Watch Snoop Dogg and Legendary Go-Go Band Rare Essence "Hit The Floor"
September 24, 2020 - 11:41 am by Rob Kenner
Dubbed "The Wickedest Band Alive" by Doug E. Fresh, Chocolate City Go-Go legends Rare Essence have been doing their thing for 45 years and counting. Like the late Chuck Brown, Black Heat, the Young Senators, and other stalwarts of Go-Go, the musical subgenre that was officially designated Washington D.C.'s "sound of the city" earlier this year, Rare Essence made their name with marathon live shows featuring funky percussion, hella cowbell, and lots of call-and-response vamping to keeps the dance floor percolating till the break of dawn. Along the way, Rare Essence appeared as Aretha Franklin's backing band in her "Jimmy Lee" music video and hit the charts with their 1992 single "Work the Walls." They've also collaborated with a host of hip-hop superheroes including Public Enemy, LL Cool J, and Biz Markie, not to mention D.C. native Wale.
Back in August 2018, Snoop Dogg posted an Instagram video showing Tha Doggfather smoking to "Hey Buddy Buddy," a signature Rare Essence jam recorded live at Washington D.C.'s Club U. That IG post kick-started a collaboration.
"I approached them like they approached me," Snoop recalled. "I want them to know that I love their music and I love what they stood for and the feeling was mutual. That's why we went right in. It wasn't no management or none of that shit. We just basically made it happen. It was like, What's happenin'? Where y'all at? Where I need to be? Around the alley? Around the corner? OK, I'll pull up."
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