DMV dwellers were surprised yesterday when #favoritegogoquotes popped up as a worldwide popular trending topic on Twitter. Go-go is one of those genres of music with huge potential but low probability of awareness beyond its birthplace. Easily classifiable as rock, rap, or many other genres, go-go was born out of funk by DC artist Chuck Brown. You might be familiar with his classic “Bustin’ Loose”, which the Neptunes later interpolated for “Hot in Herre” by Nelly. Or the Junkyard Band’s classic “Sardines, Pork & Beans”, a one-hitter-quitter produced by the one and only Rick Rubin, which was also later interpolated by Timbaland for his cut with Missy Elliott and Magoo, “Cop that Shit.” Today, go-go has evolved into a smashing and powerful genre of drums, drums, and more drums; that’s what it’s all about here. It’s the rhythm of an entire city, but go-go gets almost no spins outside of the Diamond District.
Recently, go-go has reached a new level of prominence mostly thanks to Wale, who incorporated the trademark swinging congas, timbales, and rototoms in his go-go-influenced music. Wale’s first success came from hip-hop remakes of old go-go songs that quickly became popular on DC radio, such as “Ice Cream Girl.” With producers Best Kept Secret, he further developed a sort of go-go-rap fusion that seemed all of the sudden less regional, like his single “Back in the Go-go” featuring Pusha T and Bun-B. For more hardcore go-go (if you can handle it), check out the online haven for all things related: GoGoCentral.com.
Maybe one day go-go won’t always warrant an explanation!
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“Maybe one day go-go won’t always warrant an explanation!”
We can only hope! I’d love to see a spread in RESPECT all about “the go-go” — it’s such an amazing, dark, sweaty, gritty experience that I haven’t yet seen captured well in photos.
Great idea! Go-go is kind of analogous to the baile funk of Rio de Janeiro…it’s not the kind of thing you can just go snap photos of, as it’s less concert, more hyper-territorial social…something. Hard to put your finger on it.