Go-Go Crankin'

Go Go Crankin'
Go Go Crankin'
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	1985
Genre	Go-go; old-school hip hop; funk;
Length	49:06
Label	4th & B'way; Island; T.T.E.D.;
Producer	Eric "E.T." Thorngren; Maxx Kidd;

Go-Go Crankin' (also titled as Go-Go Crankin': Paint the White House Black) is a compilation album originally released in 1985.^[6]^[7] The compilation consist of ten original songs by prominent Washington, D.C.-based go-go bands of that time period. The music is heavily influenced by the popularity of go-go in the mid-80s in Washington, D.C., and throughout the Northeast. The album has been considered to be influential to the growing popularity of hip hop and go-go music in the 1980s.^[8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	A−^[1]
musicHound R&B	(4.5/5)^[2]
The New York Times	(favorable)^[3]
People	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Good to Go"	Slim	4:48
2.	"Movin' and Groovin"	Redds and the Boys	3:59
3.	"Let's Get Small"	Trouble Funk	5:36
4.	"We Need Some Money (Bout Money)"	Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers	4:32
5.	"Ooh La La La"	E.U.	5:11
6.	"Drop the Bomb"	Trouble Funk	5:18
7.	"It's In the Mix"	Slim	4:23
8.	"Somebody's Ringing That Doorbell (Express Yourself)"	E.U.	4:39
9.	"Say What"	Trouble Funk	5:18
10.	"Happy Feet"	Mass Extension	5:15
Total length:			49:06

References edit

^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Crankin". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
^ Palmer, Robert (June 9, 1985). "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ Novak, Ralph (July 29, 1985). "Picks and Pans Review: Go-Go Crankin'". People. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ Soults, Franklin, ed. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 915. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
^ "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times. July 6, 1985.
^ David Toop, Rap Attack, 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000. (p. 213) ISBN 978-1-85242-627-9

External links edit

Go-Go Crankin' at Discogs.com

[RC-1] Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Crankin". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[mHound-2] Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.

[NYT-3] Palmer, Robert (June 9, 1985). "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[People-4] Novak, Ralph (July 29, 1985). "Picks and Pans Review: Go-Go Crankin'". People. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[RS-5] Soults, Franklin, ed. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 915. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[ThirdEye-6] Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.

[7] "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times. July 6, 1985.

[8] David Toop, Rap Attack, 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000. (p. 213) ISBN 978-1-85242-627-9

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Go Go Crankin'

Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	1985
Genre	Go-go old-school hip hop funk
Length	49:06
Label	4th & B'way Island T.T.E.D.
Producer	Eric "E.T." Thorngren Maxx Kidd