Esg / A South Bronx Story 2
Album: A South Bronx Story 2   Collection:Hip-hop
Artist:Esg   Added:Aug 2007
Label:Soul Jazz Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-10-14 Pull Date: 2007-12-16 Charts: Hip-Hop
Week Ending: Dec 2 Nov 4 Oct 28 Oct 21
Airplays: 2 2 4 4

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 05, 2018: subwoofer etc etc etc
Six Pack (Original Version)
4. May 21, 2015: channel 0+i
Moody (A New Mood)
2. Feb 03, 2016: subwoofer motion
Moody (A New Mood)
5. Jan 11, 2015: the springfield law review
Six Pack (Original Version)
3. Oct 20, 2015: subwoofer etc
Moody (A New Mood)
6. Oct 12, 2014: the springfield law review
Six Pack (Original Version)

Album Review
Elias (Dr Furious)
Reviewed 2007-10-03
Art funk, post-punk, no wave, disco punk, rap or the world's first hip-hop band? This is a revised (re)issue of ESG's "Best of" compilation. ESG is a late 1970s/early 1980s, all-female band of seminal cred. Four sisters (the Scroggins sisters) from South Bronx created a uniquely stripped down, but yet rhythm-fueled sound as if they were distilling Jame Brown's funk elements down to their most core essence: heavy percussion, syncopated beats, funky guitar/bass lines, bratty vocalisms and hollering. If minimalism (dub/no-wave) was the medium of distillation, the end effect was a dance music that carried the flavor of NYC's 1980s disco scene, while its repetitive elements (think of early electronic game music) were laying down the foundation for the evolution of dance music into its more industrial-sounding house/techno phases. Dig it! So addictive... like a bad 1980s drug. Play with Bush Tetras, Salt-N-Peppa, Liquid, Liquid, Funkadelic, PIL, A Certain Ratio, the Slits.
Play: 12, 4, 2, 10, 9, 6
1. Sparce 80s dance. Cow-bells, hand-claps. Heavily percussive.
2. Electronic groove, acid guitars, and heavy NYC/Bronx vocal accents and attitude. About erasing all the men dogs.
3. Sparsely dancy with trippy guitar solos. Funky guit lines.
4. Fast, dancy-upbeat. Hand claps. Bass driving riffature on melody. Think James Brown. Great shit.
5. Dissonant synth lines/funk guitars.
6. Their classic hit. Slow and synister. Just vocals and percussion. No strings. "You're no good".
7. Funky guitar lines are driving! Stripped down, sparse rhythm.
8. Heavy beats and percussion. Dub!
9. Post-punk! Sparse industrial percussion filled in by bass/guitar lines deprived of melody. Noise and minimalistic lyrics.
10. Guitar-driven/dominated. Nice bass lines. Sexual hollering.
11. Sparse house/techno, electro-dance vocals and beats. Funky guitar lines sampled in. Perfect for JC's show.
12. Fucken track blows my mind. Fast paced with heavy beats and groove. Acid funk guitar (Bootsy Collins anyone?). Yeah! A-ha! "Pick me up a six-pack"!

Track Listing
1. Bam Bam Jam   7. I Wanna Dance
2. Erase You (Puppy To Your Side)   8. Moody (A New Mood)
3. In The Streets   9. Standing In Line
4. Dance To The Beat Of Moody   10. Earn It
5. There Was A Time   11. Like This
6. You're No Good (Alternate Version)   12. Six Pack (Original Version)