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Doin' It Old School Style

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Released
  
May 8, 2001

Length
  
2:01:13

Artist
  
Rare Essence

Genres
  
Go-go, Old-school hip hop

Recorded
  
September 9, 2000

Label
  
Rare One Liaison

Release date
  
8 May 2001

Venue
  
Club U, Washington, D.C.

Producer
  
James Thomas (exec.) Andre Johnson

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Doin' It Old School Style (also title as Doin' It Old School Style: Live at Club U) is a double-live album released on May 8, 2001 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live on September 9, 2000 at Club U, a music venue located on the historic U Street in Northwest, Washington, D.C., and includes the go-go rendition of Sade's song "No Ordinary Love".

Contents

The album's cover art is a throwback 80s-styled event poster which includes names of the former go-go clubs from around the Washington metropolitan area (such as Howard Theatre, Celebrity Hall (aka "The Black Hole") and the Coliseum).

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "The 'In' Crowd" (written by Billy Page) – 9:28
  2. "Hey Buddy Buddy" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 7:43
  3. "Get on the Wagon" – 8:01
  4. "Cherchez la R.E." (featuring Ms. Kim)– 7:45
  5. "Take Me Out to the Go-Go" – 10:06
  6. "One on One" – 7:20
  7. "Mickey's Solo" – 3:58
  8. "Lock It" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 15:11
  9. "No Ordinary Love" (written by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman) – 4:22
Disc 2
  1. "Live concert video" – 47:17

Personnel

  • James "Jas Funk" Thomas – lead vocals
  • Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar, vocals
  • Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, timbales, percussions
  • Mike Baker – bass guitar
  • Donnell Floyd – tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Byron "BJ" Jackson – keyboards, vocals
  • Kent Wood – keyboards
  • Michael Smith – drums
  • Ms. Kim – vocals
  • References

    Doin' It Old School Style Wikipedia