The Go Go Posse
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Go Go Posse
| type = Compilation album
| artist = Various Artists
| cover = TheGoGoPosse album.png
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| released = 1988
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| genre = {{hlist| Go-go | old-school hip hop}}
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=25}}
| label = I Hear Ya! Records
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Go Go Posse
| type = Studio album
| single1 = D.C. Don't Stand for Dodge City
| single1date = November 8, 1988
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-go-go-posse-mw0001205725}}
| rev2 = ARTISTdirect
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Go Go Posse Album Releases & Reviews |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,92942,00.html |publisher=ARTISTdirect|accessdate=3 November 2016 }}
| rev3 = Robert Christgau
| rev3Score = B+{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |title=Review: The Go Go Posse |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4869|publisher=Robert Christgau|accessdate = 13 September 2016}}
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The Go Go Posse is a compilation album released in 1988.{{cite news|first=Joe|last=Brown|title=Climbin' Aboard More D.C. Tracks|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/12/23/climbin-aboard-more-dc-tracks/006ef9f0-7e87-488a-9239-e007c52eaa79/|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate= 12 September 2016}} The album consists of nine original songs recorded by prominent Washington, D.C.–based go-go bands and hip hop artists, and includes the anti-violence song "D.C. Don't Stand for Dodge City".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = {{Duration|m=40|s=25}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Do It
| extra1 = {{hlist|Donnell Floyd | Mike Neal}}
| note1 = performed by Rare Essence
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = That'll Work
| extra2 = {{hlist|Chuck Brown | Square One}}
| note2 = performed by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = Beam Me Up, Scotty
| extra3 = {{hlist|Donnell Floyd | Mike Neal}}
| note3 = performed by D.C. Scorpio
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Who's Kickin' It
| extra4 = {{hlist|Anthony Harley | Bill Mueller | Mark Lawson | Square One}}
| note4 = performed by Little Benny & the Masters
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = D.C. Don't Stand for Dodge City
| extra5 = {{hlist|Bill Mueller | Square One}}
| note5 = performed by "The Go Go Posse"
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Romance the Stone
| extra6 = {{hlist|Donnell Floyd | Mike Neal}}
| note6 = performed by D.C. Scorpio
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = The King
| extra7 = {{hlist|Anthony Harley | Bill Mueller | Mark Lawson | Square One}}
| note7 = performed by Little Benny & the Masters
| length7 = 3:37
| title8 = Go Ju Ju Go
| extra8 = Square One
| note8 = performed by E.U.
| length8 = 5:23
| title9 = Hey Now
| extra9 = {{hlist|Chuck Brown | Rare Essence}}
| note9 = performed Rare Essence
| length9 = 6:33
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Background
The "Go Go Posse" was a supergroup consisting of D.C. Scorpio, Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, Rare Essence, Little Benny & the Masters, and E.U.{{cite news|first=Jill|last=Nelson|title=Go Go Unlimited|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1989/02/05/go-go-unlimited/1d91f90e-59a5-4c5a-bd03-1e51a7a5df55/|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate= 12 September 2016}} The song "D.C. Don't Stand for Dodge City" was an anti-violence song recorded and released as a single in 1988. The song was released in response to the dramatic increase in violent and drug-related murders in D.C. during the crack epidemic in the late-1980s. During this time period, D.C. was labeled the "Murder Capital of the United States" and go-go and hip hop culture received much of the blame for the increasing crime rates. The "Go Go Posse" united to release this song as a response to the growing criticism of go-go music, and to encourage its patrons to stop the violence. The album was Produced, Written and Arranged by Jonathan Ranard Smith, Jon Mitchell Bebbs and Darrell Johnson also identified in the album's credits as Square One Productions as well as J. J. & J.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Go-Go-Posse/release/87389 The Go Go Posse] at Discogs.com
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Category:1988 compilation albums