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Go go is a form of funk music which arose in the 1980s in Washington D.C.. In the late 1970s, funk had gone electronic, influenced by then popular disco acts, and began using drum machines, synthesizers and other instruments that many purists derided. Go go arose as an alternative that stuck to the James Brown-inspired roots of funk, with the psychedelic rock influences of George Clinton intact.
The first go go LP is said to be Bustin' Loose by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers ( 1979, 1979 in music). The title track reached #34 on the charts. Soon artists, like EU (Experience Unlimited), Rare Essence and Trouble Funk gained fame in the D.C. area, though perhaps only EU matched the national success of Brown. EU had a #35 hit in 1988 with "Da Butt" from the movie School Daze. Artists like D.C. Scorpio began mixing the sound with hip hopHip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban , African American & Puerto Rican youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti art, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing, followed by hip hop/go go hybrids by Salt-N-PepaSalt-N-Pepa is an American R&B and hip hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton ("Salt" and "Pepa", respectively), and Deidre "Dee Dee" Roper ( DJ Spinderella). They debuted with "The Show Stopper", a response record to Doug E. Fresh & Slick and Body and SoulBody and Soul is the title of a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and John Green. It was introduced in the revue Three's A Crowd by Libby Holman. It was used as a soundtrack theme in the 1947 film. The song later beca.
This original scene in the 1980s was accompanied by an epidemic of PCPPhencyclidine (also called PCP or Angel dust is a dissociative/ anaesthetic developed in the 1960s by Parke & Davis pharmaceutical company. Chemistry and pharmacology Chemically and pharmacologically it is very similar to ketamine, and in effects very sim abuse, which remains extraordinarily high in Prince George's CountyPrince George's County is a suburban county located in the U. State of Maryland immediately east of Washington, D. It is notable as one of the wealthiest majority-African-American areas in the country. The county was named for Prince George of Denmark, th and other areas around Washington D.C.
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