Doin' It Old School Style

Doin' It Old School Style (also title as Doin' It Old School Style: Live at Club U) is a double-live album released on May 8, 2001,^[1] by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live on September 9, 2000,^[1] at Club U, a music venue located on the historic U Street in Northwest, Washington, D.C., and includes the go-go rendition of Sade's song "No Ordinary Love".

Doin' It Old School Style
Live album by Rare Essence
Released	May 8, 2001
Recorded	September 9, 2000
Venue	Club U, Washington, D.C.
Genre	go-go old-school hip hop
Length	2:01:13
Label	Rare One Liaison
Producer	James Thomas (exec.) Andre Johnson
Rare Essence chronology
RE-2000 (1999) Doin' It Old School Style (2001) Live PA #6 (2002)

The album's cover art is a throwback 80s-styled event poster^[2] which includes names of the former go-go clubs from around the Washington metropolitan area (such as Howard Theatre, Celebrity Hall (aka "The Black Hole") and the Coliseum).^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "The 'In' Crowd" (written by Billy Page) – 9:28
2. "Hey Buddy Buddy" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 7:43
3. "Get on the Wagon" – 8:01
4. "Cherchez la R.E." (featuring Ms. Kim) – 7:45
5. "Take Me Out to the Go-Go" – 10:06
6. "One on One" – 7:20
7. "Mickey's Solo" – 3:58
8. "Lock It" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 15:11
9. "No Ordinary Love" (written by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman) – 4:22

Disc 2

1. "Live concert video" – 47:17

Personnel

• James "Jas Funk" Thomas – lead vocals
• Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar, vocals
• Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, timbales, percussions
• Mike Baker – bass guitar
• Donnell Floyd – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Byron "BJ" Jackson – keyboards, vocals
• Kent Wood – keyboards
• Michael Smith – drums
• Ms. Kim – vocals