Come Away With ESG (Reissue) 12/10/2013 5 ** First Sessions Outtakes

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and he used the experience to propel himself to new heights of improvisational hard bop

caused great legal waves via its explicit use of samples (Eric B is often credited with putting the funk back into rap music via his James Brown signatures)

ultra-heavy midtempo riff and phase-shifted effects on Swanson's clean

preteen voice on early hits such as "Sweet and Innocent" and "Go Away

Come Away With ESG (Reissue) 12/10/2013 5 ** First Sessions OuttakesIt might have taken two decades, but the true genius of New York's early '80s music scene is finally being acknowledged by a much younger generation of fans. And right in the middle of this revolutionary intersection of punk, disco, rap and soul were four sisters: Marie, Valerie, Renee, and Lorraine "Sweet L" Scroggins, and their seminal mini funk outfit, ESG. Recorded live and raw in a small studio located above Radio City Music Hall, the band's