0:17
  17. "How Can I Know?" – 5:05
  18. "Thank You" – 7:30

Personnel

Electric guitar electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals

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References

  1. ↑ "Rare Essence:RE-2000". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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