Step Off

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{{Infobox album

| name = Step Off

| type = Album

| artist = ESG

| cover = Step Off.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 8, 2002

| recorded = 2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

| length = 31:14

| label = Soul Jazz

| producer = Renee Scroggins, Pete Reilly

| prev_title = A South Bronx Story

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Keep on Moving

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 71/100{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/step-off/esg|title=Step Off by ESG Reviews and Tracks|work=Metacritic|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414161631/https://www.metacritic.com/music/step-off/esg|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/step-off-mw0000457337|title=Step Off - ESG | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714023419/https://www.allmusic.com/album/step-off-mw0000457337|url-status=live}}

|rev2 = The Guardian

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/16/popandrock.artsfeatures3|title=Pop releases: ESG: Step Off|first=Betty|last=Clarke|date=August 16, 2002|via=www.theguardian.com}}

|rev3 = Vibe

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyYEAAAAMBAJ&q=Step+Off+esg+2002+soul+jazz&pg=PA128|title=Revolutions|work=Vibe|first=Vibe Media|last=Group|date=January 1, 2003|publisher=Vibe Media Group|via=Google Books}}

}}

Step Off is an album by rock band ESG, released in 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/esg-ma-scrogginss-girls-174304.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/esg-ma-scrogginss-girls-174304.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=ESG; Ma Scroggins's girls|date=August 23, 2002|website=The Independent}}

Legacy

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = PopMatters

|rev1score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/esg-step-off-2495389649.html|last=Paul|first=John|title=ESG: Step Off|date=June 1, 2017|website=PopMatters|access-date=April 1, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918200130/https://www.popmatters.com/esg-step-off-2495389649.html|url-status=live}}

|rev2 = Record Collector

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/step|last=Peacock|first=Tim|date=May 22, 2017|title=Step Off - Record Collector Magazine|work=Record Collector|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=December 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206111313/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/step|url-status=live}}

}}

Fifteen years since its release, critics returned to the album. PopMatters{{'}} John Paul applauded it for staying "as timeless as ever", writing that it "exist[s] in that rarified region of albums refusing to be date-stamped."

Track listing

  • all songs written by Renee Scroggins and Valerie Scroggins
  1. "Be Good To Me" - 3:54
  2. "Talk It" - 3:58
  3. "It's Not Me" - 3:55
  4. "Six Pack" - 4:16
  5. "Step Off" - 5:14
  6. "Sensual Intentions" - 5:19
  7. "My Street" - 4:40

Personnel

  • Renee Scroggins – lead vocals
  • Valerie Scroggins – drums
  • Marie Scroggins – congas
  • Chistelle Polite – guitar
  • Nicole Nicholas – bass

References

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Category:2002 albums

Category:ESG (band) albums

Category:Soul Jazz Records albums

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