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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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	A−
musicHound R&B	(4.5/5)
The New York Times	(favorable)
People
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Go-Go Crankin' (also titled as Go-Go Crankin': Paint the White House Black) is a compilation album originally released in 1985. 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.

Track listing

See also

• Go Go Live at the Capital Centre, 1987 go-go concert
• The Go Go Posse, 1988 compilation album
• The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop, 2001 compilation album
• Meet Me at the Go-Go, 2003 compilation album

References

1. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Crankin". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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.
3. Palmer, Robert (June 9, 1985). "Go-Go Music Brings a Fresh Beat to Summer Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. Novak, Ralph (July 29, 1985). "Picks and Pans Review: Go-Go Crankin'". People. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
5. Soults, Franklin, ed. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 915. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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

External links

• Go-Go Crankin' at Discogs.com

• 1985 compilation albums
• 4th & B'way Records albums
• Go-go albums
• Island Records albums