The Beginning/The End

{{Infobox album

| name = The Beginning/The End

| type = live

| artist = Junk Yard Band

| cover = TheBeginningTheEnd album.png

| alt =

| released = 1999

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Go-go

| length = {{duration|m=40|s=44}}

| label = {{hlist| Street | Liaison}}

| producer = {{hlist| Reo Edwards | Moe Shorter }}

| prev_title = Go-Hard

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Y'all Don't Understand

| next_year = 2000

}}

The Beginning/The End is a live album released in 1999 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Junk Yard Band.{{cite web|title=The Beginning/The End|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beginning-the-end-mw0000230769|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 March 2017}}{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2001 |title=The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop |publisher=Billboard Books |pages=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/262 262, 279] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }} The album consists of thirteen tracks, including the songs "Boot Camp Clik", "Freak Body Baby", and "Use Me". It is narrated by Maurice "Moe" Shorter.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWT6zwIHpnoC&q=%22The+Beginning%2FThe+End%22+junkyard+band&pg=PA150|title=The Beat!: Go-go Music from Washington|last1=Lornell|first1=Kip|last2=Stephenson|first2=Charles C.|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781604733433|language=en}} The album won the 2000 Washington Area Music Award for best go-go recording.{{cite web|title=Washington Area Music Association (WAMA)|url=http://wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal00.html|website=wamadc.com|publisher=Washington Area Music Association|accessdate=17 April 2017}}