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 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live on September 9, 2000 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".

The album's cover art is a throwback 80s-styled event poster 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).

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