Doin' It Old School Style
# 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

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

### Disc 2

* "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
