We Go On and On

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We Go On and On
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Studio album by
Rare Essence
ReleasedMay 26, 1998
RecordedMarch 10, 1998
Genre
Length62:25
Label
  • Rare One
  • Liaison
Producer Rare Essence
Rare Essence chronology
Body Snatchers
(1996)		We Go On and On
(1998)		 RE-2000
(1999)

We Go On and On is a studio album released on May 26, 1998 [1] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

A-Side
  1. "Concentration (Intro)" – 2:04
  2. "Player Haters" – 6:34
  3. "What Would U Do for the Money?" – 4:37
  4. "Stranded" – 0:46
  5. "Overnight Scenario" – 4:56
  6. "Super Chicken" – 0:42
  7. "Make 'em Bounce" – 4:40
  8. "Freaks Come Out at Night" (featuring D.J. Flexxx) – 6:23
B-Side
  1. "Freaks" (featuring D.J. Flexxx) – 4:18
  2. "Tell Me What U Want (1998)" – 5:10
  3. "Greatest Hits" – 0:28
  4. "We Go On and On" (featuring DJ Kool) – 6:00
  5. "Cab Confessions" – 0:30
  6. "Stars Be Partyin'" (featuring Kidd and Stinky Dink) – 5:21
  7. "Watch Out Now!" (featuring Nonchalant) – 4:27
  8. "Your Memory Lives On" – 5:29

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rare Essence: We Go On and On". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Drumming, Neil (October 1, 1998). "The Terrible Threes". Washington City Paper .
  3. ↑ Wartofsky, Alona (November 16, 1996). "Go-Go Go-Goes On". The Washington Post .
  4. ↑ "Rare Essence - Albums". Billboard . Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. pp.  281. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.
  6. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2009). The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 221–224. ISBN   978-1-60473-241-2.
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