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
|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
|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
- "Be Good To Me" - 3:54
- "Talk It" - 3:58
- "It's Not Me" - 3:55
- "Six Pack" - 4:16
- "Step Off" - 5:14
- "Sensual Intentions" - 5:19
- "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:Soul Jazz Records albums
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